Rescue services are bracing for a surge in emergency landings as celebrity-hungry airline pilots try to emulate Hudson River hero Chesley Sullenberger by ditching aircraft in rivers across the globe. Meanwhile Russian and former Soviet Bloc airline pilots have ridiculed the trend, saying that they have been landing Aeroflot aircraft in rivers for decades. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago tags Celebrity-hungry airline pilots land planes in rivers across globe |
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The era when rivers acted as the world’s highways is past. However, some major waterways still have plenty of significance. They still hold religious and mythological value for those who make their living on or near the water. They still act as major transportation corridors, especially in areas where roads and rails cannot go. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
The incredible amount of energy given off across the entire electromagnetic spectrum during a gamma-ray burst is what Jonathan Grindlay of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics calls "the birth pangs of a black hole. This is the scream." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share science |
The Gatorade-stained shirt worn by Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers as the team won its first NBA championship in 22 years has been auctioned... 2 comments edit related share plime.com*Who would pay this much for a shirt? picked by leehblanc 1 year ago |
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Sometimes when we ’re sitting comfortably on an airplane, we fail to fully comprehend the sheer amounts of skill and determination it takes to be the pilot of those very planes we so casually use day in and day out. This is a tribute to some of the best (and some of the worst) landings performed by pilots in recent years. picked by iamamaniac 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Recently we had Moe's then topofall's post about an airline meal complaint. I've done some research and found this superb site. It contains thousands of experiences with details, photos and comments from more than 100 airlines. picked by ozero 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline, might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying, chief executive Michael O'Leary said on Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
US Airways Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who landed a crippled jet on the Hudson River in New York City in January without a single life lost, has expressed concern that the type of experience that he amassed could soon be in short supply. 3 comments edit related share plime.comThe reason? Money. picked by bingo 9 months ago |
Tracks you anywhere on the globe. :) picked by niceplime 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. 3 comments edit related share plime.com(watch the whole thing, it gets trippy) picked by gammerus 3 years ago |
Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
One out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become. picked by proverb 2 months ago 8 comments edit related share science |
A construction worker dangled from a heavy-duty chain supported by a crane to rescue a woman from the swirling waters of the Des Moines River on Tuesday afternoon. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Our CEOs need to take a cue from this guy. picked by muppet 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
THE pilot of an ultralight aircraft that crashed at North Stradbroke Island today had been practising emergency landings. Practice makes perfect, I guess. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
The left engine of Flight 1549 was found Wednesday still in one piece at the bottom of the Hudson river, according to New Jersey State Police. An Army Corps of Engineers sonar located the engine in the river bed, according to police. picked by suebe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
In Manaus Brazil there is a strange phenomenon that happens at the place known as the "Meeting of Waters". Here the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoe meet, but the two rivers refuse to mix, instead stretching on side by side for more than six kilometers. picked by Bingo 4 months ago 4 comments edit related share world |
With some parts of Europe currently in the middle of a heat wave, it seems it's not only people who suffer from the soaring temperatures. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
This doting mother swan has really taken her babies under her wing. 1 comments edit related share plime.comSix tiny cygnets could be seen peeking from beneath her feathers as she floated on the pond at the Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Devon. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago |
Evidence suggests flowing water formed the rivers and gullies on the Mars surface, even though surface temperatures were below freezing. Dissolved minerals in liquid water may be the reason. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |