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Amanda Macias/Business InsiderAn ashtray inside of a plane bathroom.
Curious, I asked a flight attendant about the ashtrays.
Amanda Macias/Business InsiderSeveral ‘no smoking’ signs and then an ashtray in an airplane.
Turns out that all airlines are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to attach an ashtray to the bathroom door of every plane.
The FAA categorizes bathroom ashtrays as part of each plane’s “minimum equipment,” meaning that a broken ashtray must be reported and replaced within three days.
In 1973, 123 passengers died on Varig Flight 820 traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when the cabin of a Boeing 707 filled with smoke from a fire started by a cigarette.
The cigarette was thrown away in the trash receptacle of the airplane bathroom, causing a major fire in the rear of the jet.
Forty-two years after the Varig Flight 820 tragedy, here is another reminder Article source: http://www.businessinsider.com/airplane-ashtrays-in-the-bathroom-2015-2
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Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/world/asia/small-passenger-plane-crashes-into-river-in-taiwan.html
A TransAsia Airways plane crashed in Taiwan, killing at least 32 passengers according to the Associated Press.
The TransAsia flight GE235 had just launched when the plane lost control, making a sharp turn. As it descended, the plane clipped a highway and a taxicab before landing in a river. A dashboard camera captured the horrific scene in detail.
Rescuers recovered 15 passengers that suffer from injuries. However, the pilot and the two co-pilots perished.
Rescuers continue to search through the wreckage and the river for 11 missing passengers, which include the pilot. The plane model was a ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft and 58 people were aboard the flight according to CNN.
SEE ALSO: No Contest: Taipei MRT Vs. Los Angeles Metro
The black boxes on flight GE235 were recovered according to the Associated Press. Sources believe this will assist in the investigation.
The plane took off from the Taipei Songshan Airport at Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. This airport is the base for TransAsia Airlines. Flight GE235 was in route to Kinmen, an island in the Fujian region of China, according to the New York Times.
One of the pilots reported to the control tower: “Mayday, mayday. Engine flameout.” An engine ‘flameout’ is when flames are extinguished in the combustion chamber. This allows the chamber to shut down and to stop driving the propeller, according to the Associated Press.
Crash survivor Huang Jin-sun said to ETTV Television that he heard a sound briefly after takeoff that made him believe “the engine did not feel
Article source: http://www.neontommy.com/news/2015/02/taiwan-airplane-crash-kills-32-people
“Don’t worry,” he said, “you’re in your own little corner of paradise now.”
The words could have been straight from the “just what I’d expect him to say” files — Jeremy is a marketing manager for the resort — yet they were strangely comforting, and proved happily accurate for our family, much in need of a respite, even if brief, from the intense stress and deep sadness of my wife’s father’s death less than a week earlier.
Our trip had been planned eight months prior and was intended to end in Australia with a celebration of Bob Baillie’s 70th birthday (please do click on that link); instead it ended with his memorial service after a brief but brutal battle with merciless pancreatic cancer. But his wife, my mother-in-law, was insistent that we go on our trip as planned because Bob (whom she more frequently calls Rob) had been so enthusiastic about it for us and particularly for our children. Indeed, he had paid for much of it; Bob was always a remarkably generous person.
We had arrived at Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort on the northeastern coast of Borneo after spending a couple of blurry jet-lagged days in Kuala Lumpur, the major highlight of which was taking our kids to the Sunway Lagoon, which includes the world largest waterpark ride. We were joined that day by my wife’s friend Kristina, whom she has known since second grade and who lives in KL with her husband, the headmaster (English for “principal”)
Article source: http://spectator.org/articles/61670/what-i-did-my-winter-vacation
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – From photographers to model airplane enthusiasts, drones are becoming more and more popular. But the popularity comes with some problems, including how to regulate their use.
For a little club that meets in Carmel Valley, the hum never sounded sweeter.
“It’s really the neatest thing I’ve ever seen,” drone pilot Julian Jones said.
Spend five minutes with this group and it’s easy to see just how amazing these machines are.
“Mine only goes about 30 miles per hour. I’m in the process of building a new one that will go about 50,” Jones said.
Turn on the TV and chances are, something you see was shot with a drone — news stories, commercials, even music videos. Right now anyone with a couple hundred bucks can go out and get one of them. The question is, should anyone be able to own one, and what about regulation?
With the ups of drones have come the downs. A little over a week ago, a drone crashed on the lawn of the White House, setting off a host of security concerns. A week before that, another drone loaded with drugs crashed near the San Diego-Tijuana border.
“What you could potentially do in the future with them is ridiculous,” EZ Drone CEO Sean Daniels said.
For some insight we caught up with Daniels, CEO of San Diego-based EZ Drone. One look in his shop would have a gearhead drooling.
Sean’s livelihood is built around an industry that is very new and highly unregulated. The FAA has started to
Article source: http://www.cbs8.com/story/28039374/drone-regulation-is-really-up-in-the-air
