Le Chic Geek Here’s a cool shot of a Ryanair flight taking off in front of a funnel cloud. There were no reports of it fully forming a tornado, but it’s still a cool picture. As to the distance, from Accuweather: Without more details, AccuWeather experts cannot pinpoint the proximity of the plane …
Read More »JetBlue Engine Fire from “Ingesting” Bird While Still on Ground
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this before a plane took off. From 7online: JetBlue confirmed Sunday that Flight 704 from San Juan, Puerto Rico to JFK Airport experienced a “bird ingestion into the #1 engine”, causing an engine fire. Flight 704 from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan experienced …
Read More »Tourists in China Randomly Tested for Drugs–Forced to Pee in Cups in Bar!
Last night, I couldn’t sleep so I was up late on twitter. Then I saw these disturbing tweets: In Beijing bar last night I was made to do a random urine test for drugs. Those who failed including some foreigners taken away by police. — Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) August …
Read More »What a Thousand People in One Pool Looks Like
The Chinese Dead Sea Tourist Resort advertises the tranquility of laying out in the pool and relaxing. Not when there’s a heat wave. Click here to see (literally) thousands of people in one pool. Granted, it’s a large pool. But not that large.
Read More »Bed Bugs on New York City Public Transportation System
I was a little freaked out when I found out that the San Francisco BART system seats tested positive for large amounts of human excrement–of both kinds. So I was glad when they replaced the fabric seats with the sleeker kind you can hose down. I always figured the New York …
Read More »Hipster Scarf Saves American Tourist’s Life in Germany
Don’t ask me why I was searching for hipster scarf on Google BUT the famed/scorned accessory that hipsters love saved an American tourist’s life in Germany. From Time (yes TIME reported on this): Alex Vogel, 38, told Tagesspiegel newspaper that he was walking by a Berlin river when he heard a …
Read More »Crap! Dog Poop Forces US Airways Plane to Make Emergency Landing
Yes, dog poop. A US Airways flight from LA to Philly had to make an emergency landing after a dog pooped in the aisle. Big deal, right? Well, the dog pooped. Like, really pooped. All over. So much so, they didn’t even have enough paper towels to scoop it up. …
Read More »Bride-to-Be Throws Punches on RyanAir Flight
An hour long delay on a flight coupled with a bachlorette party (drinking the wait away) resulted in a bridal brawl. From the New York Daily News: “I could see shouting and it looked like two girls were fighting. Then I saw the bride run along and jump in,” Tony …
Read More »Drunk Passenger Punches Flight Attendant Who Refused to Serve More Booze
From KTLA5: A Lakewood man who allegedly punched a flight attendant while drunk aboard a weekend international flight into LAX faced a federal criminal charge on Monday. Edgar Nafarrette Nonga, 53, was on Philippine Airlines flight 112 from Manila to Los Angeles when the flight crew and at least five …
Read More »Spot a Beluga in Toulouse, France (in the sky!)
When Keri went to Alaska, she was very excited to spot a beluga whale in the sound. But people in Toulouse, France are spotting a beluga in the sky. Behold, the Airbus 300:-600ST: This oddly-shaped (and yet, adorable) plane is how other plane parts get to fly around. According …
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