Blog Heap o'Transport Links 5 April 2011

Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson on Tuesday unveiled a new single-person submarine that he said will be used to set new world records by exploring the five deepest parts of the world's oceans.

The debris is from a Chinese satellite that was deliberately destroyed in 2007 as part of a weapons test. It's projected to pass within a couple miles of the space station. It's possible the risk of a collision will diminish. If that happens, the three station residents won't have to close themselves off in the Soyuz spacecraft.

A United Airlines flight that left Louis Armstrong International Airport Monday morning was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing minutes after takeoff when smoke was reported in the cockpit... Passengers reported an unusual amount of turbulence that never subsided....