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You’re The Captain: Explosive Decompression at 40,000 Feet

Imagine that you're the captain of an airliner, cruising at 40,000 feet, when you experience an explosive decompression. What do you do next to get back on the ground?
by Eric Auxier
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American Airlines Celebrates Delivery Of New Boeing 777-300ER

When a company re-brands, it typically means a new coat of paint over the old, and maybe an ad campaign to tell consumers that their logo has changed. For American Airlines, however, the re-branding is going deep, deep into the...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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787 Throttle Control and Fire Levers

Latest 787 Glitch: What Happens When The Wrong Extinguisher Is Fired?

On Wednesday, reports started to trickle in that The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had yet another glitch that airlines needed to sort out. No, it was not related to the lithium-ion batteries again, but something you will find on just ...
by Jason Rabinowitz
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Anatomy of a Story: Why the ‘Airliner Hacking’ Claim is Bull

A recent claim in a Wired article has people fearing that control of their airliners can be taken over by a hacker. We explain why this is utterly ridiculous.
by John Steffen and Phil Derner Jr.
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Sukhoi Superjet 100 97004, the accident aircraft, is seen here flying hot weather/high altitude trials in Mexico. (Photo by Andre Austin Du-Pont Rocha/Mexico Air Spotters M.A.S.)

Russian Intelligence Blames United States For Superjet Crash

A week before rescuers found the crashed Superjet's flight data recorder on Thursday, Russia's GRU military intelligence agency claimed that the most plausible cause of the crash was electronic sabotage by the US military.
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