Federal officials grounded every airplane in the country.
A1 The blackout in the Northeast stranded thousands of travelers as officials grounded planes taking off from the three major airports in the New York area as well as half-dozen others in smaller cities.
It has been business as usual for the 102-foot-long, 24,000-pound model of a British Airways Concorde overlooking Times Square, even though British and French aviation officials grounded the Concorde fleet after an Air France Concorde crashed in July.
The blackout stranded thousands of air travelers, as officials grounded planes and prevented landings at the three major airports in the New York area as well as a half-dozen others, causing a ripple of delays and cancellations.
Yesterday, NASA officials grounded indefinitely the troubled $2 billion Chandra X-ray Observatory due to a suspect rocket motor.
The official ground zero memorial, with its tower footprint pools and bronze list of victims' names, opens on Sept. 12, with the associated museum scheduled to open a year from then.
But the powerful presence of Shia militia in support of the official ground forces and the involvement of Iranian Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, fuelled fears that any such victory may also bring retribution for the Sunni inhabitants of recaptured territory, and for any fighters taken prisoner.
Parken Stadium was selected as the official ground of the final, after a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee.
"Usually this is an informal understanding, especially when a group of reporters is traveling with an official, but sometimes it's part of official ground rules, like for instance on the Defense Secretary's official plane.
There are the two "official' Ground Zero photographers, Gary Marlon Suson, reputedly the only photographer "permitted to document, side-by-side, with firefighters and rescue workers," and Joel Meyerowitz, who recorded for the Museum of the City of New York the changing scenery in and around Ground Zero.
