When I was on a plane recently, you know, I just looked in to see who was flying the plane as I got on board, and there were three women in the cockpit.

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None of the 169 passengers on board the Airtours Airbus A321, flying in from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, were injured in the incident.

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Once the trip is under way, with Russell on board and stormy weather evoking the flying house in "The Wizard of Oz, " the movie undergoes a mood transplant.

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The national tourist board, alarmed by the slump in bookings, has been flying in foreign journalists to show that the country is safe for foreigners.

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Air traffic controllers lost radio communication with the Airbus A320, carrying 147 passengers and an unknown number of crew, when it was flying at 37, 000 feet, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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The Boeing 737-300 in question was only 15 years old when its skin peeled open along a riveted lap-joint while flying above 34, 000 feet (just over 10, 000 metres) with 118 passengers on board.

ECONOMIST: Aircraft fatigue

Speaking for the full board, "she said, 'We'd like you to give up flying, '" Mr. Hagedorn says.

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