By Calvin Palmer
A jet carrying 128 passengers from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale was forced to make an emergency landing in Florida when smoke was detected in the cabin.
The Spirit Airlines Airbus 319-100 landed safely at Daytona Beach International Airport about 150 miles from its destination.
Stephen Cooke, the airport’s director of business development, said three passengers [...]
June 30, 2009
Smoke in cabin forces Airbus to make emergency landing in Florida
June 30, 2009
Police rule out hate crime charges in attack on lesbian
By Calvin Palmer
Three people appeared in court today in Central Islip, New York, and pleaded not guilty to aggravated harassment charges in connection with an attack on a lesbian.
Police were called to a fight at Mastic Beach on Monday night and arrested Nora Mitzner, 21, of Westhampton Beach; Lindsay McBeth, 25, of Medford; and Selwyn [...]
June 30, 2009
U.S. tells court to order Swiss bank to name American tax cheats
By Calvin Palmer
The Justice Department today urged a federal court to enforce a summons against Swiss bank UBS to reveal the names of suspected American tax cheats.
In a memorandum filed in US District Court in Miami, the Justice Department called upon U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold to enforce the summons that stems from a [...]
June 30, 2009
Connecticut man ‘critical’ after saving father’s life for second time in a year
By Calvin Palmer
A 20-year-old Connecticut man is in critical condition after saving his father’s life for the second time in a year.
Kyle Landa, of Griswold, pulled his quadriplegic father, David, out of bed when the family home caught fire at the weekend.
Last July, he pulled his father out the family swimming pool and resuscitated him.
Kyle [...]
June 30, 2009
Explosion after freight train derailment kills at least 15 people
By Calvin Palmer
A freight train carrying liquefied gas left the tracks last night causing an explosion that killed at least 15 people and injured 50 others in an Italian seaside resort.
The train ran into several homes in Viareggio, Tuscany, which were quickly engulfed in flames. The explosion caused two houses to collapse and it is [...]
June 30, 2009
Bond to swan around in a Cygnet?
By Calvin Palmer
Think Aston Martin and the name conjures up the high-speed car chases in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
The famous British marque has had a long association with James Bond since a DB5, complete with machine guns and an ejector seat, first appeared in Goldfinger in 1964.
But think again. Auto Express magazine has [...]
June 30, 2009
Girl, 14, survives Indian Ocean air crash but 152 people feared dead
By Calvin Palmer
A teenage girl has been rescued from the Indian Ocean after a Yemenia Air flight from Paris, carrying 153 people, crashed off the Comoros Islands today. She is believed to be the sole survivor.
Sgt Said Abdela, of the Comores armed forces, said that he had helped rescue the girl, who he said was [...]
