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20 January 2008
12:38:00 o'clock GMT
Bright sunshine interspersed with heavy showers - and brilliant rainbows - today. New Zealand is getting severe gales and heavy rain out of the now-extra-tropical Funa. The whole country, north to south, will get a swipe.
The co-pilot on flight BA038, which crashlanded at Heathrow last week, said he feared a catastrophe in which all would die when his plane lost all power. Instead, it glided to the ground and juddered along the grass. John Coward was at the controls at the time.
Not so lucky were the 11 passengers on a light plane in Angola, which crashed on an internal flight between the capital Luanda and the country's second city, Huambo. None survived. Angola's national carrier, TAAG, has such a poor safety record that it is not allowed to fly to the European Union.
Going around the world on his own in a record time of just over 57 days was French yachtsman Francis Joyon. In doing so, he shattered Ellen MacArthur's previous record by 14 days. She did it in 71 days and 14 hours (and a bit). Joyon had to combat gales and a near broken mast. Ms MacArthur has stated that records are there to be broken.
She will not attempt to regain that crown just yet, as she has previous commitments.
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Bright sunshine interspersed with heavy showers - and brilliant rainbows - today. New Zealand is getting severe gales and heavy rain out of the now-extra-tropical Funa. The whole country, north to south, will get a swipe.
The co-pilot on flight BA038, which crashlanded at Heathrow last week, said he feared a catastrophe in which all would die when his plane lost all power. Instead, it glided to the ground and juddered along the grass. John Coward was at the controls at the time.
Not so lucky were the 11 passengers on a light plane in Angola, which crashed on an internal flight between the capital Luanda and the country's second city, Huambo. None survived. Angola's national carrier, TAAG, has such a poor safety record that it is not allowed to fly to the European Union.
Going around the world on his own in a record time of just over 57 days was French yachtsman Francis Joyon. In doing so, he shattered Ellen MacArthur's previous record by 14 days. She did it in 71 days and 14 hours (and a bit). Joyon had to combat gales and a near broken mast. Ms MacArthur has stated that records are there to be broken.
She will not attempt to regain that crown just yet, as she has previous commitments.
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I'm so happy for all those people on that Boeing plane. That pilot really earned his money that day. It seems like the small planes go down more often than the big ones. We've had several go down here in Washington in just the last couple months. Rarely are there any survivors. Linda in WA http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1
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They were very lucky at Heathrow. I have never wanted to fly anywhere. Have a great evening
carolxx -
WOW!! What a miracle flight #BA038 experienced, funny the NAME of the co-pilot at the controls.... 'Coward'.... well he sure did a magnificent job!!!
Joann -
sunny cool morning in Southern California; interesting about that TAAG airline carrier; makes me not want to get on one of their planes
enjoy the day
betty
21/01/08 00:25
Lisa