Dear Friends Todays Straits Times reports that the cockpit crew of China Airline CI 011 that took off from a taxiway on 25 Jan at Alaska's Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport have been grounded for up to eight months. The Airbus A-340 hit a pile of snow at the end of the taxiway on takeoff, but continued the trip without incident. There were 250 SOB. Have a good week! Russell SIN