Cleveland Hopkins International Airport lost power early this morning due to a local transformer catching on fire. According to numerous reports the airport is effectively shutdown until power can be restored, and officials hope this will happen by this afternoon.
It is safe to say if you're flying into or out of Hopkins you should call your airline to check your flight status.
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Monday, 11 January 2010
Boston Airport Briefly Closed for Aborted Takeoff
All air traffic at Boston's Logan International Airport was halted for about 25 minutes this morning while a Delta Connection flight aborted its takeoff and evacuated its passengers due to the smell of smoke in the cockpit. The source of the smell is under investigation.
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Georgian Airways Renews Direct Flights to Russia
At the end of December we had a post about Russia granting Georgia permission to renew chartered air service from T'bilisi to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. There were some delays at the time that prevented the flights from resuming, but now they have. On Friday, Georgian Airways made the first direct flight between the two countries since the August 2008 war over South Ossetia.
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European Travel Disrupted by Frigid Weather
"Eurostar cancelled 50 percent of London to Paris trains Friday as a cold snap continued to disrupt transport across Europe. Conditions caused long delays at airports and are raising concerns among fuel suppliers in the UK."
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White House Report on Failed Airline Bomb Plot
Late Thursday afternoon, the White House released its "Summary Regarding 12/25/2009 Attempted Terrorist Attack". The full text is available here on the White House website.
The following is what the Obama administration says are the "most significant" findings of the preliminary review:
The U.S. Government had sufficient information prior to the attempted December 25 attack to have potentially disrupted the AQAP plot-i.e., by identifying Mr. Abdulmutallab as a likely operative of AQAP and potentially preventing him from boarding flight 253.
The Intelligence Community leadership did not increase analytic resources working on the full AQAP threat.
The watchlisting system is not broken but needs to be strengthened and improved, as evidenced by the failure to add Mr. Abdulmutallab to the No Fly watchlist.
A reorganization of the intelligence or broader counterterrorism community is not required to address problems that surfaced in the review, a fact made clear by countless other successful efforts to thwart ongoing plots.
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The following is what the Obama administration says are the "most significant" findings of the preliminary review:
The U.S. Government had sufficient information prior to the attempted December 25 attack to have potentially disrupted the AQAP plot-i.e., by identifying Mr. Abdulmutallab as a likely operative of AQAP and potentially preventing him from boarding flight 253.
The Intelligence Community leadership did not increase analytic resources working on the full AQAP threat.
The watchlisting system is not broken but needs to be strengthened and improved, as evidenced by the failure to add Mr. Abdulmutallab to the No Fly watchlist.
A reorganization of the intelligence or broader counterterrorism community is not required to address problems that surfaced in the review, a fact made clear by countless other successful efforts to thwart ongoing plots.
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Friday, 8 January 2010
Securty-Test Explosives Make it on Flight
A Slovakian police officer testing luggage-screening tactics at Poprad International Airport in Bratislava failed to remove the test explosives from a travelers bag last Saturday. The piece of luggage made it onto a flight to Dublin and into the apartment of the bag's owner. The revelation only came to light on Tuesday when the Slovakian police notified their Irish counterparts. Law enforcement in both nations has launched investigations.
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Bakersfield Airport Security Incident Caused by Honey
Yesterday a security scare caused authorities to shutdown and evacuate Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, California. There was a lot of confusion and conflicting reports about the incident during the day, but here's what really happened.
A checked piece of luggage set off an alarm while going through an explosives detection machine. Two TSA workers opened the bag and discovered five Gatorade bottles containing what appeared to be something other than the sports drink. When two screeners tested the substance in one of the bottles their test chemicals reacted with the substance and caused fumes that made them nauseas. Turns out the goo in the bottles was honey.
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A checked piece of luggage set off an alarm while going through an explosives detection machine. Two TSA workers opened the bag and discovered five Gatorade bottles containing what appeared to be something other than the sports drink. When two screeners tested the substance in one of the bottles their test chemicals reacted with the substance and caused fumes that made them nauseas. Turns out the goo in the bottles was honey.
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