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moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Strange that Viking Sky that has four engines and all of them stopped... - The weather should not normally cause problems in the machine on a ship such as "Viking Sky", says Arve Bredesen, chief engineer at Fosen Yard in Indre Fosen in Trøndelag. Anway, all passengers thanks the crew on board and the coast guard for the effort in the rescue work that apparently also managed to keep them calm. The ship has managed to start the engines and will reach harbor later this afternoon. https://www.nrk.no/mr/_-vaeret-alene-skal-ikke-sla-ut-maskinen-1.14488387 - We have learned through the media that the problems on "Sky Viking" start with a blackout. It can have several reasons, but because this happened during high seas, it may be due to dense fuel filters. When the boat rolls, dirt that is in the bottom of the fuel tanks may come loose and seal the filter. Thus, the machine does not receive fuel. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14654 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Really? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47691478They're having fun with this one on broadcast news. Apparently only the pilots and air traffic control knew the flight plan was Edinburgh: the cabin crew though it was Dusseldorf, and presumably checked boarding cards. "Passengers were surprised when they landed early". Really? - Dusseldorf is actually closer to London. Nobody noticed - on a bright sunny day - that they were heading west of North, instead of pretty much due East? And not crossing water... I'm blaming Brexit myself - the (German) crew didn't want to be invaded by British escapers. Especially since we spent yesterday remembering the 75th anniversary of 'The Great Escape'. Don't mention the war. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Boeing has publishea full psge ad on Italian paper La Repubblica saying they are sorry for the accidents, that they are devoted to safety but not giving any explanations for the double accidents. Tullio |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22225 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Having flown to both airports I would say, that although Düsseldorf is closer it takes longer to get there, and has a much smoother approach, but nowhere as near as nice a set of views - one high-rise block is much the same as another, but Edinburgh has three magnificent bridges to view during the decent (unless one comes in from the South West, then it's the rolling fields of the central lowlands) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Really? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47691478They're having fun with this one on broadcast news. Flight 75 to Dusseldorf or is it flight 75 to Edinburgh? Do they have two flights going different places with the same flight number? Just who told the gate agent to board the flight to Dusseldorf on the airplane going to Edinburgh? Or did they tell the pilot to get on the wrong aircraft? OBW, did they put the luggage and cargo on the wrong right plane too? Did they put the wrong fuel load on the plane? Might be really bad if they wasn't enough go juice! It's not so funny when you realize that and someone needs to explain how it happened so it can never happen again and/or possibly several someone's need to be terminated. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
As part of the upgrade, Boeing will install as a standard a warning system, which was previously an optional safety feature.Boeing update |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65771 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
As part of the upgrade, Boeing will install as a standard a warning system, which was previously an optional safety feature.Boeing update Meanwhile Airbus is getting to sell 300 aircraft to China for $35 Billion. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Meanwhile Airbus is getting to sell 300 aircraft to China for $35 Billion. Nah Vic that's a Trump trade war thing IMO. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Meanwhile Airbus is getting to sell 300 aircraft to China for $35 Billion. A trade war thing would be them not buying Airbus and buying their own. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65771 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Meanwhile Airbus is getting to sell 300 aircraft to China for $35 Billion. trump and the US is losing this phony trade war, why? Cause there are other places to buy stuff from, unlike from 1945 to maybe 1955 or so when everyone else was rebuilding from World War II. Unlike a lot of the world, the US suffered no real damage on the North American Continent as a result of WWII. Sub raids did no real damage and any saboteurs were easily spotted and captured, We could act like them like in Patterns of Force in Star Trek, but they knew next to nothing about being in America the Melting Pot. The US and the UK bombed Germany back to the stone age and then helped start the rebuilding in Europe with the Marshall Plan which was offered to Eastern Europe and to Russia who refused the help. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22225 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
This thread is heading rapidly away from discussing safety in transportation into the realms of the politics of international trading. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Back to transportation https://ktla.com/2019/03/28/driver-of-stolen-tanker-truck-surrenders-to-police-after-brief-pursuit-near-la-brea-tar-pits/ The driver of a reportedly stolen tanker truck surrendered to officers in the Miracle Mile Thursday morning after a brief pursuit. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
UPDATE: Missouri man arrested in WV while headed to White House, Pentagon with gun, explosive powder KINGWOOD, W.Va. - UPDATE (March 28, 2019 2:25 p.m.): |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/us/chattanooga-bridge-collapse/index.html One person was injured after a concrete railing fell from a bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Monday, shutting down two interstate ramps at one of the busiest intersections in the country. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11362 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
That's what happens when infrastructure maintenance is neglected. The Republican mantra is we can't afford to raise the gas tax to pay for it. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19087 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Breaking News Ethiopian crash jet crew 'followed procedure' Ethiopian Airlines crew in Boeing 737 crash "could not control" jet despite following procedures, report finds |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30684 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Breaking News Pilots "repeatedly" followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first official report into the disaster. As another source put it, after they turned it off - they turned it back on which isn't Boeing's procedure! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65771 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
That's what happens when infrastructure maintenance is neglected. The Republican mantra is we can't afford to raise the gas tax to pay for it. And everytime the price of gasoline went up, My local friends would blame the rise on taxes and not on the rise and fall of the price of crude oil, yet be strangely silent when the price went down, all due to low information. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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