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Submitted: Wednesday (11/12) 11:34AM EST by dbaker
(blogs.chron.com) Well, Air France and KLM customers can now meet their fellow passengers ahead of time. Study photos. Gauge common interests. Compare suggestions about a destination. Even plan in advance to share a taxi upon arrival.
(news.yahoo.com) LONDON – A British pilot who was suddenly blinded by a stroke during a solo flight was talked safely down by a military pilot, the Royal Air Force said Friday. Jim O'Neill asked for help after he was went blind 40 minutes into a flight from Scotland to southeastern England last week. The BBC reported that O'Neill, flying a small Cessna aircraft, lost his sight 5,500 feet in the air.
(seattlepi.nwsource.com) As AAL268 made an emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, vital systems to control the jet were not working. When the jet touched down, the engine thrust reversers did not work to slow the Boeing 757-200 and it barreled down the runway, leaving a long trail of skid marks and stopping only 100 feet from the blast pad at the end of the runway.