It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing and dominated the new cycle for a while. It was somewhat of a relief when a part later confirmed to have come from the missing … Continue reading →
I’ve been holding off writing about the Russian plane crash in Egypt until we get more definitive news about the possibility of a bomb. But with the announcement that Russia, which had been downplaying the bomb rumors, has now halted … Continue reading →
A Tennessee man might not be alive had he not “butt-dialed” Siri on his iPhone. Sam Ray, 18, said the accidental phone call saved his life after he was pinned under a truck while home alone. A month ago, Ray … Continue reading →
Confirmed: It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you, an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion is indeed from MH370,” Prime Minister Najib Razak said at a brief … Continue reading →
After all the false leads in the year and a third since Malaysian Flight 370 vanished, we now have a real possibility that a piece of it has washed ashore, a sort of cryptic message in a bottle that may … Continue reading →
A good attitude, I might add. Just two days after the terrible moment when a shark bit off his arm, and after surgeons cleaned up the traumatic amputation and made it a surgical one, 16-year-old Hunter Treschl had this to … Continue reading →
Now people who initially give aid at the scene of trauma such as the recent shark attacks in North Carolina have three tasks. The first and second are to administer first aid and have someone call 9/11. The third is … Continue reading →
It seems that several doctors seen by Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz before his suicidal/homicidal crash felt that he should be grounded, but their hands were tied by strict doctor/patient privacy laws in Germany: …[Lubitz] had seen seven doctors within the … Continue reading →
How reassuring: A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control of an airplane’s engines mid-flight by hacking into its inflight entertainment system, according to a document filed in U.S. federal court and obtained by APTN National News… … Continue reading →
Congress had mandated that a new “positive train control” automatic braking system be installed on all passenger and major freight railroads by December 31 of this year. Had that system been in place in Philadelphia, the Amtrak disaster would not … Continue reading →
This is a bad one. I don’t have much commentary or speculation right now, because we know so little about the causes. What we do know is that at least six people are dead and 146 injured in the derailment … Continue reading →
Passengers noticed nothing out of the ordinary, but Alps-crash copilot Andreas Lubitz had practiced his descent-programming skills on the previous flight. He apparently waited until the pilot had stepped out of the cabin for a few minutes, and then he … Continue reading →