Yes, the FAA, like everyone else in the aviation business, knows that kids are safe flying only when they have their own seat and an approved restraint.

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As an Egyptian airliner was flying them to safe haven in Tunisia, U.S. Navy fighter jets forced the plane to land at a NATO air base in Italy, where they were arrested.

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As an Egyptian airliner was flying them to safe haven in Tunisia, U.S. Navy fighter jets forced the plane to land at a NATO air base in Italy, where they were detained.

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Flying is incredibly safe.

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All of which might one day make banking as safe as flying.

ECONOMIST: Risk management

As the battery explosions earlier this month demonstrate, the idea that these computerized controls would make the lithium-ion batteries safe for a plane flying 40, 000 feet above sea level filled with passengers is inadequate.

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He says the tension it relieves by allowing pilots an opt-out of flying in poor conditions makes it a safe alternative to other single-engine planes.

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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.

ECONOMIST: Thailand

Flying may be frustrating at times, but it remains very safe.

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It's still too early to tell what level of success the fund might reach, but it's safe to say that the days of high-flying returns of the late 1990s are over.

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In a statement released Wednesday night, Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney said the company is confident that the planes are safe and is working with authorities to get them flying again.

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Though some say the fuel smells like fast food, the cooking oil is safe for powering jumbo jets and provides exactly the same flying experience.

BBC: Cooking oil powers transatlantic flights

For instance, currently each plane is flying within a very large, imaginary "safety sphere", to maintain safe distances between airborne aircraft.

BBC: Sowing the seeds of tomorrow's aircraft

In between, we travel to Cittagazze, the world where children are safe but adults are in mortal danger, and meet the witches' flying goose.

ECONOMIST: New theatre

The TSA says the scanners are safe, exposing people to about the same amount of radiation they would get by flying for about two minutes at altitude.

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