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"Raining Engine At LIS" - Dec. 18 2010"Getting Down At YYZ" - Dec. 7 2010
"Mystery Missile Launch Off California Coast" -- Nov. 8 2010
"Monumental Mud At Manaus" -- Nov. 4 2010 - AMAZING!!
"Explosion On M/V Lisco Gloria" - Oct. 9 2010
"Moment of Collision" -- Sept. 18 2010
"Delta Airlines Lightning Srike"- Sept. 10 2010
"Tragedy At Dubai" - Sept. 3 2010
"Who Forgot The Pontoons?" - August 23 2010
"M/Y "A" Off Malibu" - August 16 2010
"The San Andres Fault"- A B-737-700 Miracle - August 16 2010
"Mumbai Fumble" - M/V MSC Chitra - August 7/8/9 2010
"Forbidden Transit - South of I-8" - August 2 2010
"Whale of A Tail Told" - July 22 2010
"Bridge Loan" - July 20 2010
"Full Astern! Storm'n Ahead!" - M/V Storman Asia - June 22 2010
"Yet Anotherr BP Oil Spill?" - June 6 2010
"Lost Cenury" - M/V Bright Century - May 15 2010
"World's Most Stupid Pirates - Parts Quatre & Cinq" - April 10 2010
"Great Barrier Reef Holds Her Breath" - April 3 2010
"World's Most Stupid Pirates - Part Trois" - March 17 2010
"Attack of The Praying Mantis" - March 2010
"Flying 101" - Kulula Air - Feb. 3 2010
"LAX Blow" -- Jan 21 2010
"Royal Air Flight 988 Down - But Why?" - Jan. 5 2010
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In Portugal It Was Raining Metal On Dec. 6 2010 Multiple Vehicles And A Bulding Skylight Were Hit The Dept.of Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation (GPIAA) Collects The Aircraft Engine Parts From The Cargo Letter - Dec. 6 2010A Boeing 777 plane belonging to Angola's national airline TAAG, was forced to return to Lisbon airport after pieces of metal fell from it across several parts of Almada near the Portuguese capital, after take off on 6 December 2010. The TAAG Boeing 777 Safely Returns To Lisbon TAAG Boeing 777 Returns To Lisbon - You Tube Metal Fragments Struck Almada After Departure From Lisbon's Portela Airport From The Cargo Letter - Dec. 13 2010 - the 777s are groundedAngolan airline TAAG is facing physical limitations that prevent maintenance of its fleet of aircraft in the country, the company's chief executive said Dec. 13. in Luanda. An Angolan Airlines (TAAG) Flight That crashed In M'banza Congo, Angola, June 2007 "The reality is that the decades of corruption, mismanagement, poverty and war have coalesced into one of the most dangerous skies in the world. IATA estimates that there was one accident for every 244,000 flights in Africa in 2008. That was six times the global average of one accident for every 1.2 million flights and over eight times the IATA members' average of one accident for every 1.9 million flights. A whopping 111 African airlines are on the European Union blacklist; fleet modernization is still slow; most civil aviation authorities lack capacity to carry out competent oversight functions, infrastructure is still poor."Flight Africa Blog CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Our "Doc" -- our great source, who must remain anonymous |
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This Is The LAX Webcam #2 - "Over The Pacific" Our Readers Enjoy This View Every Day Here Evening Falls As Aircraft Move Along Runway 25-Right Just After A Pacific Storm Here The LAX Webcam #2 - "Over The Pacific" Captures A Container Ship On The Horizon, Moving North Out of The Port of Los Angeles At Sunset But The Evening of Nov. 8 2010 Was Not To Be A Normal Evening At LAX At 5:15 PM The LAX Webcam #2 - "Over The Pacific" Captures This Amazing Photo of What Appears To Be A Missle Streaking Generally South -- Off LAX The Staff of Countryman & McDaniel Witnessed The Amazing Sight Overlooking Runway 25-Right. Moving At High Speed, We Did Not Take This To Be An Airplane NOTE: Due To The Time Change Our Camera Clock Was Off By One Hour From The Cargo Letter - Nov. 9 2010 Within Seconds The Object Had Zoomed Out of Our View. We Had Never Seen Anything Like This Before Mystery Solved? - the video which explains this was an "optical illusion"You be the judge, but the speed of this is unlike any other so-called "optical illusion" of an aircraft approaching LAX we have ever seen in 20 years at LAX. Make Your Own New Discoveries -- Visit The LAX Webcams! |
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From The Cargo Letter - Oct. 17 2010Dramatic video footage has emerged showing the moment a landslide ripped through the Amazonian Port of Chibatão, Manaus, Brazil. CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature: William "Frank" Zappa |
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M/V Lisco Gloria In Better Days On Her Three Times Weekly Route Over 21 Hours Betweein Klaipeda in Lithuania and Kiel In Germany Passengers Enjoy Three Cocktail Lounges & Two Restaurants --- Here Is "Gloria Bar" From The Cargo Letter - Sept. 18 2010 Firefighting Vessels Work To Extinguish A fire on The Car Ferry M/V Lisco Gloria In The Baltic Sea, on Sat., Oct. 9, 2010. The Maritime Emergencies Center in Cuxhaven Said That An Explosion Apparently Occurred On The Lisco Gloria At About Midnight. The Lithuanian-Flagged Ferry Had More Than 200 Passengers And was travelng from the German port of Kiel to Klaipeda, Lithuania. M/V Lisco Gloria Remains Afloat For Tow To Port of Kiel More than 200 passengers and crew were evacuated after the Lithuanian-flagged ferry caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea, Register class: A1(E)+AMS Year of construction: 2002 Length overall: 199.4 m Breadth moulded: 23.4 m Main engine power: 2x9450 kw Gross tonnage: 20140 t Service speed: 22 knots Cargo capacities: 2493 l/m Passenger capacities: 302 persons |
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A Famous "Brown Tail" Takes Flight To One of Over 200 UPS Airlines Destinations Worldwide Since 1982, UPS Airlines Had Never Suffered A Fatal Accident Friday, September 3, 2010 From The Cargo Letter - Sept. 3 2010UPS Airlines Flight 6 departed from Dubai International at 14:53 UTC, bound for the UPS Hub at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany.
Video Tribute To UPS Capt. Doug LampeVideo of Incident Area As of Sept., 2010 UPS Airlines Has An Active Fleet Size of 216 Aircraft, With 23 Aircraft On Order UPS - The World Synchronized The Boeing 747The Boeing 747 is a backbone of the world's freight industry, transporting about half the cargo carried in dedicated freight planes (as opposed to being loaded in the belly of passenger jets), according to manufacturer Boeing. INDEX Boeing 747-400How Suff Works - UPS Airlines --video |
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The Plane Ditched 23 Miles Off Freeport, Bahamas From The Cargo Letter - August 23 2010Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard, Bahamian Air Sea Rescue Association (BASRA) and Royal Bahamian Defence Force (RBDF) respond to a downed Piper Aztec aircraft in the waters about 23 miles northeast of Freeport, Bahamas, Aug. 23, 2010. All six persons aboard the aircraft were located with no injuries. U.S. Coast Guard video. All Six On The Wings
But Who Forgot The Pontoons? The twin-engine Piper Aztec went down about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from Grand Bahama Island after one of its engines failed, said the Bahamas Air Sea Rescue Association. |
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Editor Note - August 16 2010Driving along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California -- on the way home -- suddenly there was a major sighting -- an aberration -- a shocking surprise! From The Cargo Letter - August 16 2010The 390-foot super yacht, known as "A" is the aquatic toy of Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko. She is currently moored off Malibu Pier. Video Tours Of "A" M/Y A |
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The Airline, Aerovias de Integracion Regional SA -- Fears The Worst The Boeing 737-700 jetliner Crashed At 1:49 a.m. August 16 2010, On San Andre Island There Are 78,00 residents On San Andres, About 120 Miles (190 Kilometers) West of The Nicaraguan Coast. From The Cargo Letter - August 16 2010Survivors say everything seemed normal as a jetliner with 131 people on board prepared to land in a storm on a Caribbean resort. Suddenly it plunged to earth, killing one person - a death toll so low the island's governor called it a miracle. Aires Flight 8520 To San Anres Island Dropped From The Sky -- In A Storm - Just Before Landing - Crashing To The Ground Who of The 131 Passengers Could Have Survived? The Boeing 737-700 Is A Modern Aircraft, Not Likely A Victim of Simple Lighting Nothing Is Left of The Aires Flight 8520 - Boeing Model 737-700 - The Flight Deck Is Separated From The Aircraft Here Is The Miracle At San Andres Island Destroyed Aircraft 131 Souls Aboard Saved All Walked Away Save One There Was One Fatality - Who Likely Had A Heart Attack The Evidence Suggests Wind Shear To Be The Cause of Loss This Wreckage Displays The Truly Remarkable Ability of Engineers To Design Machines From Which Victims Walk Away ..... ...... Except For The Cargo Which Was A Total Loss INDEX Ares Airlines CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Our "Doc" -- our great source, who must remain anonymous |
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M/V MSC Chitra In Better Days M/V MSC Chitra - Grounded, Listing & Leaking Oil Off Mumbai -- Speaerd By MV Khalijia-III From The Cargo Letter - August 7 2010Two Panamanian cargo ships collided today -- August 7 2010 -- off the Mumbai coast causing an oil spill from one of the vessels but no casualties were reported, Indian Coast Guard (ICG)officials said. 33 crew members, including two Pakistanis, were rescued following the incident. MV Khalijia-III Is Now A Bit Shorter -- But There Were No Injuries - Except To M/V MSC Chitra The Injury Could Prove To Be Mortal
M/V MSC Chitra Is Sinking From The Cargo Letter - August 8 2010The spillage from M/V MSC Chitra, after it collided with M/V MV Khalijia-III, is estimated to be three to four tons an hour. Aggravating the situation is the continual falling of containers from the cargo of M/V MSC Chitra, which is sinking after listing precariously. INDEX For This Feature Troubled History For M/V MSC Chinra |
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There Has Been An Incident Off The Tourist Area of Hermanus, 80 Miles East of Cape Town On July 21 2010 The S/Y Intrepid Appears Somewhat Disheveled. No, She's Just Been Smashed! What Could Have Caused This Destruction? Permission To Come Aboard ! A 30ft Southern Right Whale Towered Above Before Slamming Into S/Y Intrepid Training Yacht. This Amazing Shot Was Captured From A Nearby Sightseeing Vessel At Hermanus, East of Cape Town, South Africa Editor Note:It is remarkable, but no one was injured when the visitor came aboard. Capt. Ahab would not have been so lucky. Indeed, This Is A Whale of A Tail To Be Told FOR RENT: Cape Town Sailing Academy S/Y Intrepid - slightly used (see the vessel for rent)"S/Y Intrepid: A Barens Seatrader, a 32ft steel sloop - she is the ideal training vessel especially for our strong winds and Cape conditions, plus she is easy to handle." CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature: Andy Barnes, Esq. - San Diego Photos Courtesy of Cape Town Sailing Academy |
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Russian General Cargo M/V Ruby At Berth 6, Durres, Albania - June 14 2010. Cargo Oerations Underway For M/V Ruby At 1640 Hrs., June 14 2010. It is A Beautiful Monday Afternoon, But You Never Know Who Is Going To Stop By. Well, Look Whose Stopping By For A Visit! 2,487 DWT M/V Storman Asia Has Entered The Harbor & Is Headed To Berth. Or Is She? The Master of M/V Storman Asia Translates Pilot's Orders Into Indian For The Crew. Screaming Pilot: "Stop Engine! Full Astern!" Radio Transmissions Are Monitored:Oleg Nikitin. aboard M/V San Gwann, was moored about 100 meters from M/V Ruby and captured these pictures. The Master of M/V Storman Asia: "We Can't Switch From Ahead To Astern!" Best Practices Tip: There Are Many Maritime Experts These Days Who Consider Reverse Gearing To Be A Handy Benefit. Pilot: "Brace!" At About 6 Knots M/V Storman Asia Struck M/V Ruby At 45 Degrees In The Fore Area & Along The Starbord Side Fortunately, There Were No Injuries. Damages Were Limited To Twisted Metal & Lost Pride. Once Again -- Ship Happened! -- Indeed M/V Storman Asia Was "STORM'N". M/V Ruby Flag Russia M/V Storman Asia Flag Madeira CONTRIBUTORS For This Feature: Voytenko Mikhail - Our Cargo Law Moscow Correspondent & Editor of the popular Maritime Bulletin Editor Note: We reordered the time sequence of these photo to demonstrate a natural progression toward collision. The later time stamped photos are after the vessels were separated. |
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Boeing Field (King County International Airport), Seattle, Washington --Thursday, April 8 2010 Grumman Gulfstream II Belonging To Charter Company JetStar Air, Beverly Hills, California Meets A Galvin Flying Service Tanker At 6:45 PM Direct Hit On The Air BP Branded Tanker The Gulfstream private jet was taxiing westbound then turning southbound onto the taxiway A1 in route to the runway. A fuel truck, owned by Galvin Flying Service, was northbound on the taxiway driving lane. The port side wing tip of the airplane hit the front windshield of the truck and entered the cabin area, trapping the driver inside for over an hour. After Being Pinned For Over An Hour, The 23 Year Old Driver Was Taken To Harborview Medical Center With Chest Injuries The Issue of Fault Remains Under Investigation That Night -- Hard To Believe The Tanker Operator Lived -- This Was A Miracle Had The Plane Moved Forward -- Or -- Had The Tanker Not Stopped -- Disaster The Press Reports Say He Was "Pinned" -- But Common Sense Shows A Man Whose Life Was Measured In Inches.
For Over 100 Years British Petroleum (BP) Has Pioneered Oil Discovery In Some Places Where Human Existence Was At The Limit Throughout The 20th Century, BP Personnel Were Considered To Be Great Desert Explorers & Heroes Mounted On Camels & Jeeps,The Men of BP Suffered Great Hardship In The Days Before WW I -- Searching For Oil -- Needed By The World There Has Been A Terrible 2010 Loss In The Gulf of Mexico For Which BP Is Clearly Responsible. A Great Tragedy To Impact The BP Reputation Forever. INDEX For This Feature British Petroleum (BP)Air BPGalvin Flying Maintenance CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Our "Doc" -- our great source, who must remain anonymous |
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M/V Bright Century (IMO 9138977) In Better Days Photo By Tropic Maritime Photos, Australia, Taken 29 Months Ago M/V Sea Success In Better Days Photo By Ian Baker Taken Twelve Months Ago M/V Sea Success (IMO: 9174816) . The Day After -- Wounded Sole Survivor From The Cargo Letter - April 3 2010178,739-dwt Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier M/V Bright Century (IMO 9138977) sank off Weihai City, east of China's Shandong Province, after a collision with 27,287-dwt Liberian-registered freighter M/V Sea Success (IMO 9174816) on May 2. The incident was attributed to the fog. The crew of 46 reported safe. [From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen, 4-5-10] CONTRIBUTORS For This Feature Gervase Pearce - BCS Consulting, Neutral Bay, NSW Australia |
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The April Fools Visit "Saint. Nick". Pirates Must Have Been Relying On The Element of Surprise! From The Cargo Letter - April 1 2010The small gang of Somali pirates fired on an approaching ship, hoping their midnight attack would bring them millions in ransom. The ragtag bandits, though, had taken on far more than they could handle: a U.S. warship. Somali Pirates In The Attack! Somali Pirate Vessel Has Encountered A Difficulty of Some Kind Clever Somali Pirates Attack USS Ashland -- With Predictable Consequences USS Ashland [LSD 48] -- Powerful Pirate Pounder From The Cargo Letter - April 1 2010USS Ashland [LSD 48] captured six suspected pirates Saturday after a battle off the Horn of Africa &emdash; the Navy's third direct encounter with seafaring bandits in less than two weeks. CONTRIBUTORS For This Feature Richard Bause |
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The Great Barrier Reef -- The World's Great Treasure -- And Largest Living Structure Pristine Reefs & Shoals Lie Off The Shipping Lanes In A Protected World Sanctuary There Has Been An Event On Douglas Shoal, 38 NM (70 km) East of Great Keppel Island -- Off Rockhampton [At Lower Right] M/V Shen Neng 1 Hit The Reef At Full Speed. Now Hard Aground And In Danger of Breaking Apart M/V Shen Neng 1 Had Departed Rockhampton On The Australian Coast And Needed to Navigate The Reef Before Making Open Ocean The 17-Year-Old Coal Carrier Ran Aground At Full Speed M/V Shen Neng 1 Was Up To 15 Nautical Miles Off Course &endash; About 120km East of Rockhampton Cost of Engaging A Marine Pilot Was A Mere A$8,000- A$10,000 According To The Australian Maritime Safety Authority The Master of M/V Shen Neng 1 Felt It Was Safe For The 23 Crew To Remain On Board At This Stage. SPECIAL NOTE: Our Coverage of This Breaking News Story Has Become A Complete Photo Feature. Please Follow This Important Story At: M/V Shen Neng 1 Hard Aground -- Reef Visible Below -- 15 Kilometers Outside Shipping Lanes In A World Heritage National Park Australia's Great Barrier Marine Park -- The World's Largest Living Structure From Our Contributor: M/V Shen Neng 1 Length: 225 metres (738 ft 2 in) INDEX "Carryiing Coal To Newcastle" - June 2007 CONTRIBUTORS For This Feature Stuart Midgley - Sydney, Australia |
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With Dreams of More Ransom Money, Pirates Grab Their AK-47s ..... .....Jump Into This & 1 Other Skiffs, And Attack This Passing Vessel. The Pirates Open Fire On The Believed-To-Be Freighter ...... ..... But Then Break Off & Flee After Realizing The "Victim" Ship Has Turned To Pursue Them! It's World's Most Stupid Pirates - Part Trois - March 17 2010 Parts Un & Deux Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803) At Pearl Harbor Sure, It's Very Easy To See How This Peaceful Looking Craft Could Be Mistaken By Pirates For A Freighter! Isn't That Ship In The Background (Above) Also A Freighter? Of Course it is. The World Navies Are Being Held Hostage By Khat Chewing Chewing Teenagers. Doped Up Kids Are Holding Off 21st Naval Century Technology. From The Cargo Letter - March 17 2010 CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Richard Bause -- our great scout |
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About 8 AM Feb. 6 2010 Dulles Int'l Airport -- The Roof of The Dulles Jet Center Collapses From The Cargo Letter - Feb. 7 2010 Upended Aircraft Tail Number N620K Is Owned By Eastman Kodak This Smashed Gulfstream V, Tail Number N585JC, Now Resembles A Praying Mantis The Roof Collapse Destroys Or Damages:Global Express XRS N89MX The Roof Collapse Creates A Praying Mantis Swarm INDEX For This Feature Dulles Jet Center CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Our "Doc" -- our great source, who must remain anonymous |
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An Airline Livery With A Purpose For This Boeing 737 The "Big Cheese" Will Make Your Announcements Finally, You See Location For The Auxiliary Power Unit -- APU -- The Other Engine You Did Not Know About The APU -- Which Starts The Engines & Keeps You Cool The Auxiliary Power Unit Kulula Airlines -- Serving South Africa Did You Ever Sit Just Over The Black Box? Front Door? Well, Maybe The Forward Hatch Notice The Cargo Hatch. This Is Where The Majority of All World Air Cargo Is Stowed. The Lower Deck of The Aircraft Serves The Air Cargo World With Far More Than Your Luggage INDEX For This Feature Wikipedia CONTRIBUTOR For This Feature Our "Doc" -- our greatest source, who must remain anonymous |
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Learjet Model 35 Similar To Royal Air Frieght Flight 988 In Better Days Small Freighter -- Big Consequences -- Commercial Cargo Moves By Many Means The Cargo Letter - Jan. 5 2010 There Is Nothing More To Show You Only Small Pieces of Royal Air Freight Flight 988 Are Recovered By Divers -- Both Pilots Are Dead -- A Tragedy Reading All The Facts Known To Date -- This Should Not Have Happened Clear Air & Good Weather -- No Mayday Call -- On Final Landing Approach -- Ample Fuel -- Why? None of The Shippers Knew Their Cargo Was To Board This Aircraft -- It Is The Nature of Our Industry Editor Note -Air, Ocean & Inland Cargo passes through the hands of many companies which are completely unknown to you. Are they competent? Who knows? The Swiss Air Force Also Operates The Learjet Model 35 -- A Dependable Aircraft Royal Air Freight, Inc. - aka Royal Air Charter 2141 AIRPORT RD., WATERFORD, MI United States 48327 |
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