Category Archive: Off the Runway

Unruly passenger removed from Delta flight…Take two – Boston.com

Landing at Atlanta in 2009, this is the same aircraft on which the incident occurred.  Photo: Mark Plumley - OPShots.net

HONOLULU—A 65-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a flight attendant aboard a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight from Tokyo to Honolulu. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Sohei Yamanouchi hit the flight attendant once with an open hand and once… Read more

Unruly passenger removed from Delta flight…Take one… – latimes.com

A Delta 757 departs LAX in February, 2009.  Photo: Mark Plumley - OPShots.net

A video shows police boarding a Delta airlines jet at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this week and taking an unruly passenger off the flight. The incident occurred Wednesday after the man allegedly struck a flight attendant. After the incident other passengers helped restrain… Read more

1980 NBC News Report on Contrails – Contrail Science

Crossing two older contrails, this US Air Force C-17A is helping make clouds where there were none.  The video shows an interesting 1980 perspective on the phemomena.  Photo:  Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. - OPShots.net

This news report is from 1980.It’s based on this research paper:EFFECT OF CONTRAIL CIRRUS ON SURFACE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST.  It’s interesting because it shows that back in 1980 people were noticing contrails persisting and spreading to cover the whole sky. At that point people… Read more

Airline “Scare Tactics” Follow Tarmac Delay Fines – PR Newswire

Landing at Chicago, this American Eagle CRJ's owners are being accused of scare tactics by some.  Photo:  Chris Jacobs - OPShots Contributor

NAPA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2011-  In the wake of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) recent landmark decision to fine American Eagle $900,000 for the May 29th stranding of nearly 600 passengers on Chicago O’Hare’s tarmac, it appears that the airline industry has resorted to scare tactics… Read more

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