Over the new year, the media published photos of crowds—families, groups of friends—strolling and enjoying themselves at the Rizal Park or Luneta, sparking nostalgia for that era when the nearby boulevard was still walkable and lined with trees, and no buildings marred the view in the historic park. Families would spend weekends there and attend Sunday afternoon concerts at the Luneta Bandstand, where the Rizal Monument now stands, in the early 1900s. Even up to the
It took 18 precious minutes for Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight 516 to safely evacuate all its 367 passengers including eight infants, and 12 crew members, after colliding upon touchdown with another aircraft at busy Haneda International Airport in Tokyo last Jan. 2. By industry standards, that was quite long. Ninety seconds or less is the prescribed time to fully vacate a passenger aircraft in distress. Still, no one would say that the crew of the 2-year-old Airbus A350 did not perform an exemplary job. Indeed, industry experts are unanimous in their praise for the calm and disciplined way in which the
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