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Key Takeaways:

  • A new study supports the link between long airplane flights and deep-vein thrombosis (DVT).
  • Multiple midair collisions occurred, with one in Arizona killing four people and another in South Africa resulting in one fatality.
  • Boeing announced its 7E7 Dreamliner's composite wings will be made in Japan, while the NTSB will assist in the investigation of a recent Boeing 727 crash in Benin.
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A new study supports theories that long airplane flights can cause deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), a potentially fatal condition…

A Piper J3 and a Schleicher Ask-21 glider collided in midair above the Arizona desert on Sunday; all four aboard the two aircraft were killed…

Also on Sunday, two gliders collided in South Africa; one pilot died…

Boeing said the composite wings for its new 7E7 Dreamliner will be made in Japan

The NTSB will assist in the investigation of the Christmas-Day crash of a Boeing 727 in Benin, Africa.

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