An Airbus A380 slide (left) and a Boeing 737 slide (right)
Photo: Collins Aerospace
Written for CNN Travel – March 28, 2022
“Arm doors and cross check.”
Almost all airline passengers have heard that instruction given by a flight attendant over the PA system, […]
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