Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
EMP denial
On Monday, May 11th, we had a surge of power through our house so great, that it magnified the brightness of our lightbulbs tenfold. The lights and one of the circuits proceeded to burn out, and the surge fried anything that was plugged in—as a strong burst of magnetic energy would. Even a surge strip did not keep the cable box from being fried. This type of situation has never occurred in our home in over 50 years. The event occurred at a little after 13:00 pm CST, or 18:00 UTC. No source was found for the surge, only a fried wire, which had caused a burning smell in the home. Certainly a malfunctioning wire, more than like fried by the surge as well, would not cause a surge in power, but a reduction in it. Would the Zetas care to comment on whether we are now experiencing EMPs from PX on a more frequent basis? If so, would it be recommended that all electronics not in use be disconnected from their power source? Space was relatively quiet, but the magnetosphere was fluctuating widely. [and from another] http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-deansgate-power-cut-updates-9258700 The cut was said to have been caused by an electrical surge. People in the area say "Smoke was coming from the electric cupboard from 86 Deansgate when the power surge hit. 4 fire engines responded to the call". Jade Barrow is a receptionist at 86 Deansgate, and said the whole building shook. She said: "The firemen explained to me that an electrical surge is like 2 magnets hitting each other. That's why it all shook because of the force." [and from another]http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3863141%3ABlogPost%3A998556&commentId=3863141%3AComment%3A999341&xg_source=activity May 15. After 15 days with approximately 300 hours of missing data, it appears the uninterrupted BATSRUS RCM image feed has resumed.
Air France 447 in 2009 and Malaysia 370 and the recent Germanwings A320 are in the news because they impact the airline industry, and the blame thus placed elsewhere. To date, pilot suicide, storms, and bad pilot judgement have been used, and how is the public to know otherwise? Electric trains such as the Disney Monorail and DC Metro crash incidents in 2009 and the recent Amtrak 188 go into investigation while talking heads murmur about safety devices or track maintenance or mechanical failure, which ultimately get the blame.
It is only when the public is broadly affected that the public can get a hint that something else is afoot. Cell phones are regularly having disrupted service but the blame is placed on blocked access to towers or bad weather. The blackberry outage in 2008 was blamed on a software glitch. If the public is frankly being lied to, engineers responsible for maintaining equipment and the grid are not fooled. The talk has spilled over into the press, or into conversations with the public. During the Washington DC blackout, the electrical problem was described at first by the Washington Post as a “surge”.
This is a key determinant between a failed electrical system, a simple outage, and electro-magnetic pulse. Pulse is a surge, and the sudden increase in the amount of magnetons and their associated electrons, such that equipment controlled by a steady pace of either particle flow goes into a runaway state. When equipment is guarded by surge protection, to guard against lightning strikes, it will shut down, as a brownout situation can damage equipment. But unless a lightning strike was present, there can be no excuse for a pulse or surge other than the presence of the charged tail of Planet X, aka Nibiru.
What can the public expect? As cell phone service and cable TV via satellite continues to degrade, as airplanes increasingly crash during complete electronics failure or are forced to land with smoke in their cockpits, as electric trains surge off the tracks and brakes fail, as transformers explode at dams and on the grid, and as residential lights flicker and erratic and unexplained and spotty blackouts descend, the public can expect endless inane excuses from the establishment. The truth will be withheld because mankind is so dependent upon his electrical systems and equipment that the thought of being without is unthinkable. It is mass denial.
Scott
Darwin homes left without power after Berrimah substation explosion (August 29, 2017)
A Power and Water Corporation worker has been injured in an explosion at a major electrical substation in Darwin [Australia] just before 8:00am today.
According to police, a man aged in his 50s was rushed to Royal Darwin Hospital suffering from minor burns to his arm and leg and was in a stable condition.
Power and Water estimates about 4,700 homes in Darwin were without power when eight feeders stopped working.
It is not known what caused the fault and investigative teams will need to dismantle heavy machinery to begin testing.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-30/darwin-homes-without-power-af...
Aug 31, 2017
M. Difato
Power Station Explosion as Outages Sock Colton
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Power-Station-Explos...
(Watch recorded video of a live broadcast Thursday (Aug 31) as Transformers at Substation explodes and catches fire and startles TV newscaster Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2017. )
In the middle of a power outage during a scorching California heat wave, a substation was hit with a blast,
possibly from a power surge or static electricity in the air.
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(The report of Lightning seems to contradict what the live video shows..)
50,000 in Colton without power after lightning strikes substation
http://abc7.com/weather/50000-in-colton-without-power-after-due-to-...
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Sep 1, 2017
M. Difato
American Airlines flight 235 forced to make an emergency landing Monday (Sept 4)
at Norfolk International Airport after reports of smoke in the cockpit.
http://wtkr.com/2017/09/04/american-airlines-plane-makes-emergency-...
NORFOLK, Va. – An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing Monday night.
An airport official told News 3 the plane safely landed at Norfolk International Airport.
The flight number is 235 and the plane was heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Miami.
The plane landed after reports of smoke in the cockpit. The official said there are 202 people on board and no injuries reported.
Right now an investigation into the issue is ongoing.
Sep 5, 2017
M. Difato
LA street is destroyed after underground electrical vault explodes, sending sheets of concrete, 7-inch-thick asphalt chunks and manhole covers into the air
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4862426/LA-shaken-undergrou...
A South LA street was ruined on Wednesday afternoon (Sept 6) when an electrical vault exploded beneath it.
The vault - which carries enough electricity to power a thousand homes, according to experts - detonated
at around 3:30pm, creating a 'big boom like a car exploded,' as one witness told NBC Los Angeles.
The explosion was powerful enough to rip up concrete sheets, scatter seven-inch-thick chunks of asphalt and
toss manhole covers weighing 250lbs into the air..."
Sep 7, 2017
M. Difato
Power Failure in Brooklyn Shuts Down Subways
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/nyregion/subway-failure-jay-st-m...
Subway service between Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan ground to a halt on Sunday (Sept 17) after a transformer near Jay Street briefly failed, according to the power company.
The temporary power fluctuation, which began around 1 p.m., scrambled train signals and disrupted service on the A, C, E, F and G lines. The shutdown had a ripple effect up several subway lines, resulting in packed platforms and delayed trains from Brooklyn all the way into Upper Manhattan and even the Bronx.
“Complete chaos at 145th Street due to an outage in Brooklyn?” a rider named Micah Bergdale posted on Twitter with a picture of a packed platform at 145th Street. “This is nuts. People rely on subway for their weekend jobs too.”
For residents of the affected area lights may have dimmed, but the trains were more profoundly affected because a failed transformer can shut down the subway’s signals, said Michael Clendenin, a spokesman for Consolidated Edison, the power company.
By 3 p.m. the issue had been resolved, though officials had not yet determined exactly what caused power failure.
On Thursday, debris, a switch problem and a power malfunction caused subway delays in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens during the morning rush.
Power Outage Causes Subway Chaos On A, C, F And G Trains
http://gothamist.com/2017/09/17/power_outage_causes_subway_chaos_on...
"..A Con Ed spokesperson told Gothamist that there was a transmission disturbance that caused electrical damage to equipment in a substation that serves Downtown Brooklyn. Crews are investigating the incident, which caused a voltage dip that then impacted subway signals, and are attempting to restore service. While there wasn't a widespread power outage due to the substation issue, the spokesperson said some nearby buildings lost elevator service.
Sep 18, 2017
M. Difato
Mount Isa mine substation ablaze
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mount-isa-mine-substa...
A FIRE caused by the explosion of two transformers at Mount Isa Mines (Sept 18) has been extinguished.
A spokeswoman for Glencore, who runs the mine, said the fire was out and the area secured.
“We are currently in the process of responding to this afternoon’s incident,” she said.
It is understood more information will be made available tomorrow.
Two transformers went up in flames at the Mount Isa Mines site on Railway Ave just after 3pm on Monday.
Early investigations suggest there was a fault with the high-voltage power substation.
Police set up an exclusion zone and the area was evacuated. Trains to and from the mine were also suspended.
Residents living near to the exclusion zone were also warned not to touch metal objects, including streets signs and fences, due to concerns about electrocution..."
Sep 19, 2017
Yvonne Lawson
Chaos as ALL flights at Sydney Airport are grounded due to power outage on the first day of school holidays
Thousands of people have been left stranded at Sydney Airport after a huge power outage on the first day of school holidays grounded all flights.
Systems went down just after 5am and resulted in radar failures at air traffic control, preventing all flights from leaving the domestic and international airports.
By mid-morning, queues stretched out the front doors of all terminals at the major airport as airline staff battled to contend with cancelled flights.
It's understood air traffic control has had to revert to a manual process for departing flights, and is now allowing just 15 planes in and out of the airport every hour.
Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide airport are reporting huge delays as well as they deal with the backlog of flights unable to touch down at Sydney.
The chaos comes as thousands of families prepare to head away on vacation for the school holidays, which began for many on Monday.
The technical glitch was resolved by 9am with the domestic airport 'progressively returning to normal operations,' a spokeswoman for Sydney Airport said.
'The issue has been addressed but the airport is not at normal capacity. We are working hard to clear the backlog of flights,' she said.
Delays are also being felt on the roads, with traffic backing up for kilometres at Mascot and surrounding suburbs.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4915632/Sydney-Airport-powe...
Sep 25, 2017
M. Difato
Sydney blackout: Up to 41,000 homes plunged into darkness after mysterious explosion and 'massive flash of light' leave swathes of the city's west without power
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4921428/Thousands-Sydney-wi...
More than 41,000 homes are without power after reports of a fire at a substation in Western Sydney (Sept 26).
Twitter users began posting frenzied questions about a 'massive flash of light' in the direction of Darling Harbour and were trying to figure out if 'the power blew.'
One user wrote: 'No power in Inner West Sydney. Exploded substation? Reports of explosion.'
Twitter users began posting frenzied questions about a 'massive flash of light' in the direction of Darling Harbour and were trying to figure out if 'the power blew'
Journalist Laura Banks confirmed that an electricity substation was indeed on fire at Earlwood, causing mass blackouts between Marrickville and Strathfield..."
Sep 26, 2017
M. Difato
Allegiant flight makes emergency landing in California after smoke fills cabin
http://www.tbo.com/news/business/airlines/allegiant-flight-makes-em...
FRESNO, Calif. — Smoke filled the cabin of an Allegiant Air jet after it landed at a California airport on Monday (Sept 25), forcing coughing passengers to cover their faces with shirts and firefighters to board the plane, authorities said.
None of the 150 passengers or six crew members was injured when the plane from Las Vegas landed at Fresno International Airport, Allegiant Air said.
As the plane was taxiing in Fresno, it came to an abrupt stop and smoke started to fill the cabin from the front of the aircraft, said passenger Estevan Moreno, 34, a Fresno police officer.
"We used our shirts to mask our faces from the smoke," he said. "I was coughing pretty good from it."
At one point, the flight crew said they would pass out wet napkins to help passengers cover their mouths, Moreno said, but that didn't happen..."
Sep 26, 2017
M. Difato
SEPTA's Regional Rail Service Restored After Power Outage Panic Among Passengers
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/SEPTA-Regional-Rail-Servi...
The Wednesday evening (Sept 27) rush hour commute turned into a nightmare after a train outage caused panicked
passengers to flee on the tracks and the regional rail service to shut down in Center City. NBC10's Brandon
Hudson speaks to SEPTA riders who were impacted and investigates the cause of the electrical issue.
A popping sound caused panic for commuters in Philadelphia Wednesday.
SEPTA's regional rail service was restored after a power outage caused a panic among passengers that led to a shutdown.
SEPTA spokeswoman Heather Refern told NBC10 there was an equipment issue on a train between 30th Street and Suburban stations after an electrical breaker tripped and caused a popping sound.
Passengers on the train then evacuated due to the issue and power was cut to safely get them off the tracks. All of SEPTA's Regional Rail lines were shut down as a result. No injuries were reported.
A SEPTA passenger claimed the train lost power and when the power was restored about five minutes later, power lines began to spark which caused some passengers to panic and get off the train.
"They told us there was a spark," said Josh Mann. "There was some smoke. There were some people who started kicking out windows.".."
Sep 28, 2017
M. Difato
Electrical substation erupts in flames at St. James Parish refinery; no injuries reported
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/ascension/a...
An electrical transformer that supplies power to the Shell Oil refinery in St. James Parish caught fire Tuesday night(Sept 26), leading to an uncontrolled shutdown that refinery workers had to scramble to control, parish officials said.
St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin Jr. said the Entergy substation where the transformer is located is the main power supply to the 227,500-barrel oil refinery in Convent. The transformer's loss cut power to portions of the huge complex along the Mississippi River and at the parish line, he said.
The transformer fire started about 8 p.m. and was extinguished later Tuesday night, parish officials added.
Shell said in a statement that after the fire started, it "initiated its emergency response plan, which included immediately deploying personnel to respond to the incident."
Francis Hymel, St. James Parish homeland security director, said plant officials assured the parish Tuesday night that they were trying to get the plant back online.."
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Sep 28, 2017
M. Difato
Officials investigating cause of fire at East Lake substation
http://tbo.com/news/publicsafety/officials-investigating-cause-of-f...
EAST LAKE — Officials are investigating what caused a transformer to explode and catch fire, resulting in nearly 9,000 residents losing power for a few hours Monday afternoon (Oct 9).
At 1:51 p.m., a transformer explosion and fire was reported at the Brooker Creek Power Substation on East Lake Road, according to East Lake Fire Rescue officials. Multiple calls came in after witnesses saw flames shooting out of the building.
By 4:50 p.m., energy was restored to the 8,978 Duke Energy customers who lost power, spokeswoman Peveeta Persaud said.
After Duke Energy shut off power to the transformer, firefighters successfully extinguished the flames.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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UPDATE: Power issues occur after a fire at the substation on Virginia Tech's campus; matter resolved
http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Appalachian-Power-reporting-an-ou...
People in Blacksburg experienced lights dimming and flickering, but AEP says no one ever fully lost power. But because so many people called in the issue, it registered as an outage, and customers received a mobile alert.
According to AEP around 7:30 on Tuesday night (Oct 10), a piece of equipment which helps regulate voltage caught fire. AEP says it would have caused an explosion, something a student here at Virginia Tech describe after walking by the building when it happened.
"Just from behind me I could see the sky light up, it was a bunch of different colors. I thought it was fireworks, but it sounded too loud to be fireworks so I turned around.", junior Kelsey Vick said.
"A few seconds later there's another explosion and that's when I saw it directly, and then I saw a big plume of smoke and I started walking towards it and then a few minutes later, there's cops, firefighters, and then a third explosion.".."
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Blown Transformer Causes Power Outages in State College
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/blown-transformer-cause...
About 2,000 West Penn Power customers in State College were without electricity Wednesday night (Oct 11) after a transformer reportedly blew out.
The transformer blow occurred somewhere on Hamilton Avenue, according to scanner traffic, and transformers were reported to be out on South Atherton Street and Beaver Avenue, causing outages in the downtown, Highlands and Holmes-Foster. Power outages were reported starting around 9:20 p.m.
According to West Penn Power, 1,998 customers in State College were affected by the outage -- about 16 percent of the company's customers in the borough. The company's website also shows 37 outages in Harris Township.
State College Police said the outage was due to a transformer issue but did not provide further details.
Alpha Fire Company responded to Cedarbrook apartments on East Beaver Avenue to rescue two students who were reportedly trapped in an elevator inside the complex.."
Oct 12, 2017
jorge namour
A great blackout affected several neighborhoods of the Federal Capital and the Conurbano BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA
14 de octubre de 2017
https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2017/10/14/reportaron-cortes-de-lu...
TRADUCED BY GOOGLE
Usually light cuts are recorded during the summer, when high temperatures hit the city's electrical system and the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. However, last night - from 23 and when the thermometer barely exceeded 15 degrees - thousands of neighbors in several Buenos Aires neighborhoods and Greater Buenos Aires
were affected by an impressive blackout.
In some of these places, the cut in supply occurred intermittently, since in some cases the service returned in a few minutes, and in others, after returning, a cut occurred again.
Oct 14, 2017
M. Difato
Passengers terrified as AirAsia flight from Perth drops 20,000 feet
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/97904423/passengers-...
AirAsia has apologised after a terrifying mid-air emergency forced the pilot to turn back a flight from Perth, Australia to Bali.
Flight QZ535 reportedly plummeted 20,000 feet (6 km) 25 minutes into the flight from Perth on Sunday
(Oct 15) when a technical issue caused the cabin to lose pressure.
Passengers said they didn't know what was happening because most of the plane's onboard announcements weren't in English.
Nine News reports a passenger called Leah said: "I actually picked up my phone and sent a text message to my family, just hoping that they would get it. We were all pretty much saying goodbye to each other. It was really upsetting."
"The panic was escalated because of the behaviour of staff who were screaming, looked tearful and shocked," Clare Askew told reporters at Perth Airport.
"Now, I get it, but we looked to them for reassurance and we didn't get any, we were more worried because of how panicked they were."
The flight returned safely to Perth and passengers were rescheduled.."
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FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT DUBLIN AIRPORT.."
https://rsvpmagazine.ie/flight-makes-emergency-landing-dublin-airpo...
Flight makes emergency landing at Dublin Airport after reports of smoke in the cockpit this morning (Oct 16).
Emergency services met the aircraft as it landed in the capital.
The Flybe jet arrived from Cardiff with around 59 people on board.
Airport Fire Services attended the scene after it landed safely on the runway.
A Dublin Airport spokeswoman told Dublin Live: “The aircraft landed safely.
“There was no impact on the flight schedule and the difficulty was not due to the storm.”.."
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Cardiff Airport emergency landing after on-board smoke
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41609493
A flight made an emergency landing at Cardiff Airport after reports of smoke on-board.
Aer Lingus flight EI845, flying from Amsterdam to Cork, declared an emergency before landing safely at about 21:00 BST on Thursday (Oct 12) , South Wales Police said.
The Wales Ambulance Service was called to the runway as a precaution but crews were not needed.
The plane landed safely and all passengers were evacuated.
The cause of the smoke is unknown..."
https://www.joe.ie/news/aer-lingus-cork-emergency-landing-603671
“there was a strange smell noticed towards the front of the aircraft” and that the plane was making an emergency landing in Cardiff Airport .."
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Cornish sub-station fire still burning
https://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/2405407/watch-cornish-s...
3:22pm 17th October 2017 (Updated 3:22pm 17th October 2017)
A fire that broke out at a Cornish sub-station during the height of the storms is still burning, 24 hours on.
Crews from Penzance, Hayle, St Just and Newquay were battling the blaze at Marazion on Monday.
Police and Western Power were also called to the scene and roads were closed because of the smoke.
Thousands of homes were left without power, after an area of the site burst into flames.
A spokesperson from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said: "Two fire appliances from Penzance, one
fireappliance from St Just and one fire appliance from Hayle are in attendance with engineers from Western
Power Distribution at a fire involving a transformer at an electricity sub-station.
"Firefighters are preventing the fire from spreading and awaiting the electrical engineers to isolate the power
supply before the fire can be extinguished.."
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Oct 17, 2017
M. Difato
American Airlines flight makes emergency landing due to smoke in cabin
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/10/25/american-airlines-flight-m...
A commercial airline flight bound for Dallas with more than 80 people on board had to return to an Alabama airport because of smoke in the passenger cabin.
A spokeswoman for Birmingham's airport, Toni Herrera-Bast, said an American Airlines flight operated by a regional carrier departed Tuesday morning (Oct 24) but had to turn around after the pilot reported smoke..."
Plane makes emergency landing at Birmingham airport due to smoke
http://www.wsfa.com/story/36667199/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at...
(Photo Source: WBRC video)
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FAA probes second Air Canada emergency landing at San Francisco airport
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-air-canada-probe/faa-probes-seco...
MONTREAL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air Canada and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday they are investigating a weekend flight that landed on a San Francisco runway after the crew was told to abort, the second recent incident involving the carrier at the busy California airport.
Air Canada Flight AC781, an A320 originating in Montreal, landed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Sunday (Oct 22) after receiving proper clearance only to learn that a subsequent message from air traffic control was not received by the crew, a spokeswoman for the airline said by email.
Air traffic control at SFO had instructed the Air Canada crew multiple times to execute a go-around because the controller was not certain that a preceding arrival would be completely clear of the runway before the jet was due to land, said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor.
“The Air Canada crew did not acknowledge any of the controller’s instructions,” Gregor said by email..."
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Oct 25, 2017
M. Difato
Firefighters respond to large substation fire in Thebarton
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/firefighters-res...
THOUSANDS of homes and businesses were blacked out when an explosion sparked a large fire at a Thebarton power substation on Wednesday (Oct 25).
More than 40 firefighters battled the blaze that started in a shed at the West Thebarton Rd substation after an explosion about 2.15pm.
The fire cut power to about 5600 homes and businesses in the area, all of which was restored by about 4.45pm.
The Metropolitan Fire Service said the main blaze was extinguished about 4pm.
Firefighters were continuing to monitor a fire fuelled by oil inside a transformer.
Fire-cause officers and SA Power Networks staff were also investigating the cause, believed to be a faulty transformer.."
Oct 25, 2017
M. Difato
Transformer Fire Near City Hall Disrupts R, W Subway Service
http://gothamist.com/2017/10/24/r_w_trains_skipping_city_hall_stop.php
NYC, A transformer fire at the City Hall R/W subway stop is sending smoke, flames, and fireworks out into Broadway and Murray Streets, and potentially messing up your evening commute.
An FDNY spokesperson says they received a call for the transformer fire just before 4:30 p.m (Oct 24) ., and that it is not affecting transit. However, according to the MTA's twitter account, R and W trains are bypassing City Hall in both directions due to NYPD activity. Police also appear to be cordoning off the R and W exits.
A spokesperson for the MTA did not respond to a request for comment.."
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Traffic hell hits parts of Metro Vancouver after electrical fire shuts down Queensborough Bridge
https://www.straight.com/news/985951/traffic-hell-hits-parts-metro-...
A transformer burst into flames under the Queensborough Bridge around 2:30 a.m (Oct 25)., leaving much of New Westminster in the dark.
It also required officials to close the crossing, which created huge backups near the George Massey Tunnel and Pattullo Bridge during this morning's commuting rush.
The Queensborough Bridge will remain closed in both directions for quite some time as crews try to fix the problem.
It's a key link for people trying to reach the Alex Fraser Bridge from the north side of the Fraser River.
Meanwhile, Queensborough middle and Queensborough elementary schools are closed.
According to the City of New Westminster, the power will remain out in Queensborough for the next eight to 10 hours.
However, the fire chief told Global B.C. reporter Jordan Armstrong that the power could be out in Queensborough for days..."
Oct 26, 2017
M. Difato
Transformer explodes, catches fire in downtown Nashville
http://wkrn.com/2017/10/30/transformer-explodes-catches-fire-in-dow...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A transformer in a Nashville Electric Service substation blew and caught fire Monday afternoon (Oct 30) in downtown Nashville.
It happened just off Main Street near Interstate 24 around 2 p.m., sending billows of black smoke into the sky. The smoke could be seen for miles across the city.
Joseph Pleasant, spokesman for the Nashville Fire Department, said the large transformer sat in an NES substation next to a parking lot for state employees.
Firefighters on the scene told News 2 say it only took 10 or 15 minutes to fight fire and then put out hot spots. Crews then applied FireIce, a non-corrosive, eco-friendly fire retardant gel that can handle up to 5,000 degrees.
It’s not clear what caused the transformer to blow at this time, but no one was injured.
Power was shut off in order for fire crews to put out the flames and NES crews to assess the problem. Roughly 1,500 were without power due to the explosion for a short period of time.
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Oct 31, 2017
M. Difato
Aer Lingus Flight Forced to Make Emergency Landing After Smoke Reported in Cockpit
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12378911/aer-lingus-flight-forced-...
An Aer Lingus flight from Cork to London Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after departure (Nov 2).
Flight EI 712 departed at 11.50am from Cork Airport but was forced to turn back when smoke was reported in the cockpit.
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http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/aer-lingus-reports-second-emerge...
"..One passenger aboard the flight was UCC Professor Barry O'Sullivan.
He told the Evening Echo the incident was dramatic but Aer Lingus crew dealt with the situation very well despite the aircraft not feeling "quite right" once it turned around.
He added passengers remained calm until the plane landed and emergency crew were waiting on the runway.
“There was a bit of panic when it came back as there were lots of emergency services around and so on,” he said.."
Nov 3, 2017
M. Difato
Officials investigate cause of transformer fire at McGuire Nuclear Station
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/emergency-crews-on-scene-of-transf...
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. - Officials are working to identify the cause of a transformer fire that happened early Wednesday morning (Nov 8) at the McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville.
[PHOTOS: Emergency crews on scene of fire at McGuire Nuclear Station]
Video shot by Channel 9 sports anchor Phil Orban as he drove by the station on Highway 73 just before 9 a.m. showed huge plumes of black smoke as well as flames.
The Huntersville Fire Department tweeted that its crews were at the scene and that the fire was confined to a transformer building in a switchyard across the street from the actual plant.
They assisted Duke Energy and laid down foam to cool the transformer. Both of the department's tankers, as well as a tanker from the East Lincoln Fire Department, responded to the scene..."
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American Airlines flight from Tulsa lands at Dallas destination under emergency conditions
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/flight-from-tulsa-lands-abrupt...
An American Airlines flight that originated in Tulsa landed at its Dallas destination under emergency conditions Wednesday (Nov 8), with passengers reporting they saw smoke and smelled fumes on board.
Flight 1060 experienced a “mechanical issue,” said Linda Brock, a spokeswoman for the airline. The Boeing 737 jet landed safely and taxied to a gate at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where firefighters came aboard before passengers disembarked.
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Nov 12, 2017
jorge namour
Argentina searches for missing navy submarine November 18, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/17/americas/argentina-submarine-miss...
(CNN)An Argentine navy submarine with 44 crew members has been missing for three days after the navy lost contact with it off the country's Atlantic coast, the military service says.
The ARA San Juan submarine was last spotted Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf, a few hundred kilometers off the coast of southern Argentina's Patagonia region, the navy said.
Crews are searching for the vessel by air and sea, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters Friday.
The submarine had been traveling from a base in far southern Argentina's Tierra del Fuego archipelago to its home base in Mar del Plata, a city hundreds of miles to the northeast. The sub's last known location in the San Jorge Gulf is nearly midway between the bases.
The vessel had been due to arrive at its destination Sunday.
Officials hope the crew would bring the sub to the surface, if possible, Balbi said.
"The submarine knows that if it does not have communication with land for this long, it has to surface," Balbi said. CONTINUE...
Nov 19, 2017
M. Difato
Smoke Detected in Cockpit, IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing
http://www.india.com/news/india/indigo-delhi-vizag-flight-makes-eme...
New Delhi, An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Visakhapatnam returned to Delhi safely and made an emergency landing after smoke was detected in its cockpit on Wednesday, November 22. All the 170 passengers onboard IndiGo 6E719 Delhi-Vizag aircraft are safe..."
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Emergency landing as smoke fills Spicejet’s Hyd-Jabalpur flight
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/emergency-landing-a...
NAGPUR: Passengers on Spicejet's Hyderabad-Jabalpur flight on Friday afternoon (Nov 24) had a lucky escape, when smoke almost filled the cabin mid-air, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Nagpur airport.
There were 63 passengers, including two children, on board the Q400 Bombardier aircraft. The crew was made up of two pilots and two air hostesses..."
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EasyJet flight from Newcastle makes emergency landing in France due to 'technical issue'
The plane was en route to Malaga when the pilots discovered a possible 'technical issue', forcing them to make an emergency landing (Nov 20)
An Easyjet flight from Newcastle to Malaga was forced to make an emergency landing in France due to a “technical issue”.
Flight EZY6407 took off from Newcastle International Airport at approximately 2.20pm on Monday but the plane began to rapidly descend while flying over the Bay of Biscay and landed at Brest Airport in North West France.
Easyjet said the emergency landing was a precaution, due to a suspected technical issue.
One passenger on Twitter claimed smoke could be smelled inside the cabin.
Neil Acris, who was onboard the flight, said he felt sharp descent and said despite the smell there was no sign of any smoke in the aircraft.
Nov 25, 2017
M. Difato
A fire at a Hydro-Québec transformer station in downtown Montreal left thousands of people without power late on Friday afternoon.
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/power-outage-hits-downto...
The fire at the Beaumont power station triggered a protection system at the Dorchester transformer station shutting it down a little before 4:15 p.m.
Power was being gradually restored at 5:30 p.m.
Around 11,000 Hydro-Québec customers were affected, a spokesperson for the utility told the Montreal Gazette. Montreal City Hall, the Palais de justice and Complexe Desjardins were among the buildings that lost power.
There were several reports on social media of people being stuck in elevators during the power outage..."
Dec 8, 2017
Juan F Martinez
Thousands are left stranded at start of Christmas travel rush as power outage at Atlanta causes 'pandemonium' at the world's busiest airport with more than six HUNDRED flights canceled
Tens of thousands of passengers are stranded at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Power outage has caused more than 600 flights to be cancelled at the airport - the busiest in the world
Blackout halted all outgoing flights, and arriving planes were held on the ground at their point of departure
Delta said more than 450 flights were cancelled; Southwest Airlines has cancelled 70 Atlanta departures
Georgia Power says outage was caused by a fire and it expects power to be restored at the airport by midnight
htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5188889/Power-outage-report...
Dec 18, 2017
M. Difato
Amtrak Update: Investigators say Amtrak train was going 80 mph in 30 mph zone
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2017/dec/18/m...
UPDATE: Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was traveling at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Bella Dinh-Zarr, an NTSB board member, said at a Monday night news conference that information from the event data recorder in the rear locomotive provided information about the train's speed. Authorities say at least three people were killed and dozens injured when the train derailed early Monday morning, spilling train cars onto a busy interstate..."
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/curve-wher...
The Amtrak train that derailed Monday morning on its inaugural trip through a faster railway route was supposed to slow dramatically, to 30 mph, before entering the curve where the crash occurred.
"..Daniel Konzelman, who was driving on I-5 south parallel to the train, said he was traveling at 60 mph or more and watched the train pass his vehicle about a half-mile before the crash. A website that monitors locations and speeds of Amtrak trains, transitdocs.com , reported that the train was going about 81 mph shortly before the derailment, The Associated Press reported.
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https://masscentral.com/at-least-6-dead-in-amtrak-derailment-in-was...
Shortly before the accident, a passenger, Chris Karnes, chairman of the advisory board to Pierce County’s transit agency, took to Twitter https://twitter.com/TacomaTransit/status/942779005417037824
to marvel at how fast the train was, noting, “We are passing up traffic on I-5.”
Dec 19, 2017
Scott
Explosion, Fire Knocks Out Power in Salina, Kansas (Dec 8, 2017)
An explosion and fire at a substation in Salina at about 7:30 a.m. Friday morning caused more than 6,000 energy customers to be without power for nearly an hour.
Westar Regional Director Tom Sydow said the cause of the fire had not been determined.
http://www.salina.com/news/20171208/fire-in-substation-leaves-6000-...
https://www.ksal.com/explosion-fire-knocks-out-power/
Salina, Kansas
Dec 22, 2017
Scott
Thousands of Leicester homes without power on freezing evening after substation fire (Dec 16, 2017)
Firefighters tackled a blaze that broke out in an electricity sub-station in Leicester [United Kingdom] shortly before 8pm on Friday.
People living in neighbouring properties spoke of hearing a series of loud explosions at the time of the start of the fire.
Power was restored for 3/4 of the 4,000 affected customers within 23 minutes and by 2am for the remaining customers.
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/thousands-lei...
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/fire-crews-fi...
Leicester, United Kingdom
Dec 22, 2017
Scott
Transformer explosion blamed in Cleveland power outage that affected 40,000 (Dec 27, 2017)
The transformer explosion happened around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the West 41st Street substation, which is a main power hub in the city and services most of Cleveland's West Side, according to Cleveland Public Power Commissioner Ivan Henderson.
The equipment erupted in flames and spewed oil. Officials don't yet know what caused the transformer to explode. It might have been the result of an equipment failure, or an energy spike from the power grid itself could've caused the damage, Henderson said.
About 40,000 Cleveland residents were without power during extremely cold temperatures. Repair crews were at the scene within minutes and power was restored to most of the West Side within about three hours.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/12/transformer_explos...
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/12/cleveland_public_p...
https://twitter.com/clepublicpower/status/945811776893046784
Dec 28, 2017
Yvonne Lawson
Kenya thrown into darkness following a power blackout
Most parts of Kenya were in darkness following a widespread blackout on Tuesday night.
Many counties or some sections of the counties experienced the blackout. They include, many parts of Bomet, Embu, Kiambu, Kisii, Kisumu, Laikipia, Nairobi, Narok, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Mombasa, Meru, Taita Taveta, Tharaka-Nithi and Uasin Gishu counties.
However, some areas, such as Kawangware and Karura in Nairobi County, were not affected.
In a statement, Kenya Power said a power system disturbance caused the outage, but “engineers are battling to identify the fault and restore power supply as quickly as possible.”
Kenya Power regional manager David Mugambi said the problem was massive and they were doing everything possible to fix it.
Read more: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Blackout-throws-Kenya-into-darkness/10...
Jan 10, 2018
M. Difato
Delta Flight Evacuated After Reports of Smoke In Cabin at JFK Airport
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1449445/delta-flight-ev...
The following is via WABC:
There were some scary moments on the runway at JFK Airport.
Delta Airlines says the crew on Flight 2164 noticed smoke in the rear of the cabin before takeoff.
Passengers were safely taken off the plane and were put on another flight to San Antonio.
There’s no word what caused the smoke.
No one was hurt.
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Fire at Newark Airport leads to terminal evacuation, long security lines
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/01/12/fire-at-newark-airport-lea...
A fire broke out at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey Friday morning (Jan 12), causing a partial evacuation of Terminal C followed by long lines at security.
An underground transformer led to the fire in a PSE&G manhole near Gate 71, resulting in some terminal and flight interruptions, NJ Advance Media reports. .."
Jan 15, 2018
Scott
Manchester, NJ Transformer Explodes, Knocks Out Power for 4,200 Residents (Jan 15, 2018)
On Monday January 15 at about 1:50pm a Manchester, New Jersey police officer on patrol heard a large “boom” coming from the area of a nearby electrical substation. While investigating the noise, he observed a large transformer fire inside of the fenced in electrical substation. The fire and subsequent damage to the transformer caused a power outage which affected approximately 4200 customers in the Whiting section of the township. Electrical crews were able to quickly restore power once the fire was extinguished.
http://wobm.com/manchester-transformer-explodes-knocks-out-power-fo...
http://manchesterpolicenj.com/fire-whiting-substation-causes-nearly...
Whiting, Manchester, New Jersey
Jan 22, 2018
Juan F Martinez
#Planet_X #EMP?
A High-speed train caught fire in China while full of passengers.
At the time of the incident, the fire authorities were able to control the situation. All passengers were evacuated in time, so there were no deaths or casualties. The authorities are accelerating the investigation into the initial assessment, expected caused by an electrical device malfunction.
https://www.facebook.com/SpringNewsInternational/videos/11400315828...
Jan 29, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Rotterdam Airport shutdown: Smoke reported in air traffic control tower
Air traffic into and out of Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands has been suspended after the discovery of smoke in the basement of the control tower, the airport has confirmed. Airlive reports that the airport's main terminal was evacuated just before 4.30pm local time, and all flight operations have been suspended. The air traffic control tower was also reportedly evacuated as a result. No injuries have been reported and the fire is being investigated. Photos from local media at the scene show a number of fire trucks and emergency personnel at the airport.
https://www.rt.com/news/417926-rotterdam-airport-smoke-suspended/
Feb 5, 2018
Scott
Major delays inconvenience Oakland BART riders after fire at substation (Feb. 8, 2018)
A BART spokesperson said there was a report of an explosion and a fire at a substation north of Coliseum Station in Oakland, California.
Around 9:40 p.m., BART staff sent word of a 20-minute delay at the Coliseum delay due to a problem under investigation. That problem turned out to be a fire at a substation on-site, and trains resumed service through the Coliseum station around 10:25 p.m. with delays.
Then around 10:35 p.m., a second major delay occurred with reports of smoke on a train returning from the Coliseum station, as well as reports of flames in different locations along the trackway between the San Leandro and Bay Fair stations.
By 12:15 a.m. Friday, service was slowly returning to normal for BART system riders.
http://abc7news.com/traffic/major-delays-inconvenience-oakland-bart...
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/02/08/fires-along-bart-warm-sprin...
Feb 11, 2018
M. Difato
Fire Forces Passengers on Southwest Flight to Deplane at John Wayne Airport
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Southwest-Flight-Makes-Eme...
A fire forced passengers aboard a Southwest flight ready to take off from John Wayne Airport to deplane on Monday evening.
Southwest Airlines Flight 2123 reported smoke in the cabin around 7:30 p.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
The fire -- believed to be in the Boeing 737's auxiliary power unit -- caused the plane's emergency chutes to deploy to evacuate 139 passengers and five crew members.
Feb 13, 2018
M. Difato
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Fire at substation knocks out power to some in Cumberland, Sampson counties
http://www.wral.com/fire-at-substation-knocks-out-power-to-some-in-...
Eastover NC- A fire at a power substation in Cumberland County knocked out power to some residents Thursday morning (Feb 15), according to the local power company.
Feb 15, 2018
M. Difato
LA-bound plane makes emergency landing at LVIA
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-emergency-landing-at-lvia...
"..The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and a smoke smell in the cabin, officials said. The plane landed safely at LVIA with fire and medical personnel on site as a precaution.
http://nj1015.com/united-flight-from-newark-makes-emergency-landing/
"..United flight #1165, which left Newark shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday (Feb 27), was forced to land at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown about 30 minutes after takeoff because of the smell of smoke in the cockpit, according to airport spokesman Colin Riccobon.
Riccobon said passengers were brought back to Newark via bus after landing and provided with hotel accomodations, according to United Airlines spokeswoman Maggie Schmerin. No injuries were reported among the 135 passengers and 7 crew members on board the Boeing 757.
Mar 1, 2018
M. Difato
'There were two bangs, then a long stream of fire': Huge explosion at an electricity substation leaves 25,000 homes without power (Mar 5)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5466453/Huge-explosion-subs...
Saltburn substation explosion cuts power to 22,000 homes in Yorkshire
https://news.sky.com/story/saltburn-substation-explosion-cuts-power...
"There seemed to be two loud bangs, then loads of smoke billowing.
"There were lots of bursts of flames at first, then a long stream of fire."
Emergency services rushed to the scene and fire crews managed to quickly put the blaze out.
Cleveland Fire Brigade, which is staffed by volunteers, said it was called to the incident.
"Following a power surge, there was an explosion in an electrical box," a spokesman said.
He added that an underground cable may have caused the explosion.
Mar 6, 2018
M. Difato
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.."
Mar 6, 2018
M. Difato
Emergency landing for Dallas-bound flight due to smoke on plane
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 error
were blamed.
Mar 12, 2018
jorge namour
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
Mar 13, 2018
Juan F Martinez
#EMP SURGE Ski lift disaster Tiblisi, Georgia
Georgia: Ski Lift Crashes in Gudauri Resort
https://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
Mar 16, 2018
Scott
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
Mar 19, 2018
jorge namour
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.
Mar 21, 2018
Scott
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...
Apr 3, 2018
Scott
"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...
Apr 10, 2018
jorge namour
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.
Apr 11, 2018
M. Difato
Apr 12, 2018
M. Difato
Investigation now focuses on broken metal fan blade following the death of a Woman 'partially sucked out a window' after engine exploded on Southwest flight 1380
A woman died after a Southwest Airlines jet suffered engine failure and made an emergency landing on Tuesday, marking the first accidental fatality on a domestic flight in nine years, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Flight 1380 was en route from New York City's LaGuardia International Airport to Dallas Love Field when the plane was forced to land at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday morning..."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/plane-makes-emergency-landing-philadelphia...
"..The engine problem erupted about 20 minutes into the 10:43 a.m. flight from New York's La Guardia airport to Dallas Love Field. Alarms sounded in the cockpit when the engine failed and pilots immediately diverted to Philadelphia, where they took a longer approach than usual and landed at a higher speed because of concerns they didn't have as much control of the plane, Sumwalt said.
Airliners are designed to fly on one engine, but pilots immediately try to land in such an emergency because of uncertainties about other problems.
"It certainly sounds like they did an excellent job," said Sumwalt, a former airline pilot who flew 737 planes for 10 years. “My hat’s off to them, as a fellow airline pilot."
The incident Tuesday led to questions about whether planes and their engines should be inspected more often or more thoroughly. Metal parts of planes show fatigue after numerous flights and begin to crack, microscopically at first and then more visibly. Inspections are designed to monitor wear and tear before they become catastrophic.
In July 1996, two passengers were killed and seven more injured when the engine of a Delta Air Lines MD-88 blew apart as the plane sped down the runway in Pensacola, Fla. Pieces of the engine pierced the fuselage and the victims were seated near the engines in the back of the plane.
Another Southwest flight from New Orleans to Orlando in August 2016 suffered an engine failure and diverted to Pensacola. There were no injuries on that flight.
The engine casing is designed to contain pieces that break inside. But in rare circumstances, pieces spinning at high speeds burst through the shell. A piece of the Southwest engine cowling Tuesday was found on the ground in Bernville, Pa., about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Sumwalt said.
"It appears that the containment mechanism needs to be re-evaluated and redesigned," said Ladd Sanger, a commercial pilot and aviation lawyer at Slack Davis Sanger. “When you get to two within a two-year period, as rigorous as the inspection and manufacturing processes are, you’re starting to talk about a pattern developing. It’s not only a pattern of blade failures, but a pattern of uncontained engine failures that shouldn’t happen in the first place."
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Passenger Matt Tranchin said the flight took a turn when he saw a "huge explosion and glass shattering three rows ahead of me."
"Flight attendants rushed up," he said. "There was momentary chaos. Everyone kind of descended on where this hole was. As passengers, we weren't sure if they were trying to cover up the hole, but the plane smelled like smoke. There was ash coming through the ventilation system."
"We started dropping," Tranchin told ABC station WPVI in Philadelphia. "Some of the crew couldn't hold back their horror. And some were crying as they looked out through the open window onto the engine."
Passengers posted photos from inside showing descended oxygen masks, a blown-out window and the remains of an engine.."
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Delta flight forced to make emergency landing after engine blaze (VIDEOS) Published time: 19 Apr, 2018 11:43
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