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Monday, April 4, 2011

Air France Flight 447 Finally Found in Atlantic After Two-Year Mystery

Air France Flight 447 Finally Found in Atlantic After Two-Year Mystery
Bodies of victims of Air France flight 447 finally found in the wreckage at bottom of the Atlantic after two-year mystery
* Investigators release underwater images of wreckage
* Fresh hope the plane's 'black box' will be recovered

The bodies of some of the 228 victims of the worst air crash in Air France’s history have been found some two-and-a-half miles below the Atlantic Ocean.

Macabre images of the underwater tomb, which includes British and Irish victims, have been grabbed by submarines equipped with robot-controlled cameras.

As investigators released some of the images in Paris, they said they also showed the ‘vast majority’ of the Airbus A330-203 had also been discovered, including its engines.

Friday, February 18, 2011

World's Biggest Cruise Ships

Titanic Shmitanic

The world’s most massive cruise ship when  it was launched 100 years ago, the Titanic wouldn’t rank among the world’s 50 largest today. Here’s a look at the 10 most Bunyanesque boats, all built since 2000.
For comparison purposes, we’ve ranked them by gross tonnage (available revenue-generating space) and also provided their lengths and passenger capacity (which assumes double occupancy in all cabins, though most ships can hold many more than that).

Famous people killed in airplane disasters

Famous people killed in airplane disasters - Unfortunately, there are far to many famous people killed in airplane crashes and disasters. It seems like their celebrity and stardom does them no favors when something goes wrong with the pilot, the airplane or the weather.