But it is worth remembering that just over a century ago, heavier-than-air flight seemed an impossible dream.
The lifespan of a Nok Air flight attendant is short, according to Sarasin.
Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo, New York, on February 12, killing all 49 passengers and crew members aboard.
She also pointed out, though landing on the same runway, Southwest Airlines flights approach runway 23 from the north, turning right, while the Colgan Air flight that crashed was approaching from the south turning left.
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"Thunderstorms can lead to wind-shear events, " said Andrew Herdman, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, though he added it is still too early to conclude that is what has happened with the Lion Air flight.
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Air power enthusiasts had been making that claim continuously since the Wright Brothers proved the feasibility of heavier-than-air flight in 1903, so by the time the new millennium rolled around there were plenty of people in the Air Force ready to believe it.
The agent was smart enough to understand, and after a 15-minute hold time (where the minutes ticked by and I wondered if I would be able to make the Allegiant Air flight that was now taking off in 35 minutes), he came back and let me know a manager had approved the changes without any fees.
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Paris (CNN) -- It should become easier to find flight data recorders in the wake of the Air France Flight 447 disaster, an aviation industry expert says.
If true, that would rule out an in-flight explosion as the cause of the crash of Air France Flight 447, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told reporters.
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And some nations, notably Brazil and Senegal, which were handling Air France Flight 447, don't yet have modern oceanic air-traffic-control systems.
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The crew of Air France Flight 447 reported severe turbulence shortly before the plane disappeared.
The infected man travelled from Atlanta to Paris on 12 May on Air France flight 385.
The first officer on Air Canada flight 878 from Toronto to Zurich, Switzerland, was tired and needed a nap.
The plot that ultimately involved a Delta Air Lines flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009 failed.
Megrahi was also said to have loaded the bomb onto an Air Malta Flight at the island's Luqa airport.
Ms Cassez, 38, was driven to Mexico City's international airport and landed in Paris on Thursday after an overnight Air France flight.
Late Thursday, a special Air India flight traveled to the Pakistani city and brought Mr. Singh's body home to Amritsar in India's Punjab state.
Last week, two Canadian Sikhs were charged with having planted the 1985 bomb that killed 329 passengers and crew aboard an Air India flight.
Four foreigners were among the injured on the Air Bagan flight.
The Air Force Flight Test Center Museum features a full size replica of Yeager's plane (the real one hangs in the Smithsonian) and actual aircraft that made the region famous.
To add to the security worries, a hologram stamp that was to be one of the safety features for euro notes was stolen from an Air France flight from Paris to Munich in May.
Ilyine and his wife were on their honeymoon in Thailand when they were left stuck at the airport in Phuket, he said, after their Air Australia flight was grounded with their baggage in the hold.
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The incident Monday, which involved Air Canada Flight 001 bound for Tokyo from Toronto with 318 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, damaged vehicles on the ground and forced the Boeing 777 to return to Toronto.
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However, both pilots of an Air Comet flight from Lima, Peru, to Lisbon, Portugal, sent a written report on the bright flash they said they saw to Air France, Airbus and the Spanish civil aviation authority, the airline told CNN.
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Highlights include the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, the food court and gift shop at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a "windshield tour" near the flight line where F-16s, KC-135s, F-22s, F-35s, B-1s or C-17s might be visible, said the spokesman.
Aboard Air Force One on the flight from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, senior administration officials said Clinton would move beyond the NATO question and propose additional arms control agreements, going beyond the START II Treaty.
Nok Air has no flight attendants over the age of 30, says CEO Sarasin.
Even in the face of rising opposition from pilots, air marshals, flight attendants, 130 members of Congress, several airlines and many TSA screeners, Mr. Pistole is unswayed.
However, two air marshals found flight lieutenants Jonathan Tapper, 30, from Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, and Richard Cook, 28, from Church Crookham, Hants, guilty of ''gross negligence''.
Strikes planned for the spring and summer by pilots at Delta Air Lines and flight attendants at American Airlines and United Airlines could still bring chaos for travellers.
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