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Brazilian plane lost over Amazon A Brazilian passenger plane with at least 140 people on board has gone missing in the Amazon region. Brazilian airline Gol said it was trying to locate the plane after it went missing from its radar screens. Globo news agency reported the Boeing 737 had struck an executive jet, which was then able to land in the Serra de Caximbo region of Para state. Flight 1907 left the city of Manaus on Friday afternoon, but failed to arrive as scheduled in Brasilia. Speaking to Brazilian radio station, CBN, the president of the country's aviation regulator...

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2006 – Wounded veterans cruised the Potomac River in style yesterday aboard the presidential yacht USS Sequoia, while area businesses and Defense Department officials honored their sacrifice. Wounded troops and their families board the USS Sequoia, greeted by the yacht's crew and Army Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Giuliano, a tenor with the U.S. Army Band, in Washington, June 8. Photo by Paul X. Rutz  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. "I want them to feel the weight of their sacrifice in a way that brings honor and joy to them as a small form of compensation...

AL BASRA OIL TERMINAL, North Persian Gulf (NNS) -- Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 71 Sailors are training their Iraqi marine counterparts to defend the waters surrounding Iraq’s oil platforms, Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT). Coordinated through Commander, Task Group (CTG) 158.1, the ongoing training scenario simulates an attack on the terminals and culminates with the live-fire shooting of a target placed in the water. During the training, Iraqi marines manning the lookouts report the scenario’s progress to the Tactical Operations Center (TOC), which decides the proper course of action. While the attacking vessel...

5/30/2006 - YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- Three Airmen from the 374th Medical Group here are deployed to the U.S. Navy hospital ship, USNS Mercy, as it travels through Southeast Asia on a humanitarian mission. The mission is an opportunity for a U.S. team consisting of medical professionals from the Air Force, Army and Navy to work with members of the U.S. Public Health Service and nongovernmental organizations. The Airmen joined the Mercy crew in the Philippines and will get the opportunity for hands-on training in the field, including diagnosing and surveying diseases in the area; analyzing industrial hygiene;...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 4, 2006) – Col. Jeffrey N. Williams launched Wednesday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day flight to the International Space Station some 230 miles from earth. Flight engineer for Expedition 13, Williams is joined by Pavel Vinogradov of Russia and Marcos Pontes of Brazil. The crew will conduct a variety of scientific experiments, to include studying the effects of long-term weightlessness. “It is important that we dedicate time and effort to understanding the impacts of a weightless environment on the human body because the space station’s primary purpose, of course, is … to...

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 – All 17 people aboard survived the crash of an Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport jet at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Air Force officials reported. No official information was available on the condition of the survivors, who are members of Air Force Mobility Command's 436th Airlift Wing and the Air Force Reserve's 512th Airlift Wing. Both units are based at Dover. The jet crashed short of the runway at 6:30 a.m. while attempting to return to the base shortly after takeoff, reportedly because of mechanical problems. The huge aircraft broke into three pieces -- the...

Food Running Low Aboard Space Station Published Thursday, December 9, 2004 By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Food is running so low aboard the international space station that the two crewmen have been instructed to cut back on calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks, NASA said Thursday. If anything goes wrong with the Christmas Day delivery, the space agency will have no choice, given the grounding of its shuttle fleet, but to abandon the station and bring the men home in early January. This cargo ship "is very...

LOS ANGELES - Two men pleaded guilty to smuggling 50 Mexican nationals into the United States by crowding them into the small cabin of a rented luxury yacht, the Department of Homeland Security said. On Monday, Gregory Ray LaBono, 48, of Lomita and 21-year-old tropical fish dealer Vernon Eugene Siegel of Big Pine, Fla. each admitted to one felony count of conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien to enter the United States, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice. Their 44-foot yacht was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard near an entrance to Los Angeles Harbor...

More illnesses reported aboard Disney Caribbean cruise Disney officials say another 26 people have contracted a flu-like virus aboard a cruise liner on Friday. A total of 187 people have now fallen ill during the seven-day Caribbean voyage. Twenty-three passengers and three crew members of the Magic were reported ill with a "Norwalk-like" virus on Friday. The ship - carrying 2,400 guests and about 1,000 crew - is scheduled to return on Saturday to Port Canaveral in Florida. The sicknesses came after about 275 people became ill on the Magic's last voyage. They led Disney to cancel the ship's next...