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- American Airlines Commits To Ending Involuntary Denied Boardings
- Flydubai Terrorist Pilot Planned 9/11-Style Attack On Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport
- My Lithuanian & Bulgarian Wet Lease Adventure Across Algeria & Tunisia
- $300 Chase Sapphire Reserve Dining Credit: How To Use & Eligible Restaurants
- British Airways Unveils Massive London Heathrow Lounge Changes, But Patience Is Required
- British Airways Retrofitting A380s With All-New Seats, World’s Biggest Business Class Cabin
- No-Brainer: Save On Amazon Purchases With Amex Offers (Targeted)
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When I see stories like this, I’m both grateful for everyone being alright, but also reminded that we live in the era of click-bait. “Drops 27,000 feet” vs. “descends to a safe altitude” is a choice.
@1990_ While I sympathise with the broadcaster's choice of a headline to maximise clicks, 'number of views' having become a sought-after metric for publishers of all sorts, it can be, to use a technical term, annoying AF to read words designed to alarm rather than inform. The first line of text in the article says that the aircraft 'descended', a word that signals calm intent, rather than 'dropped', one that implies otherwise. 'Dropped' was appropriate for AirDubai, not for this incident.