[WADB 9] ATLANTA (Atlanta News First) - A Delta flight departing from Atlanta lost a wheel during its takeoff attempt at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
WANF reports the incident happened around 11:15 a.m. when the Boeing 757 was headed to El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Columbia.
In a statement, Delta officials said the nose gear tire "came loose from the landing gear during the departure."
Passengers were safely escorted off the aircraft and transported to the terminal by buses, according to the airline.
"All customers and their bags were removed from the aircraft, transferred to the gate and onto a replacement aircraft," Delta officials said. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
The FAA has initiated an investigation into the incident. Pete's on it!
[ZeroHedge] A majority of Americans are fed up with imploding progressive metro areas transforming into violent crime hellholes because Soros-backed District Attorneys refuse to enforce common sense law and order. Americans are tired of radicals in the Biden administration who knowingly push for open southern borders. At the same time, tax-payer-funded non-governmental organizations facilitate the greatest invasion this nation has ever seen of unvetted individuals - some of whom are on the FBI's Terror Watch List. The president's collapsing polling data is a symptom the American people have rejected this mumbling, silent generation president who should be in a nursing home or on a La-Z-Boy recliner at his beach house in the elite-only beach town of Bethany.
In recent years, the tyrannical overreach of government during Covid, BLM riots, and nationwide violent crime eruption, plus the 30-year fixed mortgage rate under 3%, unleashed the greatest-ever exodus of Americans from Demcorat-controlled states and metro areas for safer areas in red states.
The migration trends of the Covid period are still happening today, just less because of housing affordability woes.
However, an entirely new trend is emerging: a venture fund in rural Kentucky is building a new community for folks who want to escape all the chaos of progressive cities.
Called the "Highland Rim Project" (HRP), venture fund New Founding is developing "rural towns and communities nestled in the bucolic hills of the Eastern Highland Rim area of Tennessee and Kentucky."
HRP's website stated, "Our nation is in the midst of a generational people movement to small towns and rural areas."
"Remote work enables a revolution in where people live and how they organize themselves into communities. People are, especially since Covid, proactively seeking communities that align with their values and way of life. The knowledge economy worker can now work and live in a small town, uplifting areas that have struggled with economic depression for decades," it pointed out.
The firm said HRP is a partnership with "business owners, pastors, and other community leaders."
Joshua Abbotoy, Managing Director of the New Founding organization, said the community's leadership would be predominantly Protestant Christians.
"The whole point of it is to plant a flag and say this small town is where our people are gathering. And the question is: who is going to grab the land? Is it going to be good, based people who want to build something inspiring that's culturally authentic to the region's history? Or is it going to be Bill Gates and BlackRock and hippies from California?" Abbotoy said in a video.
If you own rural land within 50 miles of the suburbs you know this is a thing.
— TWU
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Back early 2000-2010 we use to own few small bug of LMOE properties and a cabin in Western NC. areas (Hayesville/Murphy/Anderson & the NOC area ).
Then the 1/2 Backs moved in, in mass.
The term 1/2 Back, as the locals called them, were Liberal NY/NJ Yankees that moved to FLA and then decided to move 1/2 way back.
Soon the famous 1/2 back rallying cry was heard constantly ...."That's not the way we did it back in _____". Soon local campaign donations elected their like thinking people and culture changed.
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/\ Blue Ridge, GA. is much the same. Mind the BMW's and Rovers. The 'Black Sheep' just South of the downtown area, is still a good bet for dinner. Their meatloaf is famous.
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Thought Experiment: Continued waves of illegal aliens become concentrated in American urban areas, transforming them into the likes of Sao Paolo or Johannesburg, and lax/intentional governmental practices eventually result in massive levels of voter registrations in violation of existing law but unenforced or blocked by liberal lawfare.
Citizen/wealth flight, as described above, continues to rural enclaves and fortified small towns, re-creating traditional American lifestyle and prosperity apart from the urban-sump wastelands and tribal/gang territories.
How long before the 40 urban population centers have sufficient "voters" to create the political climate of sub-Saharan Africa? Of course it can't happen, and Cloward-Piven is just academic drivel...
[AFRICANEWS] Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in the November 2023 election.
Boakai, who at age 79 has become the country's oldest president, promised to unite and rescue Africa’s oldest republic from its economic woes. Good luck widdat.
"Only united people can build a nation. And where do we plan to take Liberia in the next six years? We must refocus our political energy." Boakai told citizens and foreign delegation members who attended his inauguration ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.
He listed improving adherence to the rule of law, fighting corruption and renewing the hope of citizens as his priorities.
The ceremony, however, ended abruptly after Boakai, who wore traditional Liberian attire for the occasion, began to show signs of physical distress while speaking.
Officials led him away from the podium after he unsuccessfully tried to continue his address.
A spokesperson for Boakai's political party said the president's weakness was caused by heat and had nothing to do with his health.
Boakai has dismissed concerns about his age, arguing that it came with a wealth of experience and achievements that would benefit the country.
He won a tight run-off election to defeat Liberia’s youngest-ever president, George Weah.
[AFRICANEWS] Rwandan authorities accused the Burundian leader of making "inflammatory allegations aimed at sowing division among Rwandans", reigniting tensions that have persisted since Burundi closed all crossing points with Rwanda earlier this month.
Relations between Rwanda and Burundi have deteriorated in recent weeks after Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye renewed accusations that Rwanda is financing and training the RED-Tabara group rebels.
Burundian authorities consider RED-Tabara a terrorist movement and accuse its members of participating in a failed coup attempt in 2015. The group first emerged in 2011 and has been accused of a series of attacks in Burundi since 2015.
Mr Ndayishimiye spoke about Rwandan youth in "captivity" at an event in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Sunday, saying the region must continue to fight until the Rwandan people put pressure on themselves. government.
He was addressing a youth conference after attending the inauguration of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi. He apparently spoke in his capacity as the African Union's champion for youth, peace and security.
[GEO.TV] South African media reported Tuesday that Gauteng police have taken into custody a suspect associated with the Usindiso building fire in Marshalltown, Johannesburg that killed at least 77 people in August last year.
SABC reported while quoting Gauteng police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhlwi: "The suspect was arrested after he confessed before the Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso building fire"
On August 31, last year, a fire erupted in a five-storey building — an abandoned residence controlled by local gangs and leased to families who could not afford housing.
Authorities have not yet ascertained the cause of the fire however, the reports indicate that the investigation is underway.
Authorities added that the 29-year-old is also expected to face charges of arson and 120 counts of attempted murder, as he confessed to "being involved in starting the tragic fire" while giving evidence during a session of the inquiry.
Last year’s blaze that erupted in the Usindiso building was a residence of hundreds of poor people.
The blaze brought into light the neglected issues of buildings and constructions by their owners.
A South African television station Newzroom Afrika had reported at that time that the fire engulfed the building that had been abandoned at one stage but where people had been living.
Among the injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local hospitals, Emergency Management Services front man Robert Mulaudzi had said at that time.
"The latest update is that we have now 73 fatalities and 52 people injured who were transported to various healthcare facilities for further medical care," said Mulaudzi.
The building is located in a deprived area of what used to be the business district of South Africa's economic hub, and was used as an informal settlement, Mulaudzi had said.
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[GEO.TV] South Korean media reported Wednesday that North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, days after conducting two separate weapons testing.
According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the launches took place at around 7am, without giving further details, Yonhap reported.
"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military has been closely coordinating with the United States to monitor additional signs of North Korea's provocations," the JCS said in a statement quoted by Yonhap.
The launch is the first of its kind since September 2023, when Pyongyang fired two long-range strategic cruise missiles with mock nuclear warheads toward the same area.
The multiple launches come days after Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... 's forces fired a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile carrying a hypersonic warhead into the East Sea, marking the first of this year.
North Korean media KCNA reported last week that Pyongyang had tested an "underwater nuclear weapon system" in response to joint naval exercises by the US, South Korea, and Japan.
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[REGNUM] Despite the fact that almost 30 years have passed since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this tragic page of history threatens to repeat itself. Internal contradictions, unresolved issues and outside interference are pushing one of the poorest countries in Europe towards a new war. Republika Srpska Day, which is widely celebrated on January 9, has once again shown that even after almost three decades, society in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has not forgotten old grievances and remains divided along national and religious lines.
[Gateway] The Texas National Guard on Tuesday responded to the Supreme Court’s order allowing the Biden Regime to cut/remove razor wire installed along the southern border by installing more razor wire.
The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Biden Regime and allowed Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed on the Texas-Mexico border.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) previously installed about 30 miles of razor wire at the Texas-Mexico border near Eagle Pass to stop the flood of illegal aliens being let in by the Biden administration.
In October Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden Regime regarding their cutting razor wire at the border.
The lawsuit made its way to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge sided with Biden. The appeals court last month said agents could NOT cut the razor wire.
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court granted Biden’s emergency request Monday afternoon.
Conservative justices Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett (Trump appointee) sided with the liberals and granted the Biden Regime’s emergency request.
It wouldn't? How about mass protest against harm to the environment caused by unqualified wire-cutters. "From the river to the sea, razor wire will be free!"
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Given Emergency wing doors are seldom ever opened.
It would seem the Boeing assembly plant failed to tighten and properly secure the bolts. Or are we to assume the emergency door bolts work loose over a number of flights. Which again leads back to BOEING's design.
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The door plug that blew out is not an over the wing door. Which is a bit odd, but my guess is that it's a requirement in some other countries.
It's likely not a design issue, but rather a construction issue.
Either way, some people at the executive level, maybe even the CEO, need to go. Then, the company has to tighten inspection requirements for sub contractors or maybe even get rid of some of them and bring construction back in house.
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Who does the maintenance? Hard to believe that the checklist doesn't include doors.
I'm afraid we are entering a time we will wish MBAs were in charge. Did the CEO of United bark, or just go in drag?
I'm thinking design flaw is improbable, but not impossible, but I'd point at first maintenance and then manufacturing, especially considering the *** screws I just used made of chinesium and cross-referencing the story about counterfeit/substandard parts.
And further, I'd agree the story, whether low quality parts or manufacturing/maintenance location which, let's say, have Black Cat Sketch likely locations, would never be released.
*last I flew, the Emergency Row is asked if they would like the responsibility of being in the Emergency Row or switch out. That is, the 'lets go' type, a bonus from that perspective.
**The other card in the deck is from airline management playing with the idea of only 1 pilot. Read the book Damn Lucky, or listen to that Denver birdstrike audio, and understand how important that "Co-Pilot" responsibility is. Cooperative Pilot. Fuck man, even the Airplane! movie understands that. But OK, let's put that DIE hire as sole pilot.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
