United States to store European passenger data for 15 years

Details of travellers, including addresses, phone numbers and even credit card information, would be retained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a new draft agreement between the United States and the Union European, the Guardian learned in a draft report leaked to the paper.

Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution which scolds the EU freely for not sharing data on passengers more.

Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Senator Joe Lieberman, said at the time: "Terrorists want still to use planes as weapons of mass destruction against us," and that United States "simply cannot accept" any hindrance of the efforts made by the European Union.

Under the agreement, the United States will also ask airlines to provide these personal data up to 96 hours prior to flight departure. The current system requires airlines to provide the so-called passenger name record 72 hours prior to departure, which allows Customs to American analyze lists of terrorists watch and databases before departure for.

"The keeper of the reports that the accord" recognizes that there will be occasions when people are delayed or prevented from flying because they are identified as a threat and gives them the right to the application for judicial review to the Federal Court. ?

The agreement sets out also what to do in a breach of security or loss of data. Surprisingly, the agreement also recognizes the inevitability of racial profiling. Sensitive personal data, for example, ethnic origin or political opinions, can we used in "exceptional" when a life is in danger.

Germany and the France have already raised concerns on the agreement, while Britain has already opted in.

It is noted that the EU has its own system to keep this type of data, but it is only stored for 5 years.

Disabled driver, wife forced to fly the airplane

 A woman from Colorado who does not know how to fly was to take control of a single-engine aircraft, four-seater Cirrus prop after her husband driver had lost control of the aircraft and difficulty breathing may 17, according to a note from FAA leak on the incident.

Traffic authorities air lost radio contact with the aircraft as it lost altitude in dense clouds, led directly to the peaks of San Juan steep of the Rocky Mountains.

The woman finally radio controller after a 13-minute silence, saying: "Hang, hang on, I try to get him to automatic auto-pilote - I don't know how to do that," according to a memo from the events obtained by CBS Denver.

In a very serious scene from the film "Airplane!", a Great Lakes Airlines cruise nearby pilot then came on the radio to the coach of the women on the fly (pun intended).

Despite instructions, the woman was unable to wrestle the aircraft under his control - and prepared to shut off the engine to deploy a parachute built the aircraft, designed as an ultimate safety measure.

But before she had the chance to pull the rip cord, her husband recovered and resumed the controls, about 40 minutes tense after the start of the test.

He came just in time, the woman said: "I'm not a pilot." I could not landed. ?

Memorial Day 2011: Where are you going?

 Unofficial beginning of summer begins this weekend with the day of remembrance. Grids will be used, swimming pools will be nagés in and beaches will be crowded as Americans across the country, we hope to play outside.

Gasoline prices could hinder plans for travel with the average national gliding around $3.80 per gallon (down to a few weeks ago, when prices have lorsque les prix ont été been gliding around $4 per gallon).

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Vintage Disney World commercials: featuring Michael Jackson and Cosby children

Walt Disney World would not have been around as long as Disneyland, but it still has a tremendous legacy of television advertising. For who else but Mickey Michael Jackson, Kermit the frog, the Cosby Kids and Indiana Jones would make an appearance?

For a return of rapid flame, here are five great ads for Disney World old-school.

Disney World and Eastern Airlines, 1971
In this advertising somewhat creepy, a little girl wanders the forest trying to understand how to get to the Walt Disney World Resort. Problem solved by Eastern Airlines, which proves that you can fly - on roundtrip with Eastern.

EPCOT, 1988
EPCOT Center - now known as the most fresh, unique to Epcot - is seen here as an adventure around the world and into the future. Even Michael Jackson made an appearance as the famous OS musical captain in the much-loved 3D action.

Cosby, 1980s children
Boy these Cosby children were everywhere, were not they? Judging by this announcement, the TV family love that Disney World. However, we wonder if their father was too busy to push pop pudding to make an appearance.

MGM Studios opening, 1989
Not too long, Hollywood Studios of Disney's was known as the MGM Studios. The announcement of the opening of the MGM shows how, in this park, the films are alive.

20th anniversary Countdown, 1991
In the countdown to the 20th anniversary of Disney World, a tower in place of the old school fact characters appearance - Roger Rabbit, the dinosaurs, the Ninja turtles - as well as once rockin' ' Pleasure Island (RIP).

Kyle Pearce, United Airlines passengers, only joined the Mile High Club, is arrested

Kyle Pearce of Florida was flying from Spokane to Denver on May 19, when he shocked fellow travellers masturbating in his seat of United Airlines coach-class, according to an affidavit from FBI filed in Denver may 20The Smoking Gun reports.

It is, unsurprisingly, arrested when United 340 flight landed in Denver. Pearce was charged of "lewd and indecent exposure of his person by exposing his penis and masturbation in plain view.".

Nestled in seats D 18, Pearce began to caressing before it was taken red-handed by his travel companions, according to documents filed by Special Agent Martin Daniell, III, a veteran of the FBI for 11 years.

A passenger seated right D 19 behind Pearce has said police "I struck with my book in the arm, which led him to stop and let to the bathroom."

A woman unlucky enough to be sitting next to Pearce in the 18th cops said it was to masturbate and that he "ejaculated and got some on the seat."

After he descended in the toilet, passengers wondered aloud if Pearce was "stoned on marijuana," say the court documents posted at The Smoking Gun.

For his masturbatory flight machinations, Pearce faces a maximum penalty of 90 days in prison with one year of probation and a fine up to $5,000.

Air France accident attributed to pilot error

 Black boxes recovered from the Air France flight who fell in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 point as pilot error, the cause of the accident.

Events captured by the black box recorders, expected to be officially announced by investigators Friday, will probably slow jet put a dangerous quantity and the crew became faced with a series of failures of automation.

Pilots on the flight of the Brazil in France were apparently distracted by the faulty velocity indicators, reported the Wall Street Journal. This would have caused to treat incorrectly with other essential systems such as the adjustment of the thrust of the engine.

Sources familiar with the aircraft black box recordings tell the newspaper that the drivers appear to be confused by alarms, they received as plan flight passed through turbulence control automated systems. Turbulence is typical on this leg of the route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

The aircraft is also said to have faced unexpectedly heavy icing, which is known for speed indicators and other non-reliable external sensors.

It seems that, while primary cockpit displays maintains a normal function, the crew is not follow Protocol to maintain or increase the thrust that would have kept nose level. It is because they have had difficulty in disentangling the warnings while also keep the trace functions essential aircraft of the power of the engine and the trajectory.

Apparently, Air France pilots have never trained to handle such an emergency. But, since the accident, Air France and a number of other carriers have insisted on the necessary training.

Earlier this month above another body was recovered from the wreck. Fifty bodies were found in the initial research effort.

Barack Obama Ireland travel: the President Chugs a Guinness

President Obama gave the old try College while visiting a pub in Moneygall, Ireland, Monday.

The President and first lady were visiting his ancestral home of Moneygall, the home of his grand-back-back grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, when they visited a pub and they drank some Guinness.

Obama watched the crowd Assembly and quipped, "told me that people are very particular about the person behind the bar." He then threw to the barman and says "therefore people ask for this guy?".

Then, he had a long sip and said "this is good stuff it.".

He looked around a bit, put his hand in his pocket, withdraw a sum of money and said: "I want to just show that the President pay for his beer."

Shot Obama thick beer in only four loudly. Christy O'Sullivan, a clerical worker of Government which took a long lunch break to watch the journey of the Obama in Moneygall, told the AP: "the President actually killed his pint!" It gets my vote. It is the first President, that I have in fact seen drinking the stuff black as he is not ashamed of something. ?

Obama has done better that the Queen is the week last on his trip to the Guinness factory. She and Prince Philip clumsily set a Guinness pint before moving along to the rest of the tour.