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July 30, 2004 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Gas explosion in Belgian province Hainaut kills 15, wounds hundreds #1970105

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The explosion in the industrial area of Ghislenghien, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Brussels, happened after construction workers pierced the underground line, The Associated Press quoted acting provincial governor Guy Petit as telling Belgian media.
THAT IS NOT TRUE!
A gas leak was found because the pipeline burst, probably because work around the pipeline. Fire department and special team was sent to the leak, and were blown up while investigating and trying to repair.
The Belgian Air force have used several helicopters to transport victims to hospitals specialised in fire wounds. all over Belgium (I saw one today over Antwerp)
These are the headlines in the VRT news:

Premier Verhofstadt kondigt nationale rouw af
Ook koning Albert komt zaterdag vroeger naar huis.

Vijftien doden bij gasontploffing in Ghislenghien
Meer dan honderd mensen liepen verwondingen op.

Ontploffing heeft gevolgen voor tal van bedrijven
Een nieuwe fabrieksvestiging is helemaal verwoest.

“Zulke hoge vlammen, het was net de Apocalyps”
De ooggetuigen en hulpverleners reageren geschokt.

Fluxys: “Oorzaak van explosie nog niet duidelijk”
Vanochtend is een lek in een gasleiding vastgesteld.

Paus en staatshoofden sturen een rouwtelegram
Reacties op ramp vanuit het buitenland stromen toe.

Sorry too tired to translate

Fluxys, the company that controlls the pipeline has not confirmed the real cause of the accident. That’s why the media isn’t publishing true stuff.
Ten people are found dead. The other five people were… Well… Probably destroyed by the explosion.

July 30, 2004 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Gas explosion in Belgian province Hainaut kills 15, wounds hundreds #1970135

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The latest news: 14 dead, around 200 injured of which 100 with burns. The people who were wounded by fire have been taken to hospitals by helicopter. The gas leak is restored, but I don’t know about the two factories that were set on fire.

July 30, 2004 at 11:55 am in reply to: 5 days and 2.6GB later, here are some of the results (no dial-ups please) #720724

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That is a very nice collection of pictures you have there. I wish my €600 Panasonic Lumix wouldn’t keep on giving such a bad results! Argh! Stupid camera!
You also took some nice pictures of London! HQ stuff!

July 30, 2004 at 11:39 am in reply to: Gas explosion in Belgian province Hainaut kills 15, wounds hundreds #1970163

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CNN

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — An explosion Friday of a natural gas pipeline killed at least 15 people and injured at least 60 others, including firefighters and police responding to a reported leak, Belgian media reported.

The explosion in the industrial area of Ghislenghien, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Brussels, happened after construction workers pierced an underground gas distribution line, acting provincial governor Guy Petit said.

Two nearby factories also caught fire from the morning blast, which was reportedly felt several kilometers away.

Residents were advised to stay indoors with their windows and doors shut to keep out the toxic smoke that hung over the area, but no evacuation was ordered.

Army units were called in to help coordinate the disaster response, including the closure of the E429 motorway through the area, with cars forced to exit at Ath or Enghien. Six Belgian military helicopters helped ferry victims to area hospitals, including the burn unit at a Belgian military hospital.

Officials in northern France also sent 10 vehicles, a medical unit and a helicopter to help out.

Belgian broadcaster VRT reported at least 15 dead, and other media quoted Guy Demeulemeester, manager of the industrial park, saying at least 60 were injured.

Federal officials declined to confirm casualty figures. “We want to be absolutely sure before we give out numbers,” said Els Kleemput, spokeswoman for the Belgian federal police.

A federal crisis center was coordinating emergency services and hospitals. Health Minister Rudy Demotte’s office said he would interrupt his vacation in Bulgaria, returning by military aircraft to tour hospitals on Saturday.

Gas distributor Fluxys said the natural gas line that exploded ran from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to France. It said a leak was reported Friday morning, and half an hour later the explosion occurred.

Firefighters and police were at the scene at the time of the blast and were among the injured, according to the Interior Ministry.

A Flemish report is available at http://www.vrtnieuws.net . CNN is obviously running behind, their news isn’t very actual.

July 29, 2004 at 10:27 pm in reply to: Where is it?!! #721453

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Doesn’t it cause a bit of unbalance?
The 777 and 767-400ER’s wings are already so aerodynamical that they don’t need winglets.

July 29, 2004 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Some Window Pics #721465

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The first one is a 777 taking off from Chicago. The second a 747-400, the third and fourth look like an A320-100, fith and sixth 777’s and the last one a 737 engine.
Nice pictures.

July 29, 2004 at 3:38 pm in reply to: Boeing 717 #722686

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Olympic Aviation retired them and choose to fulfill their operations with 737-400’s. I don’t know why. They used to fly from Thessaloniki to Brussels, well they were probably based at Thessaloniki. Maybe their 717 fleet was too small?

July 29, 2004 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Russian engines #722692

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The recent Ilyushin IL96M uses Pratt & Whitney engines and a modern EFIS flight deck to attract interest from the west. The airliner is very competitive to the A340, but I don’t know actually if there are any airlines flying it at the moment. It is in production however. I could be wrong, but I think there are some unsold airframes in storage somewhere in Russia. I hope for Ilyushin that they find some succes with that project.
An imprtant Russian engine manufacturer is Kuznetsov, who have powered nearly at least one variant of the TU 154, TU 144, Tu 134, and I also think they powered the Il 86. Not sure about the TU134, I think those are Solovievs, but they have different engine types. There are many variations in the 134.
They are not as efficient as Western types. They are also less environment friendly, because the Russian engines burn the fuel differently, hence the smoke on a TU 154, whcih consumes the same amount of fuel as a 767.
Considering Antonov’s prop airliners, which are ageing at the moment, are very fuel guzzling, but apparantly good enough for cargo operators.
A friend of my father once had a Lada. They need maintenance often, but are easy to maintain as the parts are very easy to change. Maybe that counts with Russian airlines too.
I hope this website helps you:
http://www.russians.bird.ch/RUSENTER.htmlor this: http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/engine.html

July 28, 2004 at 10:25 pm in reply to: Has anyone flown with….. #723462

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Icelandair flies nearly daily with one of their 767-300ER’s to the Carribean from Brussels. BelgiumExel obviously can’t operate all flights.

July 28, 2004 at 12:11 am in reply to: RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 8 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES #725036

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I don’t think so Peter. Ryanair calls it a hub when aircraft change destinations, and not fly back to the airport of origin. Look at Beauvais, they have a high number of destinations, but don’t have a hub there.
Also, maybe Dutch airport taxes, expecially at Eindhoven, are too high to attract high amounts of passengers.

July 27, 2004 at 10:41 pm in reply to: UA pilot return to OZ after bombing thread #725272

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Hijacking an airplane and gaining complete control of the airplane seems impossible to me since the new security afer 9/11. The question is why the new cockpit doors weren’t standard.
Is that a 777 or 747?

July 27, 2004 at 8:19 pm in reply to: My Photos #725313

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There is no solution to that except starting another thread with lower quality pictures. But no one is gonna do that.Nice pictures.

July 27, 2004 at 8:14 pm in reply to: RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 8 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES #725318

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Sardinia and Corsica are two different islands! Sardinia belongs to Italy, and Corsica to France! They already fly to Alghero, Corsica.
There is something wrong with Ryanair’s interactive route map!

July 27, 2004 at 4:07 pm in reply to: BA TLV-LHR-FCO-LHR-TLV #430224

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Little kids on a plane, I can talk about it.

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Swissair has been bankrupt for 2 years 8 months. SWEET!!! Thieves!

July 26, 2004 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Caption Comp #726467

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Hyacinth: “Mind the planes Richard!”
-The planes are parked at the gate!
-Yes dear but one could suddenly take off. It happens dear.
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