DOUGLAS COUNTY (KSNT) – Law enforcement is responding to reports of a semi rollover crash in Douglas County Monday afternoon. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office announced in a social media post at 5:21 p.m. on May 6 that a semi truck is rolled over near mile marker one at the Lecompton Interchange. Northbound traffic is […]
headed for kentucky. right around the orlando area, about 23,000 feet up, when suddenly the pilot is told to go east. we have this statement from the faa explaining what happened. they basically said that air traffic control in miami directed the pilot to turn eastbound over the ocean. at that 23,000 feet altitude. when it crossed in front of a northbound gulf stream business jet. at this point, these to aircraft are headed in the same path, but both pilots, fortunately, got an automated alert that basically there was another plane flying at the same altitude and immediate action needed to be taken. bear in mind, about two and a half miles apart. that may sound look a big distance, but they re going fast. this is airborne traffic speeds, seconds, not minutes here. both pilots took evasive actions, allegiant plane went up, the jet went down, and they were able to avoid a disaster.
the city reported a 9% decrease in average manhattan traffic speeds. uber through ads and other means responds that anyone against uber is in the pocket of the existing taxi industry and that uber helps underserved people get much needed transportation. i just drove somebody at coney island who always complains about not being able to catch a ride. this is new york. we live in five boroughs. we pick ourselves up and we pick our families up. this battle isn t just happening in new york. it s getting played out across country from california to st. louis to florida. some people are calling 2016 the uber election. presidential candidate hillary clinton seemed to be criticizing uber and on demand or gig economy in a recent economic speech saying that while it created exciting opportunities and raised questions about workplace protections. jeb bush responded in a post defending uber entitled disrupting washington to unleash innovators and used the service in san francisco.