British Airways workers are threatening a second strike. The first was threatened just before Christmas 2009 but the United Kingdom's High Court ruled against it, with 95 percent of employees supporting a strike. If the first strike had occurred, it would have cost over £ 300 million. Today,...
US Airways has dug deep into its corporate pockets and provided each of the 150 passengers on board the flight that crashed into the Hudson River last week with a check for $5,000. The airline explained its actions by stating that it will be months before their possessions will be released back to...
The crash of a US Airways Airbus into the Hudson River last week will take 12 months, according to Robert Benzon, the chief investigator assigned to the case. He went on to say that this case will likely be studied for decades to come. All 150 passengers and five crew members on board survived...
A Libyan plane crash leaves one ten year old survivor. A plane approaching Tripoli's airport carrying 104 passengers crashed on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 and left one 10 year old Dutch boy the sole survivor. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende reported that the Afriquiyah Airways Airbus...
Located in the neck, the trachea is commonly known as the windpipe which provides a passage for air to enter into the lungs from the nose and mouth. It connects the larynx to the two left and right main bronchi. The trachea is very important for the breathing process because it has the primary...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the deaths of fourteen infants resulting from the use of slings. The Commission is advising extreme caution when using slings for babies under four months of age. Slings pose two different types of suffocation risks to newborns and infants...
Infomercial King” Billy Mays died on Sunday. According to the Tampa Police Department, Mays, 50, was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Florida home early Sunday morning. Police said there were no signs of forced entry and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy will be...
The mystery of how a flock of birds could have brought down US Airways Flight 1549 is still unsolved. Investigators are still trying to retrieve the plane's two engines, which broke off the aircraft after it crashed into the icy waters of the Hudson River on Thursday. The black boxes, which contain...
A US Airways Airbus A320 crashed into the Hudson River within minutes after takeoff on Thursday. Eyewitnesses on board reported seeing the left engine burst into flames before the plane hit the water. They also stated that they could smell smoke. The pilot steered the plane into the water and had...
Mucinex D is an over the counter expectorant taken by mouth to assist in expectoration (or the upward motion) of phlegm and mucus from the airways during an acute respiratory tract infection. Mucinex D contains a combination of guaifenesin, an expectorant, and pseudoephederine, a decongestant....
