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☆ Elon Musk got called an 'egotistical billionaire' by a top Australian politician in the latest beef over free speech and censorship on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk was criticized by an Australian minister for refusing to remove X posts about a stabbing. Tanya Plibersek told 7News that Musk is an "egotistical billionaire" after Musk resisted the calls. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAn Australian minister slammed Elon Musk as an "egotistical billionaire" over his refusal to take down X posts.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tanya Plibersek, Musk, —, Mar Mari Emmanuel Organizations: Guardian, Service Locations: Australian, Sydney

☆ A United flight was diverted after passengers spotted that parts of the plane wing were chipped
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A United flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver due to a damaged wing. AdvertisementA United Airlines flight departing from San Francisco and bound for Boston was diverted to Denver after passengers spotted that parts of the plane's wing were chipped, Boston's WHDH 7News first reported on Tuesday. Clarke's video shows a plane wing with a dark blue tip descending onto a runway. In November, a United flight bound for Vancouver was diverted to San Francisco after a passenger made a bomb threat on board. And in July, a United flight diverted to Chicago after a business-class passenger was upset that his choice meal was unavailable.

Persons: —, WHDH 7News, Kevin Clarke, Clarke Organizations: Passengers, Service, United Airlines, WHDH, Associated Press, AP, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: San Francisco, Boston, Denver, Maine, Vancouver, Chicago

☆ A baggage handler lost their job after a passenger found an obscenity written on the luggage tag of his heavy bag
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Qantas passenger found an offensive word written on his bag in marker. Qantas apologized and said the baggage handler will no longer work for them. AdvertisementA baggage handler will no longer work for the Australian airline Qantas after writing an offensive word on a passenger's bag, 7News Australia reported. "Clearly the Qantas baggage handler at Perth Airport wasn't happy lifting my bag," Tilbury said in the post. The offensive word was written on a label that identified the bag as heavy, noting that "assisted lift may be required."

Persons: —, Sonny Tilbury, Tilbury, 7News, Menzies, Mr Tilbury Organizations: Qantas, Service, Australian, Perth Airport, Qantas Group, Business Locations: Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Karratha, Tilbury

☆ Homebuilt plane sold last year for $100,000 crashes into ocean off California coast, likely killing 4 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A homebuilt aircraft crashed into the ocean just south of San Francisco on Sunday. AdvertisementA small homebuilt aircraft crashed off the coast of California on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. But the following morning, authorities said a fishing boat spotted a "deceased female" in the water, which they said was "likely associated with the plane crash given she was located in the same location." The Cozy Mark IV is 16.9 feet long with a wing span of 28.1 feet. It has a top speed of 200 mph and can travel around 1,000 miles, per Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., which sells plans for the Mark IV.

Persons: —, Mark IV, Emma Willmer, Lochie Ferrier, Cassidy Petit, Thane Ostroth, Ostroth, Marc Zeitlin, Zeitlin, Mark Organizations: Sunday, Service, Associated Press, Federal, Facebook, San, San Mateo County Sheriff's, Coast Guard, CHP, Aeronautical, National Transportation Safety Board, Cozy, AP, NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Specialty Co Locations: San Francisco, California, San Mateo County, Moss Beach , CA, Australian, United States

☆ Shocked beachgoers witness a surfer killed in a suspected great white shark attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One witness said he saw a 13-foot great white shark as he rushed to the scene on his jet ski. AdvertisementAdvertisementA 55-year-old surfer is missing, feared dead, after shocked beachgoers witnessed a suspected great white shark attack, this week. Tod Gendle, 55, was surfing with friends when a witness said a 13-foot great white shark attacked him. Simon Nellist, a 35-year-old scuba diving instructor, was killed by a great white shark in what the ISAF classified as a "provoked incident" off the coast of Sydney earlier this year. The great white shark is the largest predatory fish in the world, and it can grow to 21 feet long and weigh 4,500 pounds, according to National Geographic.

Persons: —, beachgoers, Tod Gendle, Eyre, 7News, Jeff Schmucker, they're, news.com.au, We've, Simon Nellist Organizations: Service, Police, South Australia Police, Western Police, Police Water Operations, Emergency Service, South Australia police, Getty, Australia, Florida, ISAF, Geographic Locations: Eyre, Adelaide, South Australia, Streaky, themseleves, Sydney

☆ A man tried to sue a hospital for $643 million after he was 'encouraged' to watch his wife's C-section
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man in Australia tried to sue a Melbourne hospital for A$1 billion for psychological damage. He alleged that he was "encouraged" to watch his wife have a cesarian section. Anil Koppula tried to sue the Royal Women's Hospital for letting him watch his wife give birth via C-section in 2018. The cesarean was a success, but the man claims the hospital failed in its duty of care to him by letting him watch the procedure, the 7News report says. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said the hospital "encouraged" or "permitted" him to watch the operation and that seeing his wife's organs and blood caused the mental illness he claimed to have, it adds.

Persons: Anil Koppula, 7NEWS, Koppula, James Gorton, 7News Organizations: Royal Women's Hospital, National Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Global News Locations: Australia, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine is fielding new $3,500 'cardboard' drones against Russia — they're flat-packed and could prove deadly
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine has received hundreds of so-called "cardboard drones" from Australia. The Corvo PPDS is cheap, comes flat-packed, and can be built in an hour, its maker says. SYPAQ's Corvo PPDS drone. Although it's known as the "cardboard drone," there's conflicting information as to what its main framework is actually made of. Per the pro-Russian Telegram channel @fighter_bomber, Ukraine used a swarm-like formation of several unarmed Corvo PPDSs amidst drones packed with bombs, helping the swarm evade radar.

Persons: It's, SYPAQ, Michael Partridge, Australia's, Partridge, it's, coyly, Jamey Jacob, Jacob, Corvo, Mick Ryan, Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko Organizations: Service, IKEA, Oklahoma State University, Popular Mechanics, Russian Telegram, News Australia Locations: Ukraine, Australia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Australian

☆ Melbourne rocked by largest earthquake in over 120 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little damage. Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Victoria-based Seismology Research Centre, said the earthquake was the largest within 40 kilometers of Melbourne since a magnitude 4.5 quake hit in 1902. “Felt like a plane crashed next to my house or something,” one resident said, according to CNN affiliate 7News. Earthquakes are not as common in Australia though the continent does experience seismic activity due to tectonic plate movement. In 2021, Victoria experienced a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that caused some minor structural damage in Melbourne despite hitting nearly 200 kilometers away.

☆ Jarryd Hayne: Former NFL and Australian rugby player jailed ahead of sentencing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former Australian rugby and NFL player Jarryd Hayne has been jailed ahead of his sentencing hearing after being found guilty of raping a woman in 2018. Earlier this month Hayne had been found guilty by a jury of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent. In a statement to CNN, Hayne’s barrister Margaret Cunneen said that jury did not understand the standard of proof. He was then tried a second time and, in March 2021, Hayne was found guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent. Hayne is one of the National Rugby League’s most famous players, having won numerous awards for his success on the field.

☆ Fact Check-Clips of people fainting at public events are unrelated to COVID-19 vaccines
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video compilation of people fainting includes clips that either predate or are unrelated to the COVID-19 vaccine. The footage, depictingAir Force Maj. Gen. James Martin Jr fainting, can be seen on CNN (here) and ABC 7News (here). It was taken in July 2020 and predates the COVID-19 vaccine rollout (here). All but two of the clips featured in this compilation predate the COVID-19 pandemic. The individuals portrayed in the two other videos, in April 2021 and July 2020, were not vaccinated at the time of filming.

Their parents were dead, their SUV overturned, but three children under the age of five managed to survive in the searing heat of the Australian Outback for 55 hours, local media reported. “Devastatingly Jake and Cindy did not survive the accident,” he said, adding that “it was a miracle their beautiful babies survived for over two days in the Australian Outback before being rescued.”The children have not been named. Day and Braddock were reported missing in the early hours of Christmas morning, sparking a massive police search, Australian broadcaster 7News reported. As the hours went by with no news, Braddock’s sister, Helen Braddock, turned to Facebook to ask for help. The overturned vehicle discovered after three children spent 55 hours in the Australian Outback.

☆ Buses of migrants dropped outside Kamala Harris' home in freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican governors previously sent migrants to Democratic cities to protest Biden's immigration policy. A video shared by 7News D.C. reporter Christian Flores on Twitter showed a group of people entering a bus. "This is a welcome effort that we've been doing since the first bus arrived," Amy Fischer, an organizer with the network, told 7News. In September, Abbott said that his state had sent two buses of migrants to the vice president's home in Washington. Fischer told 7News that she believed the Christmas Eve drop-off was a political stunt by Abbott.

☆ Airline apologizes after a woman says she was forced to crawl off a plane because staff couldn't provide a wheelchair
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A woman says she was forced to crawl off a plane after staff couldn't provide a wheelchair for her. Natalie Curtis was traveling from Singapore to Bangkok with the Australian budget airline, Jetstar. Curtis told the Australian Channel 7 breakfast show, Sunrise, that she was offered a standard aisle wheelchair to board the flight in Singapore. Curtis told the news channel that the incident may have resulted from a language barrier between herself and airline staff. A spokesperson for Jetstar told Insider the airline had apologized for the incident and clarified that it did not charge for wheelchair use.

☆ Trump's beloved Boeing 757 private jet is finally flying again after a year of maintenance work and a new paint job
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has recommissioned his prized Boeing 757 private plane as he hints at a 2024 presidential run. The plane was taken out of storage in 2021 and flown to Louisiana for maintenance work and a new livery. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyDonald Trump's prized Boeing 757 private jet is finally back in action. As he threw cold water on news of a new plane, Trump posted a video of his original 757 aircraft on social media in July. With a sleek new look, Trump's private jet is already being put to work, having flown to Corpus Christi, Texas, over the weekend, per ADS-B Exchange.

☆ The smell from a passenger's carry-on bag forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency return to a Florida airport on Wednesday due to a chemical odor. The odor had seeped out of a passenger's carry-on bag and into the cabin, officials said. American Airlines flight No. "HazMat units performed a hazard assessment due to reports of a strong chemical smell inside the plane," a fire department spokesperson told Insider. It wasn't clear what caused the chemical smell, but one man aboard the flight told WSVN 7News that the odor was similar to nail polish remover.

☆ Hurricane Ian videos capture heroic rescues and widespread devastation in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

After the eye of Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc over Florida Wednesday, striking videos have surfaced showing heroic rescues of people stranded in submerged cars and wading in floodwaters, as well as heartbreaking footage of the widespread devastation left in the storm’s wake. As Floridians grapple with rushing floodwaters, life-threatening storm surges, and a blackout affecting more than 2 million people — glimmers of hope have emerged in videos showing how the community has stepped up to protect one another. Glen rushing out there and helping some people in.”In Naples, the Naples Fire-Rescue Department shared video showing the rescue of a woman from a submerged vehicle Wednesday. The video shows the moment the man is lifted from the vehicle and two men carry him through waist-deep water looking for a safe place to hunker down. Videos uploaded online show the havoc the storm left in its wake and how quickly it came ashore, submerging entire neighborhoods.

☆ В Катаре пассажирки рейса в Сидней прошли принудительный гинекологический осмотр из-за найденного в туалете аэропорта новорожденного
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-27 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: +1 min

2 октября в туалете аэропорта Дохи (Катар) незадолго до рейса в Сидней нашли новорожденного. Чтобы найти мать, всех совершеннолетних пассажирок рейса в Австралию отправили на принудительный гинекологический осмотр, сообщает Esquire Russia, ссылаясь на австралийский телеканал 7News. Одна из пассажирок рейса в Сидней, которой больше 60 лет, в беседе с The Guardian предположила, что избежала осмотра из-за своего возраста. По словам другого пассажира рейса из Катара, женщины возвращались в самолет очень расстроенными, одна из них была в слезах. Представители международного аэропорта Дохи подтвердили, что искали мать брошенного новорожденного, однако никак не прокомментировали информацию о гинекологической проверке.

Persons: Мэрис Пейн Organizations: Esquire, Guardian, Esquire Russia, 7News, The Guardian, МИД Locations: Esquire Russia, Доха, Катар, Сидней, Австралия

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