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In travel information this week: Why flight attendants need you to cease ignoring them, what Brits don’t need of their tea and Italians don’t need on their pizza, plus learn how to keep protected should you ever encounter a lion within the wild.
What the current incidents on board Japan Airlines flight 516 and Alaska Airlines flight 1282 have taught us is that it’s a good suggestion to maintain calm and take heed to the cabin crew – and that begins proper from these routine security directions. JAL crew had simply minutes to soundly evacuate all 379 individuals off flight 516 when the airplane became a fireball after a runway collision. Right here’s what Japan Airlines got right.
The FAA on Wednesday approved inspection critera to permit grounded 737 Max 9 planes to return to the air, after a door plug flew off flight 1282. Discover out extra about how this will affect passengers. Additionally, try this explainer on why airlines plug up emergency exits within the first place (no prizes for guessing that the reply begins with “cash.”)
Fortunately, “explosive decompression” occasions like this the place an airplane abruptly depressurizes are extremely uncommon. Here’s what happens when it does happen and what the dangers are for these on board.
And ending on some way more on a regular basis flying safety suggestions: Our companions at CNN Underscored, a product evaluations and suggestions information owned by CNN, have this roundup of 13 TSA-approved locks that may preserve your baggage protected on its journey, in line with journey specialists.
South Korea’s authorities is urging individuals to not eat fried toothpicks, after the apply of chowing down on deep-fried fang-fiddlers went viral on social media. And in India, all eyes are on a lawsuit between two restaurant chains over who invented butter chicken – that tasty combo of tandoor-cooked fowl and a creamy, buttery, tomato gravy.
Saudi Arabia is ready to chill out its alcohol rules, with the dominion’s first liquor retailer reportedly being earmarked to open within the capital of Riyadh. It’ll serve non-Muslim diplomats completely.
There’s beverage information within the West additionally. A US scientist outraged the British by suggesting tea could possibly be improved by the addition of 1 very controversial ingredient. Earlier than lengthy, the American embassy was leaping in to stir issues up.
Tea is as sacred to Brits as pizza is to Italians, and Italy was in an uproar earlier this month when a Naples pizza maestro added pineapple pizza to his menu – for a lot of, about as welcome a topping as e-coli. However, says a fan, “It’s good, it’s recent… it turns into a fixation.”
A brand new bullet prepare route has made it simpler than ever to go to Japan’s underexplored Hokuriku region, tucked between the Japanese Alps and the shoreline of the Sea of Japan. It’s celebrated for its scorching spring villages and wonderful king crab.
And for a spectacular African vacation spot you’ve in all probability by no means heard of, take into account a visit to Lubango, Angola’s second-largest metropolis. It’s a inexperienced and temperate area within the bottom-left nook of the continent, and Lubango’s location on a steep plateau presents up beautiful panorama views.
Lastly, for the last word in superb seclusion, try our roundup of the best islands in Europe for getting away from nearly everybody. You’ll be sure you discover a favourite – from the Netherlands and Portugal to Iceland and Greece.
If you happen to got here nose to nose with a lion within the wild, would you understand what to do? Right here’s learn how to keep away from harmful conditions and spot the indicators a giant cat is ready to attack.
One of the vital well-known cities on the planet has been topped the world’s greatest.
An American couple purchased a house within the “forgotten area” of Italy.
Right here’s what happened next.
They fell in love on trip in Scotland and went their separate methods.
4 years later, she despatched an e-mail: “Remember me?”
“I knew it was coming.”
What occurred after the three-year cruise fell aside.