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Naked passenger forces plane to land in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A naked, unruly passenger forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing Friday afternoon at Will Rogers World Airport.
The man was aboard Flight 725 en route from Boston to Los Angeles when he became distraught and began running down an aisle naked, police said.
The man tried to force open an exit door when the plane was at 30,000 feet, said Sgt. Gary Knight with Oklahoma City police.
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said members of the New England Revolution professional soccer team, who were aboard flight, helped subdue the man. The plane landed safely at 1:30 p.m., Knight said.
The plane departed for Los Angeles about an hour later.
Members of the New England Revolution were among those who grabbed the man near an exit door, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said. Tie wraps were placed on the man, whose name was not immediately released, and he was taken off the flight in Oklahoma City and placed under mental evaluation, Johnson said.
The trouble began when a man on the flight emerged from a bathroom without his clothes on, Johnson said.
"He was asked to go back to the bathroom to put his clothes on and he did and went back to his seat and then allegedly attempted to open an aircraft emergency exit door," Johnson said.
The airplane had 151 passengers and seven crew members aboard. - News9.com OKLAHOMA CITY -- A naked, unruly passenger forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing Friday afternoon at Will Ro... more -
Royal Air Force celebrates 90 years - photos
The Royal Air Force (of the United Kingdom) celebrated its 90th anniversary on Friday, July 11, 2008. Check out these photos.
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Continental Airlines Ordered to Stand Trial in Deadly Concorde Crash
A French judge has ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people. A French judge has ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the 2000 crash of a... more
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Woman builds home out of airplane
"Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look "feminine", have curves and be eco-friendly. Her architect's answer was: "Let's use a 747!"The wing of the Boeing jet will be used for the roof, its nose as a meditation temple while its trademark "bulge" will serve as a loft.The plane's parts were obtained from an aeroplane scrap yard in California.
They cost around $100,000 to purchase, while the construction of the project, which is expected to start in June, is thought likely to cost several million dollars by the time it is completed." "Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look "feminine", have curves and be eco-friendly. Her architect's answer was: "Let's use a 747!"T... more -
Government Sponsored Chaos! is Ruining our Planet
Sky Watch up in Oregon is Pissed!
CAN WE CONTROL THE WEATHER?
By Rosalind Peterson
August 10, 2007
NewsWithViews.com
On August 5, 2007, a Discover Channel Program, “CAN WE CONTROL THE WEATHER?” was aired for the first time. It was an interesting program about hurricanes, scientific interest in controlling them, and also scientific interest in local and global control of the weather.
However, the underlying theme of the presentation was about ethics, politics, technology, scientific uncertainty, and morality. Part of the program was based upon a paper written in February 2002, by Dr. Ross N. Hoffman, “Controlling the Global Weather.”
What are the risks and ethical considerations if scientists “play god” and try to control the weather? Who has oversight over their actions? Does the public have a right to know about these experiments and their environmental and human health implications?
Weather Modification may adversely impact agricultural crops and water supplies. If the weather is changed in one state or region of our country it may have severe consequences for other regions of our country. And who is going to decide the type of weather modification experimentation and who it will benefit or adversely affect? There are many ethical questions to be raised with regard to weather modification programs.
The Discovery Channel Program did not address Sky Watch up in Oregon is Pissed! CAN WE CONTROL THE WEATHER? By Rosalind Peterson August 10, 2007 NewsWithViews.com ... more -
Boeing 747 splits in two on take off
A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport, authorities said.
The plane was about to depart for a scheduled flight to Bahrain when it crashed.
Four of the five crew members on board the Boeing 747 were slightly injured and were hospitalized, said Jan Van der Cruysse, spokesman at Brussels Airport.
"The plane is very seriously damaged," he said. The aircraft cracked in two after it crashed at the end of runway 220, which lies very close to a rail line and houses.
Rail services to and from the airport were suspended as a safety precaution, however the crash did not affect other flights at the airport, Van der Cruysse said.
Francis Vermeiren, mayor of the nearby town of Zaventem, said the plane did not catch on fire when it crashed after attempting to take off. Vermeiren was coordinating rescue efforts at the airport.
"The plane is not on fire but it has split into two," he told VRT radio.
Firefighters coated the wings of the plane with special fire retardant foam as a precaution because the plane was still full of jet fuel, the mayor said.
He said the plane was on a scheduled flight to Bahrain. It was not known what cargo the plane was carrying.
Vermeiren said the pilot told rescue authorities he heard a large noise while trying to take off just after midday. It was not yet clear what caused the crash.
The plane is owned by Kalitta Air, a cargo carrier based at Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan, and makes regular flights from Brussels, officials said. A person who answered the telephone at Kalitta Air said Sunday morning that no one was immediately available to comment. A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport, authorities s... more -
Want to best jet lag? Don't eat!
Experts have discovered that a single cycle of starvation followed by refeeding turns on the clock so that it effectively overrides the suprachiasmatic nucleus [the circadian clock] and hijacks all of the circadian rhythms onto a new time zone that corresponds with food availability.
Experts have discovered that a single cycle of starvation followed by refeeding turns on the clock so that it effectively overrides th... more -
Plane lands on another plane in Texas, no injuries!
A plane registered to a Waukesha company landed on top of another plane at an airport in Texas.
It looked like it was a movie stunt, but it wasn't.
Pilots are supposed to be in radio contact on a common channel if there is no tower open or in operation. Some people just can't follow simple rules, and this is the result.
A plane registered to a Waukesha company landed on top of another plane at an airport in Texas. ... more -
Air Traffic Looking Beautiful
I had serious doubts about posting this. Busy trying to avoid bankruptcy, The airline industry, is not offering tips on how to limit the environmental damage. In the meantime, simply (try) and enjoy this from a cinematic POV. I had serious doubts about posting this. Busy trying to avoid bankruptcy, The airline industry, is not offering tips on how to limit t... more
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It's not a plane, It's Fusion Man!!! Footage Inside
Yes.
"A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.
Yves Rossy's performance in front of the world press capped five years of training and many more years of dreaming.
"This flight was absolutely excellent," the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.
Rossy, 48, had stepped out of the Swiss-built Pilatus Porter aircraft at 7,500 feet and unfolded the rigid eight-foot wings strapped to his back before jumping.
Passing from free fall to a gentle glide, Rossy then triggered four jet turbines and accelerated to 186 miles per hour, about 65 miles per hour faster than the typical falling skydiver. A plane that flew at some distance beside him measured his speed.
The crowd on the mountaintop below gasped and cheered..." Yes. ... more -
The Statue of Liberty looking like she's from India
That's a billboard for Jet Airways, just outside Penn Station, in New York (thanks to Sendhil Revuluri). AnimalNewYork tried to summon some mock patriotic disgust--"Indian Airline Hates America, Liberty"-- but gave up pretty fast.
A bindi on Lady Liberty! And right outside Penn Station! While you're at Jet Airways, "India's finest international airline,"why don't you dress her in a sari (well actually, she kinda already is), step on her toes, and extinguish her torch right after lighting Old Glory on fire with it? EvilDoers! Don't you know America is at war? With, like, all of Asia? We push a button, and your WHOLE COUNTRY becomes a tarmac! Boycott Jet Airways! Boy...nevermind. Is the billboard at all offensive? Insensitive? Me, I don't think so. Tattoo Vishnu on LL's ass, I don't care. Maybe it's offensive to Indians?
Um... no? I really can't imagine any Indians--at least no one in India--being offended by this (the Statue, that is, not the Vishnu concept). In fact, having worked in advertising in India for several years, I can guess with some confidence that this exact idea has been used by the Indian ad industry umpteen times That's a billboard for Jet Airways, just outside Penn Station, in New York (thanks to Sendhil Revuluri). AnimalNewYork tried to summon... more -
Airline emissions 'far higher than previous estimates'
The aviation industry's failure to curb its soaring carbon emissions could lead to the "worst case scenario" for climate change, as envisaged by the United Nations.
An unpublished study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest, with total emissions set to reach between 1.2 billion and 1.5 billion tonnes annually by 2025.
The report, by four government-funded research bodies, is one of the most authoritative estimates of the growth of pollutants produced by the industry. It was presented to a conference. Combining data produced by the leading emissions-modelling laboratories in the US, Britain and France, the study found that the number of people seriously affected by aircraft noise will rise from 24 million in 2000 to 30.3 million by 2025, despite the introduction of quieter jets, and that the amount of nitrogen oxides around airports, produced by aircraft engines, will rise from 2.5 million tonnes in 2000 to 6.1 million tonnes in 2025. The aviation industry's failure to curb its soaring carbon emissions could lead to the "worst case scenario" for climate change, as en... more -
Personal aviation the way of the future?
"When your 100mpg (miles per gallon) car is stuck in traffic and a 100mpg airplane whizzes overhead, you're going to be jealous."
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Worlds noisiest neighborhood
"That's the same plane. He's just lost." HAHA!
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Air crash in Africa kills more than 80
A plane crashed Tuesday shortly after taking off from the Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 83 passengers and crew on board, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
The Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 was heading from the city of Goma in the eastern mountains to the central city of Kisangani when it plummeted into a neighborhood near the runway, spokesman Antoine Ghonda said.
A plane crashed Tuesday shortly after taking off from the Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 83 passengers and ... more -
DC-9 airplane crashes in populated Congo neighborhood
Government officials say there are only six known survivors out of the 85 people who were onboard a DC-9 plane that crashed in eastern Congo.
The governor of the province where the plane crashed says there were 79 passengers and six crew members on the flight headed to Congo's capital.
Julien Mpaluku says the crash site in Goma is engulfed in flames and it isn't clear if the bodies found are those of passengers or people in the neighborhood where the plane went down. Government officials say there are only six known survivors out of the 85 people who were onboard a DC-9 plane that crashed in eastern... more -
US Airlines to Pay for Carbon Emissions or Lose Flights
The European Union is playing hardball with the US aviation industry.
In order to reduce aviation-generated carbon emissions in Europe, the EU is requiring airlines to join a carbon cap and trade program no later than 2012. It's a European plan, but its not just for European airlines. Jacques Barrot, the EU transport commissioner, announced that all airlines with European service must participate, and those which don't may see access to lucrative European destinations chopped.
The US industry is not amused.
Other industries in Europe have been engaged in carbon trading since 2005, and EU environment ministers decided last year that its time for commercial avaiation to come to the party. Under their plan, airlines will be allocated carbon credits that they use to "pay" for their CO2 emissions on an annual basis. Airlines that come in under their quota will end the year with extra credits which they can then sell on the carbon market. And they'll have plenty of buyers -- pollution spewing airlines that exceed their yearly allowance will need to buy additional credits. This, in a nutshell, is how carbon trading works. The European Union is playing hardball with the US aviation industry. ... more -
American cancels 933 more flights, raising total to over 2,500 ...
as the airline struggles to perform a backlog of neglected safety inspections on its MD-80 aircraft.
It's sucks that passengers are not able to get where they want to go, it sucks that these inspections were neglected in the first place, but it is good they are doing something about it now.
as the airline struggles to perform a backlog of neglected safety inspections on its MD-80 aircraft. ... more -
American cancels more than 1,000 flights
DALLAS - Cancellations at the nation's biggest airline continued Wednesday. American Airlines scrapped more than 1,000 flights — nearly half of its scheduled service — as it reinspects wire bundles on its fleet of MD-80 jets. Cancellations on late Tuesday and Wednesday were for the very same issue that affected the airline two weeks ago.
DALLAS - Cancellations at the nation's biggest airline continued Wednesday. American Airlines scrapped more than 1,000 flights — nearl... more -
American Cancels 850 More Flights
Most of the canceled flights are coming and going from American Airline's Dallas hub. American is checking their fleet of MD80 aircraft for an unspecified wiring issue. "The airline operates about 2,300 daily flights. Airline officials say passenger safety was never compromised." Most of the canceled flights are coming and going from American Airline's Dallas hub. American is checking their fleet of MD80 aircra... more
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