A United Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
United Airlines flight 4697 from Washington to Providence, Rhode Island, experienced a smoke condition in the cockpit, officials with Port Authority said.
The plane landed around 2 p.m. and was evacuated as emergency personnel responded to the scene.
Officials say three people were treated after experiencing minor ailments.
The rest of the passengers were put on buses and taken to the terminal. About an hour later, they were able to continue on to their destination. The FAA said it will investigate the incident..."
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... 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]https://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3863141%3ABlogPost... 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.
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Comment by M. Difato on September 4, 2018 at 2:02am
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Smoke in cockpit forces plane to land at Shreveport Regional Airport
http://www.ksla.com/2018/08/30/smoke-cockpit-forces-plane-land-shre...
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United Airlines flight 4309 was heading to Louisville from Houston
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - A United Airlines plane, with smoke in the cockpit, made an emergency landing Thursday morning at Shreveport Regional Airport. It happened shortly before 11: 30 a.m. in the 5100 block of Hollywood Avenue, near Monkhouse Drive.
Officials say Flight 4309 was heading to Louisville, Kentucky from Houston, Texas.
No injuries were reported..."
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Hyderabad: Air Asia flight makes emergency landing at RGI airport
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2018-09-02/Hyde...
Posted: Sep 02,2018 , 12:40 PM IST
An Air Asia flight made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International airport after the pilots detected smoke in the air.
The flight was on its way to Bangalore from Amritsar. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) announced an emergency as the pilots of flight no 1629 informed them.
The plane landed safely here on Saturday night and passengers are reported to be safe.
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Massive Power Outage Hits Athens
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/22/massive-power-outage-hi...
Most parts of Athens were without electricity early Wednesday afternoon (Aug 22) after a fault crippled the power supply system in the Greek capital.
Suburbs from as far south as Glyfada to Kifisia in the north were all affected.
According to the Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE), the fault was caused by damage to the high voltage center in Pallini, east of Athens.
The fire service has been receiving calls from people trapped into elevators.
Traffic was at standstill as the traffic lights were are off.
Some metro services were also affected.
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Philadelphia bound flight makes emergency landing due to odor
https://6abc.com/travel/philadelphia-bound-flight-makes-emergency-l...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A jetliner bound for Philadelphia had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina after a mysterious odor filled the cabin.
The passengers of Frontier Airlines Flight 1674 finally landed at Philadelphia International Airport around 5 a.m. Thursday (Aug 16); the plane was originally scheduled to land at 8 p.m. Wednesday.The plane, which took off from Orlando, had to be diverted to Raleigh-Durham with 230 passengers and seven crew members aboard..."
https://www.wral.com/passengers-request-treatment-after-plane-makes...
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Major Power Outage At Reagan National Airport In VA, Generator Providing Lights To Terminals
Airport managers are trying to determine what caused the power outage.ARLINGTON, VA -- There was a widespread power outage at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.
Arrival and departure flights were halted temporarily, but have since resumed operations.
The runway lights were still working, as well as some of the lights on the outside.
The terminal itself; however, was dark while the airport operated with emergency lighting.
https://twitter.com/Tim_Stevens/status/1029911502046851072
Airport authorities are working to restore power and said an emergency generator was smoking. The fire department arrived and determined it was only smoke.
The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.
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NYC Subway Delays: Train Slams Brakes At Canal Street
https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nyc-subway-delays-train-sl...
NEW YORK, NY — A train slamming its brakes in Lower Manhattan delayed four subway lines and forced express trains to run local Wednesday morning. The MTA warned of delays on the N, Q, R and W lines after the train's brakes were automatically activated at Canal Street.
The kerfuffle rerouted N and Q trains over the local R line between DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn and Canal Street, the MTA said. Normal service resumed shortly before 10:10 a.m.
That wasn't the first time a train unexpectedly hit the brakes on Wednesday (Aug 15) . A similar incident happened at Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn around 8:20 a.m., forcing A trains to run local.
Switch problems at 215th Street in Inwood also delayed northbound 1 trains Wednesday morning, the MTA said, though service resumed about 20 minutes later.
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PG&E equipment fails, knocks out power, manhole cover goes airborne outside San Jose's Main Jail
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Deputies-Pg-E-Crews-Res...
Santa Clara County sheriff's officials and PG&E crews responded to a loud noise Wednesday — which some may have described as an explosion — outside the county's Main Jail in San Jose, after a failure of some PG&E equipment.
The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m.(Aug 8) in the 800 block of North San Pedro Street, and blew a manhole cover into the air.
PG&E spokesman J.D. Guidi said no one was injured but 90 customers lost power.
Movements in and out of the jail were limited to essential services like medical calls, according to sheriff's Sgt. Reginald Cooks, who said the power went down briefly at the jail until a generator kicked in.
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Power outage jolts Monticello area, affects some businesses
http://www.newsbug.info/monticello_herald_journal/power-outage-jolt...
HJ photo/Michael Johnson
Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s Monticello substation blew a transformer late Monday afternoon, knocking out power from Monticello and Reynolds down to Yeoman.
MONTICELLO — About 2,523 Northern Indiana Public Service Company customers in the Monticello area were without electric power for almost three hours Monday (Aug 13).
The cause was a transformer failing at the 1st Street substation in Monticello, so the power supply had an equipment failure, according to NIPSCO spokeswoman Denise Rodriguez.
NIPSCO received the first call reporting the outages about 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time, Rodriguez stated in an email report.
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Chicago-bound flight makes emergency landing in North Carolina
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-bound-flight-makes-emergency-landin...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WLS) -- An American Airlines flight headed to Chicago made an emergency landing Wednesday morning (Aug 15) shortly after taking off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.
Several witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the airplane while it was in the sky. Matthew Snellings, a passenger on Flight 1668, said he heard a loud noise and felt brisk movement as the plane ascended. The plane continued to climb and circled the airport.
He said he couldn't see smoke or flames, since he was sitting far from the engines. Snellings said he overheard another passenger talking about seeing smoke coming from an engine.
Snellings said the pilot gave passengers updates as the situation unfolded. The pilot declared an emergency after there was a "pressure stall" in one of the engines.American Airlines officials said the problem was a mechanical issue, not an engine fire...
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Norway's Mongstad Oil Refinery Shut After Power Outage
https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/norways_mongstad_oil_refinery_shu...
Norway's Mongstad oil refinery stopped production on Wednesday (Aug 15) following a power outage and it was unclear when output would restart, operator Equinor said.
The unexpected outage happened at 0830 GMT during routine maintenance on the site's power supply, triggering an evacuation of most workers.
"The power is back at Mongstad, but the refinery remains shut. We have no indications yet when it can restart normal activities," company spokesman Morten Eek said. "The refinery was running at normal operational level before the outage."
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Port Neches plant reports flaring due to power outage
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Port-Neches-plant-r...
A Port Neches plant reported flaring at their Spur 136 facility due to a power loss Thursday afternoon.
TPC Group Port Neches said in an alert just before 1:40 p.m. Thursday that their "Emergency Response Team is responding to the situation to mitigate the issue safely and in a timely manner."
"At this time, we do not expect any impact to our employees, industrial or community neighbors," the alert said.
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LyondellBasell Tuscola chemical plant power failure results in flaring, company says
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/lyondellbasell-tu...
TUSCOLA — At about 1 p.m. today (Aug 5) the LyondellBasell chemical plant in Tuscola experienced a power failure that resulted in significant flaring, the company said in a news release this evening.
The company said flares are a safety feature designed to securely burn excess material during an operational interruption, which cannot be recovered or recycled.
"The black smoke seen at the plant is associated with the flare, which is caused by a loss of steam in the flare system. There is no fire at the plant and there were no injuries as a result of this incident," the company said.."
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Manhole explosions cause power outage on East Side
https://abc7ny.com/manhole-explosions-cause-power-outage-on-east-si...
EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A pair of underground explosions sent smoke and steam shooting through manholes and led to a power outage and temporary street closures on Manhattan's East Side .
It happened before 2 a.m. Wednesday (Aug 15) at 38th Street near 2nd Avenue.
Residents shared video of smoke billowing up through the street. No injuries were reported.
The blast knocked out power to some homes and businesses in the area.."https://twitter.com/wallerABC7/status/1029657973738622976
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"Major commercial power disruption" cause for Inland Celluar outage
Surges, spikes destroyed battery backups and generators, damaged essential hardware and information
http://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/news/2018/aug/13/major-commerci...
Idaho, Aug 13, 2018 -Inland Cellular is currently experiencing a voice network outage due to a major commercial power disruption, according to a company release. This outage caused surges and spikes, which destroyed battery backups and generators, damaging essential hardware and information.
No estimates were made available on when the outage will be restored.
Release Statement : “We are in the process of restoring the information needed to run our voice network. We are working with our business partners to set up alternative routes for voice traffic until our switch is fully functional. Currently, equipment is being flown via three private jets from various parts of the country to restore our service. We understand the severity of this situation and we are exhausting all resources to solve this problem as quickly as possible. Voice services will not be restored today; our target resolution is Monday evening. We will continue to update our target resolution time as we work to resolve this unfortunate incident.”
“The information needed to run the backup systems was damaged so severely that we are unable to implement our backup voice switch..."
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Wildfire near Maryneal blamed on shorted transformer
https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2018/08/09/wildfire-near-ma...
(Photo: Sweetwater Fire Department and Ambulance Service)
A shorted transformer is blamed for starting a wildfire that grew to 487 acres near Maryneal on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.
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Electrical vault fire causes thousands to lose power in Riverside
(Posted Aug 12, 2018) - https://abc7.com/electrical-vault-fire-causes-riverside-power-outag...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) --Crews are making progress on restoring power in Riverside after an overnight fire at an underground electrical vault.
The fire caused thousands in the area to lose power, but it's since been restored to all but 14 customers.
As fire crews arrived at the scene of the fire on Altadena Drive, they heard about an attic fire at a nearby home on Keating Drive.
They believe the underground fire may have caused some transformers to blow, leading to the second fire.."~
Power is restored after hydro line shorts out in Sudbury's west end
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/hydro-outage-sudbury-west-end...
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CCFD: Downed power line causes fence, gas meter to catch fire
https://kristv.com/news/2018/08/04/ccfd-downed-power-line-causes-fe...
Corpus Christi TX – Firefighters with the Corpus Christi Fire Department had to evacuate a couple of Flour Bluff residents from their homes after a downed power line caused a fence and gas meter to catch fire.
The fire broke out around 4:00 pm Saturday afternoon (Aug 4) around Cartagena and Vega Drive in Flour Bluff.
When firefighters arrived, they had to call out for AEP crews to power down the electric lines and Corpus Christi Gas workers to shut off the gas to a couple of homes.
For safety precautions due to a gas meter on fire, firefighters asked a couple of residents to evacuate their homes and move across the street.
When gas and electric services were shut off, firefighters were able to knock out the fire.."
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Gregg County woods fire possibly started by power line
http://www.kxxv.com/story/38808399/crews-on-scene-of-woods-fire-in-...
GREGG COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - Fire crews responded to a woods fire in Gregg County.
According to officials, they are responding to a fire near Highway 42 and Harrison Road in Gregg County. The call initially reported a wildfire threatening structures, however, crews made quick work of controlling the fire.
It was also reported to be near a "tank farm."
White Oak Fire Department responded to the scene.
According to a firefighter on the scene, a power line may have been the cause of the fire.
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Early video: Downed power line starts & delays attack on garage fire in NJ
https://www.statter911.com/2018/08/10/early-video-downed-power-line...
".. A downed power line started a vehicle and garage fire Tuesday in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. The arcing power line delayed the attack on the fire for about 40 minutes until the power was cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s61gA9TvHw
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Related Zeta Talk,
"..EMP causes a surge so that all around the transmission lines are heated to the melting point and even metal burns under such circumstances. Nancy’s Newsletters have featured the increase in EMP fires in Europe and the coast-to-coast outage in the USA, all of which hint at what mankind can expect. Today man expects isolated homes to be rebuilt after fires, but may soon find he must cluster in fireproof enclaves. Today man expects his electrical grid to serve his every need but may soon be forced to learn to live without the grid. Change is coming.
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Comment by Juan F Martinez on August 15, 2018 at 2:17pm
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System meltdown halts all flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport 8-15-2018 All in and outbound flights have been suspended at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport due to a technical issue with air traffic control systems at the transport hub.
The problem began shortly after 1pm local time, the ANP news agency is reporting.The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) said the problems at the airport are due to a “communications failure” in lower airspace.
Dutch Air Traffic Control said it was caused by technical problems between pilots and air traffic controllers. It added that all flights in Dutch airspace landed safely due to a backup communications system and arriving flights are not being admitted to Dutch airspace at this time.
Schiphol Airport authorities have since issued a statement that “slowly departing air traffic is starting up again,” indicating that there could be delays.
Earlier the official airport Twitter page warned passengers of a complete shutdown due to a undefined traffic control problem.
“Air traffic control is investigating this matter,” the airport stated.
https://www.rt.com/news/436010-system-meltdown-halts-all-flights/
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Double-decker Boeing 747 with failed engine & over 500 on board lands in MoscowA double-decker Boeing 747 with one malfunctioning engine has successfully landed in Moscow Vnukovo Airport. It was carrying around 500 Russian tourists, according to Interfax.
The huge Rossiya Airlines plane managed to safely land in after one of its four engines reportedly had failed mid-flight around 1pm local time on Tuesday. The plane took off from Larnaca, a popular tourists destination in Cyprus.
Technical specifications of the aircraft made it possible fly to Moscow with three working engines, a source told Interfax.
"About 500 Russian tourists from different regions of the country were on board the aircraft,” Interfax reported citing the source. It added that the crew decided to switch off one of the engines and kept the situation under control.
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Plane makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport after crew reports smoke in cockpit
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/plane-makes-emergency-la...
A transatlantic flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this morning (Aug 10) after the crew reported they had smoke on board.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS-50A was travelling from Orland, Florida in the US to Gatwick Airport in England at the time. The Airbus A330-300 jet was about an hour west of Ireland when the crew declared a MayDay and requested permission to divert to Shannon.
In the meantime, authorities at Shannon implemented an emergency plan which involved alerting the local authority fire service, HSE and Gardaí.
Units of the fire brigade from Shannon Town were sent to the airport while two additional appliances from Ennis were mobilised to a designated holding point off the M18 near Dromoland. A number National Ambulance Service resources and Garda units also attended at the airport.
The flight landed safely at 7.21am and taxied to the terminal building accompanied by emergency vehicles.
The over 200 passengers were disembarked and taken to the airport’s transit lounge where they will await the arrival of a replacement aircraft which is expected later today.
Fire crews later boarded the aircraft to carry out an inspection while engineers were also called to check the jet for the source of the smoke.." ~
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Smoke condition forces United Airlines flight to make emergency landing at JFK
http://abc7ny.com/smoke-condition-forces-flight-to-make-emergency-l...
Transformer ignites fire and knocks out power in West Valley
https://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/transformer-ignites-fire-...
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (News4Utah) – A transformer ignited a brush fire and knocked out power to some residents in West Valley City early Monday morning (Aug 6).
The fire started near 2428 West Parkway Boulevard just after 1:00 a.m.It took firefighters 30 minutes to douse the flames.As of 4:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Power restored power to most of the 700 customers that were affected.The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.~Unexpected Power Outage Closes Philadelphia’s City Hall Early For Day
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It was an early dismissal for Philadelphia’s City Hall on Tuesday (Aug 7) due to a power outage.Officials say that City Hall has been closed for the remainder of the day due to the unexpected incident.
PECO crews are working on damage to underground equipment and we’re told the damage is extensive.
It’s unclear how long the repairs will take.
Large generators are being brought in to get power back on in the meantime..."
~UPDATE: Substation damage causes massive power outages in Tucson
TUCSON, AZ - A damaged substation led to massive power outages on the southwest side of Tucson on Tuesday, Aug. 7.As of 5:30 p.m., nearly 6,000 TEP customers were without power.
TEP said it is handing out ice to affected customers until 9 p.m. at the Fry’s at 1795 W. Valencia Road.
"Field crews will continue restoration efforts, working overnight until all customers are back in service," TEP said on its website.
At its peak, the outage affected more than 6,000 customers.."
~Power outages hit both Southside and the Peninsula
Nearly 12,000 customers lost power between Newport News and James City County, while another unrelated outage left another 2,800 in the dark in Virginia Beach.NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) — Thousands of people found themselves in the dark Tuesday morning (Aug 7) as Dominion Energy found itself working multiple power outages both on the Peninsula and on Southside Hampton Roads.
According to Dominion, nearly 12,000 customers lost power between Newport News and James City County for about a half hour. Crews are working to determine what caused the outage, but it appears to have been a problem with a transmission.
~Downed Power Lines Spark Brush Fire
Reno, NV, Reno Fire Battalion Chief Mark Bohach says a blown transformer caused a power outage early Tuesday morning (Aug 7).Reno Police asked drivers to avoid 2nd Street from Kietzke Lane east of the freeway due to a downed power line. They say emergency personnel blocked the area for safety.
Officials say a transformer blew shortly before 6 a.m. Power lines dropped to the ground causing a small brush fire in the car lot nearby.
~For second time in a week, short but widespread West Seattle power outage: 16,000+ customers affected
(Screengrab from Seattle City Light website at peak of outage)(Aug 6)
8:30 AM: Thanks for the texts. Ours is out too. We’re getting reports from a widespread area – as far north as Admiral. More to come.
8:38 AM: City Light map says more than 16,000 homes/businesses are out. Remember that intersections are four-way stops when the signals are out.
8:46 AM: City Light says via Twitter that they “believe the outage was caused by a switching problem and estimate power will be restored about 9:15 a.m.”
8:50 AM: It’s been six days since a similarly widespread outage (WSB coverage here) was blamed on a “relay malfunction,” though that one lasted only a few minutes.
8:53 AM: Our power’s back (Fauntleroy/Gatewood line). Yours? We of course will be following up with SCL. Also note that – as happened after last Tuesday’s even-shorter outage – there may be some lingering effects like flashing traffic signals.
9:26 AM: Just talked with Scott Thomsen at City Light, who is looking into questions such as whether this was human error, a mechanical problem, etc. He says the “routine maintenance” at the Delridge Substation continues so that’s one thing this did have in common with last Tuesday’s outage. We will update again later when we get more followup information.
2:23 PM: SCL’s Thomsen says via e-mail: “Crews were testing switchgear at the Delridge Substation as a part of our maintenance and reliability work. When one of the workers closed the doors for the switchgear they were testing, the vibrations tripped a relay, which then opened, cutting off power for the electrical bus (imagine a giant power strip connected to four feeder lines going out of the substation into the neighborhoods). Our engineering staff is looking at what we can do to dampen vibrations and avoid a repeat of this problem, which does occasionally affect utilities.”
~Power restored to thousands after outage in St. Bernard Parishhttps://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/st-bernard/power-restored-...
An outage map showed about 4,000 people without power in Meraux, Cypress Gardens, Violet and part of Chalmette.
Thousands of people were without power Saturday (Aug 4) after an equipment failure at a power substation, according to Entergy..."~Manhole Fire Spews Acrid Smoke for an Hour, Freaks Out Upper West Side
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Blast-Upper-West-Side...
A smoking manhole fire spewed a foul-smelling grayish haze into the air on the Upper West Side for at least an hour Friday morning (Aug 3), freaking out the neighborhood.
Fire officials and cops responded to the scene near Broadway and West 64th Street just before 10 a.m., then told News 4 the issue was a Con Ed problem. They "closed the job" a short time later, leaving the still acrid-smoke spewing hole cordoned off with yellow caution tape as cars flew by.
Before they left, fire crews at the scene told News 4 they were concerned the manhole "could blow." Con Ed told News 4 the issue involves an underground electric cable, though it's not clear if it's a feeder cable or one that supplies power to surrounding buildings.."
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Electrical Vault Fire Causes Power Outage to Four Indio Homes
Firefighters were called at 4:58 p.m. to a structure fire in the 48500 block of Hepburn Drive.
https://patch.com/california/palmdesert/electrical-vault-fire-cause...
INDIO, CA -- Flames in an electrical vault turned off the power to four Indio homes Saturday (Aug 4), authorities said. Firefighters were called at 4:58 p.m. to a structure fire in the 48500 block of Hepburn Drive, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said.
"First arriving units reported an outside electrical vault on fire," Hagemann said.."
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Major Wellington power outage caused by substation fault
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105990294/power-outage-across-parl...
As much of Wellington went into black-out, firefighters had to switch to an old-school back-up to keep in touch with base.
The cause of the massive outage - that affected 12,500 properties in multiple suburbs, as well as Parliament, parts of Victoria University, city courts and businesses - has been blamed on the failure of a piece of equipment at Wellington's Wilton substation.
The outage began at 12.15pm on Friday (Aug 3). Power was restored across Wellington by 3.17pm.."
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American Airlines flight with smoke in cabin makes emergency landing in Halifax
10 minutes after declaring an emergency the flight from Ireland landed safely in Halifax
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-airlines-flight-...
An American Airlines flight travelling from Shannon, Ireland, to Philadelphia, Pa., had to make an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Wednesday afternoon (Aug 1) because of smoke in the cabin.
The Boeing 757 aircraft declared the emergency at 12:40 p.m. AT and landed safely in Halifax about 10 minutes later, said Theresa Rath Spicer, speaking for the airport.
"It all happened pretty quickly," she said.
The airport's fire service was waiting when the plane landed. Both Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency and paramedics were at the scene.
Despite some reports to the contrary there were no injuries. There were 176 people on board.."
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Southwest flight carrying 135 people makes emergency landing at BWI Marshall Airport
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bwi-southwest-emerg...
A plane carrying 130 passengers and five crew members made an emergency landing at BWI Marshall Airport on Tuesday night (July 31) after a problem with the wing flaps.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1805 from Aruba touched down at about 8:50 p.m., flanked by firetrucks, officials and a passenger said. No injuries were reported.
Neysa Condron was returning from a vacation with her two daughters when she and other passengers realized the plane had been flying in a figure-eight-like pattern for about 20 minutes shortly before their scheduled landing time of 8.
“The pilot came on and told us that there was a problem,” Condron said in a telephone interview from baggage claim. “He said, ‘Our wings’ landing flaps are not coming out. We’re in contact with [officials on] the ground — we’re trying to figure out what to do.’ ”
About 40 minutes later, the pilot calmly told passengers that it would be “a fast landing” because the flaps would not be able to slow the plane, Condron said. The pilot also said the planes’ tires might blow from the heat, she said.
Before landing, the plane flew in circles near the airport to burn fuel, which Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz said in an email is “standard procedure.”
Mainz said the captain declared the emergency landing “out of an abundance of caution” because of “an issue with the flaps.”
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NY: Smell of Smoke Forces Emergency Landing at Buffalo Airport
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12422853/brief-smell-of-smoke-forc...
July 31--The smell of smoke forced the emergency landing Monday of an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga.
A spokeswoman for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority said the emergency landing occurred about 3 p.m., and was precipitated after a number of people on board the plane, American Airlines Flight 9879, noticed a smell of smoke. Initial reports were that there was smoke in the cockpit, but emergency crews did not find any evidence of a fire, the spokeswoman said..."
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CenturyLink vendor again blamed for 911 outage in multi-state outage
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/44808...
ST. PAUL—The CenturyLink vendor responsible for a major 911 outage in 2014 was also responsible for the multi-state disruption that led to an untold number of unanswered emergency calls Wednesday, Aug. 1.
"I have never in my 30 years experienced an outage such as what we experienced yesterday," Dana Wahlberg, director of the Department of Public Safety's emergency communication networks division said during a news conference Thursday.
The Fargo-Moorhead area and its counties Cass and Clay, lost service for nearly an hour, though surrounding counties in both Minnesota and North Dakota were unaffected, officials said.
The vendor, Longmont, Co.-based West Safety Services, was "completing a routine process on their network when yesterday's outage occurred," state officials said..."
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Toledo firefighters respond to underground vault fire
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2018/08/01/Toledo-firefighte...
Toledo Fire and Rescue Department responded late Tuesday to a downtown underground electric vault fire, according to spokesman Pvt. Sterling Rahe.
Crews were called to the scene at approximately 10:45 p.m. Tuesday (July 31) to the fire, where several transformers are located underground, Private Rahe said.
When crews arrived, fire was shooting through a large grate off North Erie Street and rolling up the facade of a nearby building — causing scorch markings, according to the spokesman. The fire was contained to the vault area and it did not extend to the building.
Crews remained on scene well into the morning Wednesday to monitor the incident and assist Toledo Edison workers as needed.."https://twitter.com/ToledoFire/status/1024635025558519808
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Transformer fire creates havoc on southwest side
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/local_news/transformer-fire-crea...
Anderson, Indiana – Much of the city’s southwest side was without power Thursday (Aug 2) after a high-voltage transformer caught fire around 9:30 a.m.
An equipment failure of the Anderson Municipal Power & Light distribution system caused a large transformer box on the corner of Enterprise Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to malfunction, bringing down the electrical grid for nearly 450 customers including several businesses at the Flagship Enterprise Center.
Power & Light Director Tony Pochard said he was unsure of the direct cause, but the incident was being investigated.
A temporary solution was able to restore power to some of the businesses; however, a more permanent fix will was expected to be in place within 24 to 48 hours, Pochard said.
“All available crews with Anderson Light & Power are working to resolve the problem,” Pochard said in a press release.
Some businesses were currently operating off auxiliary generator power as well.
Early Twitter reports from the scene Thursday:
Anderson Light and Power Director Tony Pochard said a substation breaker kicked off when fire started. Currently teams are verifying what the maps say is accurate before they begin restoring power.
— Christopher Stephens (@ChrisS_THB) August 2, 2018Fire officials say Anderson Light and Power is handling the situation; Fire is only on scene as support at this time. Transformer is still burning and there’s a heavy smell of melted plastic in the air. Earlier reports of a truck hitting the transformer appear to be false per AFD
— Christopher Stephens (@ChrisS_THB) August 2, 2018
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Thousands without power after massive transformer station fire in North York
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/thousands-without-power-after-massive-tr...
Flames are seen coming from a transformer station fire near Finch Avenue and Signet Drive early Saturday morning (July 28) . (Peter Muscat)
Thousands of people are without power after an overnight transformer station fire in North York.
The blaze broke out at a Hydro One facility near Finch Avenue and Signet Drive at around 12:15 a.m.
Toronto Fire says that by the time crews arrived on scene the structure was fully engulfed in flames.
Firefighters were initially instructed not to use flowing water until the power to the transformer station could be shut off. After about 50 minutes, crews from Hydro One did arrive on scene and shut off the power, allowing firefighters to begin pumping water onto the raging blaze.Toronto Fire says that the facility was also a significant distance from hydrants, which further complicated matters.
They say that at one point crews ran out of hose and had to find a workaround to get water on the fire.
During the height of the fire, police closed down Highway 400 from highways 407 to 401 as well as Finch Avenue from Weston Road to Highway 400 and Signet Drive from Finch Avenue to High Meadow Place. Highway 400 and Finch Avenue have since reopened, however.
Public works crews with a vacuum truck were also called in to assist with the cleanup after the transformer began to release oil.."
Chris Fox, CP24.com
Published Saturday, July 28, 2018 6:51AM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, July 28, 2018 12:44PM EDT~
WATCH: Transformer Fire Causes Intense Light Show In Long Beach
https://patch.com/new-york/longbeach/watch-transformer-fire-causes-...
A transformer fire in Long Beach Wednesday (July 25) night created a very bright light show for nearby residents before the situation was under control.
A truck from the Long Beach Fire Department was at the scene to make sure people stayed a safe distance away. The sparking continued for about a half hour until PSEG crews arrived to take care of it..."
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Fire at TECO substation causing power outages in Riverview, Gibsonton
http://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2018/07/27/fire-teco-substati...
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews fought a fire at a TECO substation Friday (July 27) evening that left thousands of area residents without power.
- Incident occurred around 5:30 p.m.
- Investigators believe malfunction caused explosion
- Some TECO customers still without power
A transformer explosion at the East Bay Substation — located at 7350 Big Bend Road — around 5:30 p.m. caused the fire and the subsequent outages, according to Fire Rescue officials.
The explosion ignited the mineral oil normally used to cool the transformers. The best means of fighting the fire, according to fire officials, was to keep it contained and simply wait for it to burn itself out.
"The first thing is, you can't use water with it," said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Clifford Bassett. "The second thing is you can’t see electricity — you don’t know where it is, where it isn’t."
"In this situation, we want to make sure that there’s not been any damage to the wires that may be out of position from where they normally are before we send our guys in there," Bassett said.
The fire at one point reportedly left over 4,000 customers without power. The outages were concentrated in the Riverview and Gibsonton areas of the county..."
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A major fire in the Paris suburbs paralysed traffic in and out of the city's Montparnasse train station on Friday (Jul 27), just as thousands of French and foreign travellers head on their holidays this weekend.
http://www.vir.com.vn/fire-blocks-major-paris-station-at-height-of-...
The fire at an electrical centre run by the national transport network in Issy-les-Moulineaux, southwest of Paris, sent a massive plume of smoke rising into the skies.
The blaze, just next door to Microsoft's main French offices, prompted an evacuation of 2,500 people and caused a power cut to some 16,000 homes in the Paris suburbs, authorities said.
The fire shut down traffic just before noon at Montparnasse, the main station connecting Paris to west and southwest France, with rail operator SNCF warning of heavy disruption for the rest of the day.
"Those who can delay their journeys need to delay them," Alain Krakovitch, a senior official at rail operator SNCF, told reporters.
The station in southern Paris, which in the midst of a heatwave is sweltering in temperatures of 36 degree Celsius, was crowded with stranded passengers staring up at the departure boards.
"It's infuriating, it's not clear at all what's happening," said Eva Basin, a 42-year-old Parisian who was supposed to be heading off on vacation to Brittany.
"They've advised me to delay my ticket, but I only have a week of holidays," she said. "All the trains for tomorrow are full. I'm going to try to take a bus."
Some trains were back up and running by Friday afternoon, albeit with a three-hour delay, while others were re-routed.
SNCF official Patrick Jeantet said a transformer had caught fire at the electrical centre, which controls Montparnasse's safety installations. The cause of the fire was as yet unknown..."
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