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The Sublime Beauty That Airplanes Leave Behind
Contrails conjure a sense of something overwhelming and ineffable, as terrifying as it is beautiful.
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Unruly Passenger Aboard Frontier Flight Bashes Window and Is Subdued
The man broke the window’s inner pane and plastic frame before being subdued on a Frontier Airlines flight on Tuesday. The F.B.I. is investigating.
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Airline Pilots in the DC Plane Crash Acted as Expected, Experts Say
The pilots of the American Airlines regional jet in the Washington airport collision acted as expected, aviation safety experts and other pilots said.
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Conditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash
The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.