Coligny wrote:Arrogance and engineering... Not a good mix
How do you explain France's industrial prowess?
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Coligny wrote:Arrogance and engineering... Not a good mix
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Coligny wrote:Arrogance and engineering... Not a good mix
How do you explain France's industrial prowess?
An Air France flight from Mauritius made an emergency landing in Kenya early Sunday and after a "suspected explosive device" was found on board, officials said.
The Boeing 777, with 459 passengers and 14 crew members, diverted to the coastal city of Mombasa after the suspicious item was found in a lavatory, according to airport and airline officials.
Pictures from the scene showed that at least one emergency evacuation slide was inflated after the landing, with passengers taken away on buses.
Flight AF463, bound for Paris, landed at 00:36 a.m. Sunday local time (5:36 p.m. Saturday ET), the airline said.
"The object, believed to be an explosive device, has successfully been retrieved from the aircraft which was destined to Paris," Kenya Airport said in a statement.
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Coligny wrote:Might be time to do like them amerkunz abroad and sew a canadian flag on mah backpack...
Coligny wrote:Might be time to do like them amerkunz abroad and sew a canadian flag on mah backpack...
A suspicious device that prompted a bomb scare on an Air France flight to Paris was a hoax, the airline's boss has said.
Flight 463 from Mauritius was forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa, Kenya, after the object was discovered in the toilets of the aircraft, which was carrying 473 people.
Kenyan authorities initially said the item was a bomb and had been removed by the country's navy to be detonated.
But Frederic Gagey, the head of Air France, said investigations revealed the device was made of cardboard, paper and a household timer.
"This object did not contain explosives," he told a news conference in Paris.
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kurogane wrote::biggrin2:
And it's probably the type that sew one on their own long after it stopped being sort of cool and became a standing joke.
Russell wrote:Coligny wrote:Might be time to do like them amerkunz abroad and sew a canadian flag on mah backpack...
Isn't the Quebec accent very different from the French?
Coligny wrote:Russell wrote:Coligny wrote:Might be time to do like them amerkunz abroad and sew a canadian flag on mah backpack...
Isn't the Quebec accent very different from the French?
Murder inducing would be the proper description.
A bit like chalk screeching on a blackboard or a dentist drilling bit hitting a metal filling.
Russell wrote:Air France bomb scare: Suspicious device found in toilets was 'hoax', says airline's CEOA suspicious device that prompted a bomb scare on an Air France flight to Paris was a hoax, the airline's boss has said.
Flight 463 from Mauritius was forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa, Kenya, after the object was discovered in the toilets of the aircraft, which was carrying 473 people.
Kenyan authorities initially said the item was a bomb and had been removed by the country's navy to be detonated.
But Frederic Gagey, the head of Air France, said investigations revealed the device was made of cardboard, paper and a household timer.
"This object did not contain explosives," he told a news conference in Paris.
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Coligny wrote:Kenya... Isn't it one of those shitholes where there phear to have their soul stolen when people take pictures?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:kurogane wrote::biggrin2:
And it's probably the type that sew one on their own long after it stopped being sort of cool and became a standing joke.
Come to think of it I can't remember the last time I saw anyone sporting that stupid patch. But maybe that's because my backpacking days are behind me and I stay in actual hotels when I travel.
kurogane wrote:The bit that worries me is how many nice Americans I keep meeting in Asakusa (Cuz's Home Ground, etc) and Down Here and how utterly douchey the Cdns I meet are, though to be fair, all the Cdns I have met both there and down here are all JETs or alumni and the Americans aren't
Coligny wrote:Russell wrote:Turkey downs Russian military aircraft near Syria’s borderTurkish military aircraft shot down a Russian jet Tuesday after Turkey says it violated its airspace near the border with Syria.
Russian officials confirmed that a Russian warplane had been shot down but claimed it had been flying over Syria and had not violated Turkish airspace.
The plane was likely shot down “due to shelling from the ground,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
The incident could mark a major escalation in the airspace conflict over Syria that could seriously increase friction between Russia and the West since Turkey is a member of NATO.
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Uh oh...
Basically they are shooting down the guys flying with us ....
What do we need to do for their monkey brain to get it ?
Link Russia -again- with the Normandie-Niemen squadron ?
Will confuse the shit out of those carpet shaggers to see planes with the Red Star and the French roundel (plus playfull as they are the Russian are going to stick a cross of Lorraine too)
An engine fire before takeoff has forced the evacuation of a Japan Airlines jet in snowy northern Japan.
National broadcaster NHK showed video of passengers sliding down chutes Tuesday as snow fell on the tarmac at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido. NHK reported that one woman sustained a minor hip injury.
The broadcaster says the Japan Airlines Boeing 737 with 159 passengers and six crew members was evacuated before takeoff after smoke entered the cabin.
The domestic flight was bound for Fukuoka in southern Japan.
Russell wrote:So, will they sell the plane?
Russian officials said on Saturday that a passenger jet crashed in southern Russia with all 55 passengers and six crew on board believed to have been killed.
Russia's emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, crashed at 03:50 (0030 GMT) at the airport in Rostov at the end of a flight from Dubai.
The aircraft had to abandon an initial attempt to land and came down while making a repeat attempt, according to a ministry statement.
An official from the investigative committee, a state body that routinely investigates major incidents, told Reuters from Rostov that "according to preliminary information" everyone on board the jet had died.
Most of the passengers on board were Russian, the regional governor said on television.
"Three foreigners were on the passenger list of the plane, but that information needs checking" an emergency ministry official said on Rossiya-24 news channel.
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Coligny wrote:
Yup, quite a hard landing. Will need moar than speed tape to fly back for repair...
Japan's biggest airline grounds its Dreamliners over engine problem
ANA’s decision to ground its fleet of Boeing 787s, the world’s biggest, expected to result in cancellation of at least 350 flights
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