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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 6h

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 4h

Battle Lines | Could Britain survive a Russia-style drone onslaught? www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uq5df...

Could Britain survive a Russia-style drone onslaught?

In this explosive episode of Battle Lines, Venetia Rainey is asking the question everyone else is too afraid to: is Britain ready for a Russian-style drone onslaught? Drones have been spotted across E...

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 4h

#OTD 2000 the USS Cole was attacked www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Why the USS Cole's Commander Pushed to Keep His Crew Together After Deadly Bombing

Seventeen crew members were killed and dozens more hurt in the late-morning blast after explosives ripped a 40-by-40-foot hole through the destroyer's port side.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 6d

In October 1986, the Soviet nuclear‑ballistic missile submarine K‑219 suffered a mechanical failure while on patrol northeast of Bermuda. (1/3)🧵

#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #coldwar #navalhistory

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 20h

Not Blue Steel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_St...

Blue Steel (missile) - Wikipedia

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 22h

Spirit Airlines cancels Airbus order in settlement with AerCap www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... (via @reuters.com)

Spirit Airlines cancels Airbus order in settlement with AerCap

In a fleet optimization move, Spirit Airlines will reject its commitment to buy 52 Airbus planes along with its options for 10 others. The aircraft orders will be taken over by aircraft lessor AerCap .

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 2023: A third party injury at a UK HEMS site due to downwash.
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#hems #helicopter #airambulance #downwash #flightsafety #aviationsafety

HEMS Downwash Injuries: Two More Case Studies - Aerossurance

A third party injury at a UK HEMS site and a medical personnel head injury during training in Canada.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

‘The captain's decision was adversely affected by self-imposed psychological factors which led him to assess inadequately the aircraft's battery endurance after the loss of generator power and the magnitude of the risks involved in continuing to the destination airport.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

... before making the decision to continue, and led to the inability of the captain and the first officer to cope promptly and correctly with the aircraft's electrical malfunction.’

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

Contributing to the accident was the airline management's failure to provide and the FAA's failure to assure an adequate company recurrent flight crew training programme which contributed to the captain's inability to assess properly the battery endurance of the aircraft...

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 1983 HS748 accident after continuing to destination after losing both generators - 10 fatalities (see below for more details)
aviation-safety.net/database/rec... #flightsafety #aviationsafety

Accident Hawker Siddeley HS-748-FAA Srs. 2A N748LL, Tuesday 11 October 1983

Flight 710 departed Chicago, IL for a flight to Carbondale, IL via Springfield, IL. The flight was about 45 minutes behind schedule when it arrived at Springfield, about 20:05. At 20:11, ...

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...

RAF A400 Achieves Historic Landing on Remote Arctic Island

In a landmark operation, a UK Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M Atlas transport aircraft successfully landed on Jan Mayen, a remote volcanic island in the Norwegian Sea, marking the first-ever landing of it...

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

A camera just under 5 miles away captured the first indication of a fire near that location, according to the court documents.

How ChatGPT prompts and a lighter led Palisades Fire investigators to a suspected arsonist | CNN

An examination of a 26-page affidavit reveals some of the gritty details of the eight-plus months of investigation that led to an arrest.

www.cnn.com

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 2023: A third party injury at a UK HEMS site due to downwash.
aerossurance.com/air-accident...
#hems #helicopter #airambulance #downwash #flightsafety #aviationsafety

HEMS Downwash Injuries: Two More Case Studies - Aerossurance

A third party injury at a UK HEMS site and a medical personnel head injury during training in Canada.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

... before making the decision to continue, and led to the inability of the captain and the first officer to cope promptly and correctly with the aircraft's electrical malfunction.’

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

Contributing to the accident was the airline management's failure to provide and the FAA's failure to assure an adequate company recurrent flight crew training programme which contributed to the captain's inability to assess properly the battery endurance of the aircraft...

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

‘The captain's decision was adversely affected by self-imposed psychological factors which led him to assess inadequately the aircraft's battery endurance after the loss of generator power and the magnitude of the risks involved in continuing to the destination airport.

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Aerossurance @aerossurance.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 1983 HS748 accident after continuing to destination after losing both generators - 10 fatalities (see below for more details)
aviation-safety.net/database/rec... #flightsafety #aviationsafety

Accident Hawker Siddeley HS-748-FAA Srs. 2A N748LL, Tuesday 11 October 1983

Flight 710 departed Chicago, IL for a flight to Carbondale, IL via Springfield, IL. The flight was about 45 minutes behind schedule when it arrived at Springfield, about 20:05. At 20:11, ...

aviation-safety.net

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d

The fitting out basin. That ‘notch’ was cut for the Queen Mary’s bow, to stop her stern blocking the Clyde whilst she was fitting out. More about visiting here, written after coming here a few years ago: www.seat61.com/places-of-in...