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Boeing 787's have had an impeccable safety record for 14 years until an Air India B787 crashes, the first and only hull loss. Now a few days later there's another incident involving a B787 and of 1189 of them flying around the world it just so happens to be another Air India B787. And you immediately suspect the aircraft and its maker and not the airline and its maintenance? That's just dumb.

funkymofo

What was Norris thinking?

He wasn't.

That was one of the worst boneheaded moves I've seen. He's damned lucky he didn't wreck Piastri.

HopeSpringsEternal

They know it was not under ANY power, ZERO doubt

They know. ANY power. ZERO doubt. You sound like you've already concluded the investigation yourself. Your certainty that a double engine failure as the cause isn't going to age well...

HopeSpringsEternal

How BOTH engines suddenly cutout/shutdown just after take-off, the mystery that must be solved ASAP...

That's not at all confirmed. In the available videos the engines are clearly audible operating as the plane descends to impact. At what percentage of thrust is unknown, but they didn't cutout/shutdown as you've put it.

Once again, Israel is doing the dirty work of dealing with Iran's rogue nuclear proliferation the way many nations wished they could but won't because they lack the resolve.

William Mirrielees

Good move on Japan's part. For those who do not know, JAL suffered an accident where 524 people died.

A 40 year-old mishap is not relevant here.

Peter Neil

 Video shows ram air generator deployed, meaning electrical system malfunction. Engines were no longer supplying any or enough electrical power.

I haven't seen any video that clearly shows the RAT deployed. On the other hand, the video clearly shows the wings configured completely clean. I can't imagine how that would be possible, but a failure to set the flaps would certainly contribute if not cause the overrun on takeoff and lack of positive climb and possible stall.

This is a shame. A few years ago I enjoyed a day of tameshigiri under the instruction of the master swordsmith Matsunaga in Kumamoto using his swords and it was a very memorable experience that certainly enhanced my understanding and appreciation for Japanese swordcraft and swordsmanship and that I wish others would be able to experience for themselves. I really don't see why this can't be allowed if it were done in accredited and strictly controlled settings with close expert supervision.

vallum

Tabearuki is generally used to mean going around an area sampling the various local foods, not literally eating while walking around. When it is used to mean the latter, it's almost always with a negative connotation.

starpunk

I couldn't agree more. Not only that track, but the entire Hunting High and Low album is fantastic. I hate it when people refer to A-ha as an 80's one-hit wonder. I've been a lifelong fan since they debuted back in 1985 and they've released quite a catalogue of great meaningful music since then. Some of their best songs have been from their more recent albums.

So they mashed together pubic statements he'd made to other publications in the past and passed it off as a new interview? Sure, that's some honest journalism for you...

Despite this Verstappen was still voted Driver of the Day. Love it. Keep those elbows out Max!

He was a national hero, a role model for several generations of Japanese, and to my knowledge was a scandal free public figure of impeccable character. I don't get all the down votes here.

fxgai

Stop it. You're making too much sense.

My favorite thing about the IWC is its land-locked member states, like Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Mongolia, etc. who in some people's minds evidently deserve to have any say in a body whose charter is to enable a sustainable commercial whaling industry through management and conservation, not practically ban it outright while refusing to conduct any continuing research into its viability. They should just rename it the International Anti-Whaling Commission (IAWC) and be done with it.

JJE

China has respected territorial integrity.

Liar.

A very generous estimation of the position of this Chinese survey ship (and several others) involved in this incident off the southern coast of Miyako-jima is this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QPhJi1u6YHKfCqKv5 These seas are well within Japan's EEZ and no other country's, they're not contested in any way, and these Chinese government vessels have zero business conducting survey activity in Japan's EEZ without Japan's permission, which they clearly don't have as evident from the GOJ's actions. This couldn't be more of a violation of territorial integrity barring military activity, active drilling/mining, etc.

The elephant in the room is Tokyo doesn't respect Being's territorial integrity and has been working to undermine it.

Absolutely mindboggling how someone can say this, assumingly, with a straight face.

The_Beagle

Because the emergency occurred IVO Miyako-jima from which Taipei is over 100 km farther than than Naha and any Chinese destination would be double the time and distance.

Pukey2

Apples and oranges. The ROK mariners were only fortunate not to have foundered in waters that the PRC arbitrarily believes belongs to them.

Unpopular as it may be, it's always been that the answer that every escalator manufacturer will give when questioned about the proper and acceptable way to use an escalator is that they designed their escalators for people to stand on and that they don't recommend anyone walking up or down them at any speed. the purpose of an escalator is to enable people to transit between levels without effort (walking), not to provide a means of walking faster than if they'd taken the stairs.

deanzaZZR

I am pretty sure that if it was IJA/JSDF troops stationed in the USA the expectation would be zero tolerance.

Whoa, IJA? Enjoying a little day drinking today are we?

As for any crimes committed by notional JSDF personnel in the U.S., it would make the local news and be forgotten the next day.

deanzaZZR

Here we go, the MIC retirees "rationalizing" continued US military crimes in Japan.

Not rationalizing it. Merely inserting some rational perspective, which sadly is too much to expect of some of you regular decriers.

The new Gundam GQuuuuuuX is ugly.

TokyoLiving

It seems that such people are the only thing that country sends to its criminal bases abroad..

Taking 2023 as a typical sample year, there were 118 criminal cases involving U.S. Forces SOFA status personnel in Japan. That's 118 people out of approximately 102,000 of us in Japan, which is 0.12%. The same year Japan had a criminal arrest rate of 0.22%. So no, it only seems like we're all criminals to people like you whose view of the issue is politically prejudiced and not based on facts.

BeerDelivertGuy

The question was “What is twice the limit?”

Sorry, missed the original question.

Amazing. No mention of her being a mommy. That has to be a first.

BeerDeliveryGuy

The legal limit is 0.03 BAC for a DUI in Japan. That's why our DUI policy, which these Marines ignored, is, "NOT ONE DROP."

Hey maybe these Marines were just trying to fit in with the locals? After all, Okinawa Prefecture, with it's alcohol guzzling populace (#2) and lack of public transportation, is number one every year n DUI cases (excluding U.S. Forces cases) with an annual total twice the national average.

Joking aside, these two Marines are an embarrassment and do not represent the 99‰ of U.S.SOFA personnel who live and work here without causing any problems about who you don't read about in the news. It's fortunate that no one was seriously injured and I hope the book is thrown at these two idiots under the Japanese legal system.

This AP article is incorrect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB9VsCkspEk

In this TV interview with a 79 year-old Fumi Takeshita from 2022 it is stated that she was three years old when she survived the bombing. If this is accurate then her first hand account of the bombing is likely true and believable.

nandakandamanda

Yes we certainly do disagree. Had you been in Max's shoes you would have done the same. As a single-seater racer myself I absolutely would have. It would have been your priority as a competitor to do everything within the racing rules to give yourself an advantage and put your competitors at a disadvantage, not be concerned with making it a better race for the viewers. By pitting as late as possible, Max increased his 'laps as race leader' stat and enabled Leclerc to catch up to and possibly challenge Norris, one of his top competitors. He played his cards the only way he should have.

Fumi Takeshita, 80, was just a child, but can still recall her experience.

“I saw an extremely strong light coming in from the window. It was white, or shall I say yellow? So strong that I couldn’t keep my eyes open,” she said.

I'm sure she heard that, recounted countless times by others, but I sincerely doubt she actually remembers any of it. It's highly unlikely for a one year old to have clear memories of anything.