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A woman was paralyzed this weekend when severe turbulence struck her Continental Airlines flight en route from Houston to McAllen, officials said.
The woman, 47, sustained a fractured neck early Saturday when she was thrown against the ceiling while in the bathroom of Continental Flight 511, the Associated Press reported.
This is a very unfortunate accident. Please remember to remain seated with seat belt fastened at all times on a plane, even if a flight seems smooth.
Written by tb_neg on April 21st, 2009 with comments disabled.
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A rather scary incident aboard a Qantas flight resulted in shaken people, but no loss of life as a giant hole appeared in a Qantas 747. The cause of the incident is still unknown. Flight QF30 from Hong Kong to Melbourne diverted to Singapore after the incident.
Somewhat disturbing, a report of oxygen mask failure.
Times Online Article.
Sun Article.
BBC Article.
Video of inside.
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Written by tb_neg on July 26th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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It’s good to know the FAA has such a mastery of the situation, as given by this choice quote:
Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the FAA, said it could not rule out further groundings. “We don’t know,” she said. “We find what we find.”
9 MD-80 Aircraft failed inspections, which made American ground 300 planes. American expects 900 cancellations on Thursday.
IHT Article
CrankyFlier has some insight into the situation over at his blog in this post and this post.
Written by tb_neg on April 10th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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