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What’s the Latest: Air travel schedule should recover by Sunday, FAA says
A nationwide ground stop in the U.S. ended on Friday evening, allowing some flights to resume, though the Federal Aviation Administration warned that recovery would be slow. Air Canada cancelled approximately 250 flights affecting around 27,000 customers as airports in both Canada and the U.S. continued to experience chaos.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating whether user error or a faulty installation caused the disruption during routine maintenance that shifted the system from copper wires to fibre optics. The FAA has received $12.5 billion in funding for upgrades and is seeking an additional $30 billion to ensure the stability and resiliency of its operations.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the FAA has identified the recent air travel disruptions as resulting from “routine maintenance” related to upgrading communication systems, dismissing any links to cyberattacks. Air Canada reported approximately 250 flight cancellations affecting around 27,000 customers, with travel schedules expected to normalise by Sunday according to several airlines.
What remains unclear — It is unknown whether the disruptions were caused by user error or installation mistakes made by L3Harris during the maintenance operation.
FAA anticipates air travel schedule recovery by Sunday
A nationwide ground stop in the United States ended on Friday evening, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned that air travel recovery would be slow. By Saturday, authorities reported persistent disruptions at airports across Canada and the U.S., with more than 4,000 flights cancelled by midday. Air Canada alone cancelled approximately 250 flights, affecting around 27,000 customers.
Passengers such as Belinda Fernandes and her partner faced uncertainty at Toronto Pearson International Airport as they awaited a flight to Orlando, Florida. Fernandes recounted, “We met another couple… Their flight is not grounded but ours is.” After receiving scant information from an Air Canada agent, they opted to return home after waiting for hours without resolution.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford indicated that approximately 41,000 flights were scheduled for Saturday, expecting between 4,000 and 5,000 cancellations. He noted, “We will still have delays and cancellations today, but that will set us up for a full recovery tomorrow.” Bedford assured that all passengers would either be re-accommodated or refunded and advised them to contact their airlines directly.
The disruption was linked to routine maintenance as the FAA transitioned the communications system from copper wires to fibre optic lines. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy stated, “We see zero evidence this was a cyber attack,” but they are investigating potential errors by the contractor, L3Harris, responsible for installing new equipment. Aviation management expert John Gradek commented that the updates were necessary but warned that some upgrades had not been adequately tested.
This incident marked only the second nationwide ground stop for all departures since the September 11 terrorist attacks, with a similar halt occurring in January 2023. The FAA is in the process of modernising its systems, with Duffy advocating for an additional $30 billion to complete these upgrades.
October 12, 2024
6:18 am
‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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November 23, 2024
8:25 am
Defense alliance NATO chief Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss global security issues, according to a NATO spokesperson.
The meeting took place in Palm Beach, Florida.
During his first term as US president, 2017-2020, Trump pushed for European NATO countries to spend more on defense and described the alliance’s cost-sharing as unfair to the US.
Rutte took over as NATO chief from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg in November.
Before taking office in January, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for the post of defense secretary, which has raised eyebrows among many allies.
Hegseth, 44, has served as an infantry captain in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has no senior military or government officer experience.
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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