Tag: Airplane

Herzzerreißender Moment: Skifahrer Dominic Torro löst beim Skifahren in „Airplane Gully“ eine Lawine aus und erleidet lebensgefährliche Verletzungen

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Dies ist der herzzerreißende Moment, als ein Skifahrer den „Airplane Gully“ am Mount Washington hinunterglitt und eine Lawine auslöste.

Dominic Torro, 30, war am Samstagmorgen beim Skifahren, als eine Lawine den Berg hinunterstürzte und ihn mitriss.

Torro war gegen 11.35 Uhr mit einem Freund auf dem Berg, als sich der ungewöhnliche Unfall ereignete, teilte das New Hampshire Fish and Game Department mit.

Sein aktueller Zustand ist unbekannt, Berichten zufolge erlitt er jedoch eine schwere Unterschenkelverletzung.

Es war nicht das erste

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Honest Illuminated Airplane Signs | The New Yorker

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Stacey Solomon fans call ‘rude’ airplane etiquette in holiday snap with family | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

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Stacey Solomon and her family beamed with delight as the group of seven boarded their flight for a much-needed holiday, and she couldn’t resist sharing a few family snaps from the plane.

Yet as she posted her heart-warming pre-holiday pictures with her 5.7 million Instagram followers, some questioned whether another “annoying” passenger had been invading her personal space.

“Has the person behind Stace put a bag on her head rest? That would be straight off! Irritating the back of my

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Just what rights DO you have if you get stuck in airplane on a runway for hours this summer? Everything YOU need to know about the DoT’s official delay rules – and what they entitle you to

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Tarmac delays are almost double what they were ten years ago, with severe weather and staffing shortages among the contributing factors. 

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there were 22,425 tarmac delays over an hour long in the U.S. from January to April in 2023. 

This compares to 12,739 tarmac delays of the same length during the same time period in 2013.   

For the first quarter of this year, Chicago O’Hare International Airport witnessed the highest number of tarmac

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U.S. Moves to Improve Airplane Bathrooms for People With Disabilities

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The Transportation Department announced on Wednesday that it had finalized new regulations to require more commercial aircraft to have accessible bathrooms, a long-awaited step to address complaints from disabled travelers about the difficulties of flying.

Under the regulations, new single-aisle planes with at least 125 seats will eventually be required to have at least one lavatory large enough for a disabled passenger and an attendant to enter and move around in. Twin-aisle planes are already required to have an accessible

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Airplane Reading, portugiesisches Dekor und das Young Ashbery

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Molly Young ist für die nächsten Monate beurlaubt. In ihrer Abwesenheit werden Kollegen von der Buchbesprechung die Empfehlungsfackel abholen und alle zwei Samstage in Ihrem Posteingang erscheinen.

Liebe Leser,

An dem Tag, an dem ich in den letzten Minuten von „Sex and the City 2“ Meilen über Omaha über einer Handtasche weinte, begann ich, wirklich an die Kräfte einer milden Höhenhypoxie zu glauben. Dies ist natürlich das Phänomen, bei dem die reduzierten Sauerstoffwerte während des Fluges zu erhöhten emotionalen Reaktionen

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Pilots answer your burning flight questions and share the truth behind mysterious airplane rules

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While hundreds of thousands of people take flights every single day, there are still many questions surrounding the process.

Over the last couple of months, many flight crew members have gone viral on social media for answering burning travel questions – like why you have to keep window shades open during takeoff and landing, what the chime sound that you hear throughout flights really means, and what happens to the water when you flush the toilet on a plane.

Now,

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World’s biggest airplane takes to the California skies for almost two hours

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The gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft successfully performed its fourth test flight on Thursday, taking to the skies over the Southern California desert for almost two hours.

Described as the largest plane in the world due to its 383-foot wingspan, Stratolaunch lifted off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 15:23 EST (18:23 GMT).

The H-shaped aircraft stayed aloft for a total of one hour and 43 minutes, reaching a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) and maximum

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‘Airplane Karen’ benutzte ein Mikrofon, um während des Fluges Anti-Covid-Rant zu liefern

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“Flugzeug Karen” verwendet MIKROFON, um mitten im Flug sinnlose Pandemie-Gerede zu liefern, bevor Flugbegleiter sie fesseln: Sie sagt, die Passagiere haben das Spektakel genossen, weil “ich nicht schrecklich anzusehen bin”

  • Virales Filmmaterial, das auf TikTok gepostet wurde, zeigte, dass die Frau auf dem Flug Chaos verursachte
  • Man hörte sie laut in ein Mikrofon sprechen, sehr zum Ärger der Passagiere
  • Die Angestellten warnten sie, dass sie mit Handschellen gefesselt werden würde, wenn sie nicht zu ihrem Platz zurückkehrte
  • Andere Passagiere können
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