These are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – A 737 caught fire at Changi Airport; five fire engines were dispatched. On Wednesday (March 25), Garuda Indonesia flight GA829, a B737-800 aircraft (PK-GFW), caught fire in its tail auxiliary power unit (APU) before departure from Singapore Changi Airport. The escape slides at…
Read MoreHere’s what I have for today… Be safe out there! Tom – UPDATE: NY Crash Fire Truck Transponder Issue, Swiss Cheese, Survey All, Some interesting statements came out of this afternoon’s update from NTSB. Their preliminary investigation into the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York late Sunday night suggests it was caused…
Read MoreHere are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – At least 66 killed after Colombian military plane crashes in southern Amazon Tiago Rogero in Bogotá and agencies Transport plane carrying soldiers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto LeguÃzamo, deep in Colombia’s southern Amazon region A Colombian military transport plane with…
Read MoreTragic news tonight from KLGA in New York City where there are reports that a an Air Canada CRJ has collided with a Port Authority firetruck leaving four firefighters critically injured… Keep our Brothers and Sisters in your prayers! Tom – 4 firefighters critially injured as Air Canada flight, firetruck collide at LaGuardia: sources By Joe…
Read MoreWe close out this week with the following stories… Have a safe weekend! Tom – Ryanair issues statement after firefighters rush to plane at Manchester Airport Flights were briefly suspended as crews worked at the scene By Stephen Topping Senior reporter and Ramazani Mwamba News reporter Ryanair has issued a statement after flights were briefly…
Read MoreQuite late today as I had a sad personal issue to attend to, but here we go! These are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – Plane crashes at local airport By Micah Pearce A single-engine airplane made a crash landing Wednesday evening at Aero Valley Airport near Canyon Falls. Denton County…
Read MoreTragic news out of Chicago where Firefighter/EMT Michael Altman, assigned to Truck Company 47, succumbed yesterday to injuries received while fighting a structure fire on the cities North Side this past Monday. Mike was a fourth-generation CFD firefighter and leaves behind a young son and a wife, who is pregnant. My condolences, thoughts and prayers…
Read More“Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh”, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all! Here are the stories for today… Go dté tú slán! Tom – Boeing 747 Skids Off Runway in the US: Frightening Incident at Birmingham Airport. Goklerdeyiz.net An incident involving a Kuehne+Nagel cargo plane at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama has attracted attention in aviation circles.…
Read MoreThese are the stories to start the new week… Be safe out there! Tom – Jet veers off runway and crashes into embankment while landing at Jundiaà airport. The aircraft had taken off from Bragança Paulista Airport; no one was injured. A jet plane went off the runway after landing at Comandante Rolim Adolfo Amaro…
Read MoreWe close out this busy week with the following couple of stories… Have a safe weekend! Tom – Plane makes emergency landing on busy road in Peachtree City By Atlanta News First staff ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – “You can’t park there.” That’s what the Peachtree City Police Department said after a plane had to…
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