Laws allow armed air marshals on NZ flights (NZCity) 19 September 2007 Armed air marshals are a step closer to being on flights going through New Zealand. New aviation security legislation passed unanimously in Parliament last night, giving greater provisions for foreign airlines to have air marshals on board....more...Plane gets stuck after veering off tarmac (The Herald) More than 200 people were evacuated from a plane at Glasgow Airport yesterday after it veered off the tarmac while taxiing towards the runway....more... Investigators say vintage military plane lost oil (CBS4 Denver) Investigators found evidence that a vintage military plane that crashed in July suffered engine failure after at least some of the oil had drained out through open valves....more... Thailand: Probe Into Thai Plane Crash Focuses On Wind Shear; Monks Pray For Those Who Died (Sinchew) PHUKET, THAILAND: Buddhist monks chanted prayers Tuesday (18 Sept) for the souls of the 89 people killed in a plane crash on the southern Thai resort island of Phuket as distraught relatives began identifying and retrieving badly disfigured bodies....more... Plane to help protect Hawaii coral reefs (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument plan to use the 10-pound plane as early as October to help them spot nets and other marine debris. The electric-powered craft will transmit digital video footage back to a research ship ......more... Plane to help protect Hawaii coral reefs (AP via Yahoo! News) A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands....more... Probe into Thai plane crash focuses on wind shear; monks pray for dead (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Buddhist monks chanted prayers Tuesday for the souls of the 89 people killed in a plane crash on the southern Thai resort island of Phuket as distraught relatives began identifying and retrieving badly disfigured bodies....more... Thai officials find data recorders in plane crash that killed 88 (International Herald Tribune) Authorities searched the charred remains of a plane that crashed and killed 88 people on Thailand's resort island of Phuket, finding the flight data recorders but saying Monday it was too early to tell what doomed the flight....more... Thai Plane Crash Probe Advances as Runway Cleared (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand cleared wreckage from Phuket International Airport's runway after rains earlier slowed efforts to probe a plane crash that killed 90 people yesterday....more... |