Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Missing plane door found on motel roof
A door from a plane fell from the sky and landed on the roof of a motel in Monterey, California. Monterey Regional Airport Manager Thomas Greer said the door fell from a private plane owned by Beech King Airlines, and it took off from the Monterey Airport at around 3pm on Thursday.
Greer said the plane was about 1000 ft in the air when the pilot heard a noise and noticed that the door was not closed, so he turned around and landed. "When he got back on the ground he discovered the door missing," he said. Airport officials said they searched all around the airport for the door, including the fairgrounds, golf course and even along the coast, but they could not find it. Greer also said the airport did not receive any reports about a plane door falling from the sky.
One place that the airport officials did not check was the roof of the El Castell Motel. The door apparently landed on the roof of the motel, which is near the airport, but nobody noticed until the next day. "A contractor guy stopping by the office says hey, there's a plane door on the roof," said A. J. Panchal, who was working at the motel when the door made a hard landing.
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The fire department came by and took the door. An investigation is underway as to how the door fell off the Beechcraft King Air plane. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a mechanic to look at the plane, said Greer. "We never heard it. Because if the door fell from the plane, it would be a big noise. Someone would have noticed," said Panchal. Miraculously, nobody was injured by the falling door and all the passengers on board the plane were okay. There were two people on the jet, the pilot and a passenger.
Greer said the plane was about 1000 ft in the air when the pilot heard a noise and noticed that the door was not closed, so he turned around and landed. "When he got back on the ground he discovered the door missing," he said. Airport officials said they searched all around the airport for the door, including the fairgrounds, golf course and even along the coast, but they could not find it. Greer also said the airport did not receive any reports about a plane door falling from the sky.
One place that the airport officials did not check was the roof of the El Castell Motel. The door apparently landed on the roof of the motel, which is near the airport, but nobody noticed until the next day. "A contractor guy stopping by the office says hey, there's a plane door on the roof," said A. J. Panchal, who was working at the motel when the door made a hard landing.
YouTube link.
The fire department came by and took the door. An investigation is underway as to how the door fell off the Beechcraft King Air plane. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a mechanic to look at the plane, said Greer. "We never heard it. Because if the door fell from the plane, it would be a big noise. Someone would have noticed," said Panchal. Miraculously, nobody was injured by the falling door and all the passengers on board the plane were okay. There were two people on the jet, the pilot and a passenger.
Drunk driver hit three goats after swerving to avoid one
An Oklahoma man who swerved to miss a goat in the road ended up hitting three other goats.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers say the collision took place just after 11pm on Saturday, a few miles outside Nowata. The wreck was blamed on animals in the road, but troopers say the driver had been drinking.
Raymond Pennington from Claremore was driving a Mazda pickup northbound on the county road when he swerved to miss the goat, but his pickup then hit three other goats that were also on the road.
Pennington, 54, was ejected 6 feet from the pickup. His driving ability was impaired by drinking alcohol, according to an OHP collision report. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Pennington was taken to a Tulsa hospital by helicopter. His condition is listed as fair.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers say the collision took place just after 11pm on Saturday, a few miles outside Nowata. The wreck was blamed on animals in the road, but troopers say the driver had been drinking.
Raymond Pennington from Claremore was driving a Mazda pickup northbound on the county road when he swerved to miss the goat, but his pickup then hit three other goats that were also on the road.
Pennington, 54, was ejected 6 feet from the pickup. His driving ability was impaired by drinking alcohol, according to an OHP collision report. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Pennington was taken to a Tulsa hospital by helicopter. His condition is listed as fair.
New Moscow restaurant is only employing twins
A restaurant owner in Moscow has decided to only hire sets of twins in a bid
to attract new customers.
The Twin Stars diner employs identically-dressed siblings to serve its clients with food and drink.
Twin Stars' owner Alexei Khodorovsky said he wanted to find a way to attract diners in a competitive dining scene.
YouTube link. Original BBC video.
He said he was inspired by a 1960s film in which a schoolgirl crosses into a parallel world and finds her twin. Khodorovsky said finding twins with service experience was tough.
The Twin Stars diner employs identically-dressed siblings to serve its clients with food and drink.
Twin Stars' owner Alexei Khodorovsky said he wanted to find a way to attract diners in a competitive dining scene.
YouTube link. Original BBC video.
He said he was inspired by a 1960s film in which a schoolgirl crosses into a parallel world and finds her twin. Khodorovsky said finding twins with service experience was tough.
Delhi police crack down on sale of sex toys
For the first time police in New Delhi, India, have cracked down on the sale of sex toys in the city and arrested one shopkeeper. After a tip-off, a team raided Palika Bazaar on Tuesday and confiscated 14 such toys from a shop, a senior police officer said. The owner of the shop, Gurbeer Singh, has been arrested for importing and illegally selling sex toys.
A team raided Palika Bazar after receiving specific information and recovered as many as fourteen toys. Police are now trying to determine where Singh procured the articles from. The products were allegedly imported from China by sub-distributors. Police suspect such articles are being sold at other markets in the city as well and attempts are being made to identify and arrest sellers.
The District Superintendent of Police has issued instructions to officers to take strict action against sale of pornographic and obscene materials. Sex toys are openly available in the grey market in the capital even though their sale is prohibited under law. In Delhi's Palika Bazaar or Mumbai's Crawford Market, one can easily find such toys. Most of these are brought from China which, traders say, manufactures 70% of the world's sex toys. India is believed to have a Rs 100 crore (£10.25m, $16.4m) market for such products, a police officer said.
The sale of sex toys is covered by Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code which defines the term 'obscene' and provides for punishment for distributing any such object. Section 292 (1) defines 'obscene' as "a book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting, representation, figure or any other object, shall be deemed to be obscene if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest". Selling sex toys is a punishable offence, entailing a maximum punishment of two years for the first conviction, and five years in case of repeat offenders. Even buyers of such products can be prosecuted.
A team raided Palika Bazar after receiving specific information and recovered as many as fourteen toys. Police are now trying to determine where Singh procured the articles from. The products were allegedly imported from China by sub-distributors. Police suspect such articles are being sold at other markets in the city as well and attempts are being made to identify and arrest sellers.
The District Superintendent of Police has issued instructions to officers to take strict action against sale of pornographic and obscene materials. Sex toys are openly available in the grey market in the capital even though their sale is prohibited under law. In Delhi's Palika Bazaar or Mumbai's Crawford Market, one can easily find such toys. Most of these are brought from China which, traders say, manufactures 70% of the world's sex toys. India is believed to have a Rs 100 crore (£10.25m, $16.4m) market for such products, a police officer said.
The sale of sex toys is covered by Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code which defines the term 'obscene' and provides for punishment for distributing any such object. Section 292 (1) defines 'obscene' as "a book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting, representation, figure or any other object, shall be deemed to be obscene if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest". Selling sex toys is a punishable offence, entailing a maximum punishment of two years for the first conviction, and five years in case of repeat offenders. Even buyers of such products can be prosecuted.
Naked driver spotted peeing on back of pickup truck at side of busy road
A man's dashcam has captured a driver on the side of the Monash Freeway in Melbourne, Australia, who appeared to be stark naked and urinating on the back of an ute that was parked on the roadside.
The father-of-two was driving toward the city at about 6pm on Sunday with his children in the car when he spotted the naked man only inches from the freeway where cars were travelling at 80kms an hour.
With his two children on board the father was too nervous to stop and confront the man and find out why he was putting himself and other drivers at risk.
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Police are not investigating the incident at this point because no formal complaints have been made, but they have appealed to motorists to make a formal complaint if they witnessed the man. Any investigation into the incident would prove difficult as surveillance cameras did not capture the vehicle's registration, police said.
The father-of-two was driving toward the city at about 6pm on Sunday with his children in the car when he spotted the naked man only inches from the freeway where cars were travelling at 80kms an hour.
With his two children on board the father was too nervous to stop and confront the man and find out why he was putting himself and other drivers at risk.
YouTube link.
Police are not investigating the incident at this point because no formal complaints have been made, but they have appealed to motorists to make a formal complaint if they witnessed the man. Any investigation into the incident would prove difficult as surveillance cameras did not capture the vehicle's registration, police said.
Airline apologises to passenger after 'I am gay' is written on his luggage with baggage stickers
Australian airline Jetstar has apologised to a passenger who retrieved his luggage from a baggage carousel to find the words "I am gay" written on it with airline baggage sticker tags.
The man said he was "utterly disgusted" when his red suitcase shot out first onto the carousel covered in sticker stubs from the flight's checked luggage. The married father-of-two, who had been visiting Perth, said he believed someone at Perth Airport had defaced his bag before the red-eye flight.
He said he did not know anyone at the airport who may have been playing a joke on him. "I know nobody there. It was after midnight and the flight delayed over an hour... idle hands, perhaps," he tweeted on Sunday.
But he said he did not want anyone to lose their job over the incident. A Jetstar spokesman said the airline was conducting a "thorough investigation" into the incident. "We are taking this matter very seriously and we have contacted the passenger to apologise for any distress caused," he said.
The man said he was "utterly disgusted" when his red suitcase shot out first onto the carousel covered in sticker stubs from the flight's checked luggage. The married father-of-two, who had been visiting Perth, said he believed someone at Perth Airport had defaced his bag before the red-eye flight.
He said he did not know anyone at the airport who may have been playing a joke on him. "I know nobody there. It was after midnight and the flight delayed over an hour... idle hands, perhaps," he tweeted on Sunday.
But he said he did not want anyone to lose their job over the incident. A Jetstar spokesman said the airline was conducting a "thorough investigation" into the incident. "We are taking this matter very seriously and we have contacted the passenger to apologise for any distress caused," he said.
Police seek hairy-eared rose bush vandal
Police in Essex are trying to track down a suspected rose-bush vandal with hairy ears.
Between 9am on October 10 and 10.30am on October 11, a person is thought to have trampled front gardens in North Avenue, Chelmsford.
The suspect is described as white, 5ft 10ins, medium build, bald with lots of hair around his ears and aged in his 40s.
Anyone with information should contact the police.
Between 9am on October 10 and 10.30am on October 11, a person is thought to have trampled front gardens in North Avenue, Chelmsford.
The suspect is described as white, 5ft 10ins, medium build, bald with lots of hair around his ears and aged in his 40s.
Anyone with information should contact the police.
Man's bare-faced cheek during argument cost him £321
A father-of-two dropped his trousers in the street and slapped his own bare buttocks during a late-night altercation, a court has been told. Michael Wayne Downing, of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, appeared before Llanelli magistrates to admit using behaviour likely to cause alarm or distress following the incident at 2.30am on September 15.
Gerald Neave, prosecuting, told the court how police on mobile patrol in the town centre spotted Downing “being verbally aggressive towards another male who was clearly distressed by his behaviour”. Mr Neave described how Downing eventually walked away.
“But as he did so he dropped his trousers and pants and smacked his own bare buttocks.” The officers arrested Downing for public order offences. Representing himself, Downing apologised for his behaviour. “There was an altercation in the Taxi Shop,” said Downing, who had been out for the evening with his brother.
“We had been out drinking. It was a heat of the moment thing.” Downing reassured the court that his foul language and actions were in no way directed towards the officers. Magistrates fined him £215 and ordered he pay £85 court costs and a further £21 legal surcharge.
Gerald Neave, prosecuting, told the court how police on mobile patrol in the town centre spotted Downing “being verbally aggressive towards another male who was clearly distressed by his behaviour”. Mr Neave described how Downing eventually walked away.
“But as he did so he dropped his trousers and pants and smacked his own bare buttocks.” The officers arrested Downing for public order offences. Representing himself, Downing apologised for his behaviour. “There was an altercation in the Taxi Shop,” said Downing, who had been out for the evening with his brother.
“We had been out drinking. It was a heat of the moment thing.” Downing reassured the court that his foul language and actions were in no way directed towards the officers. Magistrates fined him £215 and ordered he pay £85 court costs and a further £21 legal surcharge.
Lollipop man resigns after being threatened with suspension for high-fiving children
A Plymouth lollipop man has quit after being threatened with suspension for high-fiving school children as they cross the road.
Appalled parents have come out in support of Bob Slade, who helped children from Manadon Vale Primary School.
The 65-year-old, who worked at the school for four and a half years, quit his job after being told by Plymouth City Council he would be suspended for four weeks following safety concerns. A spokesperson at the council accepted that school crossing patrols could be friendly but said “their full attention must be on the road and they must watch the traffic closely at all times”.
Mr Slade worked at Devonport Dockyard for 45 years before taking up his position at the school, helping children cross the road. He said: “I really enjoyed the job. I have been doing it for more than four years without a single accident. When I got the job they told me to make contact with the kids and be friendly. But then they changed their minds and I stopped high-fiving them earlier in the year because they told me to stop. They also said I was going out into the road without looking properly.
“They said they would suspend me for four weeks but I said I would rather leave - I was going to retire soon anyway. I appreciate the support of the parents but I won’t be going back again, this is the end of it now.” Parents were told that Mr Slade had resigned for personal reasons. Barbara Laws, who has two children at the school, said: “It’s one of those stories you think is just unbelievable. The parents are now stuck with no patrol on that crossing. At the end of September parents were told through the school's weekly newsletter that Bob had resigned for personal reasons.
“However, in a case of health and safety gone mad, it has now come to light that Plymouth City Council had threatened Mr Slade with four weeks suspension for high-fiving the children as they crossed the road, a practice they felt was dangerous. To my knowledge, not a single parent had expressed any concern over Mr Slade's actions, which amounted to nothing more than the children patting his outstretched hand as they walked past him. Bob also acted as a deterrent against dangerous parking in the vicinity of the crossing. The council have announced that a new lollipop person will be appointed soon, but we were more than happy with Bob Slade.”
Mr Slade worked at Devonport Dockyard for 45 years before taking up his position at the school, helping children cross the road. He said: “I really enjoyed the job. I have been doing it for more than four years without a single accident. When I got the job they told me to make contact with the kids and be friendly. But then they changed their minds and I stopped high-fiving them earlier in the year because they told me to stop. They also said I was going out into the road without looking properly.
“They said they would suspend me for four weeks but I said I would rather leave - I was going to retire soon anyway. I appreciate the support of the parents but I won’t be going back again, this is the end of it now.” Parents were told that Mr Slade had resigned for personal reasons. Barbara Laws, who has two children at the school, said: “It’s one of those stories you think is just unbelievable. The parents are now stuck with no patrol on that crossing. At the end of September parents were told through the school's weekly newsletter that Bob had resigned for personal reasons.
“However, in a case of health and safety gone mad, it has now come to light that Plymouth City Council had threatened Mr Slade with four weeks suspension for high-fiving the children as they crossed the road, a practice they felt was dangerous. To my knowledge, not a single parent had expressed any concern over Mr Slade's actions, which amounted to nothing more than the children patting his outstretched hand as they walked past him. Bob also acted as a deterrent against dangerous parking in the vicinity of the crossing. The council have announced that a new lollipop person will be appointed soon, but we were more than happy with Bob Slade.”
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