The Thai cabin crew member had reportedly posted on Facebook that Paetongtarn Shinawatra was "the daughter of my enemy".

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Then, in 1960, a notebook was found containing another Essex narrative, parallel with Owen Chase's, written by Thomas Nickerson, cabin boy on the ship and a crew member of Chase's castaway boat.

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British Airways started rolling out iPads to 2, 000 senior cabin crew in late 2011 and are now using them across their entire fleet to tap into customer data, check member status and record meal and beverage preferences, as well as keep track of transfer and final destination details.

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