Sentences with phrase «from air disasters»

While no doubt borne out of a well - intentioned desire to protect consumers (remembering the recent impacts of mortgage - backed securities on financial markets), the Senators» approach is akin to responding to a tragic airplane crash by concluding that the best way to protect consumers from air disasters in the future is simply to ban flying.

Not exact matches

Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

For now, SpaceX has tweaked its fueling method in hopes of avoiding another disaster ahead of Sunday's launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

But like air disasters, it stemmed from problems falling like dominos.

United and Benfica go a long way together in this competition — as 1968, a teary - eyed Matt Busby led the Red Devils to their first European Cup win in Wembley, a decade after the side lost as many as eight players (23 in total) to the Munich Air Disaster while attempting to return from a victorious European encounter against Red Star Belgrade.

But United's season ended in glory as a 4 - 1 win over Benfica saw Matt Busby's men become England's first European Cup winners, 10 years on from the Munich air disaster in which eight of the team died.

But his goal against Sevilla — a calm and composed slammed finish from eight yards that he dedicated to the victims of the Chapecoense air disaster — opened the scoring in what ended - up being Granada's most incredible result, beating their high - flying Andalusian rivals 2 - 1.

Iodine 131 was a significant contributor to health effects from open - air atomic bomb testing in the 1950s and from the Chernobyl disaster in the 1980s, which is still causing problems in some parts of Wales and the Lake District.»

He says the long - term danger may stem from exposure to certain perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs — chemicals released into the air as electronics and furniture burned in the disaster.

Glowing orbs that drift through the air; blue - white sheets of light; sparks and flashes and flames licking up from the ground... all may be signs of disaster to come.

These departments are essential to the health and safety of all Americans: protecting public health; ensuring clean air, water, and the safety of our food and consumer goods; protecting our natural resources; and responding to national emergencies of all kinds, from terror attacks to natural disasters.

Society could benefit greatly by taking the same approach to natural hazards as that taken by the aviation industry toward air disasters, which means «learning from experience,» he said.

Potential disaster scenarios at hospitals range from floods to hostage situations, bomb threats to earthquakes, HVAC (air filtration system) failures to tornados.

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«In the first nineteen months of European war, from September 1939 to March of 1941, the island nation of Britain and her allies lost, to U-boat, air, and sea attack, to mines and maritime disaster, one thousand five hundred and ninety - six merchant vessels.

Thick ash started shooting thousands of meters into the air above Mount Agung on Saturday, driving east and southeast along the archipelago, forcing more than 29,000 people to evacuate from their homes, the Bali Provincial Board for Disaster Relief said, revising their initial estimate.

Debris from Mount Rinjani has spewed 3,500 m (11,480 ft) into the air, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

In Final Fantasy VI, you'd sing in an opera, take a first - person ride through underground train tracks, steal clothing from merchants, catch a train that ushers dead souls to the underworld, talk your way into getting sweet rewards at a treacherous banquet, collect fish for a sick old man, fight off an imperial air force, and try to figure out how to piece together a group of people's lives in the wake of earth - shattering disaster.

The built - in fans pull air out and away from the system to help prevent overheating; a simple solution to prevent a terrible disaster in the future.

Air pressure changes, allergies increase, Alps melting, anxiety, aggressive polar bears, algal blooms, Asthma, avalanches, billions of deaths, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, boredom, budget increases, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cannibalistic polar bears, cardiac arrest, Cholera, civil unrest, cloud increase, cloud stripping, methane emissions from plants, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink, cold spells, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, damages equivalent to $ 200 billion, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of coastal cities, disaster for wine industry (US), Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, drowning polar bears, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early spring, earlier pollen season, earthquakes, Earth light dimming, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth wobbling, El Nià ± o intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis,, Everest shrinking, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (ladybirds, pandas, pikas, polar bears, gorillas, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang - utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, famine, farmers go under, figurehead sacked, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses, floods, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frosts, fungi invasion, Garden of Eden wilts, glacial retreat, glacial growth, global cooling, glowing clouds, Gore omnipresence, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Gulf Stream failure, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, hurricanes, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, inclement weather, Inuit displacement, insurance premium rises, invasion of midges, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens taxed, krill decline, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits increase, lawyers» income increased (surprise surprise!)

Helping communities replant their urban canopies after natural disasters will ensure that pollutants will continue to be removed from the air for years to come.

Atmospheric inversion caused an air - pollution disaster in London in December 1952 in which about 3,500 persons died from respiratory diseases.

If you want a quick overview of all the impacts that the BP oil spill has had (and is having) on the entire marine ecosystem, from the ocean floor to the air above the surface, look no further than NRDC's new Go Below the Surface of the Gulf Oil Disaster interactive graphic.

HO - 2, or Broad Coverage, includes the disaster circumstances of HO - 1, and adds some more specific disasters, like snow, falling objects, freezing of or accidental discharge of water from plumbing, heating, air - conditioning, or from within a household appliance, and electrical surge damage.

Q. TRIP INTERRUPTION — Subject to the Terms of this insurance and in the event of the Unexpected death of a Relative of the Insured Person, or in the event the Insured Person's trip or travel plans must be cancelled or interrupted as a result of a break - in or substantial destruction due to a fire or Natural Disaster of the Insured Person's principal residence in his / her Home Country, the Company will reimburse the Insured Person's actual expense up to the amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits / Limits for the costs of a one - way air or ground transportation ticket of the same class as the unused travel ticket to transport the Insured Person from the International airport nearest to where the Insured Person was located at the time of learning of such death or destruction to the International airport nearest to: (i) the location of the Relative's funeral or place of burial, or (ii) the Insured Person's destroyed principal residence; subject to the following conditions and limitations:

R. TRIP INTERRUPTION — Subject to the Terms of this insurance and in the event of the Unexpected death of a Relative of the Insured Person, or in the event the Insured Person's trip or travel plans must be cancelled or interrupted as a result of a break - in or substantial destruction due to a fire or Natural Disaster of the Insured Person's principal residence in his / her Home Country, the Company will reimburse the Insured Person's actual expense up to the amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits / Limits for the costs of a one - way air or ground transportation ticket of the same class as the unused travel ticket to transport the Insured Person from the International airport nearest to where the Insured Person was located at the time of learning of such death or destruction to the International airport nearest to: (i) the location of the Relative's funeral or place of burial, or (ii) the Insured Person's destroyed principal residence; subject to the following conditions and limitations:

R. TRIP INTERRUPTION: Subject to the Terms of this insurance and in the event of the Unexpected death of a Relative of the Insured Person, or in the event the Insured Person's trip or travel plans must be cancelled or interrupted as a result of a break - in or substantial destruction due to a fire or Natural Disaster of the Insured Person's principal residence in his / her Home Country, the Company will reimburse the Insured Person's actual expense up to the amount shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS / LIMITS for the costs of a one - way air or ground transportation ticket of the same class as the unused travel ticket to transport the Insured Person from the International airport nearest to where the Insured Person was located at the time of learning of such death or destruction to the International airport nearest to: (i) the location of the Relative's funeral or place of burial, or (ii) the Insured Person's destroyed principal residence; subject to the following conditions and limitations: (1) The Insured Person must be outside of his / her Home Country at the time of the Unexpected death of the Relative or the substantial destruction of the principal residence; and