Wednesday, March 28, 2012

What's in The News Today

A pilot looses it while in flight. A Jet Blue pilot might have had a break down and caused havoc on a flight from New York to Las Vegas. The captain was Clayton Osbon and he was locked out of the cockpit when the co-pilot noticed that Osbon was acting erratically. He was flipping switches in the cockpit and the co-pilot was able to trick him to leave the cockpit so he could lock the door. Osbon was shouting to passengers  "you better start praying now, Al Qaeda and a bomb, and threatened that the plane was going down."  David Gonzalez a former corrections officer was able to restrain the pilot. Gonzalez was on his way to Vegas for a security conference and other passengers also aided in keeping Osbon down. Gonzalez remained on top of Osbon until the plane safely landed in Armarillo, Texas. Osbon was taken into custody.

Avila, J., Dolak, K., Haskell, J & NG, C. ( March 28, 2012). JetBlue Pilot Had a Panic Attack, Sources Say. abc. Good Morning America. Yahoo! News. Retrieved March 28, 2012, from   http://gma.yahoo.com/jetblue-pilot-had-panic-attack-sources-075715972--abc-news-topstories.html


A 12-year-old girl gets beaten and neighbor videos the attack. Holly Gingerella was attacked by a group of girls that she had a sleep over with. She tried to get away, but they continued to attack her. A man video taped the assault and posted it on YouTube. He didn't try to stop the attack and he shows his face in the video as he talks to the camera explaining what was happening. The video was confiscated by the police and the man is not being charged. The mother of the girl who initiated the attack said "she loves her daughter, but my daughter needs help, she has done this too many times and needs to be punished."

Maddox, J. (March 27, 2012). Girl, 12, beaten while neighbor films. CNN Justice. Retrieved March 28, 2012, from  http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/justice/rhode-island-filmed-beating/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Colorado wildfires continue leaving two dead. The fire is 0% contained and it has destroyed 4, 500 acres. The fire started from a controlled burn, but made its way away from the perimeter and climb with force. High winds and dry conditions are the cause for the 0% containment.

CNN. U.S. ( March 28, 2012). Officials: No progress yet in containing deadly fire. Retrieved March 28, 2012, from   http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/us/colorado-wildfire/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
 

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