Comment by tonytran2015: Not again! That model has an autopilot that hijacks the control, then some engine problem and now electrical problem. It is time to move on to Airbus jets.
Since returning the MAX 8 to service early this year, it seems barely a week has gone by without some new issue involving Boeing. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Boeing had notified airlines that it has discovered a new electrical issue with “a…
https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/armchair-travelling-cambodia/
…This means that another virtual journey is in order and so, for Wordless Wednesday, I propose another holiday in Cambodia to revisit the fascinating Angkor Archaeological Park which contains the remains of several capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century…
Comment by tonytran2015: Shouldn’t there be more safety separation along the rails at point of possible disaster ?
… An investigation is underway as to how Lee Yi-Hsiang’s vehicle slid down onto the tracks on Friday from a nearby construction site on the mountainous coast of eastern Hualien county.
The truck was hit by a passenger train carrying 494 people, which derailed just before entering a tunnel, crushing many passengers inside the mangled train carriages…
Comment by tonytran2015: Yes! This business is useful to Boeing, it has big problems with its 737 Max, and 737. How about renting out the cockpits as well !
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56598932
Japan’s biggest airline is offering first-class dining on a parked plane at $540 (£392) a meal.
Roughly 3.3 million Americans died in 2020 from the virus, according to new CDC data. Go to Source Author: {Just The News}… Read more
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56585732
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Days after the crash, salvage crews located the recorder which stores the flight data, but could not find sufficient clues as to why the plane dove into the sea.
A preliminary report said there had been problems with the engine thrust, which led the plane into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea…
Source: Dan Lyman
Air travel is potentially becoming more dangerous due to face masks impeding communications between pilots and air traffic control specialists (ATCS).
Journalist and author Alex Berenson published excerpts from a verified whistleblower’s email explaining that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented stricter rules about masking in air traffic control towers and how it is severely hampering critical transmissions.
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Ensuring that the younger Ukrainians master English would be a guarantee of Ukraine’s independence, believes Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Oleksiy Danilov
“Unfortunately, for 30 years we have not defined Ukrainian as a primary and fundamental language of our independence. And for 30 years we haven’t paid attention to English, which should be a mandatory second language so that we are protected from the attacks we’re suffering from on the part of the Russian Federation today,” Danilov told the all-Ukrainian forum “Ukraine 30. Culture, media, tourism” in Kyiv, an UNIAN correspondent reports…
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…“1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus) [Bird flu],” cdc.gov “The 1918 influenza pandemic…was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnelin spring 1918…. Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40 year age group, was a unique feature of this pandemic.”…”Complicating matters was the fact that World War I had left parts of America with a shortage of physicians and other health workers. And of the available medical personnel in the U.S., many came down with the flu themselves.” [subhead, “Fighting the Spanish flu“]
