Two Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being treated for injuries after a passenger jet heading to Las Vegas from southern California took a dramatic plunge shortly after takeoff on Friday, the airline and passengers said. Southwest flight 1496, headed from Burbank to Las Vegas, received two alerts that made the plane climb and then descend, according to a statement from …
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Wild new ‘Skyfall’ Mars mission would drop 6 scout helicopters onto the Red Planet from the air (video)
A new Mars exploration idea seemingly would drop a hornet’s nest of helicopters from high above the Red Planet. The idea comes from the world of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) concepts here on Earth, but is designed for exploring another world: Mars. AeroVironment of Arlington, Virginia and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory today debuted “Skyfall,” a concept for deploying next-generation Mars …
Read More »Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists | Air pollution
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050. The report, which was produced by researchers at the Medical Research …
Read More »M18 pistol use halted by Air Force Global Strike Command after airman death
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has paused the use of a handgun following the death of a Security Forces airman at a base in Wyoming. The use of the M18 pistol, a variant of another gun that has been the target of lawsuits over unintentional discharge allegations, was paused Monday “until further notice” following the “tragic incident” on …
Read More »This upgraded M3 iPad Air config just hit its best Amazon price ever at nearly $250 off, more from $499
While we did see $120 price drops delivering new all-time lows across the entire M3 iPad Air lineup for Prime Day a couple weeks ago, Amazon is offering a particularly notable deal at far better than that on one of the configurations this morning. Regularly $1,299, you’ll now find the 1TB 11-inch M3 iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cell upgrade …
Read More »Pickens on CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott, Brian Schottenheimer and ‘fresh air’ with Cowboys
OXNARD, Calif. — George Pickens is in a much different boat going into 2025, literally and figuratively speaking. Fresh off of a summer bonding trip with All-Pro quarterback Dak Prescott and other teammates that involved fishing, jet skiing and the like, the newly-acquired highlight creator now enters his first-ever Dallas Cowboys’ training camp surrounded by weapons — having started his …
Read More »Air Force says B-52 crew wasn’t told of passenger jet before near-miss
The crew of a B-52H Stratofortress that had a near-miss with a civilian airliner near Minot International Airport last Friday told air traffic control they were nearby, but were not informed a passenger jet was in the area, the Air Force said. The passenger jet, flight 3788 from SkyWest Airlines, was on approach to land at the Minot airport the …
Read More »Air India says no issues in Boeing fuel switches’ locking mechanism
NEW DELHI (AP) — Air India said Tuesday that preliminary inspections found no issues in the locking mechanism of fuel control switches for select Boeing aircrafts. The announcement followed a preliminary investigation into last month’s Air India plane crash that the switches shifted and flipped within seconds, starving both engines of fuel. Air India operates a fleet of Boeing 787 …
Read More »‘Air space concerns’ causes last-minute scrub of NASA’s TRACERS mission – Spaceflight Now
NASA’s two TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) are encapsulated along with five other satellites ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: NASA Update July 22, 2:30 p.m. EDT: The SpaceX launch director called an abort of the mission; targeting Wednesday, July 23. NASA’s next trip to space will be …
Read More »Air India Finds ‘No Issues’ After Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches – The New York Times
Air India Finds ‘No Issues’ After Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches The New York Times Air India crash report: Cockpit voices fuel controversy over doomed flight BBC Air India says completed inspection of fuel switch locking system on Boeing fleet, no issues found The Hindu Air India completes check of all Boeing planes, says no issues found Hindustan Times ‘No issues found’: Air India …
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