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After Alps crash, some experts ponder flights without pilots

Friday, 17 April 2015, 13:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

To improve airline safety, maybe we need to remove the pilots. That radical idea is decades away, if it ever becomes a reality. But following the intentional crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525...

Pope Francis considering Cuba stop during US trip but no decision

Friday, 17 April 2015, 10:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is considering adding a stop in Cuba to his U.S. trip in September but that no decision has been made. Francis has been credited with having helped the...

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