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2 days ago
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American Airlines Diverts Plane That Was Too Big to Land at Airport ‘Due to Operational Limitations'
An American Airlines flight from the U.S. to Naples, Italy, was diverted to Rome because it was to big to land on June 2 The flight was diverted away from Naples International Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport 'due to operational limitations,' a spokesperson for American Airlines told PEOPLE Passengers then boarded a bus in Rome to get to NaplesAmerican Airlines passengers en route to Italy ran into an unusual obstacle. The passengers on a transatlantic flight from the U.S. to Italy on June 2 needed to be rerouted because their plane was too big to land at Naples International Airport, Business Insider initially reported. An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE that American Airlines flight 780, which departed Philadelphia International Airport, was diverted to Rome Fiumicino Airport 'due to operational limitations.''Customers traveled from [Rome] to [Naples] by bus, and we apologize to them for this disruption to their journey,' the spokesperson added, explaining how the passengers reached their intended destination. Driving from Rome to Naples takes roughly three hours to complete. PEOPLE reached out to Naples International Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport for comment on June 7, but did not immediately hear miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Data showed that the plane diverted after seven hours as it flew over the Tyrrhenian Sea, west of the Italian mainland, a considerable distance from the Naples International Airport, per Business Insider. An aviation enthusiast, who goes by the handle of @ JonNYC on X, first flagged news of the incident on June 5, and posted that the plane didn't have approval by the airport to land. Read the original article on People
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29-01-2025
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Earth from space: Italy's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. QUICK FACTS Where is it? Mount Vesuvius, Italy [40.82177024, 14.42760653] What's in the photo? The peak of Vesuvius aligned with a gap in the clouds Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? Jan. 2, 2022 This stunning satellite photo shows one of the world's most famous and potentially dangerous volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius, playing a game of peek-a-boo with an orbiting spacecraft through a strangely shaped hole in the clouds. Vesuvius is a 4,203-foot-tall (1,281 meters) stratovolcano located next to the city of Naples along the western Italian coastline. It is most famous for a massive eruption in A.D. 79, which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killed around 2,000 people, around half of which were perfectly preserved by the pyroclastic flows, along with their homes and possessions. Today, around 800,000 people live on the volcano's slopes and up to 3 million people reside within the potential danger zone of future eruptions, making Vesuvius "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," according to NASA's Earth Observatory. In the image, Vesuvius' caldera — a large bowl-like depression caused by the collapse of the mountain's summit during a previous eruption — appears to peer up through a gap in the clouds like a giant eye. A large curved ridge can also be seen near the top of the cloud gap. This is the remnant of Mount Somma — an ancient volcano that once stood in the same spot as Vesuvius, before the newer volcano's cone grew from its center. Related: See all the best images of Earth from space It is unclear exactly what caused the gap in the otherwise thick clouds covering Vesuvius and Naples. However, the circular shape of the hole is similar to circular holes punched in the clouds by airplanes, known as "fallstreak holes." It is, therefore, plausible that a plane taking off or landing from Naples International Airport could have created the hole. Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc — a string of volcanoes in Italy, including the currently active Mount Etna, that sits on a boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates. The volcano's last major eruption concluded in 1944. Since then, the region surrounding Vesuvius has experienced several earthquake swarms, most recently in 1999, according to the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. MORE EARTH FROM SPACE —'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenon —Eerily circular 'Goblin Forest' surrounds sacred volcano with human rights —Majestic 'yin-yang' crater sits atop a dormant volcano in Turkey Scientists also believe that the next big eruption may not be too far around the corner. In a 2011 paper published in Nature, researchers described Vesuvius as "Europe's ticking time bomb" and warned that scientists and the civil authorities can't agree on how to prepare for a future eruption.
