Sunday 4 October 2009

Air Traffic Control Problems

There was widespread disruption of transatlantic flights when a computer problem at Prestwick grounded all flights from the UK. This just goes to show that, when we fly, our safety is in the 'hands' of a sophisticated piece of modern technology and we can only hope that it hasn't been hacked into by terrorists, or just failed and crashes us into the ground!

Your Sunday questions are: -
  1. Who was born today in 1941 and wrote the best-selling novel "Interview with the Vampire"?

  2. Sputnik 1 (right) was launched today in 1957 from a launchpad in which present day country?

  3. Charlton Heston was born today in 1923 and won his only Oscar for which film?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. John Major; 2. No Doubt; 3. Iraq

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