Wheelchair user Rodney Hodgins was on a flight from Vancouver to Las Vegas when, on arrival, mobility assistance staff didn’t arrive to help him off the plane. Hodgins – who is unable to walk – says he was pressured to disembark the plane on foot. The airline has since apologized.
Strong jet streams across the Atlantic are seeing passenger airplanes knock more than an hour off their flight times, as they hit speeds of 761 mph – the speed of sound. However, they’re not breaking the sound barrier – here’s why.