Like a lot of air travelers, Scott Cocking feels safe when he boards a plane. But he still worries.
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Tag: SAFE
Are helicopters unfit for flight?
Helicopters are 85 times more dangerous than cars and 350 times more dangerous than commercial travel by plane.
That’s the underreported aviation story today.
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What happens to my valuables on a shipwreck?
Note: The “Problem Solved” column normally deals with non-travel issues that are fixable, but a recent reader question prompted me to make an exception. Fran Perry is curious about what happened to the valuables belonging to the Costa Concordia’s victims. I dredge up an answer.
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Their valuables disappeared from the hotel safe — and so did the hotel safe
How safe is the safe in your hotel room? If you’re Steve DeLucia, not as safe as you think.
DeLucia recently checked into the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Copenhagen before a cruise vacation. He stored all of his valuables in the safe.
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TSA body scanners’ apparent flaw raises airport security concerns
One of the Transportation Security Administration’s vaunted 20 layers of security has been looking a little porous lately, and the resulting dust-up is calling into question the effectiveness — and the cost-effectiveness — of post-9/11 airport screening.
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