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Amazon Web Services recovered Monday morning from a widespread outage that disrupted services for major retailers, airlines, social media apps, financial platforms, and more. AWS infrastructure supports millions of websites and platforms.Air France 447 in 2009, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and the recent Germanwings A320 incidents have drawn attention due to their significant impact on the airline industry, often attributing blame to pilot suicide, storms, or poor judgment. Similarly, crashes involving electric trains like the Disney Monorail, DC Metro in 2009, and Amtrak 188 are investigated with discussions of safety devices, track maintenance, or mechanical failure taking center stage.
The public only begins to suspect something larger at play when widespread issues arise. Disruptions in cell phone service are often blamed on blocked tower access or bad weather, while the Blackberry outage in 2008 was attributed to a software glitch. However, engineers maintaining equipment and the grid are not easily deceived. During the Washington DC blackout, an electrical issue initially described as a "surge" hinted at something unusual.
A key distinction exists between a failed electrical system, a simple outage, and an electromagnetic pulse. A pulse causes a surge—a sudden increase in magnetons and electrons—that disrupts equipment reliant on steady particle flow, leading to a runaway state. Surge protection can guard against lightning strikes, shutting down equipment to prevent damage. Yet, absent a lightning strike, such surges may point to the charged tail of Planet X, also known as Nibiru.
What lies ahead for the public? As cell phone service and satellite cable TV continue to degrade, and as planes experience increasing electronics failures or cockpit smoke incidents, the challenges posed by such phenomena may become harder to ignore.
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Comment by M. Difato on April 12, 2018 at 5:41pm
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(Apr 11) New Delhi: Passengers of a SpiceJet plane flying from Coimbatore to Bengaluru had a narrow escape on Wednesday as the crew observed smoke in the front cabin when the plane was landing,."~(MENAFN - Trend News Agency ) An El Al plane carrying around 130 passengers made an emergencylanding at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday (Apr 10) afternoon shortly after taking off from there for Vienna, when smoke was spotted in the cabin, Times of Israel reports..."~CHICAGO, IL — An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing Wednesday (Apr 11) afternoon at O'Hare International Airport after smoke was discovered in the cockpit,."
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Comment by jorge namour on April 11, 2018 at 3:48pm
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10 March 2018
Airplane loses the radio contact, the alarm goes off: 2 Eurofighter Air Force fighter took off to escort him
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2018/03/aereo-contatto-radio-eurofighter-aer...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
An Egyptian aircraft flying from Paris (France) to Almaza (Egypt) has triggered the alarm of "scramble", unidentified aircraft
An Egyptian aircraft flying from Paris (France) to Almaza (Egypt) this morning triggered the alarm of " scramble ", an unidentified aircraft , following a failed radio link with the national airspace control agencies.
Two F-2000A Eurofighter fighter aircraft of the Italian Air Force took off from the air base of Grosseto, home of the 4th Wing: they intercepted the Egyptian aircraft over the skies of Arezzo, where they identified the aircraft and made sure that the crew restore regular radio contacts with air traffic bodies. Subsequently, the two fighters escorted the aircraft to the exit of the national airspace.
The two Eurofighter alarms of the 4th Stormo took off as a result of the scramble order received from the CAOC (Combined Air Operation Center) of Torrejon, NATO body responsible for the airspace surveillance service area.
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Comment by Scott on April 10, 2018 at 3:03am
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"Fireball" bursts from beneath pavement (April 9, 2018)
Part of the footpath on Crosby Rd South in Seaforth [Liverpool, United Kingdom] was engulfed by 5ft flames after the explosion on Monday afternoon.
The incident left most residents of Parker Avenue, which is just metres from the power grid, without electricity.
One resident of Parker Avenue said she heard an explosion and noticed a “dreadful smell”.
One man, who captured footage of the fire, said the fire was “bursting“ out of a grid in the pavement.
“I thought to begin with that maybe there was work being done on the grid but apparently it just went up by itself.“
After dousing out the flames, fire officers dug up two electricity grates along the street.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/residents-shock...
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/video-shows-fla...
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University of Maine wind turbine catches fire (April 2, 2018)
Around 10:45 p.m. April 1, the local fire department responded to a fire at University of Maine Presque Isle’s wind turbine. The fire occurred in the turbine’s nacelle, the covered section that houses the motor, generator, gearbox and other mechanics.
“It appears that the turbine generator caught on fire and the overload from it subsequently tripped the campus breakers,” Rachel Rice, UMPI community and media relations director, said in a statement. “This caused most of campus to lose power." Power was restored at around 1:30 a.m.
https://thecounty.me/2018/04/02/news/umpi-wind-turbine-catches-fire...
http://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/UMPIs-wind-turbine-damaged-in-la...
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North, northeast Brazil hit by 18K MW power outage -industry
MARCH 21, 2018
https://uk.reuters.com/article/brazil-power/north-northeast-brazil-...
SAO PAULO, March 21 (Reuters) - Large swaths of Brazil’s north and northeast suffered a power outage on Wednesday, the operator of the nation’s grid said, affecting tens of millions of consumers and 22.5 percent of total output, or 18,000 megawatts.
Lower house member José Carlos Aleluia, a former head of one of state-owned power utility Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA’s units, said on Twitter the outage was caused by a test failure in a transmission line connecting to the Belo Monte dam.
Eletrobras, as the utility is known, and China’s State Grid Corp, which operate the transmission line, did not respond to requests for comment.
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Explosion at Klaarwater substation causes Durban [South Africa] power outage (Mar 14, 2018)
eThekwini Municipality confirmed an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation this morning caused a widespread power outage to about 50 per cent of areas in Durban.
https://highwaymail.co.za/287540/majorpoweroutage-explosion-klaarwa...
https://twitter.com/eThekwiniM/status/973891369214337025
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Comment by Juan F Martinez on March 16, 2018 at 4:49pm
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#EMP SURGE Ski lift disaster Tiblisi, Georgia
Georgia: Ski Lift Crashes in Gudauri Resort
Mar 16, 2018https://www.facebook.com/kakha.khizanishvili.3/videos/980705655419405/
A ski lift careened out of control, with people jumping or thrown from the chairs, in Georgia's popular Gudauri ski resort on March 16.
Videos taken by eyewitnesses showed terrifying scenes of the chairs speeding in reverse and smashing together at the lower terminal. Most passengers managed to leap out at the last moment, but others were flung into the snow as their chairs swung violently around the bullwheel at the lower terminal. Still others appeared caught in the pileup of chairs. All the while, mechanics struggled to bring the lift to a stop.
“Jump, jump Yulya! Somebody stop this [expletive]” screamed a man in Russian in one video of the ordeal.
Eleven people suffered injuries in the crash, most of them tourists from Russia and Ukraine, according to Georgian health officials. One Ukrainian citizen, who sustained the worst injuries, was first to be flown by helicopter to Tbilisi.
“One Ukrainian citizen has multiple broken bones,” Deputy Health Minister Zaza Sopromadze told Rustavi2 news channel. “None of the other victims have life-threatening injuries.” A Swiss citizen, who was also injured, is pregnant and has pains in her lower back, said Georgian Health Minister Davit Sergeenko.
The stricken lift, known as Sadzele, is the highest in the network of ski lifts in Gudauri, with its top station at an altitude of 3,279 meters. It underwent a routine inspection in December. “The ropeway was in top condition then,” said Sandro Shelia, Director General of CA International, the company that did the inspection. Shelia said the breakdown may have been caused by the failure of the brake system.
https://eurasianet.org/s/georgia-ski-lift-crashes-in-gudauri-resort
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11,000-volt current jolts Meerut village: Student dead, appliances explode, house gutted in fire
Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
March 12, 2018
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/student-dead-4-injured-a...
The deceased, a second-year B.Tech student, was plugging in his phone charger when the fault occurred, killing him instantly. Appliances in use at the time of the fault exploded one after the other. Officials are yet to ascertain the cause of the faut that led to the passage of high-voltage current in 110 houses.
A man was killed and four others received burn injuries after an 11,000-volt current passed through over 100 houses in a Meerut village on Sunday.
In a bizarre incident that has triggered angry protests from residents of Kuan Patti area of Meerut’s Incholi village, a massive 11,000-volt current passed through 110 houses in the locality, killing a 20-year-old B.Tech student and injuring four others with burn injuries. The incident occurred on Sunday when the passage of the high-voltage current resulted in all electrical appliances in use exploding one after the other. According to a Times Of India report, one house was also gutted in the fire as a consequence.
Officials said that an electric line fault led to the freak accident, though the exact cause behind the fault could not be immediately ascertained CONTINUE...
MAP: Meerut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerut
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Emergency landing for Dallas-bound flight due to smoke on plane
The Albuquerque Fire Department said in a tweet that two passengers were taken to the hospital.DALLAS -- A Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix bound for Dallas Love Field made an emergency landing in Albuquerque Sunday night (Mar 11) after a malfunction of some kind produced smoke towards the rear of the plane. After making the emergency landing, passengers were evacuated quickly with some even jumping from the aircraft’s wing down onto the tarmac.“It was nerve-racking,” said passenger Bo Tonkin. “We were holding each other's hands. It was pretty intense.”David Fleck told WFAA he first realized something was wrong when the plane started to descend just an hour into the flight. Then, flight attendants began telling everyone on-board they would be making an emergency landing and to keep their heads down. One attendant asked Fleck if he knew how to open the emergency door since he was sitting on an exit row.
The landing itself was not rough or bumpy according to Fleck who said he did not smell smoke while on-board. However, he did say the plane came to an abrupt stop once it touched down and several fire trucks were already waiting on their arrival. Videos on social media posted by passengers show some sliding down the inflatable chute during the evacuation while others were forced to jump down from the plane’s wing. In one video, someone can be heard yelling “move away from the aircraft.
“Some people had ramps or slides but some had to jump off the wing,” said passenger Paul Allen. “That was pretty harrowing, as well."
https://twitter.com/abqfire/status/973054237209800704
The Albuquerque Fire Department said in a tweet that two passengers were taken to the hospital. Upon arrival at Love Field, a family told WFAA one of their family members was injured while trying to jump from the wing.
After waiting for a while on the tarmac, passengers were eventually put on another plane and made it to Love Field around 3 a.m. ~
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Electrical fire on board Porter flight leads to emergency landing in Fredericton
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/msn/electrical-fire-on-board-porter-...
An electrical fire on board a Porter flight led to an unexpected landing at Fredericton airport Saturday morning (Mar 10).
The 8.50 a.m. flight was headed from Halifax to Montreal. Porter confirmed in an email to CBC News that the crew reported "a small electrical fire that was extinguished prior to landing."
Ginny Clark from Dartmouth, N.S., was on Porter flight 1480 with her daughter when she saw sparks coming from the light fixtures, she told CBC News.
Clark said there was a smell of burned plastic on board.
A passenger alerted a flight attendant who "addressed it right away," she said.
"It was a little concerning, of course, but the flight attendant kept calm, cool and collected and basically said 'We're gong to check this out,'" she said.
After a few minutes, the 72 passengers were told that they'd be landing at the nearest airport, said Clark.
"There was a moment of, what do we do in this situation, for sure," she said.
Fire trucks arrived at the airport to offer shelter to passengers until they were bused off the tarmac. ~
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JetBlue Flight Diverts Due To “Possible Smoke”
http://bernews.com/2018/03/fjet-blue-flight-diverts-to-bermuda/
This evening (March 10) , the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service Emergency Dispatch Center received a call from the Skyport Airport Duty Officer stating a JetBlue flight — en route to New York from Dominican Republic — needed to make an emergency landing in Bermuda due to “possible smoke in the cargo hold.”
Ms. Pamela Brockington stated that “a JetBlue Airbus 321 on its way to John F. Kennedy Airport, New York from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic will make an emergency landing in Bermuda due to possible smoke in the cargo hold.”
Acting Lieutenant Russann Francis said the “Airbus 321 was reported to carry 207 souls and 17,000 pounds of fuel remaining on board.
“Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service [BFRS] stood by on scene with 7 vehicles and 15 personnel as the flight landed safely in Bermuda at 18:10pm.
“BFRS personnel assisted with the evacuation of passengers and carried out a thorough inspection for signs of fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft.” ~
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Smoke in Nigeria plane forces pilot to make emergency landing in Ghana
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Smoke-in-Nigeria...
A Nigerian plane made an emergency landing in Ghana after smoke was detected in the cabin, officials said on Friday.
The "unknown source of smoke" in the aircraft cabin forced the pilot in command of the flight to declare emergency 81 nautical miles to the Kotoka International Airport, Accra.
The aircraft, owned by Arik Air, was travelling from Lagos to Accra on Tuesday (March 6) when the fault was detected but no-one was hurt, a company statement said.
"Arik Air flight W3 304 from Lagos to Accra on March 6, 2018 declared an emergency in line with standard operating procedures, when (an) unknown source of smoke was detected in the cabin", it said.
The incident occurred 130km from the Ghanaian capital but the plane "landed safely in Accra without further incident."
According to a passenger, who sent the incident message on social media, the cabin crew issued them serviette to cover their noses to avoid being choked by the smoke.He said there was palpable tension on board the aircraft with passengers thrown into fear, resorting to prayer sessions as the smoke escalated.
It was the latest in a string of incidents involving the aviation sector over the past month.
On February 7, an emergency exit door fell off a Dana Air jet as it landed in Abuja after flying in from Lagos.
Six days later, an Atlanta-bound Delta airlines jet was forced to return to Lagos after a fire was detected in one of its engines with passengers using emergency slides to evacuate the plane, officials said.
On February 17, an Air Peace plane had to delay landing in the southwestern city of Akure because cows had strayed onto the runway. Another Dana Air plane overshot the runway at Port Harcourt on February 20 due to heavy rain and flooding.
And on Wednesday, the Nigerian government ordered a complete audit of Dana Air's operations to determine the technical fitness of its fleet.
The airline was grounded after a 2012 crash outside Lagos that killed all 153 on board and six on the ground. Mechanical failure and pilot errorwere blamed.
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AWS outage: Datacentre power cut knocks ‘hundreds’ of internet services offline
A year on from Amazon’s S3 outage at its US-East-1 datacentre region, a power loss incident in the same place has caused a fresh round of service disruption for the cloud giant’s customers
A power outage affecting one of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) largest US datacentre regions reportedly knocked hundreds of online services offline across the world on Friday 2 March.
The cloud services giant confirmed that its US-East-1 region suffered two separate power loss incidents over the course of two hours in one of the site’s network peering facilities, each one lasting about 10 minutes.
As a result, organisations that rely on that region to host their applications and workloads “may have experienced internet connectivity issues”, said AWS in a statement on its services status page.
“Our network is designed to be fully redundant with multiple independent peering facilities in every region,” the statement continued. “Some customers experienced elevated latency and packet loss while the network rerouted affected traffic to these unaffected network peering facilities.
“Some packet loss was also observed as we restored traffic to the affected network peering facility.”
Computer Weekly contacted AWS for further details about Friday’s outage, but had not received a response at the time of publication.
According to an analysis of the incident by networking monitoring company ThousandEyes, more than 240 “critical services” that run on the AWS infrastructure suffered a disruption because of the outage, including Slack, Twilio and Atlassian.
According to reports, the incident also blighted US-based users of Amazon’s voice assistant technology Alexa, as well as organisations that rely on the firm’s Direct Connect service to obtain a private connection between their datacentres and the AWS cloud.
“The AWS-East region is one of the first AWS [datacentre] regions and is, hands down, their largest, with at least five availability zones,” wrote Archana Kesavan, senior product marketing manager at ThousandEyes, in a blog post. “What started as a power outage impacting a small set of services quickly cascaded into a major event.”
News of the outage comes nearly a year to the day after Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) suffered an outage that led to widescale disruption across the internet * after an engineer incorrectly executed a command at the same AWS datacentre region that led to an unspecified number of servers falling offline..."
( * ZetaTalk Insight 3/11/2017 "..Amazon Cloud servers are down for days)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/amazon-web-s...
"..Of all the places where Amazon operates data centers, northern Virginia is one of the most significant.."
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