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Priority Travel News: Flying is still safest way to travel

As normal operations resume today at London's Heathrow Airport, the precise reason for last Thursday's crash landing by a Boeing 777 aircraft has yet to be established.
What is known is that the British Airways aircraft lost power just 20 seconds before it was due to touch down. Disaster was averted only by quick thinking on the part of the plane's captain. In the event, all 150 passengers and crew were able to walk from the stricken plane, with just one person being detained in hospital for observation. Given the other scenarios which could have unfolded, it was a miraculous outcome. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News - Prep Sportswear