Topic: Air Travel (page 16)

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, Wednesday April 14, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Volcanic ash drifting across the Atlantic forced the cancellation of flights in Britain and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Flights in and out of London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, were halted, and the shutdowns and cancellations spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. The volcano's smoke and ash poses a threat to aircraft because it can affect visibility, and microscopic debris can get sucked into airplane engines and can cause them to shut down.(AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson) ** ICELAND OUT ** (Associated Press)

Rescue workers inspect the debris on the site of the plane crash near Smolensk, western Russia, Sunday, April 11, 2010. Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died Saturday along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) (AP)

This image from Polish Television's TVP via APTN shows a firefighter walking near some of the wreckage at the crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died Saturday April 10, 2010 along with dozens of others when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in near Smolensk in western Russia. (AP Photo/TVP via APTN) (AP)

Monika Scislowska, Victoria Buravchenko

This week's winner: The smoking diplomat

Mary Elizabeth Williams

In this image taken from MSNBC video on Wednesday April 7, 2010, shows authorities responding to a plane disturbance on United Flight 663 at the Denver International Airport. The FBI is probing whether a man tried to ignite his shoes on a DC to Denver flight Wednesday, according to law enforcement officials, who say the man is a Qatari diplomat. (AP Photo/MSNBC) (AP)

A woman holds a packet of the antidepressant drug Prozac, also known as fluoxetine, in Leicester, central England February 26, 2008. Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said on Monday. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN) (Â© Darren Staples / Reuters)

Ask the Pilot: Antidepressants get the go-ahead

Ask the Pilot: Can turbulence be predicted?

Parts of a Tu-134 airliner carrying 43 people that crashed in August 2004 south of Moscow.

Ask the Pilot: Our collective memory loss

Pilot in cockpit

Ask the pilot: The drama of flying

Ask the Pilot: Microphone madness

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Associated Press

A security official (2nd R) prepares to scan a man posing inside a full-body scanner being trialled by Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport during a photocall at the departure gate in Roissy near Paris February 22, 2010. France will use body scanners at some of its airports, initially to search passengers heading to the United States. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: TRAVEL TRANSPORT CRIME LAW) (Reuters)

Ask the pilot: Flying naked

Associated Press

A businessman covering his ears with his fingers

Ask the pilot: Shut up!

arrives at the premiere of "Zach and Miri Make A Porno" in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) (Matt Sayles)

** FILE ** In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo, director Kevin Smith from the film "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file) (Associated Press)

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Ask the pilot: Flying blind across the ocean

This GeoEye-1 satellite image taken from 423 miles in space at 1037 am EST (1537 GMT) January 16, 2010, shows Port-au-Prince International Airport with multiple aircrafts, supplies and personnel on the ground. World leaders have pledged massive assistance to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake killed as many as 200,000 people, but five days into the crisis aid distribution was still random, chaotic and minimal. REUTERS/GeoEye Satellite Image/Handout (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Reuters)

Ask the pilot: Touching down in Port-au-Prince

Jules Paul Bouloute leaves Queens Criminal Court in New York, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, after his arraignment on criminal trespass charge. He caused the evacuation of a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday when he entered through an unauthorized door. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea) (Robert Mecea)

Ask the pilot: American hysteria

Ask the pilot: A wakeup call for airport security

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