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Here’s An Aerial View Of Oil Slicks Believed To Be From Missing Malaysia Plane …

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A Vietnamese Air Force aircraft took this aerial photograph of an oil slick believed to be from the Malaysia Airlines 777 that vanished from radar yesterday.

Here's An Aerial View Of Oil Slicks Believed To Be From Missing Malaysia Plane

The plane disappeared over the South China Sea with 239 people on board.

The Vietnamese government says it hasspotted two oil slicks off the southern coast of the country that are “consistent with the kinds that would be produced by the two fuel tanks of a crashed jetliner,” according to an AP report.

Several countries, including the U.S., have joined the search for the missing plane.

 

source:::business insider india.com

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Pax Pens Shocking Note To Pilot …

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Carey Smith Steacy pictured in a Westjet plane. Picture: Carey Smith Steacy/Facebook

Carey Smith Steacy pictured in a Westjet plane. Picture: Carey Smith Steacy/Facebook Source: Facebook

IT WAS the last thing pilot Carey Smith Steacy expected to find at the end of her flight.

Instead of a message of thanks for a good trip, Steacy was shocked when she was handed an infuriating note left behind by a passenger.

The note, written on a serviette by ‘David’ who was in seat 12E on the Calgary-bound flight on the weekend, complained that the cockpit of a plane “is no place for a woman”.

He asked the airline to alert him the next time “a fair lady is at the helm, so I can book another flight!”

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The offensive note.

The offensive note. Source: Facebook

 

 

Passenger pens shocking note to pilot

It shocked the female pilot. Source: Supplied

 

Steacy, who lives in Surrey, Canada, posted the photos on her Facebook page along this response: “To @David in 12E on my flight #463 from Calgary to Victoria today. It was my pleasure flying you safely to your destination.

“Thank you for the note you discreetly left me on your seat. You made sure to ask the flight attendants before we left if I had enough hours to be the Captain so safety is important to you, too.

“I have heard many comments from people throughout my 17-year career as a pilot. Most of them positive. Your note is, without a doubt, the funniest. It was a joke, right? RIGHT?? I thought, not. You were more than welcome to deplane when you heard I was a ‘fair lady’.

“You have that right. Funny, we all, us humans, have the same rights in this great free country of ours. Now, back to my most important role, being a mother.”

The response earned her a lot of praise on Twitter. 

source::::news.com.au 

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“Airlander”…Hybrid Aircraft !!!

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THE world’s largest aircraft has been unveiled in Britain and it’s a real game changer.

The Airlander is part plane, part airship and part helicopter and it’s designed to provide an environmentally friends, easy, safe and revolutionary way to travel.

The 91 metre ship can deliver several tonnes of humanitarian aid and transport heavy freight across the world, but there are plans to create ‘luxury’ hybrids with infinity pools so lucky passengers can take a dip as they float across the African plains.

 

Imagine floating over cities while swimming in an infinity pool.

Imagine floating over cities while swimming in an infinity pool. Source: NewsComAu

 

Mike Durham, Technical Director of Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd (HAV), which created the hybrid craft, says the “Airlander is a product that will change the world”.

And he could be right.

The Airlander can stay airborne for days without the need to refuel and it’s a greener, quieter and more efficient way to fly because it gets 60 per cent of its lift via helium and 40 per cent from the shape of hull.

It’s expected that there could be as many airships as helicopters in the sky in years to come and that they could be made to land on water, desert or ice.

The first passenger flight is scheduled to be in 2016 so start saving now!

 

These airships could land on ice, sea or desert.

These airships could land on ice, sea or desert. Source: NewsComAu

 

 

This could be a familiar sight in a few years time.

This could be a familiar sight in a few years time. Source: NewsComAu

source::::news.com.au

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World”s Oldest Person… Secrets of Her Longevity !!!

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Japan's Misao Okawa, pictured with her Guinness World Records certificate. Picture: AP

Japan’s Misao Okawa, pictured with her Guinness World Records certificate. Picture: AP Source: News Limited

THE world’s oldest person has revealed the secret behind her long and healthy life, but if you think it’s all down to diet and lots of exercise then think again.

As it turns out Misao Okawa, who turns 116 years old on Wednesday, reckons it’s down to two simple things: sushi and sleep.

The Japanese woman, whose life has spanned across three centuries, eats three meals a day and ensures she always gets eight hours rest a night.

Misao Okawa celebrates her 115th birthday in Osaka, western Japan Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Okawa was formally recognized last...

Mrs Okawa pictured celebrating her 115th birthday in Osaka last year. Picture: AP Source: AP

Mrs Okawa, who has four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, also credits oily fish such as mackerel for her longevity and only went into a care home 18 years ago at the age of 98.

“She insists that her favourite meal is sushi, particularly mackerel on vinegar-steamed rice, and she has it at least once every month, Tomohito Okada, the head of the Kurenai retirement home where she lives told The Telegraph .

The mother-of-three has been a widow since her husband Yukio passed away in 1931 and has an elderly son, 94, and daughter, 92 as well as four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs Okawa became the world’s oldest person following the death of 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on June 12, 2013.

In August last year, Bolivian indigenous farmer Carmelo Flores Laura who claimed he had just turned 123, attributed his longevity to the traditional Andean diet.

Bolivian Carmelo Flores Laura who according Bolivian authorities is 123 years old. Pictur

Bolivian Carmelo Flores Laura who according Bolivian authorities is 123 years old. Picture: EPA Source: Supplied

He credits a diet of quinoa, mushrooms and coca for keeping him alive so long as well as lots of walking and alcohol.

However, there was some difficulty obtaining proof of his birth as Bolivia only started issuing official birth certificates in 1940.

But he does have a baptism certificate which lists his birthday as July 16, 1890 and he has national identity documents based on the certificate.

Bolivia’s Civil Registry Office looked into the validity of the documents and has confirmed they are legitimate.

However, according to Guinness World Records Mrs Okawa is the oldest living person verified by original proof of birth.

But it seems healthy foods may not always be the answer to long life alone.

last year Texas woman Pearl Cantrell reckoned the secret to long life was bacon.

“I love bacon, I could eat it for every meal — and I do,” she told local TV station KRBC.

“I want other people to eat bacon, I tell them too. My kids all eat it.”

source::::news.com.au

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