"Miloch" wrote in message news

more at
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/de...ght/index.html

The last of the airline's 16 jumbo Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert
retirement, ending operations by passenger airlines in the United States.

They'll soldier on for at least twenty more years in the Third World, where
maintenance costs (and lives) are cheap:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015...sturbing-truth

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-d..._b_252090.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEv0OFwZZw
https://psmag.com/economics/are-some...us-to-fly-3460

Anyone dying during the Hajj goes straight to Allah's bosom:
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=480575
http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19910711-0

http://www.traveller.com.au/aircraft...-planes-goxrc7

Pic: "The report notes that 'the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority did not
know of the closure of the runway...nor was it aware of the NOTAM until the
accident ...'"

Also:
http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-b...-awards-gwv9t3

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