Tag: Romania
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From the Night
In the pre-dawn of an English winter, it is among the world’s loneliest places. Here, few birds will fly and none sing at this hour. Awestern gale, damp and cold, rattles the scrub of a featureless landscape, finding its way into the bones of the unwary traveler. Few will travel here. Of a…
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Red Bull – the Dark Side
I came across this item in the normal course of research. Put yourself, if you will, in the place of a nervous air passenger with a window seat on this flight: On 24 September 1994, TAROM Flight 381, an Airbus A310 (YR-LCA) flying from Bucharest to Paris Orly, went into a sudden and un-commanded nose-up position…