I saw the report on this yesterday. It's amazing that no one was injured. They said the hole was about 150 ft deep, but I don't know how reliable that was.

 

On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 landed in Karachi for what should have been a routine stopover. Minutes later, armed hijackers stormed the plane, trapping 359 people in terror.

Among them was 22-year-old flight purser Neerja Bhanot. Instead of panicking, she acted. Neerja alerted the cockpit crew, allowing them to escape through an overhead hatch—denying the hijackers control of the aircraft.

For the next 17 hours, she became the passengers’ shield. She hid American passports so travelers wouldn’t be singled out. She calmed frightened children, comforted families, and never put herself first.

When the hijackers opened fire, Neerja stood at an emergency exit. She could have saved herself. Instead, she threw open the doors, guiding others to safety. In her final moments, she used her body to protect children from the bullets.

Neerja did not survive that night. But hundreds of others did—because of her courage. Today, she is remembered worldwide as a symbol of selfless bravery: a young woman who gave her life so that strangers could live.


Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7377205772583219201/

 

On January 4, 1990, a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 (N280US) experienced a loud "bang" and loss of power in the number 3 engine, which subsequently separated from the aircraft mid-flight over Florida. The cause was determined to be ice from a leaky lavatory drain tank freezing and dislodging at altitude, becoming a projectile that damaged the engine. The engine detachment was a designed safety feature to prevent damage to the airframe, and the aircraft landed safely without injuries. This type of separation had previously also happened to a National Airlines and American Airlines B-727’s from the same reason.

source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erik...west-airlines-share-7378057566175567872-NimD/​

 

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On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 landed in Karachi for what should have been a routine stopover. Minutes later, armed hijackers stormed the plane, trapping 359 people in terror.

Among them was 22-year-old flight purser Neerja Bhanot. Instead of panicking, she acted. Neerja alerted the cockpit crew, allowing them to escape through an overhead hatch—denying the hijackers control of the aircraft.

For the next 17 hours, she became the passengers’ shield. She hid American passports so travelers wouldn’t be singled out. She calmed frightened children, comforted families, and never put herself first.

When the hijackers opened fire, Neerja stood at an emergency exit. She could have saved herself. Instead, she threw open the doors, guiding others to safety. In her final moments, she used her body to protect children from the bullets.

Neerja did not survive that night. But hundreds of others did—because of her courage. Today, she is remembered worldwide as a symbol of selfless bravery: a young woman who gave her life so that strangers could live.


Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7377205772583219201/

She was two days shy of her 23rd birthday when she was murdered. She was barely a year older then me.

In fairness to the other cabin crew, they all took part in hiding American passports as they collected them (at the demand of the hijackers), since the hijackers had already executed one U.S. citizen.

I've often wondered how the Captain (and the rest of the cockpit crew) dealt with their decision to abandon the plane. I think it was the right decision, as it turned the plane into a building, but the Captain is responsible for the safety of all on board, and it's a responsibility most captains take very seriously.

That four of the five terrorists, after being sentenced to death, were eventually released is a disgrace to everyone, but especially to the memory of the beautiful young woman and twenty other people that were murdered that day.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40055956
Bangkok Sinkhole Repair Halted After 1,500 Tonnes of Concrete Leak into Tunnel

https://www.geoengineer.org/news/re...-enters-new-challenge-after-structural-breach

In the early hours of September 26, emergency efforts to stabilize the massive sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital on Bangkok’s Samsen Road were paused after approximately 1,500 tonnes (around 700 cubic metres) of concrete, injected into the collapse site, partially leaked into the tunnel beneath the roadway. The operation, initially intended to fill voids and shore the surrounding ground, encountered a 30 square-metre breach in an underground tunnel wall, prompting engineers to suspend further pouring.

Governor Chadchart Sittipunt visited the site and confirmed that the repair work had been halted when the inflow was detected. The governor also reported a 50 cm soil slide overnight, though no additional damage or injuries were reported. Engineers and site managers plan to resume work once the initial fill stabilizes and the breach is assessed. Engineers now face the dual task of stabilizing the sinkhole and assessing structural integrity of the affected tunnel segments.

The concrete is meant to serve as a three-metre high foundation layer over the collapsed zone before being overlaid with sand and prepared for longer-term reconstruction. Approximately 100 cement mixer trucks were dispatched to deliver the materials under the original plan.

 

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Across the street for the fire-station.

Slight lean.


Fresh wood for the paper mill.

 

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-w...ash-into-crane-in-commercial-area-of-tolleson
Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson

 

 

 

The buyer should definitely verify the VIN against the paperwork when they buy a vehicle and anytime they renew the registration. Mistakes do happen and that is the time to deal with it. Depending on the specifics of the mistake in this case, that may or may not have caught it. Once the mistake was made, it may have been very difficult for the dealership to identify it when they discovered that a vehicle was missing, so reporting the wrong vehicle as the one that was stolen might be completely understandable.

But why did the police feel the need to ram his truck and pull their guns? Unless there's more to that part of the story, that seems like a needless escalation and they should have some explaining to do.

Four hours to get things sorted out doesn't sound terribly excessive. A lot would depend on how he was treated during that time,

We don't know what his duties in the Coast Guard are, though they indicated that he is involved in the transportation of high-ranking government officials. But this experience might make him a better guardsman because he has an awareness of the stress the people he interacts are likely under.

The issue of the LoJack is something that needs to be addressed, as well. It may be that the LoJack system was on that truck from the factory. If it was disclosed in the sale documents, then the guy has no grounds about objecting to it (as far as I'm concerned) whether or not the dealer happened to mention it -- the dealer doesn't have to make a point of telling the buyer every last little thing the vehicle does or doesn't have, as long as it's listed in the documentation. If they guy knows that he can't have a tracking system on his vehicle, then it's his responsibility to examine the documents and specifically ask the dealer to verify that there is no tracking device on it. I'm assuming that this was a new truck. Since it's a 2024 purchased from a dealer, that's likely the case. But if it was pre-owned, then the dealer might not have been aware that it had had LoJack installed by the prior owner. The police would have seen that it had LoJack and activated it if it was registered with NCIC (and there's little point installing it if you aren't going to register it, since only law enforcement can turn it on).

Regardless of any of these issues, the guy did nothing wrong and should be made whole, at least as far as tangible costs are concerned. Personally, I think the police should be responsible for the cost of repairs to the vehicle unless they can show that the person did something that made ramming the vehicle justified. But, I rather doubt that that's going to happen as governments love to pass laws exempting themselves (qualified immunity) from being held to the same standards that they insist individuals and businesses be held to. So should the dealer pay? They didn't damage the truck, but they did initiate the chain of events that resulted in the truck being damaged, but was that reasonably foreseeable? I would probably say that the dealership should have to pay (if the police don't).

What the dealership should do is step up and bend over backwards to make this guy happy. Cancel his purchase, refund any amounts already paid (including interest), and offer him another comparable or better truck for free. If they do that (well, had done that) immediately, they would have had the opportunity to turn this into a public relations win for themselves and probably would have made up the loss quickly in new sales. But, now, they have a public relations disaster on their hands that will almost certainly cost them at least that much in lost sales before it fades from memory.

As for the emotional distress claim, I've never been a fan of such payouts unless dealing with actions that are beyond the pale. Life happens. Life has stresses. Deal with it.

 

 

Just how many collisions have been registered in that underpass of hell ????

 

Just how many collisions have been registered in that underpass of hell ????

The bridge used to be 11' 8" and now it is 12' 4" (raised in 1019). The standard is now 14' (since 1973, but that bridge was built in 1940 -- designed in the 1920s -- and is grandfathered).

In the roughly 8 year period from mid-2008 to mid-2016, there were 180 collisions recorded, or about two per month. Collisions still occur, but at a significantly lower rate since the raising of the bridge.

There are several other bridges in the area that are still at the original 11' 8" clearance (which was then standard) and collisions occur at them, too. But since there is no camera watching them 24/7 and posting collisions to YouTube....

Interestingly, in all of those collisions, there have only been three minor injuries. Since there have been fatal collisions at at-grade crossings in the area, those are understandably higher priority.

 

https://www.kptv.com/2025/10/11/ohsu-warns-extremely-dangerous-laser-activity-targeting-helicopters/

OHSU officials said the flyer’s message poses a serious safety threat. As a precaution, several air ambulance vendors have suspended landings at OHSU’s waterfront helipad. Instead, helicopters are landing at other airports, and patients are being taken by ground ambulances to the hospital, a delay that could add 45 to 60 minutes to emergency response times.

https://x.com/FBIPortland/status/1972793899019026934

FBI Portland & our federal partners @FPSDHS @HSISeattle searched a residence associated with a subject who is alleged to have aimed a laser at a @CBP helicopter conducting law enforcement activity in the skies over Portland, as well as another aircraft in the area on 9/27.

Agents made contact with the subject, as well as three other inhabitants who were at the residence. All four suspects are in the U.S. illegally, and were placed into the custody of @EROSeattle personnel.

 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/

Owners of some Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrids have been left stranded after installing an over-the-air software update this weekend. The automaker pushed out a telematics update for the Uconnect infotainment system that evidently wasn't ready, resulting in cars losing power while driving and then becoming stranded.

Stranded Jeep owners have been detailing their experiences in forum and Reddit posts, as well as on YouTube. The buggy update doesn't appear to brick the car immediately. Instead, the failure appears to occur while driving—a far more serious problem. For some, this happened close to home and at low speed, but others claim to have experienced a powertrain failure at highway speeds.

Jeep pulled the update after reports of problems, but the software had already downloaded to many owners' cars by then. A member of Stellantis' social engagement team told 4xe owners at a Jeep forum to ignore the update pop-up if they haven't installed it yet.

Infotainment software bricks (not really, seems there is a update that fixes the issues) engine control software?

 

 

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