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Study Finding It Nearly Impossible For Airline Passengers Wearing Masks To Catch COVID-19 Was Based On ‘Bad Math’
A study of COVID-19 infection rates on aeroplanes by the U.S. Department of Defence and United Airlines concluded that the risk of masked passengers being infected by the virus while flying was “virtually non-existent.” A lot of people thought that sounded fishy, and it turns out an infectious disease doctor who ran a similar study…
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Qantas Saved The Booze From Its Doomed Boeing 747s And Sold It Off In Fully Stocked Bar Carts
Qantas, Australia’s largest international airline, officially retired its fleet of Boeing 747 passenger aircraft this month. To celebrate, the airline raided the booze cabinets, and then put them up for sale for less than $1,400 online.
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Startup SkyDrive Successfully Tests Flying Car That Is Absolutely Not A Flying Car
Why does this keep happening? Every year we get at least one breathless article about a new flying car that’s just completed some milestone and will be swarming in the skies in two years. But they won’t. Because they never do. Even worse, we’re still seeing these articles about flying cars that are absolutely in…
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Here’s The Typical Airline Protocol For Plane Crashes
Trigger warning: if you’re not a fan of flying, the following video explains how nearly once every three days, a large commercial jet crashes, a tenth of which resulted in fatalities over the last decade. While that’s considered a safe statistic, it means airlines need a protocol for when it happens.