Travel Safety Update.For more safety & security news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm AirGuideAirports To Go for your computer, laptop, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , phone or mobile device go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#airgairp Growing awareness of the problem of Deep Vein Thrombosis A blood clot (thrombos) in a vein deep within the muscle, typically in the thigh or calf. It is caused by disease or the lack of activity such as sitting for hours at a computer screen. , DVT See deep vein thrombosis. has prompted a number of lawsuits. Last December, Britain's high court also held that DVT, which can sometimes prove fatal, is not an accident under international rules and thus airlines are not liable. Airlines maintain that the Warsaw Convention Not to be confused with the Warsaw Pact, which was a defence treaty between Eastern European nations. The Warsaw Convention is an international convention which regulates liability for international carriage of persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward. protects them from having to pay compensation to passengers for medical issues during normal operation of an aircraft. Aug 2, 2006 Congo Air Congo Air Crash Kills 17. Seventeen people died when a plane crashed due to bad weather in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a United Nations spokeswoman said. The Soviet era Antonov 28 plane was flying in low cloud as it approached the airport at Bukavu in the South Kivu province when it clipped a mountainside and plunged into the forest in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . All fourteen passengers and three crew were killed, the spokeswoman said. Aug 4, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines is not liable for not warning passengers about the risk of blood clots Blood Clots Definition A blood clot is a thickened mass in the blood formed by tiny substances called platelets. Clots form to stop bleeding, such as at the site of cut. during an international flight, a US federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Guy Caman sued Continental after he was diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) following a flight from Los Angeles to Paris in 2002. A lower court ruled in favor of Continental, and on Wednesday the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling. Caman argued he suffered an accident as established under the Warsaw Convention governing air travel. Aug 2, 2006 |
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