Photos of Utashinai, Japan
Travel articles Valentine's Day Getaways Can't think of a Valentine's Day gift for him or for her? Give a weekend Valentine's Day getaway instead. More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
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