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New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
British Airways flight attendant goes missing on superjumbo A380 jet, found naked and dancing in bathroom bender
A British Airways flight attendant was found naked and dancing in a business class bathroom mid-flight on a superjumbo Airbus A380, and colleagues accused him of going on a drug-fueled bender. The inflight fiasco unfolded when the unidentified male cabin crew member was nowhere to be found during meal time on a flight from San Francisco to London — prompting crew members to search for him on board, The Sun reported. The flight attendant was eventually found naked and boogying in the Club World Cabin bathroom by the in-flight crew boss, the outlet reported. Advertisement The bender took place on a superjumbo Airbus A-380 jet flying from San Francisco to London. NurPhoto via Getty Images Crew members were forced to dress the bare-bummed staffer in First Class pajamas and strap him down for the remainder of the ten and a half hour journey, the outlet said. 'The plane was cruising at 37,000 ft over the Atlantic, but this bloke seemed to be higher than anyone else,' one worker told the outlet. Advertisement 'We think the guy popped pills when he was meant to be working. It is an extraordinary thing to do,' they said. The party-loving steward has since been suspended from his job. REUTERS The double-decker Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane in the world, packed with 470 passengers and crew, landed safely at London's Heathrow Airport at 11 a.m. last Sunday, where cops and medics were waiting on the tarmac. The party-loving flight attendant was then placed in a wheelchair and hauled off by police, the outlet reported. Advertisement He has since been suspended, and BA told the outlet the investigation would be a police matter. 'Not only is it really dangerous, it is a crazy way to end your BA career. This job can do ridiculous things to people, but staging a one-man disco in a Club World toilet is a new one on me,' the fellow crew member said.
Euronews
4 days ago
- Euronews
The Vespucci promotes Italy on worldwide and Mediterranean tours
After successfully completing an around-the-world voyage, the Italian navy's Amerigo Vespucci is now on a tour of its home country's main ports. The vessel left Genoa on 1 July 2023 and returned to Italy almost two years later, reaching Trieste in March. Once it reached home, it began an 18-stage tour that will finish on 10 June. This journey includes stops in Italy's largest ports as well as others in Durres, Albania, and Valletta, Malta. As with the world tour, the Mediterranean leg will see the ship — which is named after a famous explorer — promote an immersive exhibition called Italy Village. Set up in the ports that the ship visits, the exhibition will tell visitors about the boat's mission, Italian culture and the strength of the sea as a symbol of union. On routes between Brindisi and Reggio Calabria and between Livorno and Genoa, cadets of the First Class of the Naval Academy spent time on the Vespucci as part of their training programme. Young sailors aged between 12 and 17 were also onboard, thanks to a collaboration with the Italian Sailing Federation. Captain Giuseppe Lai personally benefitted from such an experience when he was young. Long before commanding the Vespucci on its second round-the-world voyage, he sailed on it as a student. "At the Naval Academy, the campaign on the Vespucci is done at the end of the first year," he told Euronews. "For me, as for all my classmates, it was the first time we went on a ship and lived life onboard. Going back there as a captain makes you relive some of the same emotions, because it is a ship that has remained crystallised in its aesthetics, almost identical to when it was launched," the captain said. "Seeing the trainees on board today made me go back in time, and it is a strong incentive to pass on to them those lessons that each of us has absorbed in our careers," he added. On its world tour, the Vespucci travelled to 30 countries in 20 months, with over 400,000 visitors coming onboard. "A round-the-world voyage aboard the Vespucci is probably the most beautiful experience a navy commander can have," Lai continued. "In its 94-year history, the ship has only been round the world twice. It is a unique feat, and an enormous privilege: it allows you to discover other cultures and, at the same time, to make Italy known to the world," he said. Built in 1930 in the Regio Cantiere Navale di Castellammare di Stabia shipyard and launched in February 1931, the Vespucci entered service in the Regia Marina a few months later. Ever since, she has trained Italy naval officers and represented Italy in the world. The ship's motto, which is engraved on the stern, is now proverbial: 'Not he who begins but he who perseveres'. The Vespucci is 101-metres long and over 15-metres wide with three masts and 2,635-square metres of sails. The hull is made of steel, the decks of teak and the interior of precious woods. A major modernisation was completed in 2016, equipping it with a new diesel-electric propulsion system. Whenever possible, however, it is still the wind that propels her. At 94-years-old, she is now the Italian navy's longest serving ship. France has signed a cultural partnership with Indonesia, with an emphasis on preserving cultural heritage and the development of human resources. The new pact also includes promotion of cultural products such as films, music and textiles and encourages collaboration between cultural institutions in both countries. "We aim to enhance cultural dialogue between the two nations, particularly by engaging younger generations and contemporary cultural practitioners," said Indonesia's Minister of Culture Fadli Zon. The Franco-Indonesian relations agreement also covers museum development and archival digitisation and serves as "an operational framework to implement the cultural vision" of both countries' leaders, the culture ministry said. Initiatives set to be launched under the agreement include the Indonesia–France Film Lab and the Borobudur Cultural Centre. "Through an inclusive approach, we hope to generate both cultural and economic added value for our nations," Fadli said. The deal was signed as French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his state visit to Indonesia, which ended with a tour of Borobudur Temple, one of the world's largest Buddhist monuments, alongside President Prabowo Subianto. Macron, currently on a week-long diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia, arrived in Indonesia with First Lady Brigitte Macron on Tuesday evening, the second stop of his tour after Vietnam. On arrival, Macron had warm words for Indonesia's leader, describing him as a brother and "a great friend of mine". Military cooperation between Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, and France has grown in recent years, starting in 2019 when Subianto became defence minister. Indonesia finalised an order for 42 French Dassault Rafale fighter jets in January 2024, with the first delivery expected in early 2026. The Asian nation also announced the purchase of two French Scorpene Evolved submarines and 13 Thales ground control interception radars. Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters after welcoming Macron that the visit was aimed at strengthening "defence cooperation between Indonesia and France." Macron ends his tour in Singapore, where he's expected to speak at Asia's top defence conference, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue.
Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
‘Considering white-ball criteria for one but not the other': BCCI's Shreyas Iyer decision slammed for double-standard
The non-selection of Shreyas Iyer for India's upcoming Test tour of England has disappointed many in the Indian cricket fraternity, who believed that the Mumbai batter had earned a spot in the Test team after a hot run of form across formats in recent months. Despite his importance to India's triumphant ICC Champions Trophy campaign and excellent form across domestic, First Class and IPL cricket, Iyer continues to be on the outside of India's plans in Test cricket. Another individual who voiced his disappointment regarding this situation was former international Mohammed Kaif, who pointed out the double-standard of the IPL being used as a basis of form for certain selections in the Test team, but not being a consideration for Iyer despite his own strong IPL season. Kaif highlighted the pick of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Titans batter Sai Sudharsan. "Sai Sudharsan is a brilliant player, no doubt. But he was picked in the Test squad after a good IPL season (679 runs and counting),' said Kaif on his YouTube channel. 'Iyer, meanwhile, has been doing well for so long. He scored some 550 runs in the 2023 ODI World Cup and in the Champions Trophy as well. He is still doing a terrific job with the bat for Punjab Kings – 514 runs and counting. He is captaining too. So on one hand, you are considering white-ball criteria for one player and not for the other,' said Kaif regarding the selection. Iyer was one of the players who was in-demand amongst fans and pundits to be on the tour of England despite his struggles against the red ball in SENA conditions, particularly due to his improvements in technique against the short ball, as well as the experience and the leadership quality he could bring to the table. In the absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both recently retired from Test cricket, this was seen as a must-have. Nevertheless, despite his average of 68.57 in this prior season's Ranji Trophy campaign as well as his streak of run-scoring in white ball for India and Punjab Kings, Iyer missed out on Gautam Gambhir's team yet again. This follows after he was removed from the BCCI's central contract list in 2024, and although he was reinstated this year, his absence has caused a response from many within Indian cricket.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Arshdeep braces up for the big leap to Test cricket
Close your eyes and visualise Arshdeep Singh at the top of his bowling mark. What you are likely to see is the gangly left-armer, donning a black patka on his head and India's blue shade over his vest, gliding into his delivery stride and swinging a new white Kookaburra either way in the endeavour to snare early wickets. When that ball loses its sheen and turns soft in the latter phases, Arshdeep shifts his attention to predominantly targeting the blockhole and clattering the stumps. A sharp bouncer and a slower knuckle-ball, amidst other variations, make an appearance as and when his ever-ticking brain deems fit. In all of this, there is nothing of Arshdeep with the red cherry and in creamy white flannels that you probably envisage. Understandably so, for he has only played a handful of First Class matches in a professional career that began seven years ago. Since bursting onto the scene as a skinny teenager who won the 2018 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand, alongside India's newest Test captain Shubman Gill, the pacer from Punjab has had a total of 21 matches in whites, which translates to just three appearances on average per year. In the same period, he has turned out in 169 T20 and 33 50-over matches. It had pigeonholed him to a certain extent as a white-ball specialist, but he could engineer an alteration to that image over the next few months. On Saturday afternoon, at the BCCI headquarters in south Mumbai, the 26-year-old was named by chief selector Ajit Agarkar as a member of an 18-man squad that will embark on a five-Test tour of England next month. It is Arshdeep's first-ever call-up to India's Test squad, and he must be chomping at the bit like a painter with a blank canvas to get his expedition in the longest format underway. If the opportunity to wear the whites and make the red ball move to his tune at the highest level had hitherto eluded Arshdeep, it was partly an unintended by-product of his excellence in the shortest format. Since his T20I debut in 2022, he has turned himself into an indispensable member of the Indian team in the slam-bang affair with 99 scalps in 63 matches — he is the country's leading wicket-taker in the format. So splendid has he been that he has even been entrusted with the lead role on the occasions when Jasprit Bumrah has been convalescing on the treatment table. Busy with shorter formats But his contributions in the shortest format have come at a cost, even though Arshdeep wouldn't construe it that way. With a tightly wound international calendar requiring the wiry athlete to spend much of his time with the limited-overs teams, he hasn't had the opportunity of going through the grind of bowling long spells and spending tiresome days under the sun in the First Class game. Not often enough anyway. Even in ODIs, in fact, he hasn't played as often as he would have liked. After three matches as part of a second-string side in New Zealand in 2022, it was only 13 months later, in the aftermath of India's gut-wrenching defeat in the ODI World Cup final, that he got another opportunity to showcase his wares. He had an immediate impact, making merry against South Africa on a spicy Johannesburg surface and finishing with match-winning figures of five for 37 in the first of three ODIs. That he has still only appeared in nine ODIs so far is in no way a reflection of his skill. Despite the limited chances outside of T20 cricket, which may have made some others conveniently settle for the big bucks and bowling four overs per game, it is to Arshdeep's enormous credit that his drive to go through the rigours of the five-day game hasn't dimmed. His childhood coach, Jaswant Rai, attests to it. 'For the last two years, he has been extra keen to play red-ball cricket,' Rai told The Hindu after Arshdeep's Test selection. 'He wasn't getting chances. Whenever domestic red-ball cricket was happening, he was busy with some T20I series. But he wanted that red ball in his hands. So given his strong desire, he will certainly impress. I spoke to Arshdeep after the selection. He is very excited to make his Test debut. Every cricketer dreams of playing Test cricket. Hopefully, it will be fulfilled in England.' Arshdeep wasn't just paying lip service by talking up his aspirations to play Test cricket. When a two-month window opened up right after the IPL in 2023 for Arshdeep to go and play for Kent in England's County Championship, the swing bowler, far from daunted by the prospect of being challenged in an unfamiliar environment, jumped at the opportunity. He went on to take just 13 scalps in five matches at 41.76, but what those numbers don't convey are the long-lasting lessons, both on and off the field, that he would have no doubt extracted from his experience. Key factor Agarkar pinpointed Arshdeep's exposure to English conditions as a key factor in his selection. Besides, his left-arm angle also provides a potential point of difference. 'He's had a little bit of experience of County cricket as well,' Agarkar noted during the press conference in Mumbai. 'Obviously plays every game that is available in domestic cricket. We've watched him, tall guy with the Dukes ball. There's (left-arm) variety, and he's been in decent form over the last couple of years. He's just a quality bowler. We needed five seamers because Bumrah is unlikely to play all five Tests, so we needed adequate cover.' In Rai's view, the County stint has helped Arshdeep develop a greater understanding about the nuances of his craft. 'Mentally he is very tough. He has matured a lot, and knows how to bowl based on the format. He can adapt very quickly. He is now able to gauge the different conditions and decks, and adjust accordingly. Having played County cricket is going to help him a lot. He is aware of the lengths to bowl with the new ball, and when the ball becomes old, he knows how much to pull his length back. So he will definitely reap the benefits of his experience there,' Rai asserted. With a few weeks to go before that first Test at Headingley begins on June 20, the sort of pitches that will be on offer during the English summer is shrouded in mystery. Ever since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum came together as England captain and coach, respectively, and pushed for an ultra-aggressive brand of cricket, the balance of play in that part of the world has tilted towards the batters. If that is the case, fast bowlers in both camps will have to brace themselves up for a hard scrap. Ability to swing the ball If the venues, however, retain their usual character and produce pitches that assist lateral movement through the air, Arshdeep could be in play. From what we have seen of his limited-overs career, he has the tools in his locker to put the techniques of top-order batters through the wringer. 'The skill to find swing doesn't change irrespective of the colour of the ball. Not every bowler has that skill. The conditions in England should be favourable to him. Perhaps if he had got a chance in Australia, the surfaces may not have been as suitable. But swing bowlers thrive in England,' Rai said. It is with subtle changes in the seam and wrist position that Arshdeep, and other highly-skilled practitioners of swing bowling, go about making the ball talk at will. In the Punjab bowler's case, said Rai, the away-going delivery to right-hand batters needed a little bit of extra work. 'The in-swinger to right-handers is his stock ball. Earlier, he couldn't move the ball away from the right-hander. He would just rely on it to hold its line. But now he has started to swing it away too. He has worked very hard on this aspect.' At this moment, Arshdeep may be at the bottom of the pecking order as he is the only uncapped member in a five-man pace attack. But given the onerous demands of a long tour and the uncertainty surrounding Jasprit Bumrah playing all five Tests, Arshdeep could get a crack at some point. And perhaps once that happens, the image of the left-armer, clad in whites, taking wickets with the red cherry and wheeling away into the arms of his converging teammates won't be hard to visualise.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Submarine living: Close quarters & good food
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Submarines are a nuclear weapon used in the United States Navy, with sailors aboard, loading torpedoes. This job is hard to fathom, with usually 150 sailors in tight quarters for months at a time. News 2's Shelby Mac got to tour the USS Pasadena, which is now shoreside in Norfolk, Virginia. She got to tour a C-9 room, meaning there are nine beds, but sometimes sailors on submarines don't get the luxury of their own bed. An inside look at the USS Pasadena's torpedo tube 'So, a lot of these guys are hot racking, so we don't have enough racks to support the whole crew on board so you've got to share racks so it'll be two or three people per rack so they know when their off going time is, somebody is sleeping in their bed,' said Culinary Specialist Submarine First Class CSS1-SS Noah Kvochick. The all-male sailors on the USS Pasadena have gotten close from sharing such tight spaces. 'I always have like a think small mentality, so like, I'm a bigger guy, so the sub's very small, so you kind of got to in the corners, get in the side, let people pass,' he said. One of the perks of being on the submarine? They are known for superior chow, or food, onboard. 'It's a lot of from-scratch cooking, so you don't have the room, the space to hold the food like premade items, so everything is from scratch. Making bread from scratch, cookies from scratch, desserts from scratch, and that's the way I love to cook.' To see more from Shelby's naval journey, check out the News 2 special report . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
