EMP denial

[Gerard Zwaan]

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.

Source: ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for May 23, 2015

[Scott]

Electrical fire sees Govan residents evacuated as smoke billows across Glasgow (June 26, 2017)

Firefighters rushed to the scene in the Riverside scheme and are tackling flames coming from a burnt-out electricity distribution box.

The incident has seen smoke billow across Glasgow [United Kingdom] while the locals have been affected by a widespread power-cut.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/electrical-fire-see...

[Scott]

Huge fire in middle of Cardiff city centre as electrical substation near car park goes up in flames (June 26, 2017)

Head of Joint Fire Control for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service Jennie Griffiths said 8 fire engines, with 3 water bowsers and 2 aerial bladders were in attendance.

"The fire involves an external power sub station and industrial bins which has heavily smoke logged a 3 storey adjacent bldg," she tweeted.

Some businesses nearby have reported suffering power cuts.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-fire-middle-cardiff-city-...

[Scott]

Islandwide Blackout [Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] (June 26, 2017)

An oil splash monitoring system failure on one engine at Power Plant 1 was behind the islandwide power outage that started at 2:35am last Saturday.

The original cause of the outage—the oil splash monitoring system—was a recent upgrade by the engine’s manufacturer...

After a few hours, CUC’s power system was secured and the assessment process began. Once that was completed, restoration of the island power supply started. However, there were some technical problems, starting with a station service generator.

“Once those repairs on the generator were completed, the restoration of the feeders began... The repairs went through challenges such as the electrical problems…"

“At 4:15pm, repairs were completed and the engines were put online..."

https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/engine-failure-causes-islan...

[Yvonne Lawson]

Commuters were stuck underground for over an hour during Monday's morning rush hour after a major power failure crippled three Tube lines.

Tube trains on the Circle, District and Piccadilly lines ground to a halt in tunnels between stations following the signal system shutdown at Earl’s Court station.

Josh Phillips, who was travelling to work at Warner Music in Kensington, told the Standard his westbound Circle line train was stranded underground for an hour just before Victoria station.

“The driver was doing his best but you could tell he didn't really know what was happening,” Mr Phillips said.

“He kept saying he was trying to get hold of someone but he couldn't and that every single train was stuck on a red signal.”

Mr Phillips said it was “pretty chaotic on board” and added: “Babies crying, people getting really angry.”

The train eventually started moving again and arrived at Victoria station but above ground “the buses were really crazy”, Mr Phillips said.

Heather Bonney, who was stuck on a Piccadilly line train, said: “We’ve been stuck on a train outside Ealing Common for almost an hour – PLEASE can we get detrained, it’s sweltering in here.”

Another passenger, called Jocelyn-Jane Taylor, said she was stuck on a non-moving District line train outside of Parson’s Green for more than an hour.

Steve White, operations director for London Underground, promised automatic refunds for passengers. He said: “We are very sorry for the disruption caused to customers this morning which was due to a power network failure in the Earl’s Court area at around 9.30am.  

Read more: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/furious-commuters-stuck-un...

[Derrick Johnson]

Terrifying moment an AirAsia flight starts shaking 'like a washing machine' mid-air before the pilot tells 359 passengers to PRAY for survival

• An AirAsia plane flying to from Perth to Kuala Lumpur was forced to turn back
• The pilot reportedly discovered a single engine failure and returned to Perth
• Passengers said the plane shook so violently they thought it would go down
• 'It was shuddering. We all thought, you know, we're just going to go down' 
• The plane landed safely in Perth on Sunday following the distressing ordeal 
• Passengers were left stranded at Kuala Lumpur due to missed connecting flights

By Kate Darvall and Hannah Moore For Daily Mail Australia

PUBLISHED: 20:22 EDT, 25 June 2017 | UPDATED: 21:00 EDT, 25 June 2017

Footage has emerged showing the terrifying moment an AirAsia flight with 359 people on board started to shake violently. 

Flight D7237 departed Perth Airport shortly before 7am on Sunday on its way to Malaysia but was forced to turn back due to 'technical issues' less than two hours into the trip.

Passengers on the flight reportedly heard a loud bang before the plane started to tremble.  

Footage taken by one passenger shows him staring into the camera with a stunned look on his face as the plane shakes through the air. 

Speaking to Channel Seven, Malik Mascarenhas said he feared for his life. 

'The plane was really really limping home, it was shuddering, shuddering, shuddering. We all thought, you know, we're just going to go down,' he said.  

Fellow passenger known only as Tim said there were 'lots of people crying, lots of people pulling out their life jackets'. 

'Pretty much preparing. We thought there was a good chance we were going to go down,' he said. 

In terrifying on-board footage, the AirAsia captain can be heard asking passengers to stay vigilant. 

'Please pay attention and also please listen to everything, our survival depends on your cooperation,' he said. 

Passenger Sophie Nicolas said she could tell the situation was 'really bad' judging by the cabin crew's reaction. 

'He said 'I hope you all say a prayer, I will be saying a prayer too and let's hope we all get back home safely',' she said. 

Passenger Brenton Atkinson told ABC News the plane had been shaking 'pretty bad' when the plane decided to turn back 'about an hour and a half' into the journey.  

'It was essentially the engine seized up I think, that's what they told us anyway,' the 24-year-old said. 

He reported there was a small explosion before the plane returned to Perth.

'The whole thing, the plane started vibrating and shaking pretty bad, and we had to turn around and come back,' he said.

'It was literally like you were sitting on top of a washing machine.'

When the plane landed and passengers disembarked, Mr Atkinson says he realised 'one of the blades had actually come off the turbine'. 

Perth teachers Damos Stevens and Mitch Jamieson filmed themselves sitting on the aeroplane as it shook through the air.

Mr Stevens is heard on the video, which shows the harsh vibrations of the plane, saying: 'We'll be having 60million beers when we get back'.

He told Daily Mail Australia the pilot said to 'say a prayer for us' as the plane returned to Perth.

'No one was hysterical but people were really scared. Some people needed medical attention when we landed,' he said.

While the teacher says communication on the plane was fantastic, he was less enthused about the airline's ability to communicate with passengers when they disembarked the plane. 

'[There has been] no support for passengers, there is still a long line of people here, no word on replacement flights,' he said.  

A recovery flight was organised to take the passengers from Perth to Kuala Lumper at 8.30pm on Sunday, but many passengers said they were left stranded due to missed connecting flights. 

Iran national Rasool Zareie told Nine News he was given a $20 voucher at the airport and two nights' accommodation, but was left in the dark about when he and his family could fly.

'We were standing in queues for three and a half hours,' he said. 

'When I asked them, "What should we do?" they had nothing to say. That was very annoying.' 

Passenger Saya Mae shared a video of the shaky footage to Instagram and captioned it: 'I thought I might die'.  

A spokesman for Perth Airport told Daily Mail Australia the pilot reported technical issues and decided to return to Perth.

'We had emergency services on site as a precaution, and the plane landed safely around 10am this morning,' he said.

'The passengers have disembarked.' 

The airline said investigations were ongoing.   

Flight Radar shows the plane had reached Carnarvon when it decided to return to Perth Airport. 

A statement from AirAsia said passengers were being attended to by ground staff and 'all necessary assistance' was being provided. 

'Flight crew are taking precautionary measures to check the aircraft and some guests on board the flight will be transferred to the next available flight today,' the statement said. 

'Other guests will be informed of the progress of the flight.

'The safety of our guests are our utmost priority.' 

The technical issues on-board the flight are the most recent in a string of incidents to plague AirAsia.

An AirAsia aircraft plummeted into the sea when it stalled on a flight from Surabaya to Singapore on December 28, 2014, killing all 162 passengers on board the flight. 

An AirAsia flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur flew in the wrong direction and crossed paths with an adjacent parallel runway at Sydney Airport on March 10, 2015. 

The captain of the flight reportedly entered the wrong longitude into the system. 

On February 19, 2016, an AirAsia aircraft flying from Bali to Perth, flew 300m too low in severe turbulence. 

The aircraft fell by 60km/h to just above stalling speed. 

In March the same year there was a near miss reported between an AirAsia flight and Jetstar plane. 

This graphic shows the flight path of the AirAsia plane on Sunday morning

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4638254/AirAsia-plane-turns...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170625/power-restored-to-20...

Power restored to 2,000 in Sylmar after explosions hit DWP facility

Posted: 06/25/17, 11:01 AM PDT

Firefighters respond to a fire at a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power facility Saturday night following a series of explosions in Sylmar. Photos by Rick McClure

SYLMAR >> Power was restored to 2,000 Sylmar residents after a series of explosions hit a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power facility on Saturday night, authorities said.

The incident was reported around 11:30 p.m. at the facility located at 13101 Glenoaks Boulevard in Sylmar, authorities said, with 2,000 customers initially affected.

DWP spokeswoman Carol Tucker said on Sunday she did not have the total number of residents affected by the incident but said 1,881 had their power restored within an hour and a half of the incident. Others affected by the outage had their power restored within 15 minutes, Tucker said.

A series of explosions at the facility caused the power to go out while a report at the scene added Los Angeles firefighters knocked a fire down with several transformers on fire after one exploded.

Residents without power were located near Glenoaks Boulevard and Roxford Street, according to reports.

Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said on Sunday firefighters responded Saturday night to investigate a fire at the facility and there were no injuries. DWP supervisors later met firefighters at the scene and then took over control of the incident, Humphrey said.

Tucker said the cause of the incident was equipment failure.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://counton2.com/2017/06/23/jetblue-flight-makes-emergency-landi...

JetBlue flight makes emergency landing in Charleston

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — A JetBlue flight en route to Fort Lauderdale made an emergency landing in Charleston, Friday morning.

Details are limited but we do know the flight originated from White Plains, New York.

JetBlue #913 declared an emergency after smoke was found in the cockpit, according to officials with the Charleston Aviation Authority.

All 97 people on board were evacuated as a precaution.

and another:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/23/national/smoke-cabin-pr...

Smoke in Delta cabin prompts Incheon-Atlanta flight to make emergency landing at Haneda

Delta Flight 26, which left Incheon airport at 6:30 p.m., was over the Pacific Ocean just past 9 p.m. Thursday when smoke and the scent of something burning was detected in the cabin, the fire department said, adding that the plane made an emergency landing at Haneda at around 10:40 p.m.

[Scott]

Shoppers left in the dark as 313@somerset mall hit by blackout (June 22, 2017)

Orchard Road shopping mall 313@somerset [Singapore] was hit by a blackout which lasted slightly over an hour on Thursday.

Social media was abuzz with pictures and videos of the blackout, which apparently affected all eight floors of the mall.

Ms Cheryl Goh, the mall's general manager...explained that the blackout was due to a power trip.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shoppers-left-in-the-dark-as-...

[Scott]

Generators on standby on Gold Coast as Energex figures out Broadbeach blackout (June 22, 2017)

 Traffic chaos at Broadbeach [Australia] after mass blackouts.

Energex spokesman Danny Donald said supply was cut to all of the 11,700 customers serviced by the Broadbeach substation when two earthing transformers at the facility failed about 4.30pm on Friday.

“We lost the entire Broadbeach substation. We had a fault on both of the earthing transformers,” he said.

“What caused that fault, we are still unsure. We are investigating that right now.

“Most of our senior engineers have never seen anything like that before. It was completely unprecedented.

Mr Donald ruled out overloading as the cause.

He said power consumption on Friday was nowhere near the peak loading record set earlier this year.

“It wasn’t a peak demand issue,” he said.

“We’re in the middle of winter. That’s when the least amount of pressure is on the network.

“Our peak season is in summer. We experienced record peak loading in February this year.”

Mr Donald said plant and equipment at the Broadbeach substation was updated ”all the time”.

“We’re always doing a lot of work on the Gold Coast,” he said.

“We’re always upgrading the network to cope with growth.”

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/generators-on-s...

[Scott]

Pavement explodes in Old Street [London, UK] due to electrical fire (June 19, 2017)

Witness Mark J. Douglas wrote on Twitter: “So a section of the footpath just exploded on #oldstreet and the power went out. Pretty sure just an electric fault, but scary!”

OLD STREET closed between CURTAIN ROAD and SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET due to an electrical fire, please avoid the area if possible. Thank you.

— Hackney Police (@MPSHackney)

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/pavement-explodes-in-old-stree...

https://twitter.com/MPSHackney/status/876841594254708736