Newark Liberty International Airport: Newark airport evacuates control tower after burning smell; flights briefly halted

[ad_1] Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were briefly paused on Monday morning after air traffic controllers evacuated the control tower following reports of smoke and a burning smell, prompting a temporary ground stop.As per ABC News, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a ground stop was put in place after the tower was evacuated […]

Washington flight disruptions: Operations resume after chemical smell triggers ground stop

[ad_1] Representational image (Assocaited Press photo) Flight operations across the Washington DC region resumed on Friday (local time) after a temporary ground stop triggered by reports of a strong chemical smell at a major air traffic control facility.Transportation secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the development in a post on X, saying, “The ground stop is over […]

MAGA influencer weighs in on Indians ‘smell’ remarks after viral Japan street video: ‘Every culture despises them’

[ad_1] A US conservative influencer aligned with the MAGA movement faced backlash after commenting on a viral Japanese street interview that mentioned Indians in the context of food smells.Andrew Branca, a right-wing commentator, posted on X: “Every culture I’ve ever encountered that has had any meaningful exposure to Indians utterly despises them.” His remark came […]

‘Indians dogpiled him’: US techie behind ‘imagine the smell’ comments opens up amid major outrage

[ad_1] Nik Pash, the US techie who drew the wrath of social media after making an apparent comment on Indian techies that they are smelly, has been fired from his company, Cline. Cline founder and CEO Saoud Rizwan initially came to Nik’s defence, asserting that the comment was a generic comment on how jampacked hackathon […]

‘Imagine the smell’: Why Cline AI head’s anti-India comment was neither a joke nor neutral | World News

[ad_1] When a single-line reply under a hackathon photo set off a storm on X, many outside the Indian and South Asian tech community initially dismissed the reaction as overblown. The phrase was short, vague and, to some, easily explained away as a crude joke about long hours and crowded rooms. But for many Indians […]

US techie comes under fire for anti-Indian ‘imagine the smell’ comment; his boss says it’s OK

[ad_1] Nik Pash, the AI head of Cline, drew massive flak after he made an unsavory comment on a photo of apparently Indian coders. But his company head came to his rescue and explained that social media users took his comment out of context and that there was nothing racist about what Nick wrote. But […]

Atlanta airport chaos: Hartsfield-Jackson ATC tower evacuated after fire alarm, gas smell; flights delayed

[ad_1] The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was temporarily evacuated Friday night after a fire alarm and the smell of gas were reported, the Federal Aviation Administration said. During the evacuation, controllers declared “ATC Zero,” halting all tower air traffic services and prompting a ground stop for incoming flights. Some planes […]

‘Aircraft malfunction’: Chinese domestic flight makes emergency landing in Nanjing; passengers report burning smell

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A Chinese domestic flight of Shandong Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Nanjing on Friday after multiple passengers reported a burning odour, according to the South China Morning Post.Flight SC4667 en route from Qingdao to Shanghai diverted back to Nanjing after it experienced an “aircraft malfunction”. The airline […]