Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady ship made her debut sailing (delayed from Spring of 2020, due to the Covid pandemic) in August 2021. She just had her first accident. On Sunday,…
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Airlines
American Airlines’ Subsidiary Fined For Worker Sucked Into Plane Engine
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegBack in early January, you may have read about the tragedy of Courtney Edwards. The 34-year-old mother of 3 was a grounds crew worker at Alabama’s Montgomery Regional Airport. Edwards…
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It’s been a bad week for John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Last Friday, January 13, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 had to quickly stop its takeoff as an…
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What happens when you crash your new Kia? You end up with NoKia. Yuk yuk yuk! But what happens when you crash a Renault Clio into a Boeing 737-800 owned…
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Weekly Recap
Delta’s Big Priority, Marriott’s Dumb Move, Worst Hotels In The World As Per TripAdvisor, Citibank I.T. Guy ID’d For Running QAnon Website
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHello, travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV in the past week or two. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that…
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Travel
Passenger Video: Plane Engine Stops, Lands In Ocean + What To Do During A Water Landing
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegImagine being on a plane small enough where there are just 2 rows of passengers with an aisle between them. I mean, “there isn’t even a door separating the passengers…
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Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
Couple Livestreamed ‘Nightmare’ Uber Ride When Driver Refused To Stop
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegImagine being a passenger in an Uber, when someone rear ends your driver’s car. As a passenger, as long as you’re not in a hurry, it shouldn’t be that big…
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This Sunday, I was paging through my Twitter feed and saw an article from The New York Times titled: Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design…
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AirlinesGround Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
An Airline Doing Good In A Time of Travel Tragedy
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegI’m sure you’ve heard about the derailment of the Amtrak train in Washington State that happened yesterday morning. While making its inaugural trip from Seattle to Portland, train No. 501…