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Last year when I flew across Europe I was amazed at how many other planes I saw during those flights, and sometimes how close! The skies are most definitely crowded these days ( Read more... )

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80771000/jpg/_80771317_plane.jpg
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30664693

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30642354

EDIT: As things unfold speculation appears more. You are supposed to keep 10 miles from storms. The weather over Java sea that day was just storms all over the place, but there were various other planes not far away, but all ( Read more... )

A good relaxing and useful Xmas time was spent down in Palmy visiting musical friends who seem to move almost as often as me! This year I flew down and this was a really nice change. I would have had an awesome close view of the turquoise crater lake of Mt Ruapehu on the way south, if it wasn't for the condensated window of the old Q300 plane. I ( Read more... )

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"It has also emerged that the otherwise experienced pilot was undergoing his first major training on the Boeing 777, and it was his co-pilot's first time working as instructor."

Korean cultural hierarchy, seniority and command issues strike again. Flying any Korean airline is just never worth the risk. They cannot be trusted to do the right

Here we go again in AKL - foreign fruit fly found

and this just sux - look at what it flew into! Awful on so many levels.