From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V5 #456 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, December 31 2000 Volume 05 : Number 456 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] Near Disaster ["C.H.S=?ISO-8859-1?B?9g==?=temann" ] Re: [AVALON] This Kenyan ... ["Will Frechette" ] [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Brave_photographer=21?= [gardner@onmail.co.uk] Re: [AVALON] Brave photographer! ["Theresa Fagan" ] Re: [AVALON] Near Disaster [Adrew Howard ] RE: [AVALON] per Telegraph ["Kevin Scollan" ] [AVALON] re: Bryan's near fatal experience [Avalon887@aol.com] [AVALON] Worried looking BF ["Martin Wilkinson" ] Re: [AVALON] Photo... ["Prince of Happiness" ] [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BAVALON=5D_Brave_photographer=21?= [gardner] Re: [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BAVALON=5D_Brave_photographer=21?= [Col] [AVALON] Ferry slant per BBC ["Theresa Fagan" ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:25:13 +0100 From: "C.H.S=?ISO-8859-1?B?9g==?=temann" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Near Disaster Having been away yesterday evening I heard the shocking news just this morning from my father on the telephone. Well, it's good that death remains the friend he still has to meet. I would have been knocked out for weeks, maybe months if he had died. It's of course terrible for all of the 400 passengers, but I wonder what effect this might have on him, Lucy and the children. I guess when you read the news your faces were not as cool as some of your replies... >He then made several solo albums but his career faded for a while before he >returned last year with a critically acclaimed solo album "As Time Goes By." Hm... Christian ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:41:59 From: "James James" Subject: [AVALON] Bryan Ferry survives scare I'm sure everyone knows by now, but here's a report from Canada's online entertainment site, Jam! http://go.msn.com/CM/11813/default.asp?target=http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/dec30_ferry-can.html James _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:48:34 +0100 From: M Gussekloo Subject: Re: [AVALON] per Telegraph Theresa Fagan> Bryan Ferry, former lead singer of the Seventies pop group Roxy Music, was Theresa Fagan> seated in the upper section, next to the cockpit with his wife Lucy and three Theresa Fagan> of his sons, Isaac, Tara and Merlin. Isaac, 15, had noticed the tall, muscular I don't know much of mr. Ferry's family life, but I always thought Tara was a girl's name. If it's not, at least it SHOULD be one. gus ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 06:46:41 -0600 From: "Will Frechette" Subject: Re: [AVALON] This Kenyan ... As in the classic "tie me Kenyan man down sport". Will - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stockman" To: Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [AVALON] This Kenyan ... > Would it be fair to say that this deranged Kenyan would rather die than be > tied down ? ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:22:46 +0000 From: gardner@onmail.co.uk Subject: [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Brave_photographer=21?= That's what I'd like to do when my airplane ride plummets to the ground - grab a camera look around for a celebrity and get that snap before the fireball takes over - say cheese ! Having some trouble getting my head round that one.... ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 08:20:22 -0500 From: "Theresa Fagan" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Brave photographer! From what I have read, Isaac Ferry was the photographer. - --TriTri - ----- Original Message ----- From: | That's what I'd like to do when my airplane ride plummets to the ground - grab a camera look around for a celebrity and get that snap before the fireball takes over - say cheese ! Having some trouble getting my head round that one.... | | ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: Adrew Howard Subject: Re: [AVALON] Near Disaster I would have been knocked out for weeks, maybe > months if he had died. Right, I think we should all be mightily relieved that Bryan survived. If the plane had gone down (and it was 4 seconds from doing so) then it really would have felt like losing a great friend. Just imagine yourself sitting here now writing an obituary. Puts some of the idiotic list ramblings into perspective. He brings a lot of happiness into all our lives and I'm happy that he's still around. Drew _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:32:09 -0000 From: "Kevin Scollan" Subject: RE: [AVALON] per Telegraph Tara is the ancient home of the High Kings of Ireland - over in the far West. This part of Ireland, most of you will know featured on the cover of the Avalon album. I understand from relatives who live over there that Bryan's father in law had a cottage near Galway, and the area is well known to Bryan. (Tragic story attached to that). I imagine the use of the name Tara comes from this connection - either that or he was a great fan of the Avengers (Tara King?). Myself, I preferred Honor Blackman as Steed's side kick. Kevin Scollan - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of M Gussekloo Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:49 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] per Telegraph I don't know much of mr. Ferry's family life, but I always thought Tara was a girl's name. If it's not, at least it SHOULD be one. gus ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:54:57 EST From: Avalon887@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] re: Bryan's near fatal experience I was in the car with my 15 year old son when I heard the news about the 747 near disaster and a quick blurb that our man was on the plane. Later, after dinner at my parents' house, we watched the 10:00 news (NY) and they talked about the near fatal accident and showed a very quick shot of some of the passengers including our man. We really have to believe in angels who were watching over our dear Bryan and his family (and the other hundreds of passengers aboard the plane). Let's not even think about how terrible our New Year's 2000-2001 would have been... Let's think of how great it will be! Cheers to all Avalonians! Eileen in Kew Gardens, NY ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:46:17 -0000 From: "Martin Wilkinson" Subject: [AVALON] Worried looking BF On the BBC news tonight there was a still shot of the inside of the aircraft during the incident. It was obviously taken from a videotape, and at the left of the frame was the profile of a rather worried-looking Bryan Unsettling stuff. Martin Wilkinson ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 23:56:38 -0000 From: "ncjones.lewis2" Subject: [AVALON] Front Page news After following the links posted on the list today regarding the bizarre and rather unsettling news about Bryans (and our) near tragedy, I decided to have a quick trawl other British newspapers websites for other quotes on the story. All were in the same vain although one of our lesser "newspapers" (please note inverted commas non-UK avalonians) actually had our brave little soldier on the front page, complete with hilarious play-on-words headline. Top stuff! ...see link below... http://www.thesun.co.uk/storypics/13270905 Regards Neil Jones ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:16:44 -0600 From: "Prince of Happiness" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Photo... >I nicked your "deranged Kenyan" line for my little news column. I hope you >don't mind. ;-) > >-Rob *laughs* Too cool! All the more reason to start that band! "Bryan's Falling" "Roxy and the Gauged Eye" Great! The Prince of Happiness "Slowly descend from heaven Anyway we turn we win"-Japan, "Alien" http://princeofhappines.tripod.com/thepageofhappines.html _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 19:01:43 -0600 From: BILL Subject: [AVALON] The Paris Concert BRYAN FERRY The Paris Concert BRYAN FERRY (Virgin) DISC INFO RELEASE DATE: Feb. 06, 2001 GENRE: Pop FORMAT: Album TYPE: Live NO. OF DISCS: 1 Live album from 2000 tour. ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:06:46 +0000 From: gardner@onmail.co.uk Subject: [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BAVALON=5D_Brave_photographer=21?= If Issac Ferry was the brave photographer - and I think he was a video taper - then I still ask the same question- it's all a bit ruthless considering the complete horror of it all - who ever would want a photo taken at the moment of possible death? - unless it was taken after the event, but still........ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:18:39 -0500 (EST) From: Colleen Matan Subject: Re: [AVALON] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BAVALON=5D_Brave_photographer=21?= > If Issac Ferry was the brave photographer - and I think he was a video > taper - then I still ask the same question- it's all a bit ruthless > considering the complete horror of it all - who ever would want a > photo taken at the moment of possible death? - unless it was taken > after the event, but still........ If you're referring to the photo that everyone around the world has been seeing, it wasn't taken until after the guy was restrained (and the credit I saw in _The Washington Post_ this morning was to Reuters). I imagine that Isaac was taping during the same timeframe. Colleen ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:33:38 -0500 From: "Theresa Fagan" Subject: [AVALON] Ferry slant per BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1094000/1094419.stm Saturday, 30 December, 2000, 23:27 GMT Star calls for improved cockpit safety Rock star Bryan Ferry has called on British Airways to review its cockpit security policy after Friday's incident in which an hysterical passenger almost caused a jumbo jet to crash. Ferry and his family were among the 379 travellers on board flight BA2069 from London Gatwick to Nairobi when Paul Kefa Mukonyi burst into the cockpit and grabbed the pilot's controls, sending the plane into a nosedive. (caption to picture of Bryan Ferry): "Another four seconds and we would have died" The Roxy Music frontman told The Mail on Sunday the practice of leaving the door between the cockpit and the cabin unlocked during flights was "mad". BA currently has a policy of locking cockpit doors only during take-off and landing. The airline said security issues were being reviewed in the wake of Friday's incident but did not pledge to copy American and Israeli airlines which keep the door locked for the entire flight. BA spokesman Michael Blunt said: "The door is locked on take-off and it is locked again on landing but there has to be constant communication between the cockpit and the cabin crew." Meanwhile, it has emerged that police at Gatwick airport had spoken to Mukonyi before he boarded the plane because appeared confused. A BA spokeswoman said: "We escorted the man to the gate and the police were called at the man's own request because he was confused. "But after talking to him the police decided he was confused, but fit to travel." Captain William Hagan, who grappled with the 27-year-old Kenyan, arrived back in London early on Saturday morning and said he had only been doing his job. Captain William Hagan: Praised crew "I pulled a man from the controls and my co-pilot who was sitting there did what he had to do," he said. He said of his co-pilot, Phil Watson: "He controlled and recovered the aircraft and he did it well." Mukonyi, who had been living in France and flew to England to board the flight to his homeland, is being assessed by doctors in Nairobi. Psychiatrists there said they were dealing with a "very ill man" but did not believe the attack on the jet had been premeditated, nor did they think Mukonyi had intended to crash the jet. Crash risk The drama occurred two hours before the Boeing 747, carrying 379 passengers, three flight crew and 16 cabin crew, was due to land. Mukonyi was arrested when the plane landed Capt Hagan, who lives in Glasgow, and his co-pilot Richard Webb, 35, restrained Mukonyi with the help of business class passengers as another co-pilot Phil Watson, 38, regained control of the aircraft. The 53-year-old pilot earlier said the plane had been within seconds of flipping over and crashing if the intruder had not been overpowered. Ferry, 55, who was setting off on a holiday in Zanzibar with his wife and two sons, said: "Another four seconds and we would have died, which is a very sobering thought." He told the Mail on Sunday: "Luckily the captain was a well-set man, courageous and strong." ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V5 #456 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest