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Lightning strike hits Frontier Airlines plane and diverts it to Salt Lake City


Fox News
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:33 UTC
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A Frontier Airlines official says one of its planes was diverted to Salt Lake City after it was hit by lightning.

Spokeswoman Tyri Squyres says that Friday night's lightning strike damaged the airplane's weather radar.

Squyres says none of the 168 passengers were injured.

She tells the Denver Post that the plane was traveling to Seattle when lightning hit around 6:50 p.m.

Because of bad weather, she said it was not safe to return to its Denver starting point without the radar system, so it landed in Salt Lake.

The flight remained there for several hours while repairs were made.

Officials with Frontier and the Salt Lake airport didn't immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

Comment: Is is just coincidence that 4 airplanes have had problems in the last 48 hours?

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Engine failure: Stricken Portuguese airliner 'rains debris' on house, cars below


Agence France-Presse
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:23 UTC
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A Portuguese airliner suffered engine failure shortly after taking off from Lisbon early on Saturday, scattering debris on cars below and forcing it to turn around.

The TAP Portugal Airbus 330 had just begun its journey to Sao Paulo in Brazil with 268 passengers on board when smoke was seen coming from one of the engines.

"Debris from the engine fell on cars and a house, but no passengers were injured," a police spokesman told AFP.

The plane made an "uneventful landing" at Lisbon airport shortly after the incident, a TAP spokesman said.

"A huge plume of smoke came from one of the engines and a rain of debris hit cars," a young woman who witnessed the incident told local television.

On Tuesday, another Airbus plane belonging to TAP was flying between Lisbon and Amsterdam when it had to land at Paris's Orly airport after suffering cabin depressurisation.

Delays in the delivery of six Airbus aircraft that TAP acquired from other airlines have led to a series of flight cancellations in recent months.

TAP has recently seen significant growth in its operations.

During the first half of this year it flew 5.2 million passengers, 7.2 percent more than in the same period last year. It also opened 11 new routes this summer, including four to Latin America.

Comment: More airplane trouble in the last 48 hours.

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Another failure: NYC-bound Delta flight from Israel develops mechanical problem, returns to Tel Aviv; lands safely


Times Colonist
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:12 UTC
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© AP Photo/Michael SimonIn this photo provided by Michael Simon, a New York-bound Delta Air Lines plane is seen at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, after an emergency Sunday, July 13, 2014. The flight returned safely to Tel Aviv about two hours after it left for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after flaps on the jumbo jet failed to retract properly on takeoff, the airline said. Delta spokeswoman Jennifer Martin said the crew made the emergency landing “out of an abundance of caution.”
A New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight from Israel declared an emergency and returned to Tel Aviv early Sunday after developing a mechanical problem, vexing passengers already on edge as Palestinian militants launched rocket attacks on the city.

Flight 469 - a Boeing 747 with 370 passengers and 17 crew members aboard - landed safely back at Ben Gurion Airport around 2:30 a.m. local time after flaps on the jumbo jet failed to retract properly on takeoff about two hours earlier, the airline said.

Delta spokeswoman Jennifer Martin said the crew made the emergency landing "out of an abundance of caution." She said there was no indication the plane's problem was related to the Israeli-Palestine conflict or terrorism.

Passenger Michael Simon said the crew disclosed an unspecified problem with the plane about a half-hour into the flight. The mood on board, he said, "was not so much panic as bewilderment and frustration."

"Obviously it has been a tense week in Tel Aviv," he said.

Simon said they soon started circling and dumping fuel.

Radar images showed Flight 469 in a holding pattern above the Mediterranean Sea, off the Israeli coast, for more than an hour.

Comment: The talk in this article about Israeli military intercepting rokets is just noise and as it says at the bottom of the article the only cancelled plane was the one with apparent mechanical problems. It is not the only plane with engine trouble in the last 48 hours.

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Right to die: Justin Welby and ex-Archbishop Lord Carey clash over 'assisted dying' issue

James Chapman
Daily Mail UK
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:03 UTC
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey
© Peter MacDiamid, Rex FeaturesFormer Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has tonight sensationally come out in favour of the right to die.

The ex-head of the Church of England revealed that he had dropped his long-standing opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying - and declared that it would not be 'anti-Christian' to change the law. Lord Carey warned that by opposing reform, the Church he led risks 'promoting anguish and pain, the very opposite of a Christian message of hope.' His intervention will send shockwaves through the religious establishment and is a significant boost for the latest attempt to legalise the right to die.

In an article for the Daily Mail, the former Archbishop reveals that he is to back legislation tabled by Labour peer Lord Falconer that will seek to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill in England and Wales. Under the bill, to be discussed in the House of Lords next week, mentally-capable adults with less than six months to live would be able to request help to end their lives.
  • Any change in the law has always been implacably opposed by Church of England bishops sitting in the Lords, who have argued it threatens the sanctity of life. The British Medical Association has also rejected calls for it to soften its opposition to assisted dying. Opponents - including the incumbent Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - warn that changing the law could put vulnerable people under pressure to end their lives so as 'not to be a burden' and say numbers of assisted deaths have risen alarmingly in countries where it has been legalised. The archbishop said today legalising assisted suicide would leave the 'sword of Damocles' hanging over the heads of elderly people.

    He added if the change was enacted, many elderly people would 'be put under pressure to end their lives if assisted suicide were permitted by law.' Under the new legislation, a patient would have to prove they have the mental capacity to make a 'settled' choice to end their lives and were not being unduly influenced by others. Before going ahead, their condition would have to be assessed by at least two doctors. They would also have to be informed about alternative 'end-of-life' care options

    • Comment: With many desperate for the 'right to die', others such as the Palestinians at the present time, are desperate for the 'right to live' - or even exist. See SOTT Focus

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    Female psychopath? Prostitute arrested over mysterious death of Google exec

    Josie Ensor
    Telegraph
    Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:26 UTC
    A prostitute has been arrested on suspicion of murder after injecting a Google executive with a fatal dose of heroin on his yacht and watching him die, police have said.
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    © APAlix Tichelman confers with public defender Diane August during her arraignment in Santa Cruz Superior Court
    Alix Tichelman, 26, was arrested over the death of Forrest Hayes, a 51-year-old father-of-five and former Apple exec, aboard his yacht in Santa Cruz, California last November.

    Surveillance footage from the yacht shows Miss Tichelman, 26, gather her belongings, including the heroin and needles, step over the 51-year-old victim's body to finish a glass of wine and then lower a blind before leaving the boat, Santa Cruz police said.
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    Silicon Valley man finds tracking device on his car, makes inquiries and gets visit from the FBI

    John Vibes
    The Free Thought Project
    Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:38 UTC
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    Silicon Valley resident Yasir Afifi recently discovered an FBI tracking device on his car when he took it for an oil change.

    Alarmed and curious about what it might be, Yasir posted photos of the device online, asking members of reddit whether it was a bomb, or possibly an FBI tracking device.

    In a short amount of time Yasir learned that it was in fact a GPS tracking device, and it was made by a company that only sells to government agencies.

    Days later he was able to learn the direct source of the tracking device, when he was visited by a large group of FBI agents who had seen his posts online, and wanted their device back.
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    United flight over the Pacific makes emergency landing on Midway Atoll after suffering mechanical problems


    Daily Mail, UK
    Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:48 UTC
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    Landing: A United Airlines flight from Honolulu to Guam was diverted to Midway because of a mechanical issue
    * Flight from Honolulu to Guam set down on remote island of Midway due to mechanical problem

    * Island is a barely populated wildlife refuge

    * Terrified passengers prayed for their lives

    A United Airlines flight from Honolulu to Guam was diverted to the remote island of Midway because of a mechanical issue.

    The airline said Friday it flew the 335 passengers and 13 crew members from Flight 201 back to Honolulu. It put Guam-bound passengers on another flight to the U.S. territory.

    The Boeing 777 was heading to Guam on Thursday when it was diverted. United says replacement aircraft brought passengers back to Honolulu Friday morning.


    Comment: Another report mentions an 'electrical odour onboard'.



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    Government inefficient, abusive and supports cronyism sez millennials - survey

    Chris Street
    Breitbart.com
    Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:45 UTC
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    A Reason-Rupe Survey of 2,000 American millennials between the ages of 18 and 29 titled "Millennials: The Politically Unclaimed Generation" found that 66% believe government is inefficient and wasteful, up by 24% since 2009.

    Only 18% of millennials believe government regulators act in the public's interest, while 63% say regulators favor special interests. Millennials also believe by over two to one that government agencies abuse their powers.

    The Reason-Rupe report finds that because of millennials' skepticism of government, they favor general reductions to government spending and regulations:
    • 73% favor allowing private accounts for Social Security;
    • 51% favor private accounts even it means cutting Social Security benefits for current and future retirees;
    • 53% say Social Security is unlikely to exist when they retire;
    • 64% say cutting government spending by 5% would help the economy;
    • 59% say cutting taxes would help the economy;
    • 57% prefer a smaller government providing fewer services with low taxes, while only 41% prefer a larger government providing more services with high taxes;
    • 57% want a society where wealth is distributed according to achievement;
    • 55% say reducing regulations would help the economy; and
    • 53% say reducing the size of government would help the economy.
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    Refugees tell CNN reporter the truth: 'Kiev has broken our lives'


    Voice of Russia
    Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:44 UTC
    Ukrainian refugees
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    A CNN journalist has visited a Ukrainian refugee camp. He noted that the people were so frightened by what the Ukrainian army has done that they never intend to return to their homeland. Refugees are convinced: the Kiev authorities are to blame for all their sufferings.

    Ukrainian refugees' fear of their homeland is so great that many have decided to become Russian citizens, according to the CNN news item.

    The American TV channel's correspondent, Phil Black, visited a temporary accommodation camp and learned from Ukrainians why they left their homeland and why they believed there will be no return for them. Refugees told him they did not intend to go back, because they no longer saw a future, either for themselves or their children, in Ukraine.

    Comment: The responsibility for the carnage and humanitarian crisis in Kiev lies at the US empire of global chaos, who pull the strings of their puppet Poroshenko and have been more than encouraging the junta in Kiev to attack its own population.

    The US even deny that there is a refugee crisis and says that Ukrainians are simply visiting their grannies in Russia.

    'Ukrainians not fleeing to Russia but just visiting their grannies' - US State Department spokesperson

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    Tribesmen wanting share in oil wealth blow up major oil pipeline in eastern Yemen


    Press TV
    Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:30 UTC
    Yemen oil pipeline blown up
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    A group of tribesmen in Yemen have blown up the country's main oil pipeline, halting deliveries to an oil export terminal on the Red Sea, local and tribal sources say.

    Local security officials say the latest attack took place very early on Saturday in the Habab district of restive eastern province of Ma'rib.

    The sabotage forced engineers to shut down the 320-kilometer pipeline.

    The blast has disrupted deliveries from oil fields to the Ras Isa export terminal on the Red Sea.

    The pipeline regularly carries about 100,000 barrels of oil per day from fields in Ma'rib Province to Ras Isa oil terminal, north of the port city of Hodeida.

    Tribesmen in Yemen have also exploded another major and strategic oil pipeline in southeastern Hadramawt Province for several times in recent months.
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