Negotiating the Transport System: User Contexts, Experiences and Needs (Transport & Society) (Transport and Society)
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The pilot who died Friday when his airplane crashed 10 minutes after taking off from the Susanville Municipal Airport is believed to be the registered owner, Harold H. Gartner III of Janesville, Calif., the Lassen County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.
Along the Central Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
The National Rail Live Arrival/ Departure boards at Marylebone state that there are currently no Jubilee or Metropolitan Line services operating from the station, due to engineering week. I have already mentioned that there is indeed much engineering work going on this weekend on the London Underground. This significantly affects most of North West London. However, for the avoidance of doubt, the fact...
Geekologie (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A passenger plane headed for an airport in eastern Congo overshot the runway (spider solitaire) and ended up crash-landing in lava. Wicked! Of course, I'm making this cooler than it actually was because it wasn't molten lava and it wasn't in the middle of a volcano . Truthfully, I don't even know why I'm reporting this besides 1. I'm awesome and B. journalism. The plane was flying from Kinshasa to...
londonerseye.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another quirky aspect of London life are the ‘Baby on Board’ badges which were first tested out in 2005 at International Women’s Day events. Since then they have been introduced in Beijing as “to-be mum” badges, by the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau and also more recently in Tokyo. A simple but effective idea the badges can be picked up by any pregnant women at most London...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first winter-like storm of the season on Friday shut down westbound Interstate 80, delayed or canceled more than a dozen airport flights, likely caused a fatal plane crash near Susanville, knocked out power to thousands and made travel difficult with slick roads.
Christopher Fowlers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
They say a man thinks about sex every seven minutes, but London Underground has long been exercised by the thought of anyone thinking about sex on their platforms. I once spent the night gluing bits of paper over two thousand posters due for London Underground after their board decided it was too risque, and now [...]
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | yesterday
There have been a number of reports of planes flying at night in Fermanagh and there was also a recent report of a possible plane crash though nothing appears to have been found. The Army denied training with unmanned drones but did state that pilots were using Fermanagh for training purposes. An army spokesperson stated: “As you know, with Northern Ireland being part of the UK, there is low...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Less than a week after a medical helicopter crashed on a return flight to Susanville from Reno, a small airplane crashed 10 minutes after taking off from the Susanville Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration reports.
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first winter-like storm of the season on Friday shut down westbound Interstate 80, delayed or canceled more than a dozen airport flights, likely caused a fatal plane crash near Susanville, knocked out power to thousands and made travel difficult with slick roads.
Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
SUSANVILLE (AP) — Authorities say a pilot was killed when his small plane crashed in Northern California near the Nevada border.
HIT THE BOBBY STURGELL "EJECT" BUTT (Free subscription) | yesterday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Friday, November 20, 2009 Contact: Quiet Rockland, 1-845-480-1088 FAA NADIN COMPUTER CRASH IS MISGUIDEDLY BLAMED ON PARTS NOT PEOPLE QRNewswire/Rockland County, NY: From Quiet Rockland Attorney John J. Tormey III, Esq.: “Regrettably but predictably, this week’s FAA recidivist inability to maintain its own flight-control equipment has already been mischaracterized...
'mu:kaumedia (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Scammy Oystercard system boosts London Underground revenues – at my expense This evening, I was surprised – and inconvenienced – to find my OysterCard had run out of credit. Again. I went to the ticket window and asked the woman to put £5 on it. “You’ve got a negative balance” she said after swiping the card. “What’s that'” [...]
The Injury Lawyers Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
10 passengers who survived a crash on a Boeing 777 aircraft which occurred near Heathrow airport are to sue the aircraft manufacturer. The flight was travelling between Beijing and London in January 2008. All 152 passengers survived the crash but several suffered injury as a result of the incident. According to the BBC a report is [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
THE names of the three people who were killed when a plane crashed after take-off from Windhoek's Eros Airport on Sunday were released by the Namibian Police yesterday.
Going Underground's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Travelling through London Bridge London Underground station last night I saw the following poster at the top of the escalators You've probably seen some of them around too. Escalators are switched off at quieter times of the day to save energy & "help lower the temperature" (not that the temperature needed much lowering in November). I wonder how many stations this actually happens at?...
Videos