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Since the inception of commercial air travel, the insides of airplane cabins have been associated with a higher likelihood of catching a cold or other spreadable disease. New research has sought out to see if scientific facts back up those sentiments.
Health
Study examines how diseases really spread during air travel
A Boeing 777 jet departing Frankfurt, Germany.
Technology
The lab where aging aircraft are dissected for science — and safety
Laptops and other devices larger than cellphones are banned for direct US- and UK-bound flights from certain airports.
Conflict
The new carry-on device ban is reportedly about al-Qaeda and ISIS bombs
Laurie Kilmartin
To tweet or not to tweet when you’re sick, even dying
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AN-225
Business
World’s largest jet to be delivered to China
The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion maritime search aircraft can be seen on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 on March 31, 2014.
Technology
One year later, the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is still just that
A US Coast Guard corpsman at Washington Dulles International Airport checks the temperature of a traveler from West Africa.
Health
Ebola-related precautions on flights from West Africa get praise from this Liberian
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?
Environment
How does a jetliner go missing with all of today’s technology?