Regional jets jam O'Hare
American, United pack in flights
By Jon Hilkevitch
Tribune transportation reporter
Published February 18, 2004
The nation's two largest airlines are set to trim flights at O'Hare International Airport in March to ease delays, but the intense escalation of the use of smaller jets will make it difficult to notice any congestion relief, aviation experts say.
Regional jets, with 35 to 70 seats, account for more than 40 percent of the 1,400 daily departures at O'Hare, up from less than one-third of flights two years ago when flight caps at the airport were lifted, according to an analysis of data in the Official Airline Guide.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0402180332feb18,1,6250918.story?coll=chi-newslocal-hed I was looking out my huge window this am, living 15 minutes from O'Hare many planes fly by me. I saw a huge jet going in for a landing and then one little one criss-crossing immediately behind hit, I literally cloes my eyes waiting for the little one to hit the tail of the jet!
Trailer with 50,000 pounds of fertilizer MISSING from suburban Atlanta
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080747/posts#15 "According to WAGA's 5:30 update, the plant is a Nestle plant in Henry County, and the fertilizer in question IS PROBABLY ammonium nitrate. They indicated that there was a concern, because if it was ammonium nitrate, it could be used in the making of an explosive.
According to Henry Co. police, the trailer has been missing four days, and did not show up at it's intended delivery point in Fairburn, GA, southwest of Atlanta"