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Bees on a plane panic as two hives swarm business class cabin

Terrified airline passengers panicked when two hives of bees smuggled onto a plane for a flight across Russia escaped in mid-air and began swarming around the cabin.

Airplane Airbags Crash Test Proves Need (VIDEO)

Filed under: Air Travel, News

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A new YouTube video is making a rather brutal argument for air bags on airplanes.

The clip shows one crash test dummy being protected by an Amsafe airbag – the only kind certified for commercial use – and another getting its head knocked into its . . . → Read More: Airplane Airbags Crash Test Proves Need (VIDEO)

Solar-Powered Plane To Make First Trans-Mediterranean Flight (VIDEO)

Filed under: Air Travel, News, Video

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A team of Swiss engineers have announced their plan to fly the world’s most advanced solar-powered airplane across the Mediterranean in 2012, then around the world in 2014.

Encouraged by a recent flight to Belgium and France, the team is considering flying to Morocco . . . → Read More: Solar-Powered Plane To Make First Trans-Mediterranean Flight (VIDEO)

Southwest Airlines Computer Glitch Prevents Access to Sale Prices

Filed under: Air Travel, News

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A computer glitch briefly stopped frugal travelers from purchasing Southwest Airlines tickets during that airlines fortieth anniversary sale on Thursday. The sale, which offered $40 one-way fares on short haul flights, began on Tuesday and lasted three days.

On Wednesday and Thursday customers began . . . → Read More: Southwest Airlines Computer Glitch Prevents Access to Sale Prices

Plane hijack suspect arrested

A 48-year-old man from Kazakhstan has been arrested after an attempted hijacking on a Alitalia airlines flight from Paris to Rome.

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