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Showing posts with label Disasters - Averted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disasters - Averted. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

HOW A DETERMINED WOMAN SAVED A PLANE FULL OF PEOPLE - Just prior to departure she heard wrong engine noises and insisted they'd be checked out - She was laughed at but she was undeterred, and eventually proved right - The malfunction was so severe that the plane was grounded and passengers sent home

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Women's power of intuition is real.  So next time a woman tells you something is wrong, listen to her.  :-)

Summary:
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  • A young Jewish woman boarded a plane at Ben Gurion airport in Israel and was sitting at the window.
  • Moments before takeoff, she realized that something was not right with the wing and heard noises that she believed were not regular noises.
  • She first brought this to the attention of the passengers seated beside her, who in turn laughed it off and said it was just noise from the engines.
  • Undeterred, she persisted, unbuckling her seatbelt and standing up.
  • The flight attendants, who themselves were already seated and buckled in, instructed her to return to her seat.
  • When she told them her concerns about the plane they too laughed at her.
  • Airline officials shouted at her and voiced threats,
  • She insisted that she would not fly on the plane if they didn’t check it out.”
  • Finally they agreed to delay takeoff and investigate her claim.
  • What technicians discovered was a malfunction so severe that the Boeing 767 had to be grounded
  • Passengers were sent home and told to return the following day, but not before they expressed their apologies and thanks to the determined woman who had saved their lives.
  • In the past another premonition saved the life of a prime minister on his way to the airport.
UPDATE April 16, 2015

Mussie Weinfeld
The woman who saved a plane full of people has been identified. 
She is Mussie Weinfeld.  

Continue reading

Sunday, December 7, 2014

DRONE CAME DANGEROUSLY NEAR AIRLINER OVER HEATHROW - Radar failed to detect it - Incidents such as this one may give fear of flying to even the bravest passengers.

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Drones will continue to represent a threat to aircraft safety, regardless or regulations.  Although the US has a law against drones and model aircraft being within 5 miles of an airport, the law means nothing to those with evil intents.
Drone in near miss scare at 700ft with Heathrow airliner: Fears Christmas must have flown by amateur pilots could cause disaster in the skies.

  • Incident was rated as risk rating of A - the most serious of near-collisions
  • Pilot spotted the drone at 700ft after air traffic control radars had missed it
  • It comes amid growing concerns about drones being flown by amateurs
  • Drones expected to be Christmas best-seller with models as cheap as £35
     
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    A drone flying near Heathrow almost crashed into a passenger jet – raising fears that this year’s must-have Christmas gift could cause a disaster in the skies over Britain.
     
    The remote-controlled device, flown by an unidentified amateur, was spotted by the airliner’s pilot but alarmingly was not detected by air traffic control radars.

    Wednesday, June 4, 2014

    CREW OF BRITISH SUBMARINE ALMOST DIED IN 140F WHEN AIR CONDITIONING MALFUNCTIONED - AC system got clogged with crabs and barnacles

    This is a nuclear submarine. 

    Daily Mail - Astonishing close shave revealed by retired Commander Ryan Ramsey.   He was sailing HMS Turbulent away from the United Arab Emirates in the Indian Ocean in 2011.
    HMS Turbulent - Photo SWNS - Daily Mail

    The astonishing near-miss was revealed three years on by retired Commander Ramsay, 44, who described it as the biggest crisis he faced in 25-years' service. 

    'Walking around the boat I saw true fear in my crew's eyes', he says.  'People were crying - it was all about survival.'

    The knock on effect of losing the air conditioning also meant other vital systems had begun to fail - but the boat was still able to dive.

    Thursday, May 29, 2014

    GLASS FLOOR OF CHICAGO SKYSCRAPER'S VIEWING PLATFORM CRACKS UNDER TOURISTS' FEET at a height of 1,353 feet - Willis Tower spokesman says this has happened before and it's perfectly safe

    Photo Daily Mail - Getty
    Terror at 1,353ft: The truly horrifying moment Willis Tower's glass floor CRACKS under tourists' feet.

  • Family visiting from California evacuated from skyscraper 1,353ft above the streets of Chicago
  • Glass floor of The Ledge appeared to shatter beneath them
  • Attraction opened in 2009 and the three-inch thick glass is meant to withstand 5-tons
  • The Garibay family joked that staff told them the glass was unbreakable before they stepped on
  • Willis Tower spokesman said that although unusual, this has happened before and is perfectly safe

  • Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2642967/They-said-unbreakable-Tourists-shock-lives-glass-floor-Willis-Towers-Ledge-cracks-feet.html

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