The Kuala Lumpur-bound flight turned back to Perth one and a half hours into the journey due to a “technical issue” and the Airbus 330 landed about three hours after departure, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Telegraph. Passengers have ...
Read More »Part of engine on China Eastern Airlines jet tears away after takeoff
After the airplane landed safely back in Sydney, emergency crews found a gaping hole in the front part of the engine nacelle’s structural casing, known as the nose cowl, according to CNN. The incident with the jetliner’s engines is the ...
Read More »Stratolaunch rolls out world’s largest aircraft
The aircraft moved out of its hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for the first time since construction of the giant plane began there several years ago. Two tugs towed the aircraft, resting on its 28-wheel ...
Read More »Dutch King reveals he secretly piloted KLM passenger flights for 21 years
King Willem-Alexander, reigning monarch of the Netherlands, revealed in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that he’d regularly flown flights for a subsidiary of the Dutch flag carrier for over two decades, according to CNN. Calling the part-time role ...
Read More »Top secret Air Force X-37B lands after two years in space
An unmanned military space plane landed at Kennedy Space Center Sunday with a sonic boom, according to MailOnline. The reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle’s (OTV-4) return concluded an almost two-year mission in orbit, according to the US Air Force. The ...
Read More »China’s C919 Passenger Jet Makes Maiden Flight in Challenge to Boeing, Airbus – Video
The C919 jet was built at a reported development cost of $8.6 billion. It has passed a series of technical and safety tests since rolling off the production line in 2015,Joinfo.com reports with reference to NBC News. After the 90-minute ...
Read More »Google Kitty Hawk flying car will be available this year
Google co-founder Larry Page’s mysterious flying cars will be available to buy by the end of this year, according to MailOnline. The billionaire’s company Kitty Hawk has officially launched after months of rumours and speculation. Kitty Hawk president Sebastian Thrun, ...
Read More »United Airlines passenger ‘stung by scorpion’ on flight
Richard Bell said the scorpion fell from the overhead bin and onto his head during lunch on a trip from Houston, Texas to Calgary in Canada, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. After putting it on his plate, he ...
Read More »Boeing Dreamliner 787-10 takes to the skies in its first flight test
Boeing Co’s newest and largest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, successfully made its first flight on Friday, kicking off a test program for the high-tech jet, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily Mail. The plane, which sells for $312.8 million at ...
Read More »China-built amphibious aircraft set for maiden flight in May
China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, will make its maiden flight in late May from the southern city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. China has stepped ...
Read More »Supersonic Planes Are Mounting a Comeback—Without That Earth-Shaking Boom
Two things explain why you aren’t jetting across the country at the speed of sound: cost, and noise. Forty-eight years after the Concorde made its first flight, supersonic commercial aircraft remain enormously complex and prohibitively expensive. They also generate an ...
Read More »Boeing 737 MAX 9 makes its debut
The first Boeing 737 MAX 9 was officially debuted this Tuesday, when it was rolled out in front of employees at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, according to New Atlas. Featuring a maximum capacity of 220 passengers and a ...
Read More »Only 5 per cent of the world’s population has ever been on an aircraft: 39 incredible plane facts revealed
MailOnline Travel has scoured the internet and spoken to insiders at the Royal Aeronautical Society and carriers such as British Airways and easyJet to bring you 39 incredible plane facts. The Boeing 747 wingspan (195ft) is longer than the distance ...
Read More »Bombardier develops concept of supersonic jet that could reach 25,000 km/h speed
Canadian designer Charles Bombardier is developing a concept aircraft called The Antipode that could potentially fly at an incredible speed of 25,600 kilometers per hour (or Mach 24) and reduce a flight from London to New York to just 20 minutes, ...
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