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All danger, all the time. Hide the kids!

Dangerous hotel: Hilton closes hotel due to norovirus
The Hilton near Washington Dulles Airport was closed last week due to an outbreak of the norovirus, which infected over 100 people in the hotel. What is this, a cruise ship??

Dangerous flight: Plane aborts takeoff, skids off runway
A Northwest DC-9 went off the runway in Milwaukee after pilots “discontinued takeoff” thanks to an engine problem. No one was hurt. An engine problem? On a Northwest DC-9? A plane that hasn’t been built since 1982, yet is still the workhorse of Northwest’s operation? Unheard of!…

Dangerous flight… for the pilot
A Continental Airlines pilot died in-flight en route to Puerto Vallarta from Houston. The copilot landed the plane at McAllen, Texas.

Dangerous security lines?: Does CLEAR actually hurt security?
Security guru Bruce Schneier has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times. He argues that the registered travel program and its increasingly popular iteration CLEAR actually damage security, because the background check provides a false (and easily exploited) sense of security. Go read.

Dangerous shirts. Again.
Remember the guy who was nearly kicked off a flight from London to Melbourne because of the “George Bush: World’s Number 1 Terrorist” t-shirt he was wearing? Looks like his month in Australia is over, and he decided to wear the same shirt on the flight back. This time, Qantas didn’t let him on board. I still think it’s a pretty silly restriction on the part of the airline, but the guy is clearly looking for publicity.

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