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Topic: Air Travel (page 9)

MUTCD-standard Airport road sign

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In this photo provided by passenger Joshua Hardwicke, shows a cell phone image of an apparent hole in the cabin on a Southwest Airlines aircraft Friday, April 1, 2011 as it makes an emergency decent into Yuma, Ariz. Authorities say the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif., was diverted to Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the cause of the decompression isn't immediately known. But passengers aboard the plane say there was a hole in the cabin and that forced an emergency landing. (AP photo/Joshua Hardwicke) NO SALES (AP)

Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok

The FAA control tower at Reagan National Airport is seen in Arlington, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Federal safety officials are investigating a report that two planes landed at the airport without control tower clearance because the air traffic controller was asleep. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

We've been cleared to land. Or have we?

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The FAA control tower at Reagan National Airport is seen during a storm, in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Federal safety officials are investigating a report that two planes landed at the airport without control tower clearance because the air traffic controller was asleep. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

Mediocre actor, hasn't crashed a plane once.

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Omar Shahin, one of six imams removed from a US Airways flight at the Minnepolis-St. Paul International Airport, waits at the Northwest counter, where he successfully purchased a ticket on Nov. 21, 2006.

Scenes from the 1974 movie "Earthquake"

What if an earthquake hits as a plane is landing?

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Peter Finocchiaro

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Worst flight ever: Stuck in the smoking section

Kevin Smith appears on "Imus in the Morning" on February 8, 2011.

Mary Elizabeth Williams

A worker walks past a plane parked on the snow covered tarmac of Zurich airport in Kloten after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT) (Reuters)

The Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo

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Peter Finocchiaro

Egypt's national airline cancels flights out of the capital as violence escalates.

Tarek El-tablawy

** FILE **In this photo released by European plane maker Airbus, Friday Dec. 17, 2004 of Air Asia, China signed an order Thursday with Airbus for 150 mid-size A320 planes as the European aircraft maker took a major step toward opening its first Chinese assembly line, Thursday, Oct 26, 2006. The Airbus sale was among a series of business deals signed as French President Jacques Chirac began a state visit to China. (AP Photo/Airbus, HO) (Associated Press)

Ambulance vehicles and emergency workers are seen in front of Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport on Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding scores, officials said. The Russian president called it a terror attack. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (AP)

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