The News Thread

Post by **jasonjag** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:49 am

Charges laid after man, 84, beaten at bus stop
July 23, 2008 07:00am

A MAN has been charged after a vicious and cowardly assault on an 84-year-old bus passenger in Woodlands yesterday.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html

Post by **jasonjag** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:19 pm

Toddler left at airport due to Qantas rules
Wednesday, 23 July 2008

A two-year old baby girl was left at Christchurch Airport over the weekend when Qantas regulations saw her separated from her older brother, reports local media.

Hamish, 14, and Montana-Rose, 2 years and 10 months, were coming home from visiting their grandparents when flight attendants prevented Hamish from travelling with his younger sister as he was not 15 years or older.

http://www.etravelblackboard.com/showar ... 61&nav=130

Post by **jasonjag** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:45 pm

Grandad's tribute to 'little rascal' lost in fire
July 23, 2008 10:58am

ARSON has been ruled out in the house fire that claimed the lives of the wife and three-year-old grandson of a volunteer firefighter.

Arson ruled out of fatal house fire
Woman and young grandson killed
Husband was working night shift

A WHEELCHAIR-bound woman who died in a house fire with her three-year-old grandson was like a mother to the boy, her devastated partner said today.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 49,00.html

Post by **jasonjag** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:05 am

Garuda pilot 'deliberately crashed plane'
July 24, 2008 01:17am
PROSECUTORS will argue today that Garuda pilot Marwoto Komar deliberately crashed the Boeing 737-400 that ended up in a fireball off the runway at Yogyakarta, central Java, last year, killing 21 people, including five Australians.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 50,00.html

Must have thought he was a Japanese dive bomber committing hurry curry ??...

Post by **jasonjag** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:06 am

Trainspotter paid to watch disused rail line
July 24, 2008 12:54am
A TRAINSPOTTER is being paid up to $1300 a week to watch a weed-infested rail line that has not been used for more than a decade.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 49,00.html

What a job, I will apply for that.lol jj

Post by **robbage** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:30 pm

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0, ... 21,00.html

Bunny rabbit saves couple from house fire, with pic of rabbit. Seriously.

written_ficton · Post by **written_ficton** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:33 pm

robbage wrote:http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0, ... 21,00.html

Bunny rabbit saves couple from house fire, with pic of rabbit. Seriously.

Robbage, how many times do I need to tell you. Stop smoking that green stuff

Post by **jasonjag** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:22 am

Condoleezza to visit Merceds College, Kings Park
July 23, 2008 07:23pm
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Mercedes College, Kings Park and Swanbourne Barracks on the second day of her WA visit.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html

Post by **jasonjag** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:33 pm

Qantas plane makes emergency landing
July 25, 2008 - 2:57PM

A Qantas Boeing 747 passenger plane flying
from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing in Manila after technical problems, the airport manager told AFP.

http://news.theage.com.au/world/qantas- ... -3kv7.html

Post by **robbage** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:23 pm

written_ficton wrote:Robbage, how many times do I need to tell you. Stop smoking that green stuff

You don't like fire-fighting bunny rabbits?

Post by **jasonjag** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:57 pm

Qantas oxygen tank missing from jet
July 27, 2008 02:23pm

AN oxygen cylinder is missing from the Qantas 747 jumbo that made an emergency landing after a mid-air explosion punched a hole in its fuselage.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 48,00.html

Post by **robbage** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:38 pm

Several passengers reported that some oxygen didn't work or failed to deploy at all.

written_ficton · Post by **written_ficton** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:21 pm

robbage wrote:Several passengers reported that some oxygen didn't work or failed to deploy at all.

Inital ATSB reports indicate's that there are several different stories mentioned by the passengers, each hold a grain of salt.

Its going to get very nasty

written_ficton · Post by **written_ficton** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:22 pm

robbage wrote:
written_ficton wrote:Robbage, how many times do I need to tell you. Stop smoking that green stuff
You don't like fire-fighting bunny rabbits?

Of Course I do, they are cute and cuddley!!!!!!!

Post by **robbage** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:33 pm

written_ficton wrote:
robbage wrote:Several passengers reported that some oxygen didn't work or failed to deploy at all.
Inital ATSB reports indicate's that there are several different stories mentioned by the passengers, each hold a grain of salt.

Its going to get very nasty

Yes, indeedy and I think the term cutbacks will feature prominently.