NetQuantum :: Regional :: Europe :: Ireland :: Kilkenny :: Transport ::

• Turbulence forces Qantas emergency landing
While cruising in level flight, the aircraft experienced a sudden in-flight upset, resulting in injuries to a number of cabin crew and passengers, primarily in the rear of the aircraft," the Australian Air Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement. ...
• Greece's Olympic to cancel 100 flights Wednesday
... including London, Paris and Istanbul will also be hit. Wednesday's strike was called by Greece's largest labor union, the GSEE. The protest is also set to halt Athens' metro and intercity rail services for 24 hours, and disrupt other public transport.
• Woman in human smuggling case gets more jail
Gonzalez Sanchez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport and harbor undocumented immigrants illegally under circumstances that placed the lives of people in jeopardy and caused serious bodily injury and death, according to U.S. Attorney Don ...
• Aussies protest airport ‘virtual strip search’
The body scanners use a low-level radio frequency to create an image which reveals hidden objects on a person, said the Office of Transport Security (OTS). But the scanners also outline a person's body shape. Airline passenger Samantha Jones told ...
• Scientists develop solar cells with a twist
The final step is to electrically connect these cells to get power out of them, he said. Adding flexibility to the material would make the cells far easier to transport. Rogers envisions the material being "rolled up like a carpet and thrown on the ...