A pilot in England fell ill and became unconscious during a flight and the only one to land the plane was a passenger with instructions over the radio. The BBC's Andy Moore has more on the story. Surrounded by emergency vehicles, a light aircraft saf

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And We want to tell you about the security scare that created upheaval at another American airport delaying thousands of travellers and the problem : A 65- year-old woman who had a gun in a bag, and then disappeared into the terminal. She was arreste

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Elon Musk's Hyperloop is getting its first working test track When Elon Musk, the PayPal billionaire, announced his plans for a near-supersonic transport system of passenger capsules levitating inside tubes it sounded like science fiction. Now the co

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在飞机上本杰明遇到一个外国人,两人聊起了中国一些有特色的地方和物品,例如长城、天安门、茶叶和丝绸等。 Listen Read Learn Benjamin: Hi, I'm Benjamin. Nice to meet you here. You look great. Passenger: Tha

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A 58-year-old woman, mother of three, grandmother of eight, was shot twice in the head Friday night. She was driving to the Wal-Mart east of Pasadena. Only a block from her home, she saw two kids spray-painting graffiti on a new building. She honked

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The pilot and the passenger got into the plane. It was a small plane. It had one engine. It was an old plane. The pilot started the engine. Are you okay? he asked the passenger. She said she was okay. They were flying to an island. The island was onl

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There were 102 passengers on the plane. They were waiting for the plane to take off. But the plane was just sitting there. The plane could not take off without a pilot. The co-pilot was already on board. But the pilot was not. Where was the pilot? Th

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By Barry Unger Washington, D.C. 27 March 2006 watch Train Safety report Statistically, trains are the safest mode of transportation. But the U.S. Department of Transportation is testing new technology

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2008 International airlines are resisting India's new passenger information system, set to be implemented at the end of this month. Carriers say the system, as proposed, is incompatible with existing databases. VOA

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Train Connects North, South of Africas Giant Nigeria The train departs from Lagos - Nigerias largest city - every Friday at noon, or thereabouts. When we arrive at the station at 9 a.m., the ticket lines already are thick. When the journey begins, pa

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 12 February 2006 A United Airlines pilot walks to security check point at O'Hare International Airport (file photo) The hijacking of four jets on September 11, 2001, mad

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