Hydrogen-powered flight has often been discussed as one of aviation’s possible long-term answers to cutting emissions, but moving from research programmes to commercial aircraft has remained a difficult task. That landscape may now be beginning to change. As reported in the official press release, Airbus and Germany’s MTU Aero Engines have announced plans to create […]
WASHINGTON/DENVER: A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the Denver International Airport runway during takeoff, airport authorities said, spa-rking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.“DEN can confirm that the pedestrian jumped the perimeter fence and was hit just two minutes later while crossing the runway,” the statement said, adding, “The […]
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster, establishing a domestic power milestone for power output in the United States with 120 kilowatts. Unlike traditional rockets, this engine uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate ionised lithium plasma, providing the necessary thrust for missions […]
Patna, May 7: A cabinet expansion of the Samrat Chaudhary government took place on Thursday at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, where a total of 32 individuals, including Nishant Kumar, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Shrawan Kumar, and Lacey Singh, took their oaths as ministers. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by prominent leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
Representative photo (AP) Europe’s auto industry is braced for a major announcement from the EU on December 10, which could see significant changes made to the European Commission’s proposed 2035 combustion engine phase-out.However, amid pressure from carmakers and other affected sectors such as car rental and car leasing companies, the announcement may now be pushed […]
SpaceX’s Starship lifts off successfully (Source: X/@SpaceX) SpaceX’s Starship megarocket finally took flight on Tuesday, after two scrubbed attempts in the past two days.Starship’s 10th integrated test flight took off the launch pad at the company’s Starbase facility in southern Texas at 6.30 pm local time (2330 GMT). SpaceX shared live footage of the launch […]
A United Airlines flight bound for Munich was forced to return to Washington Dulles Airport on Friday shortly after takeoff, following a mid-air engine failure. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, operating as Flight UA108, experienced a malfunction in its left engine just minutes after departure, prompting the pilots to declare a Mayday emergency and initiate an […]
South Korean investigators have found clear evidence that pilots of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December shut down the wrong engine after a bird strike, a source familiar with the probe said on Monday. The investigation, led by South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB), has found that the left engine, […]
A fire truck theft in Washington state on Friday night led to extensive damage and multiple vehicle collisions. The incident occurred when an Everett Fire Department vehicle was taken from Hoyt Avenue, situated 30 miles north of Seattle, whilst firefighters attended a medical emergency at an apartment building’s fifth floor, according to the department’s update […]
Former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson, recalls the most “consequential three seconds” of his life when he had pulled down levers that could cut off fuel to the engines in an Alaska Air Flight 2059, reports CBS News. He had reportedly been under the influence of “magic mushrooms” and lost sense of reality. Emerson boarded […]
