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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

An unexpected memo went out to TSA officers across the country last week stating the new policy will allow all passengers to keep their shoes on in all screening lanes at many airports across the country, starting Sunday. read more


Wednesday, June 04, 2025

BREAKING: Donald Trump has a nuclear meltdown after Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation report is released " revealing that the evidence was "sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction" if the trial had gone to court.


Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.


Sunday, May 18, 2025

Joe Exotic's husband was released from prison and immediately deported to Mexico.


Saturday, May 10, 2025

Tariffs have started hitting consumers and small businesses hard. HERE are the receipts. read more


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Fuel cutoff switches on the 787 are located right below the throttles. You have to pull on the fuel switches in order to flip them on or off. Also, the captain will keep a hand on the throttles to prevent them from moving during takeoff. One of the first things they teach you in flight school is to keep a hand on the throttle during takeoff to prevent a sudden cut of fuel to the engine(s).

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Here's an airline captain explaining how they couldn't have accidentally been switched to the off position:

Air India 171 Update: Fuel Cutoff Switches in 'Cutoff' Position according to WSJ
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IMO, this was an intentional act. There's no way to do this accidentally.

The only conclusion is the co-pilot committed suicide and killed everyone else in the process.

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