The pilot of a post-World War II aircraft died Saturday after a fiery runway crash at a West Virginia air show. The crash came the day after a stunt pilot crashed his older-model plane at a Nevada air show on Friday, killing nine people. In this most recent crash, the West Virginia Air National Guard [...]
Josh Duhamel kicked off flight because of Blackberry
Dec. 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
TMZ.com reported that on Thursday actor Josh Duhamel, 38, was kicked off a flight from New York to Kentucky because he refused to turn off his cell. Duhamel had already boarded a flight from LaGuardia Airport to Kentucky. However, when a flight attendant reportedly asked him to turn off his electronic device before takeoff, the [...]
Leslie Nielsen dies at age 84
Nov. 28, 2010 1 Comment
Legendary comedy actor Leslie Nielsen, known for starring in “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” film franchise, died Sunday of complications from pneumonia. According to The Associated Press, his agent, John S. Kelly, said Nielsen died at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was being treated for pneumonia. He died surrounded [...]
EarthTalk: Hog farms? Air travel?
May 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Looking at farms and greener airplanes
Miami flight to Boston turned around after security concerns
Sept. 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
An American Airlines flight from Miami to Boston had to be diverted back to Miami International Airport Friday night because of an unspecified security concern, the Boston Globe reported. According to the Globe, 168 passengers and six crew were on-board American flight 1640, which left Miami around 9:30 p.m. and returned 45 minutes later. Passengers [...]
All on board survive emergency landing on Hudson
Jan. 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — An Airbus A320 flight en route from LaGuardia to Charlotte, N.C., went down in an emergency landing in the Hudson River, apparently after striking a flock of birds that disabled the plane’s engines, according to authorities. US Airways Flight 1549 had 146 passengers on board and 5 crew members. Amazingly, no deaths [...]
EarthTalk: Green computing? Air travel?
April 21, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: My old computer finally bit the dust and I am in the market for a replacement. Are there any particularly “green” computers for sale these days? — Brian Smith, Nashua, NH Thanks in part to pressure from non-profits like Greenpeace International-which has published quarterly versions of its landmark “Guide to Greener Electronics” since [...]