It´s a bird, it´s a plane, it´s a...flying hospital? How an airplane gives blind patients sight
(WorldNews Business)

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Most people who board this blue-and-white MD-10 cargo plane will never leave the ground — instead, they’ll take a different type of journey. When they step inside the aircraft, they are blind or have vision impairments that keep them from living productive lives. When they disembark, they can see. It’s the high-tech facility inside the airplane, which was on display at Moffett Field over the weekend, that allows for that seemingly miraculous transformation. Behind the cockpit, the plane, known as the “Flying Eye Hospital,� is equipped with exam equipment, an operating room and a recovery room that fits up to three patients. With support...