Obesity is certainly a deterrent in some profession where fitness is an extremely important criteria. Airlines expect their flight attendants to be slim and fit. India's state run airlines Air India had grounded...
created by Sanjay Jha | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 4082 views | 23 recommendations | 12 comments
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...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 231 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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,...
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 714 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
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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...
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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...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 356 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
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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...
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...
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....
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...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 302 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"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...
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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...
"At least eight people have been killed and several are missing in the Philippines after Typhoon Xangsane brought fierce winds and rain.
Roads were cut off, schools and ferry services closed and flights grounded...
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