Friday, February 20, 2009
Good Morning Buffalo: Flight 3407
Loraine and Tom talk to aviation expert Dr. Phil Reynolds on the role autopilot and icing may have played.
Hometown News: Flight 3407 News Summary
Church bells tolled for the victims of Flight 3407 last night, one week to the minute when the plane.
Governor David Paterson is ordering flags around the state to fly at half-staff on Monday in honor of the victims of 3407.
Four trailers hauled off the last pieces of Flight 3407 yesterday afternoon. Pieces of the plane, including a dismantled tail, destroyed landing gear, and burned and shredded fuselage, are on their way to "an undisclosed secure location." Heavy construction equipment, including a backhoe, lifted bucket after bucket of debris into dump trucks. A garage was left standing near the destroyed home, but that too, will be torn down and taken away in pieces. A neighboring home has also been flagged for demolition.
Families will begin returning to their homes around the crash site. The Wielinski family has stated through a representative that it does not want another home built on the Long Street site. Clarence Town Supervisor Scott Bylewski has met with the Wielinskis and says it's not clear what, if anything, the family would like to see built on the site.
Governor David Paterson is ordering flags around the state to fly at half-staff on Monday in honor of the victims of 3407.
Four trailers hauled off the last pieces of Flight 3407 yesterday afternoon. Pieces of the plane, including a dismantled tail, destroyed landing gear, and burned and shredded fuselage, are on their way to "an undisclosed secure location." Heavy construction equipment, including a backhoe, lifted bucket after bucket of debris into dump trucks. A garage was left standing near the destroyed home, but that too, will be torn down and taken away in pieces. A neighboring home has also been flagged for demolition.
Families will begin returning to their homes around the crash site. The Wielinski family has stated through a representative that it does not want another home built on the Long Street site. Clarence Town Supervisor Scott Bylewski has met with the Wielinskis and says it's not clear what, if anything, the family would like to see built on the site.
HTN: BNIA Fares Still Among Cheapest
Airfares at Buffalo Niagara International Airport remain some of the most affordable in the country. Average prices for a flight in the third quarter of 2008 were just over 286 dollars. The national average was nearly 337 dollars. BNIA was the eleventh-least expensive airport nationwide last year. The Cincinnati airport was ranked most expensive, with an average ticket price of nearly 600 dollars. BNIA saw five-point-five-million passengers last year.
HTN: Health Threat at Grand Island Bridges?
The Department of Environmental Conservation has found that benzene levels at the south Grand Island bridges are 100 times greater than what the state considers a risk level. The carcinogen is being released by vehicles idling on the bridge, waiting to pay their tolls. A resolution, which calls the tolls "a major health risk," was passed Thursday to support their removal. Legislators will appeal to Governor Paterson to use funds from the recently passed 787-billion-dollar federal stimulus package to pay for the removal of the toll barriers.
HTN: Price-Rite Hiring
Yesterday we talked about a new PriceRite market coming to the city. Now, Mayor Brown has announced that the Buffalo Employment & Training Cente, is assisting PriceRite with a recruitment event for the opening of the new store. On-site recruitments have been set for today and Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 77 Goodell Street. You can apply online at www.priceritesupermarkets.com before being interviewed. PriceRite hopes to hire between 80 and 100 people. Starting wage will be eight-dollars-an-hour.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Reason with Scott Leffler
Two hours from Thursday, including a discussion on the Grand Island Bridge tolls.
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