Saturday, September 30, 2017
Air France Airbus A380 grenades an engine over the Atlantic, makes emergency landing at a small airport in Canada
That's a well blown engine alright. It'll be interesting to find out why such a catastrophic failure occurred.
Flight records show the Airbus A380 aircraft, travelling under flight number AF66, was diverted to Canada's Goose Bay airport on its journey from Paris to Los Angeles.
Air France confirmed there was "serious damage" to one of the plane's four engines before before it landed safely.
These planes can easily fly on the three remaining engines, but who knows what damage an explosion like that might have done to the wing. What if the engine starts tearing off in flight? It looks from the above picture to have damaged its mounting to the wing. Better safe than sorry, and get on the ground asap.
I wonder if Air France will refund the passengers, or charge extra for the exciting, E ticket ride that they got.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Proposed State of Jefferson
I'd add a few county's to the south, but not bad. Might be some interest in Northern Nevada as well.
The Mount Rushmore of Selfies
Leaders of the Uniparty.
I'm conflicted about this image. On one hand, it's good in this time of partisanship to see former presidents of both parties socializing amicably. On the other hand, the infamous bold faced lying and multiple stupid decisions of these three are to a very large extent the reason we are where we are today. Bush is said to be an honest man, yet if so how should he explain his happy familiarity with the other two?
Trump is pilloried as a liar, yet his falsehoods are of piddling significance compared to what these three men have told the American people to their face.
Not happy these days with our political class.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Big slab of granite, estimated at 1300 tons, peeled off El Capitan today in Yosemite
It killed one person who was hiking along the base on the way to a climbing route, and injured another.
The rock fall occurred on the Waterfall route on the east buttress of El Capitan. A climber above the fall posted this on a climber's forum and titled it "Holy F**ing Shit!"
The rock fall occurred on the Waterfall route on the east buttress of El Capitan. A climber above the fall posted this on a climber's forum and titled it "Holy F**ing Shit!"
The place where it broke off.
Comparison before and after the fall.
Ken Yager, president and founder of the Yosemite Climbing Association, reviewed photos of the cliff face and debris field, estimating the relatively thin piece that broke off covered an area big enough to fit five houses.
“It cratered and sent stuff mushrooming out in all directions,” said Yager.
Rock falls are common in Yosemite but seldom fatal. Kevin Jorgeson said he and climbing partner Tommy Caldwell witnessed a massive rock fall in the same area while they prepared for a trek that made them the first people to free-climb the Dawn Wall route on El Capitan in 2015.
“Yosemite is just a really active, wild place. It’s always changing,” Jorgeson said. “It doesn’t make it any less tragic when someone gets in the way of that.”
Like climate, the Valley is always changing. I guess we should thank God it didn't kill anyone else. Best wishes to the injured person for a quick recovery.
The rock fall adding to the talus slope below
From above.
Granite dust on the ring road
