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https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-airlines-requests-ground-stop-030945093.html
Alaska Airlines resumes operations after IT outage

Separately, Microsoft said on Sunday that there were "active attacks" on its server software used by government agencies and businesses.

Alaska did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on whether the outage was related to the Microsoft announcement.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainabil...overnments-server-software-attack-2025-07-21/

The Washington Post, which first reported the hacks, said unidentified actors in the past few days had exploited a flaw to launch an attack that targeted U.S. and international agencies and businesses.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/deadly-chinatown-crash-arraignment/
Driver in deadly Chinatown crash arraigned on murder charges

Autumn Donna Ascencio Romero, 23, faces a host of charges, including murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property, and leaving the scene.
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Police say they recovered an open bottle of tequila in the passenger seat, and two 9mm pistols and ammo from the trunk of the car.

The troubled 23-year-old woman accused in Saturday’s hit-run that killed two people in Chinatown had been charged in another horror crash just three months ago and freed without bail, records show.

The suspect, identified by sources as Autumn Donna Ascencio Romero, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a license in the April 13 Brooklyn crash, which reportedly left a 22-year-old pedestrian with injuries including to her face and neck.

 

Things are getting interesting: A hybrid ultralight helicopter with a two-hour flight span:

Photos: Hybrid electric Airscooter completes 2-hour test flight with gas boost


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What sets the Airscooter apart is its compliance with FAA Part 103 regulations, which classify it as an ultralight aircraft. This means it doesn’t require a formal pilot's license. Instead, users can undergo a brief training process involving virtual reality simulations and physical flight simulators. After training, users can operate the vehicle with assistance from a certified instructor nearby. This simple onboarding process is expected to appeal to everyday commuters, adventure seekers, and aerial hobbyists.

 

Things are getting interesting: A hybrid ultralight helicopter with a two-hour flight span:

Photos: Hybrid electric Airscooter completes 2-hour test flight with gas boost
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Death Machine.

 

Maybe they'll put a parachute on it.

Or an ejection seat.

 

Things are getting interesting: A hybrid ultralight helicopter with a two-hour flight span:

Photos: Hybrid electric Airscooter completes 2-hour test flight with gas boost
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They continue to take the same short-sighted, rose-colored glasses view of things. They assume that if the device is cheap and easy to use, that that's all that's required to make them ubiquitous and that all of a sudden everyone will start using them all the time. In reality, of course, it will only take a relatively few people starting to use them before it becomes obvious that you can't have hundreds, let along thousands, of people flying around on their own in the same geographical area. The result will then be that you will have to be licensed and will have to be under some kind of air traffic control in most areas, and established procedures and routes will be established that you will have follow.

 

They continue to take the same short-sighted, rose-colored glasses view of things. They assume that if the device is cheap and easy to use, that that's all that's required to make them ubiquitous and that all of a sudden everyone will start using them all the time. In reality, of course, it will only take a relatively few people starting to use them before it becomes obvious that you can't have hundreds, let along thousands, of people flying around on their own in the same geographical area. The result will then be that you will have to be licensed and will have to be under some kind of air traffic control in most areas, and established procedures and routes will be established that you will have follow.

I agree ... but at the moment, current legislation is like the wild west in the sense that there are almost no rules for aircraft such as that. Which means that they *might* have a promising start, before the inevitable eventually happens. Which is the situation you've just described.

That might mean that in the near future perhaps navigation of such aircraft will be forced to participate into an automated, agency-controlled (read: government) navigational system for safety (and taxation) purposes.

 

Portland, the city that can't.

 

Portland, the city that can't.

You know, if they'd just schedule the flights, they could plan for the traffic.

 

Watch: Moment small plane crashes in a Florida neighbourhood​

A doorbell camera filmed the moment a small plane crashed in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Four people, including the pilot and three passengers, were hospitalised with minor injuries.

 

Watch: Moment small plane crashes in a Florida neighbourhood​

Video's not showing up. Here's another:

Whoever planted that tree is a hero!

 

https://viewfromthewing.com/stormed...pilot-moments-after-landing-in-san-francisco/

 

This guy get free breakfast for a month!

(Long video: you'll need to watch to the end to find out how.)

 

 

https://viewfromthewing.com/stormed...pilot-moments-after-landing-in-san-francisco/

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...ld-sex-abuse-material-charges-after-124151365
Pilot arrested on child sex abuse material charges after landing at San Francisco airport

• The pilot has been identified as Rustom Bhagwagar, 34
• Bhagwagar faces five counts ...
• https://people.com/pilot-arrested-cockpit-child-sex-crimes-investigation-months-11780939

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...ld-sex-abuse-material-charges-after-124151365
Pilot arrested on child sex abuse material charges after landing at San Francisco airport

• The pilot has been identified as Rustom Bhagwagar, 34
• Bhagwagar faces five counts ...
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What I'm curious to find out is why it was determined that the arrest had to be carried out in the manner it was. Has anyone seen an explanation of that? It would seem to have made a lot more sense to arrest him in a much lower-key fashion, such as at his home, or as he was leaving the airport, or at least on the concourse after he had deplaned. What was the exigent circumstances that required so many LEOs to storm the cockpit and drag him out? Seems like gratuitous grandstanding, to me, based on what little information I've seen.

 

What I'm curious to find out is why it was determined that the arrest had to be carried out in the manner it was. Has anyone seen an explanation of that? It would seem to have made a lot more sense to arrest him in a much lower-key fashion, such as at his home, or as he was leaving the airport, or at least on the concourse after he had deplaned. What was the exigent circumstances that required so many LEOs to storm the cockpit and drag him out? Seems like gratuitous grandstanding, to me, based on what little information I've seen.

Sure, grandstanding but F this child raping guy, allegedly. They’ve been screened for weapons, have the ability to escape and less likely to make a fuss in public.

Contra Costa sheriff’s detectives opened a sex crimes investigation against Bhagwagar in April, after being told that a girl had been abused for years while she was in elementary school, authorities said.

The girl later told investigators that she had been abused by the pilot several times a week, sometimes multiple times a day, from the ages of six to 10, authorities said. She added that her mother would allegedly often be present during the abuse, according to investigators.

 

Man and machine, impressive.

 

25 hospitalized after 'significant' turbulence on Delta flight

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"There was actually no warning. It was a very abrupt, hard hit," Nash said. "If you didn't have your seat belt on -- everyone that didn't -- they hit the ceiling, and then they fell to the ground, and the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground, and people were injured, and it happened several times, so it was really scary."