Small plane Cessna 421 crash in S Fla park Kills Pilot

LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a South
 Florida park, killing the pilot but injuring no one on the ground.

Maria Rocha of Greenacres tells that she was in John Prince Park in Lake
 Worth when she saw the plane wobbling as it flew along the lakeshore
Saturday afternoon. She says it abruptly nosedived into a stand of palm
trees and burst into flames.

Palm Beach County authorities tell the newspaper that the plane took off from
a nearby airport in Lantana. The pilot's name was not released.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna 421 was destroyed by the
fire. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

Small plane crash in S Fla park kills pilot MiamiHerald.com (registration) LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a South Florida park, killing the pilot but injuring no one on the ground. Maria Rocha of Greenacres tells The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/VvFEc7) that she was in John Prince Park ... See all stories on this topic »

Recalling 2 deadly plane crash anniversaries ABC7Chicago.com It was 40 years ago when United Airlines flight 533 crashed into a row of bungalow homes on West 70th Place. Forty-three of the 61 people on board died. Two on the ground were also killed. The plane crashed as it made its approach for landing. Among ... See all stories on this topic » ABC7Chicago.com

One killed in Suffolk light aircraft crash The Independent An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman said: "The AAIB is aware of the incident and has sent a team to investigate the light aircraft accident near Ipswich." In a statement on their Facebook page, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said ... See all stories on this topic »

Investigation into fatal plane crash 3News NZ Air crash investigators are this morning heading to the scene of a crash where a 27-year-old pilot lost his life. Emergency services were called to the Waikite Valley, south of Rotorua, yesterday afternoon, but the man was dead by the time ambulance ... See all stories on this topic » 3News NZ

German small plane crash kills seven Sky News Australia Two small planes have collided in midair over central Germany and crashed, killing seven people, police say. The collision happened near the small town of Woelfersheim, north of Frankfurt, as darkness fell around 4.15pm on Saturday (0215 AEDT on ... See all stories on this topic »

Suffolk Light Aircraft Crash: One Person Dead Sky News A spokesman for UK Power Networks said engineers were working with emergency services at the site of the plane crash to restore power "as quickly and as safely as possible", although most homes were reconnected within six hours. Local resident Alison ... See all stories on this topic »

One dead in light plane crash ITV News Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has sent a team to investigate the light aircraft accidentnear Ipswich. An area around the location has been cordoned off and police, fire and ambulance emergency services remain at the scene. In a statement ... See all stories on this topic »

Plane crash bodies to be released Independent Online Anguish for the families of 11 SA National Defence Force members killed in an plane crash in the Drakensberg, is set to be prolonged this weekend when the victims' bodies will be released to them in preparation for burial. Since the tragic crash of the ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

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Cloud Computing Can Enhance Academic Research

IT shops will become consultants instead of tech managers, says EMC's CIO Computerworld "And cloud computing transforms us -- IT," Mirchandani said. "We become more consultative as opposed to classic IT management." David St. Laurent, director of technical services at Fallon Community Health Plan, was in EMC's user audience during ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud Computing Can Enhance Academic Research HispanicBusiness.com Cloud computing can be utilised to enhance academic cooperation between the Kingdom's universities and other academic institutions around the world, an expert in the field said Thursday. At the opening of the Google Apps Event, Yehia Ahmad, ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud Computing Adoption Blocked by Company Executives Midsize Insider However, as indicated on MiBiz, it seems company executives are somewhat confused when it comes to analyzing the possible benefits of cloud computing adoption. A recent survey, "the future of cloud computing," indicates that just 40 percent of those... See all stories on this topic » Midsize Insider

IT Security is Cloud Centric CIOZone For IT security, Gartner analysts are predicting that 2013 is going to be about expansion of cloud computing and the struggle by the enterprise to achieve appropriate security for it. According to Gartner, by 2015, 10% of overall IT security enterprise ... See all stories on this topic »

Cordys to Present at UP 2012 Cloud Computing Conference Equities.com At this year's UP 2012 Cloud Computing Conference, Cordys joins an international network ofcloud computing thought leaders from thousands of organizations to explore a fresh, objective outlook on the challenges and opportunities in leveraging the cloud. See all stories on this topic »

Governmental cloud consolidation will peak in 2013 CenterBeam Governments across the world have been cautiously making their way into cloud computingsolutions after seeing what the technology can do for them as far as money, cost and time savings are concerned. GCN.com listed some of IDC's top trends for ... See all stories on this topic »

From Cloud to Big Data – Solutions for the Modern Data Center from IBM Channel Partners Whether public, private, or hybrid, cloud computing is becoming an increasingly integral part of many companies' business and technology strategy. Many companies want to be able to have pools of computing resources based on a self-service model where ... See all stories on this topic »

Dell inks pact with NITK Times of India This is the first instance of DISIPL signing a MoU with any educational institute in India with focus on collaborative research and development in areas of cloud computing and server domain. The MoU with a shelf life of three years will focus on three ... See all stories on this topic »

Triple-dip alert: Recession fears as figures show industrial output has fallen ...

Triple-dip alert: Recession fears as figures show industrial output has fallen ... Daily Mail Britain is on the brink of a triple-dip recession, experts warn as latest figures reveal industrial output has now fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. In a week when chancellor George Osborne put yet another squeeze on the hard working middle ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Are we halfway back from the Great Recession? Not really. Christian Science Monitor Early on in this historically weak recovery, many Americans realized that measuring real job gains required making a vital distinction. Government hiring and firing needed to be viewed separately from employment changes in the private sector. Skip to ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Bundesbank warns of danger of recession Irish Times Germany's economy may be skidding towards recession, the Bundesbank has warned, after it cut its 2013 growth forecast from 1.6 per cent to almost 0.4 per cent. Europe's largest economy will grow just 0.7 per cent this year, the central bank forecast ... See all stories on this topic »

Fears triple-dip recession looming Financial Times At the end of a week in which George Osborne was forced to confront a downgrade in the growth prospects in his Autumn Statement, fresh data have raised fears that Britain is heading for a triple-diprecession and that his assessment of the economy ... See all stories on this topic »

Recession Means More Household Sharing Hartford Courant More than a third of Connecticut residents from 25 to 34 were living with a parent, other relatives or roommates in 2011, a dramatic increase through the recession and an elusive recovery. The proportion of that age group that moved in with others ... See all stories on this topic »

John Lindt: Visalia revenue out of recession's long shadow Visalia Times-Delta “To put into context the severity of the recession, consider that in the past 30 years, sales tax has not had a major decline until 2008.” But in the past several years “this decline is dramatic and severe. Economic activity dropped, unemployment went ... See all stories on this topic »

The Great Recession, Five Years Later NPR This December is the fifth anniversary of the start of the Great Recession, which officially ran from December 2007 to June 2009. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon marks the occasion with financial journalist Michael Lewis to discuss how bad it ... See all stories on this topic »

'We have prevented this recession from being even worse' Royal Gazette The recession could have been worse had it not been for Government action on the economy, according to the Progressive Labour Party. Speaking at yesterdays' Alaska Hall press conference to highlight PLP platform initiatives and achievements, Economy ... See all stories on this topic »

Southwest Airlines, two other carriers seek slots at Washington National

US Air makes merger offer, AMR pilots OK labor deal Economic Times NEW YORK: US Airways Group Inc has made a formal merger proposal to American Airlines parent AMR Corp and its creditors that could value the combined airline at around $8.5 billion, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Details of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Airlines asked to submit data on CAT-III trained pilots Times of India DGCA chief Arun Mishra said that airlines had been asked to ensure that CAT-III pilots, trained to fly in visibility as low as 50m, should be rostered on all flights operating to and from fog affected cities during low visibility days. Met had ... See all stories on this topic »

Argentine soccer star Messi is Turkish Airlines' global brand ambassador Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: International soccer star Leo Messi was named Global Brand Ambassador for TurkishAirlines after signing the agreement in September 2012. The FC Barcelona forward joins the ranks of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and professional ... See all stories on this topic »

Mihin Lanka lands in Madurai The Hindu Rohana Perera, Head of Commercial, Mihin Lanka, said that its code-sharing services with SriLankan Airlines would help passengers of Madurai to get connecting flights to various global destinations with very less waiting time at the Colombo airport. He ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Southwest Airlines, two other carriers seek slots at Washington National Dallas Morning News Southwest Airlines Co. will battle two other airlines for the rights to two operating slots at Reagan Washington National Airport that will allow the winner to fly a nonstop round trip out of the airport. Dallas-based Southwest has applied for the ... See all stories on this topic »

LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for November 2012 Reuters Santiago, Chile, December 7, 2012- LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, ("LATAMAirlines Group" or "the Company") (NYSE: LFL / IPSA: LAN / Bovespa: LATM11), the leadingairline group in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly ... See all stories on this topic »

Hightower: Airline's fee-for-all is another bid to squeeze more money from you LubbockOnline.com American Airlines has a new family deal for you. If you and the kids are headed off to grandma's house, Disney World or wherever, American will make an effort to seat you next to each other. Well, that's not exactly new or special, since most airlines ... See all stories on this topic »

MAS urged to try new ticketing system The Star Online TONY Tyler hopes players like Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will come forward to volunteer to be party for a trial for the new distribution capability (NDC) that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is creating to revolutionise the way people ... See all stories on this topic »

Airline passenger advocates say some proposals ignored

C lass teaches aviation history The Register-Guard The elective aviation history class takes students from Leonardo Da Vinci's flight machine drawings to the Wright brothers' first flight, and through more than 100 years of aviation's advances up to the space program. “It supplements all other history ... See all stories on this topic »

Chinese Group Said in Talks to Buy AIG's Aircraft-Lease Unit San Francisco Chronicle The group, which includes China Aviation Industry Fund and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., is bidding for International Lease Finance Corp. together with ILFC's management, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are ... See all stories on this topic »

Aviation Museum honors donor to Phase 2 expansion Dothan Eagle Seldon Bailey Friday for his contribution to Phase 2 of the museum's expansion, which is expected to include a 200x200 addition full of Army aviation's technology from its inception. According to retired Col. Dave Swank, the Museum Foundation's ... See all stories on this topic »

Hardy Aviation in Northern Territory grounds its flights The Australian The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) wrote to Hardy late yesterday about problems it identified in the past week and suggested a number of things that needed to be done. CASA's Peter Gibson told the NT News it all started a bit over a week ago ... See all stories on this topic »

Aviation shares grounded on reports of delay in FDI Business Standard There are fears of delay in foreign direct investment (FDI) in aviation sector after the government on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 decided not to proceed with the decision to allow 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and 100% in the single-brand retail for ... See all stories on this topic »

Airline passenger advocates say some proposals ignored USA TODAY "The recommendations that our group and others made weren't even rejected; they were just ignored," says Paul Hudson, executive director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project. Hudson argues that the panel — the Advisory Committee for Aviation ... See all stories on this topic »

Pearl Harbor veterans are heroes for a day Pensacola News Journal William Braddock, left, gets an autograph from Pearl Harbor Veterans Frank Emond, right, following the World War II Remembrance at the National Naval Aviation Museum Friday morning Dec. 7, 2012. Braddock in the son of Pearl Harbor veteran Bill ... See all stories on this topic »

Southern State Offers Aviation Degree Fayette Advocate Does a career in aviation sound like the perfect path for you? Through a new partnership agreement, Southern State Community College and Great Oaks Career Campuses will collaboratively offer an FAA-certified associate's degree in Engineering:Aviation ... See all stories on this topic » Fayette Advocate

Local aviation sector turnover reaches $17 bln Hurriyet Daily News The turnover of the Turkish aviation sector recently reached nearly $17 billion, up from $2.5 billion in 2003, General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) Director General Orhan Birdal has said. “The number of airline passengers was 33 ... See all stories on this topic »

Franklin India Flexicap Fund - INVEST

Fund Talk - Avoid investing in too many funds Hindu Business Line I currently hold around Rs 30 lakh in FDs and have recently invested in Quantum Long Term Equity (D) mutual fund — a lumpsum investment of Rs 2 lakh. I already own an apartment and hence don't need to invest in home-buying. Please tell me whether I ... See all stories on this topic »

ICICI Pru Tax Plan - INVEST Hindu Business Line Those who wish to invest in mutual funds for saving tax under Sec 80C can buy units of ICICI Pru Tax Plan (ICICI Tax). The fund has a solid track record in delivering steady returns. Over one, three and five-year timeframes, it has consistently beaten ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Franklin India Flexicap Fund - INVEST Hindu Business Line In a one-year time-frame, though, the fund has only barely squeezed past its benchmark. In the year gone by, mid-cap and small-cap stocks soared, while large-cap stocks had a more sedate run. The fund's 70 per cent-plus exposure to large-caps in this ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Matching multi-caps Hindu Business Line Around 30 of the 36 ELSS funds which have more than a year's track-record outperformed the BSE Sensex; but only 21 funds beat the broader market BSE 500. Even as the funds rallied by close to 20 per cent in the past one year, the three-year average ... See all stories on this topic »

Twin-Engine plane crashed justnorth of the Sioux Falls Airport, The crash killed Dr. Daniel Swets, Kevin Anderson, JoshuaLambrecht and their Pilot, Capt Brian Blake.

This weekend marks the first anniversary of an event that shocked South Dakota.

On December 9, 2011, a twin-engine plane crashed just north of the Sioux Falls airport, killing its four members on board.

The crash killed Dr. Daniel Swets, Kevin Anderson, Joshua Lambrecht and their pilot, Brian Blake.

One year later, their legacies are living in in South  Dakota's youth.

It was that sound that brought many of us back to childhood,Legos.. But for three grown men, Daniel Swets, Kevin Anderson and Joshua Lambrecht,  Legos were still a part of their lives, before the passed away.

Robyn Swets lost her husband Dan in that plane crash, lastyear. As she explains, it was 2007 when she and Dan became active in the First  Lego League hoping to capture young minds across the state.

"We would sit in our living room and talk (First LegoLeague), it was always about FLL. I'm so glad to be keeping it going.  It brings me closer to him, still,"Robyn Swets said.

So much of her new SD Robotics Association center, in SiouxFalls, reminds her of her husband. She's glad to be taking over his role in thestate.

"It kind of would remind me of old times, remind me of howthings were going. I can ask him for help, think about what would Dan do? He didn'talways have the answers but he had a lot," Swets said.

New to the Lego League this year, Mark Gierach, who joinedwith his 9 year old son as a coach.

"Just watching my son and the whole team evolve and as theygrow together, that's really the reward," Mark Gierach said. "The way the (FirstLego League) is designed, you have to allow the children to solve the problemson their own. You want to help them but in reality, the help is helping themhelp themselves."

And for Robyn Swets, it's about the kids, while keeping herhusband's memory alive.

"To see what they believe in so much is turning into thisexciting success and spreading it across the state, it's wonderful. I hope itcontinues," Swets said.

The South Dakota FIRST Lego League has more than 80 teams atvarious schools across the state and still growing each year.

Preliminary NTSB report on East Texas plane crash KSLA-TV The National Transportation and Safety Board has issued their preliminary findings in the crash that killed pilot Tom Steeper. He was on his way from Houston to Oklahoma on November 26, when theplane crashed in southern Cherokee County. Below is the ... See all stories on this topic »

South African military plane crashes into mountain, killing 11 WireUpdate LADYSMITH, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) -- Search-and-rescue workers in South Africa on Thursday recovered the remains of eleven service members at the site of a military plane crash in a mountain range near the border with Lesotho, the country's ... See all stories on this topic »

Prelim report on Wells plane crash: Witnesses saw 'a fireball descending ... KLTV A preliminary report on the fatal plane crash that occurred near Wells on Nov. 26 has been issued by the National Transportation Safety Board. Among other things, the report stated that witnesses told NTSB investigators that they heard a loud explosion ... See all stories on this topic »

NTSB releases preliminary reports on two plane crashes Jacksonville Daily Progress JACKSONVILLE — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary reports on two recent plane crashes in Cherokee County. The reports, published Wednesday, provide basic facts about the crashes, but no conclusions will be released ... See all stories on this topic »

9th Circuit Doubts Plane Crash Case Belongs in US Courthouse News Service (CN) - The 9th Circuit appears to continue to doubt lawsuits stemming from a 2008 plane crash in Spain that killed 154 people should be litigated in the U.S., rather than in Spanish courts. During a hearing this week to consider the defendant's request ... See all stories on this topic »

Good News: Plane crash inspires man to donate turkeys Florida Times-Union Casey Jones said he had a life-altering experience after he slipped off the icy wing of a submerged U.S. Airways plane and was rescued from the Hudson River. Later when he looked in a hotel bathroom mirror, the St. Johns County resident said in a news ... See all stories on this topic »

Continuing a Lego legacy, one year after fatal plane crash KSFY On December 9, 2011, a twin-engine plane crashed justnorth of the Sioux Falls airport, killing its four members on board. The crash killed Dr. Daniel Swets, Kevin Anderson, JoshuaLambrecht and their pilot, Brian Blake. One year later, their legacies ... See all stories on this topic »

Fire killed Vernon plane-crash victims, says TSB investigator The Province A Piper twin-engine plane crashed July 7 into an unoccupied sports field and caught fire, killing the 59-year-old pilot, James Langley of Kelowna, and his 55-year-old passenger, Karim Makalai of Port Moody. The victims had no major injuries from the ... See all stories on this topic »

Visitation held for couples killed in plane crash WLWT.com ... in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add wlwttv's video to your playlist. Sign in. Published on Dec 6, 2012. People came to pay their respects to the two couples who were killed in a plane crash last ... See all stories on this topic »

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd CMD Dr Vijay Mallya met with the Director General of Civil Aviation Mr Arun Mishra

 Kingfisher Airlines Ltd promoter Vijay Mallya met the aviation regulator on Friday and assured it that the airline plans to submit a revival plan before the end of the month and was in talks with investors, and airport operators and oil companies to which it owes money.
Mallya’s meeting with director general of civil aviation Arun Mishra follows a meeting with aviation secretary K.N. Srivastava two weeks ago.

“We will have to study the revival plan once they submit it, then we will examine and take a final view,” Mishra said, adding the regulator will audit the airline before allowing it to fly.
The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) suspended the airline’s licence in October on grounds that it could not provide safe and reliable flights to consumers, after labour unrest and financial troubles.
“It’s a long process,” Mishra said, referring to pilot and plane checks that will be needed before the airline’s suspended licence is reinstated.
A person familiar with the matter said Mallya would try to announce the name of an investor before the 31 December deadline for the expiry of the suspended licence. The person didn’t want to be named.
Lenders led by State Bank of India want Mallya to infuse capital into the airline only after which will they put in their own money. The lenders were expected to hold a key meeting with Kingfisher on 8 December but the meeting has now been postponed to 17 December, the eve of Mallya’s birthday.
Kingfisher Airlines has not paid bankers since January.

Ajit Singh asks state-CMs to reduce aviation fuel taxes Moneycontrol.com Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 13:09. Ajit Singh asks state-CMs to reduce aviation fuel taxes. In an attempt to bring down operating cost of airlines, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Friday asked chief ministers of states to reduce taxes on aviation fuel ... See all stories on this topic » Moneycontrol.com

Chinese Group Said in Talks to Buy AIG's Aircraft-Leasing Unit Bloomberg The group, which includes China Aviation Industry Fund and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., is bidding for International Lease Finance Corp. together with ILFC's management, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are ... See all stories on this topic »

MIAL asked not to charge increased penal parking fee Economic Times MIAL asked not to charge increased penal parking fee. NEW DELHI: Aviation tribunal has asked the Mumbai airport operator MIAL not to charge increased penal parking charges from private jets till the sectoral regulator AERA takes a final call on the issue. See all stories on this topic » Economic Times

The Kingfisher Airlines promoter will try to announce the name of an investor ... Livemint New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines Ltd promoter Vijay Mallya met the aviation regulator on Friday and assured it that the airline plans to submit a revival plan before the end of the month and was in talks with investors, and airport operators and oil ... See all stories on this topic » Livemint

TEXT-S&P affirms LM US Member LLC (Landmark Aviation) 'B-' rating Reuters Dec 7 - Overview -- Landmark Aviation plans to acquire First Aviation Services using the proceeds from additional bank debt and an equity contribution from its sponsor. -- We are affirming our ratings, including the issue and recovery ratings on the ... See all stories on this topic »

President calls for strengthening country's aviation, maritime sectors Ceylon Daily News The President was speaking at the centenary celebration of the civil aviation sector of the country, at Temple Trees yesterday. The cancellation of four new postage stamps also took pace to mark this occasion and the first day cover was presented to ... See all stories on this topic »

Flights carrying passengers without surveillance: report Hindustan Times Several flights ferrying thousands of passengers in the country operate without the aviationregulator's surveillance, according to the report submitted by a government independent air safety committee. The report by the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory ... See all stories on this topic »

Aviation spreads its wings to a new globalmarket Irish Independent Once a luxury reserved for the well-to-do, air travel is now as cheap as chips. Its impact has been vast, on both economies and societies. And an even bigger chunk of the world's population – from China to India and Africa – is poised to be counted ... See all stories on this topic »