Passengers often pay no attention to those safety directions before a flight.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Flight controllers could no longer hear Glenn.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

India's Civil Aviation Minister has said the weather and visibility were good, and there were no apparent signs of trouble when the flight landed.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

Also,the effectiveness of such watch lists is being called into question, as the man charged with trying to bring down flight 253 on Christmas Day was not on the U.S.'no fly' list.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The most recent threat nearly got away. The 30-year-old Pakistani American was on board this flight, bound for Dubai when pilots heard this from Air Traffic Control: Federal agents stopped the flight and removed Shahzad, who managed to board the airplane despite being placed on a "no-fly" list hours before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06