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BBC News
8 hours ago
- BBC News
Generator failure leads to Isle of Man ferry cancellations
The failure of a generator on an Isle of Man ferry has resulted in disruption to passenger Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said a "significant technical issue" had led to Manannan's scheduled crossings to and from Liverpool on Sunday being ferry firm said despite the best efforts of crew and engineers, more time was required to resolve the issue, which meant Monday's journeys had also been had been transferred to Manxman where possible, with coaches providing a transfer between Liverpool and Heysham. The island's back up vessel, the Ben-my-Chree, has been brought into action to for freight services to Heysham to free up passenger capacity on sailings by the a statement, the Steam Packet confirmed the generator failure would need "significant maintenance and testing" before it can return to for the disruption, managing director Brian Thomson said the firm was "working hard to get things back on track as soon as we can".The Steam Packet said an update on Tuesday's sailings to Dublin and Liverpool would be issued later. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
France 24
3 days ago
- Automotive
- France 24
Hamilton suffers unprecedented spinning knockout in Belgian GP sprint qualifying
But the gloomy seven-time world champion was cleared of blame by veteran commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle, who said the rear axle of Hamilton's Ferrari "broke up under braking". Brundle said it was "highly unusual", adding: "I don't think there's anyone more surprised at that than Lewis Hamilton. "It looks like a technical issue. Nobody will be more surprised than Lewis. It's almost like the engine sort of stalled out and every time he pulled another shift, it's just locked the rear axle." Hamilton ended up qualifying 18th on the 20-car grid just 24 hours after his highly-charged comments about winning a championship at Ferrari and not suffering the plight of fellow former multiple champions Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. He struggled throughout the day at the sprawling and majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit -- one of his favourites -- and ran wide at Stavelot early in SQ1 before his spin at the chicane. Hamilton said he had never experienced that kind of spin before. Facing reporters later, he was asked what had gone wrong and responded: "I spun." He added that it was "the first time, I think, in my career" that he had spun in that way. "There's not really a lot to say," he added. "Obviously, I'm massively frustrated. "A lot of work has gone in and to be there is not really great. So hopefully tomorrow will be better." © 2025 AFP
CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Northern Lights dazzle over Orillia
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CBS News
6 days ago
- CBS News
Pennsylvania 911 outage was caused by operating system issue, not cyberattack, preliminary report says
The Pennsylvania 911 call system outage earlier this month was caused by a technical issue, not a cyberattack, according to a preliminary report. People calling 911 in Pennsylvania experienced intermittent disruptions on July 12. The update Tuesday from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says the problem stemmed from an operating system issue with Next Generation 911, which processes and routes 911 calls from phones to 911 centers. "As soon as the intermittent outages started, our vendors and partner public safety organizations began to investigate the cause and take steps to resolve the issue," said Jeff Boyle, PEMA's executive deputy director. "We activated the Emergency Alert System and issued Wireless Emergency Alerts as a precautionary measure to notify everyone in Pennsylvania of the issue and to follow county-based back up plans should they not be able to reach the 911 centers by calling the traditional three-digit phone number." When people call 911 in Pennsylvania, their calls first go to a data processing center, where Next Generation Core Services determines their location and sends the call to the proper local 911 call center, according to the update. Officials are working on a more detailed analysis of the incident and plans to improve the system, the update says. "Our team got on it immediately yesterday, restored 911 capabilities relatively quickly and also put out guidance on what folks should do in that interim, I thought they handled it really well, they worked closely with our county officials," Gov. Josh Shapiro said at the time. The agency suggests residents save the phone number for their county's non-emergency 911 line in their phones in case of another disruption. Those numbers are available here.
ABC News
7 days ago
- General
- ABC News
Qantas flight forced to make priority landing after 'technical issue' shortly after takeoff
A Melbourne-bound Qantas flight has been forced to make a priority landing shortly after taking off from the regional city of Mildura in Victoria's north-west. QantasLink flight QF 2079 departed from Mildura Airport at about 10:40am on Tuesday only for pilots to report a "technical issue" shortly after take-off. Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and Country Fire Authority personnel were called to the airport just after 11am. The aircraft proceeded to circle in the Mildura region before landing without incident at the airport just before midday. "Our pilots are highly trained to handle situations like this, and the flight has since landed safely in Mildura," a Qantas spokesperson said. Qantas confirmed 59 passengers were aboard the Dash 8 Q400. Allan Coveney said passengers were told that the "flaps were stuck" and that the plane would have to turn around. "We were flying in circles for quite some time – maybe an hour, maybe an hour and a quarter – then we turn back to Mildura," he said. "We landed quite safely, the crew were very helpful and the plane was calm. "I don't think we really realised there was such a problem till we landed. Mr Coveney said the pilot assured passengers that is was not an emergency situation. "The pilot did say it is not a safety issue, so no-one was worried," he said. "The only thing about the landing was that he had to put the brakes on pretty hard, very quickly, and I guess that's due to the flaps being stuck. "I'm not sure why they didn't continue to Melbourne and fix the issue in Melbourne but, you know, obviously they've got their reasons." Lachlan Harvey was headed to Melbourne for an international flight and said he knew something was wrong when the plane started circling and the cabin crew stayed put. "A bloke a couple of seats in front of us pressed his buzzer for them and they didn't move and we went, 'Oh well' — sort of could see something wasn't right," he said. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been contacted for comment.
