Breaking News: Jet Fuel Tax Break for Delta Air Lines Voted Out By Georgia Senate
The Senate Rules Committee of the state of Georgia just voted within the past hour to remove the jet fuel tax break slated for Delta Air Lines out of a comprehensive tax overhaul.
“The amendment was presented by the governor’s floor leader”, according to…
Breaking News: Parliament on Lockdown; Woman Killed by Car; Possible Terror Incident
A man was shot after reportedly entered the grounds of the Parliament and stabbed a police officer; while a car plowed into the railings on Westminster Bridge, running over people and killing one woman, according to…
Breaking News: Systemwide Outage Reported on Delta Air Lines
I just got word of a systemwide outage reported on Delta Air Lines; and I found this discussion on FlyerTalk which was posted only five minutes ago.
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has issued the following advisory…
Breaking News: Reports of Shots Fired at International Airport in New York
Reports from multiple sources indicate that two shots were fired at Terminal 8 of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York at approximately 9:30 in the evening earlier tonight, Sunday, August 14, 2016. That terminal was reportedly evacuated.
Another shooting was apparently reported at…
Breaking News: Explosions and Gunfire at Airport in Turkey
Multiple people have been wounded as a result of a minimum of two explosions and gunfire — supposedly directed from a parking lot at the airport, although video footage purports to show people running for cover inside the terminal building — which have been reported at Istanbul Atatürk Airport.
Taxi cabs were…
EgyptAir Airplane Disappears From Radar During Flight
An Airbus A320-232 aircraft operating as EgyptAir flight 804 from Paris was at an altitude of approximately 37,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea when it suddenly disappeared from radar on approach to its destination in Cairo.
The aircraft departed from Paris at 11:09 in the evening local time.
According to the official Twitter feed of EgyptAir…
At Least 23 Dead and 35 Injured in Brussels Airport and Subway Attacks
Two explosions have occurred in the departures area of the main terminal at Zaventem Airport — which serves the greater Brussels metropolitan area — shortly after 8:00 in the morning local time on Tuesday, March 22, 2016; and the Maalbeek subway station of the Brussels Metro was affected an explosion approximately one hour later, according to multiple media sources.
A minimum of 13 have been killed as a result of the explosions — the causes of which are currently unknown — and at least 35 other people have been severely injured. Both the entire subway system and the airport have been closed until further notice.
The attacks…
Breaking News: No Survivors of Airplane Crash in Russia, According to Unconfirmed Reports
A Boeing 737-800 airplane which operated as FlyDubai flight 981 and originated in Dubai has crashed in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia due to missing the runway upon attempting to land at the airport with at least 55 passengers and six members of the flight crew aboard the aircraft — none of whom survived, according to multiple sources and repots unconfirmed at this time.
It is unclear at this time…
Breaking News: At Least 26 People Dead in Paris; Hostages Held; France Borders Closed
At least 26 people — 11 people in a restaurant in the tenth arrondissement, and 15 in the Bataclan theater — are dead in Paris, as they have been killed in shootings and explosions earlier today in what is being called the deadliest violence in France in decades; and unconfirmed reports cite as many as 60 people are now dead in the violence which has yet to be explained as to who is responsible for it and why it occurred.
According to…
Breaking News: Guilty Verdict for Boston Marathon Bomber
Almost two years to the day after I first reported about the two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon — which occurred within 15 seconds and 100 meters of each other approximately four hours after the race started, killing three people and injuring at least 260 other people — the one surviving suspect of the bombings was convicted earlier today on all 30 counts charged against him.
The actions of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev resulted in terror to participants and spectators in the oldest continuously operating annual marathon in the world; and there is a chance that he could be sentenced by a grand jury in the second phase of his trial, which starts next week, according to…
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