EXCLUSIVE: Drift director Anthony Chen is gearing up to direct his first US-set project, Heartbeat: A New York Story, about the rarely-told experiences of the Asian gay community during the AIDS epidemic in 1980s New York.
21.02.2023 - 17:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
While most people have no issues with travelling on a plane, others are terrified at the thought of just stepping onto an aircraft, filling with dread as the cabin door closes behind them.
The chances of being in a plane crash are low, but new analysis has unveiled the safest seat on an aircraft if such an incident were to occur. The findings, published in Time Magazine found that seats in the back third of planes had the lowest fatality rates, followed by the middle third and then the front third.
Travel experts who examined a study of aircraft accidents in the last 35 years from 1985 to 2000 found the middle seats in the back of large aircrafts historically have the highest survival rates, the Mirror reports.
A Brit's life odds of dying in a plane crash are just one in 8,000 - a small figure compared to the odds of dying in a car in the UK - around one in 229. If those figures aren't enough to calm your nerves, flying coach Paul Tizzard recommends breaking down the likely steps of a flight before you get on the plane, to help those with a fear regain power.
He said: "A flight checklist of every step of the flight from check-in to the other end, people find that helpful because it's very logical. Knowledge is power is the cliche. You can tick off the sounds that can be enough to get somebody to do a flight."
Paul also suggests learning breathing techniques, detailed in episode 44 of his podcast titled "LoveFly", that can help to steady the nerves.
Understandably, survivors sitting near exits on a plane are more likely to escape alive, according to a separate 2008 study from the University of Greenwich.
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EXCLUSIVE: Drift director Anthony Chen is gearing up to direct his first US-set project, Heartbeat: A New York Story, about the rarely-told experiences of the Asian gay community during the AIDS epidemic in 1980s New York.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband Michael Douglas have been spending some time in London recently, but now the Hollywood couple have bid a bittersweet "farewell" to the iconic city.Although the pair are now to head back to either their lavish $4.7million New York home or their extensive holiday property in Mallorca, it will be a sad moment for Catherine, with the Wednesday star having been born and brought up in the United Kingdom, and she even studied musical theatre in the city.WATCH: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas reunite with son in sweet momentTo mark their final night, Catherine and Michael enjoyed a romantic date together, where she flipped between their faces before showing more of the low-lit restaurant where many others dined.In a short caption, Catherine wrote: "Good Bye London! And we will see you soon!"WATCH: Michael Douglas' appearance has fans doing a double-take in unexpected videoHer fans immediately flooded the post with supportive messages, as one said: "Hoping you and Michael had a terrific time in the UK: you totally brought your old-school glamour to this side of the pond and rocked the red carpet...
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is finally back with season 2. The world's fiercest competition, which sees each drag queens debuting a new musical number in front of a live audience and a «Pop Dival Panel» of judges, returns to Paramount+ on Friday, March 31.
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