All air traffic within 250 miles of Memphis had to be diverted today due to a failure of a telephone line that powers the regional air traffic control failed. While no one was in any danger, it was a major inconvenience because many flights had to be rerouted or diverted to alternate airports. MEM is also the hub for FedEx, although they were largely not effected because most of their flights take place in the early morning.
From the article.
National Air Traffic Controllers union spokesman Doug Church called the outage a major safety problem. He said controllers had to use their personal cell phones to talk to other air-traffic control centers.
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At least 15 passengers and three crew members on a South Africa Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to New York were injured after the plane was rattled by extreme turbulence, reports said Tuesday.
Always buckle up.
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From Airliners.net, this post.
..Citation 560 N561JS arrived at SFO at 7:27pm tonight (24 Sep.). While the Citation was on final to one of the 28’s the pilot came on and said he went through severe wake turbulence from the heavy that landed ahead.
“That was the real deal….. that was a 90-degree bank” is one of his transmissions…
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Airline cabin crew have been warned to move quickly to buckle up during air turbulence after a series of incidents that left flight attendants injured.
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These include injuries to two cabin crew thrown to the floor on an Adelaide-Perth Boeing 767 flight; a flight attendant injured when light turbulence caused her to fall backwards on a bench; and two crew thrown to the floor on a Dash-8 while landing in moderate turbulence.
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