There is no explanation as to how this might have happened, but the fire started in the wheel and then spread rapidly. Fortunately there was a passer-by who happened to have a fire extinguisher on hand (crazy, but true and we are thankful for that) and he was able to extinguish the fire.
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X-51A Waverider makes successful test flight
Hypersonic X-51A “Waverider” aerocraft produced by the Boeing Company makes a successful test flight on May 26, 2010. The vehicle flew at fives times the speed of sound for about three minutes. Powered by a scramjet engine, X-51A is designed to ride on its own shockwave, furnishing the U.S. Air Force with a long-sought Prompt [...]
GoDaddy stopping registering domains in China
Godaddy – one company is ready to follow Google’s stance on doing business in China. During a congressional hearing later today to discuss Internet freedom and China, GoDaddy managerial plan to announce that they will stop registering domain names in China in response to a new government policy that requires extensive information about registrants. Starting [...]
Pakistan to participate in fuel-efficient vehicle assembly competition
To promote fuel-efficient vehicles, twenty-seven teams of young Pakistani engineers from various universities have been selected to take part in a competition being held in Malaysia this year. The selected team in see-off competition organised by Shell Pakistan on Wednesday, as part of a Shell Eco-Marathon initiative, seeking to develop energy solutions, the competition encourages [...]
Motorola sets breakup for 2011
Motorola will split into two separate companies in the first quarter of 2011, almost a year from now. The company had firstly planned to spin off the mobile devices unit on its own. Now Motorola plans to spin off the mobile devices and home units into one company led by Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola. [...]
PayPal Suspended in India
PayPal payments to and from India blocked by the company, and non of the transaction was officiallly possible since last week. The paypal official quoted on his personal blog few days back, Hi blog readers, it’s Anuj from the communications team here. I’m writing to let you know that personal payments to and from India [...]
American Airline Jet Skids Off landing
An American Airlines jet skidded off the ending of a runway while landing during a cloudburst Tuesday night in Kingston, Jamaica, critically injuring two passengers. The Boeing 737-800, which is one of the airline’s latest jet models, had 148 passengers on board and six crew members, the airline said. There were no losses, but a [...]
Maldives hold cabinet meeting Underwater
Maldives government ministers had taken lessons underwater signs for an extraordinary Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean with the intension to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation. Since taking charge last year, President Mohammed Nasheed has emerged as an important International voice on the impact of climate change with [...]
‘Gadgets’ Medals would be used in Olympics 2010
Can you imagine circuit boards hanging on your neck presented as medal after winning a game? J Medalists at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games will celebrate with circuit boards hanging from their necks. That’s true. Gold, silver, and bronze medals for the future events will be full of metal from recycled TVs, [...]
Younis Khan Wants Guarantee of Captaincy till ’11 World Cup
Younis Khan wants guarantees of captaincy until the 2011 World Cup if he is to take back the captaincy following his sudden resignation earlier this week – local media reported on Thursday. ‘Younis Khan has placed a demand of captaining the side until World Cup 2011 if the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) wants him to take [...]