Our weekly roundup of this week’s deepest airfare discounts! Chris McGinnis, Thrifty Traveler Updated 6:13 am PST, Friday, December 14, 2018 $196 roundtrip to NYC: The Manhattan skyline seen from the top floor of the brand new Aliz hotel on West 40th $196 roundtrip to NYC: The Manhattan skyline seen from the top floor of the brand new Aliz hotel on West 40th Photo: Chris McGinnis Photo: Chris McGinnis Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close Image 1 of 33 $196 roundtrip to NYC: The Manhattan skyline seen from the top floor of the brand new Aliz hotel on West 40th $196 roundtrip to NYC: The Manhattan skyline seen from the top floor of the brand new Aliz hotel on West 40th Photo: Chris McGinnis … [Read more...] about Friday Fare Deals: NYC, Mexico, Seattle, Amsterdam, Cincy, Zurich, more
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Southwest flight returns to Seattle after human heart left onboard
A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Thursday, Oct. 25, 2019. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto SEATTLE — Southwest Airlines says a Dallas-bound flight returned to Seattle last weekend because a human heart was left onboard. The Seattle Times reports that Flight 3606 arrived in Seattle from Sacramento, California. Someone forgot to unload the heart before the plane left for Dallas, and the captain announced over Idaho they were turning back. It’s not clear what the heart was for. Southwest said the “life-critical cargo shipment” was for a hospital and had been sent by a company specializing in shipments. Parts of a heart, such as valves, can be recovered when whole heart transplants aren’t feasible. But no Seattle-area hospitals said they were involved. Organ-procurement organizations in Washington and California said they never use commercial flights for heart transplants. The flight took … [Read more...] about Southwest flight returns to Seattle after human heart left onboard
Flight makes u-turn, returns to Seattle after human heart found on board
The heart was being shipped from California and was intended to be delivered By Natalie Guevara, SeattlePI Updated 9:19 am PST, Thursday, December 13, 2018 FlightAware's flight tracking map shows Southwest Airlines flight 3606 turning around over Idaho and returning to Sea-Tac International Airport. FlightAware's flight tracking map shows Southwest Airlines flight 3606 turning around over Idaho and returning to Sea-Tac International Airport. Photo: FlightAware Screenshot Photo: FlightAware Screenshot Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 FlightAware's flight tracking map shows Southwest Airlines flight 3606 turning around over Idaho and returning to Sea-Tac International Airport. FlightAware's flight tracking map shows Southwest Airlines flight 3606 turning around over … [Read more...] about Flight makes u-turn, returns to Seattle after human heart found on board
Seattle high schools find later start time improves academic performance
Mornings are a little easier for Hazel Ostrowski, a senior at Franklin High School in Seattle. She's able to sleep in a bit longer, thanks to a later start time of 8:45 a.m. set in place by her school district two years ago. The middle and high schools in Seattle school district originally began at 7:50 a.m. "I think I definitely felt more awake... when I had an extra hour of sleep," Ostrowski said. Ostrowski was one of more than 170 students who took part in a new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, reports CBS News' Dr. Tara Narula. It found when school started later, students slept longer, and their academic performance improved. "I think that that really helped me complete my school work, but also just be more interested in what I was learning," Ostrowski said. Researchers used wrist monitors to measure how long two different groups of sophomores slept. One group was monitored in 2016 when school started at 7:50 a.m. and the other group in 2017 when … [Read more...] about Seattle high schools find later start time improves academic performance
More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzz
Carla K. Johnson, Ap Medical Writer Updated 11:31 am PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Senior Hazel Ostrowski attends her first period AP statistics class at Franklin High School Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in Seattle. High school students are getting more sleep in Seattle, according to a study on later school start times. Ostrowski was among a group at Franklin and another Seattle high school who wore activity monitors to discover whether a later start to the school day would help them get more sleep. It did, adding 34 minutes of slumber a night, and they reported less daytime sleepiness and grades improved. less Senior Hazel Ostrowski attends her first period AP statistics class at Franklin High School Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in Seattle. High school students are getting more sleep in Seattle, according to a study on ... more Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP … [Read more...] about More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzz