A man arrested over the weekend for an “unprovoked” attack on Transportation Security Administration officers at Miami International Airport over the weekend had caused a flight to be diverted a day earlier, officials said.

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Puma Gearbox Metal Shavings Conflict
The gearbox is a center of controversy in the investigation of the accident where the Bond Super Puma crashed off Peterhead, killing 16 men including two crew: Capt Paul Burnham, 31, of Methlick, Aberdeenshire, and co-pilot Richard Menzies, 24, of Droitwich Spa, who worked for Bond Offshore Helicopters, KCA Deutag employees Brian Barkley, 30, of Aberdeen; Vernon Elrick, 41, of Aberdeen; Leslie Taylor, 41, of Kintore, Aberdeenshire; Nairn Ferrier, 40, of Dundee; Gareth Hughes, 53, of Angus; David Rae, 63, of Dumfries; Raymond Doyle, 57, of Cumbernauld; James John Edwards, 33, of Liverpool; Nolan Goble, 34, of Norwich, and Mihails Zuravskis, 39, of Latvia; and non employees James Costello, 24, of Aberdeen, who was contracted to Production Services Network (PSN); Alex Dallas, 62, of Aberdeen, who worked for Sparrows Offshore Services; Warren Mitchell, 38, of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, who worked for Weatherford UK; and Stuart Wood, 27, of Aberdeen, who worked for Expro North Sea Ltd.
The inquiry blames the crash on gearbox failure, but for Bond and French company Eurocopter the question remains exactly where metal particles (evidence!) were found in the gearbox.
Small plane crashes into shops in Brazil tourist town, all 10 passengers killed
At least 15 people were taken to the city’s hospital following smoke inhalation due to the fire triggered by the crash, according to the public security office of Rio Grande do Sul state.

Belfast City Airport expected to reopen after emergency
The airport’s runway was closed for several hours on Sunday after a plane was damaged on landing.
Air T, Inc. Announces Award of $10.5 Million Contract from the City of Charlotte
MAIDEN, N.C., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Air T, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRT) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Ground Support, LLC, has been awarded a $10.5 million contract to supply deicer trucks and training simulators to the City of Charlotte. Global expects to deliver the first units under the contract in the current fiscal quarter ending December 31.
Walter Clark, Air T’s CEO, stated that, “We are excited to have been selected by the City of Charlotte and look forward to working with them. Our equipment will be utilized to ensure that departing flights during inclement winter weather at Charlotte Douglas International Airport continue to operate safely and reliably. This contract was the result of a competitive process which we won due in part to the quality of product and the high level of service that Global Ground Support provides to all of its customers.”
Air T, through its subsidiaries, provides overnight air freight service to the express delivery industry, manufactures and sells aircraft deicers and other special purpose industrial equipment, and provides ground support equipment and facilities maintenance to airlines. Air T is one of the largest, small-aircraft air cargo operators in the United States. Air T’s Mountain Air Cargo and CSA Air subsidiaries currently operate a fleet of single and twin-engine turbo-prop aircraft daily in the eastern half of the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. Air T’s Global Ground Support subsidiary manufactures deicing and other specialized military and industrial equipment and is one of the largest providers of deicers in the world. The Global Aviation Services subsidiary provides ground support equipment and facilities maintenance to domestic airline customers.
NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK
July 28, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY:
HOUSTON — NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the
International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on
Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 5. The two NASA
astronauts will outfit the Russian Zarya module for future robotics
work and prepare the station for the installation of a new U.S.
permanent multipurpose module.
The news briefing on the spacewalk will take place at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston. It will air live on NASA Television and the
agency’s website. Journalists may ask questions from participating
NASA locations.
The briefers are:
– Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
– Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director
NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5.
Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson are expected to begin the spacewalk from
the Quest airlock at 5:55 a.m. It will be Wheelock’s fourth spacewalk
and Caldwell Dyson’s first.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit: