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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A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Daytona Beach on Wednesday (Feb 26) after a small fire broke out in the cabin.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/united-flight-makes-emergency-lan...
The airbus 320 was flying from Newark, New Jersey to Nassau, Bahamas, when a passenger's battery charger caught fire during the flight.
The fire was contained in a bag, put out and then put in fire retardant case on board.
The passengers stayed on the plane and the flight will continue on to the Bahamas as previously scheduled.
The battery was turned over to officials at Daytona Beach International Airport because investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration want to examine it.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-bound-flight-makes-em...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Some scary moments for passengers aboard a Canadian-bound flight. Their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Memphis overnight.
The passengers were headed back from paradise, so you can imagine sleeping on air mattresses at Memphis International was probably the last thing they expected.
The airline said the plane made an emergency landing because of an e-cigarette.
According to the Canadian News Network (CTV), Sunwing Airlines, a Canadian airline company, confirmed one of their planes made an emergency landing in Memphis.
The airline said the passengers were on their way back from Cancun to Calgary when smoke began to fill the cabin. The airline said it is believed that a passenger’s vape pen may have accidentally discharged.
Passengers shared their experiences on Twitter. They praised the Memphis airport staff for providing food, water and air mattresses.
We checked and the FAA requires vape pens to be carried on in your carry-on and you are told to take out the batteries.
Keep in mind, this was an international flight, so they don’t operate under FAA rules.
However, it appears the rules for e-cigs are similar, the devices can be carried on but must be stored away.
The airline said thankfully all passengers and crew members are safe, and there appears to be no damage to the plane.
Source posted Feb 26, 2020 : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-bound-flight-makes-em...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/transformer-at-washington-co-powe...
ELRAMA, Pa. (KDKA) – Crews are on the scene at a Washington County power plant after
a large transformer caught fire. Dispatchers confirm a transformer at GenOn Energy caught
on fire Tuesday afternoon (Feb18) , the call coming in shortly after 3:30 p.m.
NewsChopper 2 flew over the scene. Crews could be scene at the top of a tall transformer,
several fire trucks gathered down below. So far, no injuries have been reported.."
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https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-wiring/boeing-tell...
Boeing Co (BA.N) told the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration it does not believe it needs to separate or move wiring bundles on its grounded 737 MAX jetliner that regulators have warned could short circuit with catastrophic consequences, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The FAA confirmed Friday it had received a proposal from the planemaker regarding the wiring issue.
The FAA will “rigorously evaluate Boeing’s proposal to address a recently discovered wiring issue with the 737 MAX. The manufacturer must demonstrate compliance with all certification standards,” the agency said in a statement.
The U.S. planemaker and FAA first said in early January they were reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX, and under certain circumstances lead to a crash if pilots did not react in time.
A Boeing spokesman referred all questions on wiring to the FAA, saying the agency would make the final decision and that the company is answering questions from the FAA.
Boeing’s 737 MAX was grounded worldwide last March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people within five months.
Boeing has spent months updating the stall-prevention software known as MCAS linked to both crashes, but fresh issues have surfaced, complicating regulators’ efforts to re-approve the plane.
Given intense scrutiny of the 737 MAX, Boeing is sure to face questions about whether the MCAS system makes it harder for pilots to react in the event of a short circuit.
There are more than a dozen different locations on the 737 MAX where wiring bundles may be too close together. Most of the locations are under the cockpit in an electrical bay.
If the bundles pose a potential hazard, regulations would typically require separating the bundles or adding a physical barrier.
Boeing has noted in talks with the FAA that the same wiring bundles are in the 737 NG, which has been in service since 1997 and logged 205 million flight hours without any wiring issues.
New safety rules on wiring were adopted in the aftermath of the 1998 Swiss Air 111 crash.
A company official told Reuters last month Boeing had been working on a design that would separate the wiring bundles, if necessary. Moving the bundles could pose further delays to the return of the MAX, however, and Reuters reported Thursday that a key certification test flight was not expected until April or later.
Three U.S. airlines this week pushed back the resumption of 737 MAX flights from June until August or later. Boeing has estimated U.S. officials would lift a safety ban on the aircraft around mid-year.
It is unclear whether the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will demand the MAX wiring bundles be separated. A spokeswoman for the agency on Thursday said regulators were “waiting for additional information from Boeing.”
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/02/15/pilot-lands-plane-safely...
Video from inside the plane, sent to us from a passenger onboard, shows moments after the pilot was able to safely land the plane just outside the airport.
Alex Caruso’s Barber@FlyLikeJayyMy flight this morning lost all electrical power headed into SMF and the pilot manually landed the plane away from the airport. We hit the ground so hard the cockpit door burst open. I assume the fire trucks were there in case he couldn’t pull off the landing
“In my 21 years as a pilot I have never experienced anything like this,” the pilot said over the intercom.
Officials said the plane had electrical issues, but everyone landed safely. No injuries were reported.
https://www.wpbf.com/article/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-palm-...
A plane made an emergency landing Thursday afternoon (Feb 13) at Palm Beach
International Airport, officials said.
According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, they responded to reports of a commercial
plane inbound with reports of smoke in the cockpit.
The plane reported 143 souls on board to officials. The flight landed safely without incident.
No one was injured. Details about the flight have not yet been released.
Updated: 2:48 PM EST Feb 13, 2020
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Oman Air flight with Keralites on board makes emergency landing in Turkey
https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/world/2020/02/09/oman-fligh...
An Oman Air flight from Zurich to Muscat made an emergency landing at Diyarbakir airport
in Turkey early on Sunday (Feb 9) due to technical glitches.
The landing was necessitated because of the fault in the in the cabin pressure regulating
instrument, said a statement from Oman Air.
No one was hurt in the incident. Passengers, including a few from Kerala, have been shifted
to a nearby hotel, the airline said. The technical issue was noticed around 3am on Sunday
when the plane was flying over Syrian-Turkey border. A Keralite passenger on board said
smoke filled the cabin following the malfunction. “Most of the passengers were sleeping at
that time. The flight nose-dived for a few seconds. The cabin crew were seen running
around with fire extinguishers,” he said. The flight which left Zurich at 9:30pm on Saturday
was to land in Muscat at 7:05am on Sunday...."
https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/fedex-cargo-plane-declares...
A FedEx cargo plane declared an emergency on Thursday night (Feb 13) after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
Hancock Airport officials told NewsChannel 9 that the Boeing 757 landed without incident.
Once on the ground, the crew declared the emergency.
Not long after, the plane was towed to the cargo ramp to be inspected.
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https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/national/military-news/kc-135-ste...
TAMPA, Fla. — A military aircraft made an emergency landing during what was supposed to be a public relations flight Thursday in Tampa.
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker took off from MacDill Air Force Base. The all-female crew was taking more than 20 middle school girls and school staff members along for a STEM field trip that was supposed to include refueling a cargo plane over the Carolinas.
During the flight, the plane developed an issue with the "boom pod," which is used for refueling other planes. It's located in the back of the aircraft. One of the pilots spotted a small amount of condensation or smoke in the area, so the crew decided to return to MacDill out of an abundance of caution.
The students and staff members were given Oxygen hoods -- just in case.
The KC-135 declared an emergency to be safe, but the plane made a smooth landing about 45 minutes after it originally left MacDill.
The students were from Coleman and McLean Middle Schools. Nobody was hurt.
Maintenance crews are examining the plane to determine exactly what happened.
https://abc7ny.com/5901586/?fbclid=IwAR1-jpLF_DlTgeVrerfQ3WCiexYJtH...
Service resumes after power outage derails commute for NJ Transit, Amtrak customers from NYC's Penn Station
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:53AM
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Service is back to normal at New York's Penn Station after an outage caused rolling delays during the Monday evening rush.
Major delays impacted New Jersey Transit and Amtrak customers as commuters tried to get home.
Amtrak said power was lost on the tracks outside of Penn Station around 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey Transit said two NJ Transit trains were disabled, in two separate instances, while heading into Penn Station because of the overhead wire issues.
Amtrak said power was finally restored by 9:30 p.m., but passengers were warned to expect residual delays.
There has been no word what led to the outage.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7915599/Ryanair-flight-Sta...
A Ryanair flight to Stansted airport had to make an emergency landing after the cabin suddenly filled with thick smoke.
There were 169 passengers and four crew members on board the flight travelling from the Romanian capital, Bucharest, when smoke flooded the plane shortly after takeoff.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then declared an emergency and returned to Otopeni airport where the passengers were disembarked, scared but otherwise unharmed.
The incident took place on Tuesday morning on the flight that was originally scheduled for 6.40am to London Stansted Airport when passengers had already been made to wait because there was a problem with a first plane and replacement needed to be found. A second plane was then prepared.
The flight then set off at 10.57am local time with the replacement aircraft but just minutes into the flight, the captain declared Mayday and signalled an emergency in order to return.
The smoke started to fill the cabin when the plane had climbed to 5,000ft, and passengers started to panic.
After landing many turned to social media to share their experiences such as Cosmin Malureanu who wrote: 'It was a traumatic experience, as soon as I took off everything was filled with smoke. We could not even see two rows in front of us.'
They also complained that the crew did little to calm things down.
Cosmin said: 'It was very bad, the crew was quiet. We didn't even see the oxygen masks that should fall in such a condition. It was nothing and I was in real panic.'
In order to stop inhaling the smoke many passengers stuffed scarves or clothing over their mouths to try and get clean air.
The airline arranged the third plane to drive the passengers to the flight to London around 3pm, but 29 people were reportedly so traumatised they refused to travel with the airline.
Ryanair said a minor technical problem with aircraft caused the smoke to fill the cabin of the plane.
A spokeswoman told MailOnline: 'This flight from Bucharest to London was delayed due to a minor technical issue with aircraft.
'To minimise the delay, customers boarded a replacement aircraft which was de-iced before it departed to London.
'Shortly after take-off the aircraft returned to Bucharest as a precaution after the cabin crew reported an unidentified smoke in the cabin (which we believe was caused by the de-icing fluid being ingested through the air conditioning system).
'The crew notified local ATC and the aircraft landed normally at Bucharest, where it is being inspected by Ryanair engineers.
'Refreshment vouchers were provided, and passengers boarded another replacement aircraft which departed for London Stansted shortly after. Ryanair sincerely apologised to affected customers for this delay.'
Bucharest has been hit with freezing temperatures, with the mercury hitting below zero, although it is not known if this played a role in the aircraft's difficulties.
However, it was revealed the plane had to be de-iced before it was allowed to take off.
An investigation is ongoing. It is currently unclear why the plane filled with smoke.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/united-airlines-flight-makes-...
"United 1871 from Newark, New Jersey to Los Angeles returned to Newark due to a mechanical issue. The flight landed safely and passengers deplaned normally," United spokeswoman Kimberly Gibbs told NorthJersey.com.
The airline would not specify the problem but a passenger claimed on social media that the engine had sparked and "failed."
"We are working on changing aircraft to get our customers to their destination as soon as possible," she added.
Shortly after takeoff, the right wing of the plane sparked and an engine failed, according to a tweet from passenger Nicole Adamo.
"Most terrifying experience of my life. ... Flight takes off, Right wing of the plane (where I’m sitting in the aisle seat) sparking & now one engine failed," she tweeted. "They're making announcements but I can't hear anything because people are screaming."
Upon landing, fire trucks were dispatched to the plane, NorthJersey.com reported.
Passengers were originally scheduled to leave Newark at 7 p.m., but had to wait until midnight for a new flight, the report said.
GPS jamming expected in Southeast during military exercise
January 14, 2020 By Dan Namowitz
GPS reception may be unavailable or unreliable over a large portion of the southeastern states and the Caribbean during offshore military exercises scheduled between January 16 and 24.
The FAA has posted a flight advisory for the exercises that will require jamming of GPS signals for periods of several hours each day of the event. Navigation guidance, ADS-B, and other services associated with GPS could be affected for up to 400 nautical miles at Flight Level 400, down to a radius of 180 nm at 50 feet above the ground.
The flight advisory encourages pilots to report any GPS anomalies they encounter. Reports may be submitted using this online form.
AOPA reported on a similar event in the southeastern United States in 2019.
AOPA is aware of hundreds of reports of interference to aircraft during events around the country for which notices to airmen were issued, and we consider the risks to GA aircraft highly concerning.
In one example, an aircraft lost navigation capability and did not regain it until after landing. Other reports have highlighted aircraft veering off course and heading toward active military airspace—and the wide range of reports makes it clear that interference affects aircraft differently. In some cases, recovery from signal interference may not occur until well after the aircraft exits the jammed area.
In a January 2019 AOPA survey, more than 64 percent of 1,239 pilots who responded noted concern about the impact of interference on their use of GPS and ADS-B.
AOPA continues to advocate for officials to place more focus on efforts to address the well-documented safety concerns raised by such events.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/january/14/gps-ja...
Graphic depicting area of GPS interference testing. Courtesy of the FAA.
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