EMP denial

[Gerard Zwaan]

A large power outage is impacting San Francisco on Dec 20, 2025

[M. Difato]

Smoky Odor Prompts Delta Flight Bound For Mpls. To Make Emergency Landing At Rochester Airport

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/10/22/delta-flight-bound-for-mi...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Minneapolis made an emergency landing at Rochester Airport Thursday morning (Oct. 22) due to a smoky odor in the cabin of the plane.

According to Rochester Airport officials, the SkyWest CRJ900 aircraft, operating for Delta, was traveling from St. Louis, Missouri to Minneapolis when it declared an emergency and requested to land in Rochester.

The flight landed safely at around 7:20 a.m. with emergency responders standing by. No medical treatment was required for the 39 passengers and four crew members onboard.

SkyWest Airlines later confirmed that the emergency landing for Skywest Flight 3757 was due to a smoky odor in the cabin.

As of 10:52 a.m., the passengers were being transported to Minneapolis on a bus.

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https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SKW3757/history/20201022/1100Z/...

Aircraft Type

Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900 (twin-jet) (CRJ9)

[M. Difato]

Air France Boeing 777 Diverts To Goose Bay

https://simpleflying.com/air-france-777-goose-bay/

The aircraft involved in the diversion is a 15.8-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, with registration F-GSQH, delivered to Air France in 2005, according to Planespotters.net. The plane was scheduled to fly from Montrèal to Paris Charles De Gaulle on Friday (October 16th) when the incident occurred.

The aircraft took off from Montrèal at 19:35 local time as AF347, flying eastbound toward Newfoundland, according to FlightAware. Around an hour and 45 minutes into the flight, shortly after entering the Atlantic at 38,000 feet, the crew received a forward cargo smoke indication.

 The aircraft involved in the incident (pictured here) was a 15-year-old 777-300ER. Photo: Eric Salard via Wikimedia Commons

The indication forced the crew to make a turn back towards Canada and diverting to the nearest airport of Goose Bay (YYR). The aircraft declared an emergency and requested that emergency services be deployed. The aircraft successfully landed at 23:21 local time, 2 hours and 45 minutes after takeoff. Incident information is sourced from The Aviation Herald.

No smoke

The aircraft has 100 passengers onboard, a relatively light load for the premium-heavy 296 seat 777. All passengers safely disembarked and no injuries of any kind were reported. Upon inspection after landing, the ground crew found no indication of smoke or fire near the forward cargo hold. The indication was later ruled as false.

For the passengers stuck in Goose Bay, Air France found a quick resolution. Air France 349 was scheduled to also leave from Montrèal to Paris the same night at 22:25 local time. AF349 made a stop at Goose Bay to pick up passengers from AF347, allowing them to return just 7.5 hours later than planned.

Safety first

While the indication did turn out to be false, and the crew did not report any odor or smoke except for the indication, safety remains paramount. Pilots are trained to divert at the first sign of possible trouble, especially on intercontinental flights where could be few or no nearby diversionary airports.

The plane will likely now undergo maintenance in Paris to understand what went wrong with the smoke sensor. Issues with the smoke sensor can cause crews to miss fires, resulting in a possible catastrophe.

Luckily the passengers on AF347 were able to quickly return to Paris thanks to another flight soon after. Air France has been slowly increasing its international capacity in the last few months, especially between Canada and the EU since the latter allows for travel without quarantine for Canadian travelers.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/09/24/Super-Hornet-makes-emer...

Super Hornet makes emergency landing after engine fire in Virginia

Sept 24 2020

Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet experienced an engine fire Monday, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.

The incident took place while a Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 11 was training over the Virginia Capes, with the emergency landing happening at noon, according to Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, a Naval Air Force Atlantic spokeswoman.

"The aircraft landed safely at NAS Oceana without incident. An aviation mishap investigation has been initiated to determine the cause of the incident," Cragg said. "There were no injuries."

A nearly identical mishap took place at the same installation earlier this month.

Cragg declined to say whether officials think the incidents share a similar cause.

[M. Difato]

Transformer Fire Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Bronx

The FDNY said the transformer near in Pelham Gardens may have exploded around 8 p.m., and was then seen engulfed in flames along the street

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/transformer-fire-knocks-out-p...

A transformer fire in the Bronx knocked out power to nearly 3,000 customers Thursday night (Sept 10), as crews worked quickly to get electricity back up.

The FDNY said the transformer near Eastchester Road and East Gun Hill Road in Pelham Gardens may have exploded around 8 p.m., and then was seen engulfed in flames along the street. It was not clear was may have sparked the possible explosion and resulting fire, but according to Con Edison, 2,931 customers were left in the dark as a result.

No injuries were reported, although police had to respond to the scene to direct traffic throughout the neighborhood as all streetlights had gone out.

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Fire at Hydro One station knocks out power to over 1,500

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/fire-at-hydro-one-station-knocks-out-p...

 (Photo/Brad Patton @CWFireChief)

KITCHENER -- A fire at a Hydro One substation between Elora and Fergus knocked out power for residents living in the area, said fire officials in Centre Wellington.

Centre Wellington Fire Chief Brad Patton tweeted that firefighters were on scene of the fire on County Road 18 at 3:42 a.m.

Deputy Fire Chief Jonathan Karn responded that the fire had been extinguished just before 6 a.m., but power had been affected for areas of Salem, Fergus and Elora serviced by Hydro One..."

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Fire at M’singh sub-station again

https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/fire-msingh-sub-station-agai...

Power supply in Mymensingh district was disrupted for nearly eight hours after a fire broke out at a sub-station of Kewatkhali Power Grid yesterday morning (Sept 9).

The fire started around 10am from a circuit breaker and spread to the nearby control room, said Rafiqul Islam, chief engineer of Power Development Board in Mymensingh.

Two fire-fighting units brought the blaze under control soon, he said, adding that power supply to the entire Mymensingh division was halted following the incident.

However, power supply to Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrakona districts was restored around 11:30am. "We have replaced the burnt circuit breaker with a new one," the chief engineer said.

Md Masudul Haque, executive engineer of Power Grid Company, said the power supply was restored in Mymensingh district around 7:30pm.

The incident happened two days after a fire broke out at the main station of Kewatkhali Power Grid, leaving the entire division out of electricity for several hours. Restoration work of power lines damaged during Tuesday's incident was going on when yesterday's fire broke out.

A four-member probe committee was formed by the district administration to look into Tuesday's incident.

[M. Difato]

Power outage in Mymensingh division as national grid substation catches fire

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/09/08/power-outage-in-mymensin...

At least four districts in Mymensingh division were hit with a power outage after a national grid substation in Kewatkhali caught fire.

The fire broke out at the 132/33 KV grid substation around 1.30 pm on Tuesday (Sept 8), said Panat Shah, deputy director of Mymensingh District Fire Service. The firefighters from six units tamed the blaze after an hour, he added.

Power supply has stopped to Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrokona after the fire broke out in the grid substation, said Anwarul Islam, executive engineer of Mymensingh Power Division.

“We’re not sure right now about the time to resume the power supply. The blaze is under control. A probe panel is being formed to determine the amount of loss and also to find out the reason behind it. We can provide the details later,” he said.

“Overheating of marshalling board” could be a reason for the fire, the official said.

Of about one million clients in the four districts of Mymensingh, 650,000 lost electricity supply, said Rafiqul Islam, chief engineer of Power Development Board for Mymensingh region.

[M. Difato]

Transformer fire at Georgia Power plant shakes Cobb County neighborhood

 (A giant cloud of dark smoke can be seen coming from the plant near Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Twitter & https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12606621/explosions-georgia-power-pla... )

A transformer fire at a Georgia Power plant led to reports of explosions throughout a Cobb County neighborhood.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/transformer-fire-at-georgia-power...

Channel 2 Action News received several messages from people who live near Georgia Power’s Plant-McDonough Atinkson saying they heard or felt some kind of explosion Sunday night.

Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services confirmed that crews battled a fire at the plant off South Cobb Drive. Channel 2 received an updated statement from Georgia Power:

“The transformer fire, which started and was contained within the Plant McDonough switchyard last night, has been extinguished. We have confirmed that there were no injuries as a result of the fire. Additionally, our power delivery system functioned as designed and there were no extended customer power outages as a result of this incident. The safety of our facilities and employees is our top priority every day. We are working to determine the exact cause of the fire but we believe it was the result of equipment failure related to the transformer. We appreciate the response, professionalism and hard work of fire personnel and other first responders as well as our employees in safely responding to this event.”

What caused the explosions and fire are still under investigation.

Channel 2 Action News spoke with a number of neighbors who were worried once they saw the fire and plumes of smoke and embers so close, that they voluntarily packed up and evacuated.

“Heard of number of popping noises and all kind of came out right when the big explosion happened over that way… big fireball into the air. Pretty impressive, pretty crazy,” said neighbor Joey Jarrell.

“When we looked outside our back window, the flames were up above the trees here. Before any fire crews got here or anything, it was intense,” said witness Shelby Watson.

A Cobb fire spokesman said they first received 911 calls around 11:28 p.m. Sunday night (Sept 6). Crews arrived on the scene minutes later, where they saw the heavy smoke and flames.

“Explosions are still under investigation. Right now crews are getting the fire knocked down so they can get close enough to further investigate,” Nick Danz said.

Danz said several units battled the two-alarm fire and hazmat crews were also called in.

Georgia Power told Cobb emergency services there were no injuries and everyone who was working was accounted for.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.tapinto.net/articles/power-outage-causes-explosion-at-n...

Power Outage Causes Explosion at Nokia

September 1, 2020 at 9:58 PM

Edited at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2020

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - A power outage in town caused an explosion at a substation on the Nokia property located at 600 Mountain Avenue Tuesday evening at approximately 9:25 p.m.  

In addition, the BHFD responded to a smoke condition located in a computer lab at Building Number 7 on the Nokia property. The cause was a runaway UPS battery which overheated, said BH Deputy Chief Jim Hopkins.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/emergency-landing-at-rick-husba...

Emergency landing at Rick Husband International Airport

Wednesday, September 2nd 2020

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Trouble in the skies Monday night, as an American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.

Amarillo Fire Department Public Information Officer Cody Snyder said there were reports of smoke in the 737’s cabin.

Data from the Flight Aware App revealed that Flight 2826, which originated in Chicago, bound for Phoenix had to divert to Amarillo an hour and 39 minutes into the flight. The plane, with 127 passengers and a crew of 6 on board, banked hard to its left near the Nebraska-Kansas line and headed straight for Amarillo where it landed safely.

The Amarillo Fire Department Red Units, which are highly trained for these situations, responded to the scene.

“So when the emergency comes in, they alert the tower. Tower calls over to the fire station. Fire station then rolls their vehicles out, they position at the lead end of the runway and then position another truck at the midpoint of the runway and then as it lands, they follow the aircraft in," Snyder said.

Snyder said fire crews boarded the plane to investigate the smoke scent in the cabin. They discovered most of the smoke had cleared, but the passengers were removed from the jet, and placed on another plane to complete their journey to Phoenix.

ABC 7 Meteorologist Corbin Voges was on the next aircraft that landed after Flight 2826.

"When we finally made contact with the runway, after about 10 or 15 seconds or so, you could smell it coming through the air vents. It smelled like an electrical fire--like wires were burning up. Then, I saw the fire truck and it kinda made sense. You start putting pieces together and then you could see the other plane out there at the end of the runway," Voges said.

Snyder said AFD crews go through annual training certification, which requires loads of book work, studying and several field tests.

"Once a year, they have to do what is called a live fire burn. They go out and simulate a fire. It is a mock-up of an aircraft. We pour diesel all around it, and set it on fire, which simulates jet fuel. Then, several crews go out and they practice over and over, for about two weeks, putting out simulated aircraft fires," Snyder said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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[M. Difato]

Substation Fire Caused Power Outages In Norwalk Monday: UPDATE

Eversource reported that power outages hit thousands of utility customers in the city on Monday evening.

https://patch.com/connecticut/norwalk/power-outage-hits-thousands-e...

NORWALK, CT — An electrical substation fire on New Canaan Avenue in Norwalk Monday evening (Aug 24) knocked out power to thousands of Eversource customers in the city, according to Norwalk fire officials and the utility company.

The blaze was reported at about 7:30 p.m., and Eversource technicians had to shut down power to the area before firefighters could safely work at extinguishing the fire. No injuries were reported.

"Upon the fire department's arrival, heavy fire was visible from an elevated switch gear cabinet, that controls a 13,800 volt transmission line," wrote Norwalk Deputy Fire Chief Edward Prescott in a statement.

"Firefighters initially used dry chemical extinguishers to knock down the fire, then a CO2 extinguisher to cool the equipment," Prescott added. "Once the fire was extinguished Eversourse employees then started to restore the power, that was shut down for firefighting."

As of about 9 p.m., more than 6,000 customers were without power, or close to 20 percent of Eversource customers.

At one point, more than 16,000 Eversource customers were without power in the city, The Hour reported.