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The media loves the "wrong speed" theory, but a lightning strike and electrical failure are more likely culprits.
By Patrick Smith
June 8, 2009
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Flight 447 shouldn't have gone down, but it did. Were normally non-dangerous phenomena the culprits?
By Patrick Smith
June 2, 2009
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She says she's loyal to her husband and wants to have babies with him -- do I have a chance with her?
By Cary Tennis
May 29, 2009
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Do pilots have a "romper room"? Do they fly the same routes over and over? Those questions and more
By Patrick Smith
May 22, 2009
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Do you really think I'd lie to you about cabin air? Plus: The Colgan crash and the problems with regional airlines.
By Patrick Smith
May 15, 2009
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From swine flu to malaria, how jetliners can spread disease. Plus: Is the air on planes really as dirty as we think?
By Patrick Smith
May 8, 2009
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The president announces a plan to crack down on overseas tax havens and other multinational corporate tax loopholes. But how hard will he fight for his changes?
By Andrew Leonard
May 4, 2009
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How did a suicidal passenger get the door of a pressurized plane open? Plus: Can't any pilot fly most planes? And: The autopilot was on during landing?
By Patrick Smith
May 1, 2009
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I was fired and I'm making restitution, but I'm dying of shame.
By Cary Tennis
April 29, 2009
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Is pilot fatigue a menace to airline safety?
By Patrick Smith
April 17, 2009
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The Buffalo crash revisited. Plus: Landing in the water, idolizing Sully and selling books.
By Patrick Smith
April 10, 2009
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Did a stupid, inexplicable mistake cause the crash near Buffalo, N.Y.? Plus: The weird hell of working for a regional airline.
By Patrick Smith
April 3, 2009
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Planes crash. The media descends. But why can't reporters get their facts straight? Plus: Kudos to an outstanding exception.
By Patrick Smith
March 27, 2009
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If you're a pilot, no matter how much skill you have, or how many lives you've heroically saved, the only thing that matters is seniority.
By Patrick Smith
March 20, 2009
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Will the airlines' current financial troubles affect safety? "Sully" Sullenberger thinks so, but I'm not so sure.
By Patrick Smith
March 6, 2009
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Before the Rocky Mountain News expired Friday, management asked staffers like me to do some strange things to keep it alive. We kept doing journalism anyway.
By Nancy Mitchell
March 3, 2009
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Fortunoff is no more, and the suburbs and the outer boroughs mourn.
By Mark Schone
March 2, 2009
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Did this West Coast discount retailer really have to die? (And is it really dead?)
By Mark Schone
March 2, 2009
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The big red-and-white box in the mall parking lot is empty. An electronics giant goes under.
By Mark Schone
March 2, 2009
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What makes a plane stay in the air, anyway? And what happened the night Flight 3407 fell from the sky near Buffalo, N.Y.?
By Patrick Smith
February 27, 2009
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Was ice the culprit in last week's deadly plane crash? Or some other unlikely chain of events?
By Patrick Smith
February 16, 2009
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How to build the perfect airline terminal? Here are 15 steps in the right direction.
By Patrick Smith
February 13, 2009
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JetBlue is touting its fancy new terminal, but it just makes me wonder: Why can't Americans build better airports?
By Patrick Smith
February 6, 2009
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There's more than one way to define "hero."
By Patrick Smith
January 30, 2009
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Obama shows his skill at stimulus politics, addressing an admiring crowd of CEOs while the GOP postures and makes itself increasingly irrelevant
By Joan Walsh
January 28, 2009
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