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Pictured: The cruise liner that ran aground off Alaska
"A cruise ship that grounded for about nine hours near Glacier Bay in Alaska has been towed to safety, a Coast Guard spokesman said.A National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a...
Sudan crash airline is grounded
Sudan's national airline will be unable to fly for a month from Monday for failing to comply with aviation rules.This comes on the heels of the plane crash that happened a few weeks ago, that killed thirty people.See... Croatia vs Turkey quarter-final reviews, online Live score
"The second quarter-final of UEFA Euro 2008, is going to take place between Croatia vs Turkey at Ernst Happel, Vienna. Croatia is the champion of the Group B and Turkey is the runners-up of the Group A. From the first Quarter-final, Germany has acquired to play in the...Entire RAF Nimrod fleet 'should be grounded'
The RAF Nimrod fleet, originally built in the 70's by the British air force, was never flightworthy in the first place, says a new report by the coroner investigating the latest crash. The age of the aircraft,...Another one bites the dust - Airline Closes
South Africa: Nationwide Grounded As BEE Deal Fails to Fly"CASH flow problems, rising fuel costs and the failure of a proposed black empowerment deal yesterday grounded budget airline Nationwide, which said it was halting all flights with immediate effect.The collapse of the...US, Iraqi troops kill 38 militants in Baghdad
Eight civilians were killed and 58 others were injured inclashes in Sadr City from yesterday to today, and the US military is claiming success in an operation to seal off the southern section of Baghdad's Sadr... New Delays Loom as F.A.A. Expands Airliner Review
The flight cancellations in the US aren't over yet, not by a long shot. Over the coming weeks the FAA is going to expand their investigation and more flights are likely to be cancelled, and from more airlines."The... F-15 grounding strains U.S. air defenses
My god, things are worst than you thought in the US military. You know things are bad when you're relying on the Canadian air force:"FRESNO, Calif. - The grounding of hundreds of F-15s because of dangerous structural defects is straining the nation's air defense...South America chokes as Amazon burns
Vast areas of Brazil and Paraguay and much of Bolivia are choking under thick layers of smoking forest." Fires rage out of control in the Amazon rainforest, forcing the cancellation of flights. Satellite images yesterday showed huge clouds of smoke and much of the Amazon...No illusions on Iran
"Four inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang Thursday to begin dismantling the country's nuclear weapons program. If the IAEA mission succeeds, it will gradually bring the North Koreans out of their pariah state... Experts Consider Scrapping Beached Coal Ship "Pasha Bulker"
From gCaptain's Blog:In an interesting turn of events the salvage team working to remove
the Coal Ship that ran aground on a popular Australian beach believe
Pasha Bulker is damaged worse than predicted. The... Ship Aground Off Indian Coast
From gCaptain's Blog;A ship reportedly heading to Dubai has run aground on a beach in Mangalore India. Three people are confirmed dead the others have been rescued after jumping from the ship. This seems very similar... NYC Becomes Animal Kingdom
This week saw a rash of weird animal-related news in New York City -- two wounded birds of prey (there's actually a lot of them here -- they eat the pigeons and rats), and a young sheep running loose in The Bronx (an... Travel Weekly Article Quotes Coalition
"Travel Weekly Article Quotes Coalition http://www.travelweekly.com/articles.aspx?articleid=54702 Grassroots group argues for airline passenger bill of rights (01/23/2007) By Andrew Compart A group of air travelers, complaining they were stranded on an American Airlines...Crane unloads grounded ship's cargo
" UK & World News Crane unloads grounded ship's cargo Jan 29 2007 A giant floating crane has started to lift containers from a listing vessel grounded off a World Heritage Site coast. The operation to remove more than 2,000 containers from the 62,000-tonne Napoli...
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