Wall Street rejects $700m bailout plan, crash coming! « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

"The US Congress and President have passed the controversial $700 million US emergency economic rescue plan. But the reaction from Wall Street was negative, sending stocks even lower at the end of the worst week for...

Mexican thieves steal five small planes

This is really very strange news from mexico, he must not be thieve, but a Hulk turned bandit. " Armed men stole five small planes from a private airstrip in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Tuesday by overpowering a police officer and flying away, security...

Bomb Plot Seven Face Retrial

The seven men accused of plotting to blow up an airplane in England and whose sketchy (and likely non-lethal) chemistry sparked the War on Moisture, which prevents you and I from bringing hair gel onto commercial flights, have been convicted of making bombs and terrorist...

Liquid restrictions to remain at UK airports

Following a jury's decision yesterday that the government's case against the men accused of planning to use liquids on planes as explosives could not be substantiated, the UK government says it will still continue to forbid passengers to take liquids on...

Convicted Bomb Plot Terrorists Planned to Bring Down Seven Transatlantic Planes

A court heard how three young British Muslims planned to bring down at least seven transatlantic planes and made a video in which they made "You Will Be Destroyed" jibes.   " Three young British Muslims who...

Canada: $40B in 'social costs' to planes, trains and cars, your life worth $4...

Opinion Barry Artiste Certainly shows where social costs, from going to the corner store, to pleasure cruising to that cross country flight to visit relatives. Canadians will be pleased to know their live is now...

Jazz removes life vests to save fuel and forgets to inform passengers

I guess i don't need that life vest, the seat inflates right?"Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz has removed inflatable life vests from its planes to save weight, a spokeswoman said. The airline carries both floatation devices (seat cushions) and life vests, and the...

OPINION: Inspection mistake delays 40 American Eagle flights; or are you fee...

"Inspection mistake delays 40 American Eagle flights Transportation Security Administration official touched sensitive equipment,...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Chavez: Russian Planes Can Sink 'Gringo Ships'

"Fresh from his trip to Moscow, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is brandishing his new batch of freshly delivered Suhkoi fighters. According to AFP, Chavez said the Su-30s should be a deterrent to the U.S. Navy: ...

US Killer Machines Visit A Small Town In Ireland!

When I came across the quote below I decided that it might be worth paying a visit to Bray to see what US killer machines look like and maybe I could get some photographs of the protest. When I arrived in Bray on the...

Planes fly empty to keep value take-off slots at Heathrow

BMI, the third largest airline in the UK, has admitted it is planning to keep running virtually empty flights in spite of decreasing passenger numbers in order to hold on to its landing and takeoff slots at airports....

Speculation That Israel May Attack Iran Raises Oil Prices

"Crude oil rose more than $4 to a record on concerns that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran, while a strike in Brazil and renewed militant activity in Nigeria threaten to cut supplies. Oil rallied to a record high of $145.98 a barrel after the Jerusalem Post...

Britain goes slow as trains, planes and ships cut fuel costs

Even jet planes are slowing down to save fuel - well really to save 'fuel costs' which is perhaps slightly different - an economic rather than environmental decision. If that's what it takes to save the planet then...

United Airlines to temporarily lay off 950 pilots

"United Airlines will temporarily lay off about 950 pilots by the end of 2009 as a result of plans to reduce the fleet by 100 aircraft to cope with surging oil prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. ...

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