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Satellite Data Could Be Key in Unlocking Malaysia 370 Mystery
9M-MRO shot by Jay Davis at LAX last year.Writing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The lowly satellite pinger, a humble device designed to make sure that expensive satellite communication time is not...
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Stepping Out of the Rush to Call Missing Airplane a Crime
Writing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- In the afternoon, hundreds of reporters assemble in the ground floor ballroom of the Sama-Sama Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and listen attentively while the various men...
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One Data Point a Focused Reminder in Missing Jetliner Story
The aircraft arriving at LAX in 2013 courtesy Jay DavisWriting from Kuala Lumpur -- Regarding the quizzical disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 and the overwhelming flow of theories from professional...
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Australians May Have Spied Wreckage from Missing Plane
Writing from Kuala Lumpur -- It's great to know people who can do math. My friend Steve Hart creates a picture of the task facing those who are searching the Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian...
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No Reason to Suspect Criminal Intent in Missing Jet
Satellite image released by the Chinese Saturday eveningUPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION AT THE END OF THE POST. Writing from Kuala Lumpur---News this afternoon that a Chinese satellite has recorded images...
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Time to Explore Failure of Malaysian Radar to Note Missing Jet
Writing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Lost in the conversation about what could have caused Malaysia Flight 370 to go missing on March 8th during a routine flight to Beijing, is any discussion over...
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Data Shifts MH370 Search Zone But Man at the Top Remains the Same
Writing from Kuala Lumpur -- The case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has taken another unexpected turn now that searchers in the South Indian Ocean have moved from the last-best guess of where...
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More Than An Airline, Malaysia Event Touches a Nation's Heart
With the latest news, that an Australian ship may have detected the sound of pinging from the black boxes on the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, the massive effort in the South Indian Ocean begins...
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A Flying Club With Storied Past and an Uncertain Future
Everywhere you go there are Malaysian airliners, on the makeshift sympathy signs dotting the town, on a magnificent mosaic hidden in a highway underpass, on the back of (some) 20 ringgit notes. I've...
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Flim Flam and Shenanigans Characterize Chicago Lawyers Work in MH 370 Tragedy
von Ribbeck from firm websiteWhat is it with Chicago's Ribbeck Law firm? In news story after news story, this little band of ambulance chasers is revealed to play loose with the facts at best and be...
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Fox Cable Executive Fired for Emails Sent to Malaysia 370 Family Member
Darlene Tipton, fired from FOXSee my previous post on this subject here A Fox Cable Network executive has been fired from her job in Los Angeles after contacting the girlfriend of missing Malaysia...
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The She Said/She Said that Got a Fox Exec Fired in Missing Airliner Episode
My previous post on this story here. When Fox Cable executive Darlene Tipton contacted Sarah Bajcabout raising money to compensate her for the loss of her life partner on Malaysian Flight 370, Sarah...
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Union Boss Shows Himself as Statesman and Wins JetBlue Pilots
Twice in the past, the pilots of JetBlue have turned down proposals to unionize. That changed today when seventy-one percent of those voting, cast ballots to join the Air Line Pilots Association. With...
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Writing the Book on MH 370, the First "Virtual Crash"
When families of the passengers on Malaysia 370 were notified via text message that those aboard the missing jetliner were likely dead, attention focused on the ham handed-ness of such a notification....
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Etihad Finds a Seat Between Prudent and Audacious
When I told my friend the other day that I'd be traveling on Etihad she asked, "What's that?" In the United States, the 10-year old airline is not a household name. And though I am more than tired of...
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Dreamliner's Dramatic Life Mimics Woody Allen's Art
In the Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall, an estranged couple is seen in separate visits to their therapists answering the question; "How often do the two of you have sex?""Aways," the woman says, "three...
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Bumps Not Unexpected En Route to First Ever Star Alliance Terminal
At Newark the night of my departure for LondonWriting from London -- When I arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this week for my United Airlines flight to London, the check in agent...
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Data Shows MH 370 May Have Flown for Nine Minutes After Fuel End
The aircraft arriving at LAX in 2013 courtesy Jay DavisThe recent release of communication data from missing Malaysia Flight 370, shows the Boeing 777 probably flew for no longer than nine minutes...
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The Value-Added Airline Offers Palm Trees and Thermal Baths
Last fall to celebrate our anniversary, my husband and I decided to go to Paris. That we chose to fly on Icelandair and stop in Reykjavik rather than non stop, provides an example of the way airlines...
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Pilot and Boss at Ethiopian Cool About Dreamliner Post-Fire
Queen of Sheba at Bole International AirportThe Ethiopian Airlines pilot had no idea that the lady bounding off the bus filling with passengers headed out to board ET Flight 602, was an aviation...
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