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The Thames Hub Truly Looks Like the Future
This is the Thames Hub airport, part of an billion-pound project that would include a railway terminal connecting to England and Europe through high speed trains, huge depots and a port. Total cost of...
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Are Kindles Being Killed By Static From Airport X-Ray Scanners?
X-ray scanners shouldn't be able to damage electronics in and of themselves. The amount of energy they use is low enough that, even on their most powerful setting, shouldn't harm your beloved gadgets....
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TSA Stops Stupid Teen Wearing a Purse With a Replica Gun On It
A 17-year-old pregnant teen lost her flight when TSA agents insisted she had to check her bag, which has a replica gun attached to it. For once, I'm going to defend the TSA: this girl is a naff arseclown.
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Where Does My Bag Go When I Check-In For a Flight?
Ever wondered how your bag gets from check-in to the plane and then back out to baggage claim as you jet around the world? Watch this awesome video of a bag checking in at Atlanta, shooting round the...
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Airports Will Steal Summer’s Heat to Thaw Frozen Winter Runways
The winter months are some of the busiest travel times of the year, but they’re also the most likely time for an airplane to be delayed. The culprit? Icy runways. Wouldn’t it be nice and efficient if...
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Man Stranded In Airport For Four Months Disappears Mysteriously
This man is not Tom Hanks. Or Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian who lived in Charles de Gaulle’s Terminal One from 26 August 1988 to July 2006. This guy’s name is Parameswaran. He’s from Sri Lanka and...
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Fall Asleep On a Luggage Conveyer Belt and Receive a Full Body X-Ray
I’m pretty sure this isn’t healthy, but hey, why not! As one drunken Norwegian guy found out, taking a nap on a baggage inspection conveyor belt in Rome’s Fiumincino airport results in getting a full...
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Count Your Lucky Stars if You Ever Visit These 10 Beautiful Airport Terminals
While the weather hasn’t been all sunny days and picnics recently, I’m sure many of you would love to jet off to balmier bays, and what better way to start your trip than by checking out some of the...
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I Can Understand Why This Watch Would Get You Arrested
If you’ve travelled on a plane any time in, say, the last 10 years, you will have noticed that airport security’s a totally chilled-out breeze. Oh wait, no, that’s not right, they’re a bunch of...
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Apple Builds a Spaceship, Google Gets an Airport
Apple may be building new headquarters that look like a spaceship, but Google is getting a goddamn airport! According to Mineta San Jose International Airport, Signature Aviation and Blue City Holdings...
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Kim Jong-Un Confirms Design For a £130 Million International Airport
First Instagram, now this: An architecture and planning firm in Hong Kong has reportedly been chosen to turn a military airstrip in North Korea into a £130 million international airport. The plans show...
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Man, Watching Aeroplanes Take Off and Land Is Like Playing a Video Game
This timelapse video shows the controlled chaos that is airplanes taking off and landing. If you ever played Flight Control on your phone, it’s pretty much as impossible as that. It’s incredible how...
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Airports Are Kind of Awesome When They’re Not Stressing You Out
The default emotions in airports are pretty much all negative. You’re either late, exhausted, frustrated, hungry, regretting that MacDonalds, remembering all the crucial things that were in the checked...
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