Helicopter crashes in industrial park in Delaware

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A helicopter has crashed into a building in a Delaware industrial park and burst into flames.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or whether there were any injuries or fatalities.
A man who answered the phone at the Wilmington Manor Fire Company says emergency crews were called to the Airport Industrial Park in New Castle shortly before noon Thursday. The location is close to the Wilmington airport.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mp3 is officially dead as founders terminate licensing program

Image
MP3 changed the way we listen to music, as we shifted from bulky Walkmans to compact digital listening devices. But the digital audio encoding format has now been officially confirmed as dead by the people who invented it. MP3 has widely been credited with turning the music world on its head by allowing digital audio to be compressed without significantly impacting the quality of the sound. But the Fraunhofer Institute officially terminated its licensing program for certain MP3-related patents, in a move widely interpreted by tech experts as MP3's "official death warrant". Yes, you can still listen to MP3 files While the move is fairly symbolic — you can still use MP3 files if you want to — the removal of support for the format signals an official shift in the industry. Better quality formats that offer more efficient compression and more functionality are now the standard. And of course streaming is now a popular way many people listen to music and oth...
Read more

BBC fools HSBC voice recognition security system

Image
BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons set up an HSBC account and signed up to the bank's voice ID authentication service. HSBC says the system is secure because each person's voice is "unique". But the bank let Dan Simmons' non-identical twin, Joe, access the account via the telephone after he mimicked his brother's voice. The bank said it would "review" ways to make the ID system more sensitive following the BBC investigation. 'Really alarming' HSBC introduced the voice-based security in 2016, saying it measured 100 different characteristics of the human voice to verify a user's identity. Customers simply give their account details and date of birth and then say: "My voice is my password". Although the breach did not allow Joe Simmons to withdraw money, he was able to access balances and recent transactions, and was offered the chance to transfer money between accounts. "What's really alarming is that the...
Read more