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What Happened To Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370?

At 4.40pm, UK time on Friday the March 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 set off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bound for Beijing, China, where it was due to arrive at 10.30pm. The plane was carrying 239 people, 227 passengers and 12 crew, mainly Chinese and Malaysian nationals along with 7 Australians, 3 French nationals and […]

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Ryanair Flight FR8347 Suffers Hellish TakeOff Delays

After waiting hours on board a Ryanair flight from Stanstead, London, to Porto, Portugal, passengers resorted to calling the police who broke into the closed airport terminal to let the passengers off the plane! Watch the video. Note, contains some adult language… Initially the plane was due to take off at 8.25pm, on 14th February […]

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Fear Of Takeoff

When people usually talk about a “fear of flying”, they use the general phrase rather than being more specific, but do people actually fear flying per se, or do they fear one or more specific aspects of flying? Isn’t it much more likely that people fear aspects of flying, such as turbulence, take-off, plane noises […]

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Different Types Of Turbulence Explained

The dictionary definition of “turbulence” is simply something that behaves with a chaotic and unpredictable motion. You can imagine turbulence as the change in flow of river water as it goes around a rock and meets on the other side. The water would roil with eddies and vorticies. It would have a turbulent and chaotic character about it until the turbulence […]

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Fear Of Turbulence – How To Overcome It!

For many people, turbulence is their number one concern when flying. They may hate the airport, be anxious about the take-off, fret about being up so high, not trust the pilot and doubt they’ll see their loved ones again, but they can bear all that as long as the plane ride is smooth. However, just […]

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Smartphones, Tablets and E-Readers OK On Flights (EU)

The EU’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced via a press release on Monday that Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops, and E-Readers could be used at all times on board planes as long as they are in “flight” mode. Having such a device in flight mode means it cannot transmit data, so you can only use the device by reading […]

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Epigenetics Implicated In Fear Response

In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, scientists describe how mice taught to fear the smell of acetophenone (1-phenylethanone) passed that fear on to subsequent generations of mice. In addition, the offspring of parents exposed to the smell had more neurons that detect acetophenone than control animals. It was found that the gene that codes […]

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Fear Of Flying: Caught On Camera Review

I just watched the Channel 4 program “Fear Of Flying: Caught On Camera”. While I found the self-documented experiences of those with a fear of flying to be interesting from a scientific point of view, it was a shame that Channel 4 felt the need to include sensationalist footage such as that of a plane […]

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Landing Gear Retraction Noise

One of the noises you may hear shortly after take-off is a “clunk” or “thud” from under your feet. If you don’t know what the noise is, you may find it unsettling or distressing, especially if you’re a nervous flyer. Learning exactly what the different noises are can help you to overcome a fear of […]

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How Dangerous Is Turbulence?

Some of the biggest worries people have when flying relates to turbulence. Usually people think one of two things, either the turbulence will cause something catastrophic to happen to the plane, such as a wing falling off, or the actual drop in height as a result of turbulence will cause severe injury. It’s natural to be […]

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