Through burning hills and blinding smoke: the aerial fight to save a city
Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...
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Watch cockpit footage from military aircraft battling California wildfires
In addition to the array of civil firefighting aircraft operating on the frontline of the historic wildfires in the Los Angeles area, military aircraft equipped with firefighting systems have also ...
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Airbus A350 Marks 10-Year Anniversary In Revenue Service
Since its service entry, the A350 fleet has accumulated 10.6 million flight hours and 1.6 million flight cycles. The -900 ...
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China’s aircraft carrier claims ‘all-weather’ combat capability to counter US, allies
China has strengthened its maritime power as the country’s second active aircraft carrier achieved “all-weather” combat capacity last year. Named Shandong, the carrier recently completed its ...
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Air Force to get 8 Bell helicopters from the USA and trainer aircraft from Pakistan
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is to enhance its air capabilities with the addition of eight Bell-206 helicopters from the United States and an FT-7 trainer aircraft from Pakistan this year ...
The Indian Express15d
Jeju Aircraft Crash: How exactly a plane lands, and what could have gone wrong
For landing, a pilot uses slats and flaps, retractable surfaces on the front and back of wings. You can see them from a passenger window, in extended position before landing. An aircraft needs to be ...
Daily Express17d
Boeing breaks silence after fatal South Korea plane crash killed 179 people
Boeing has issued a statement following the crash of one of its 737-800 aircraft in South Korea on Sunday, which resulted in the deaths of 179 people. The crash, one of the worst in the country ...
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South Korea To Inspect All Boeing Aircraft After Plane Crash That Killed 179
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country ... The plane landed without its front landing ...
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South Korea orders inspections of all Boeing 737-800 jetliners like the one that crashed, killing 179
Seoul, South Korea — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated ... The plane landed without its front landing gear deployed ...
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Plane Passenger Calls Out 6-Foot-5 Seatmate for ‘Constantly Shoving’ the Seat in Front of Him to Get Comfortable
Because he was so tall, he “sandwiched his legs” and pressed his knees into the occupied seat in front of him — a seat he noted was not even reclined. According to the OP, who goes by the ...
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South Korea orders inspection of Boeing aircraft after crash kills 179
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the ... The plane landed without its front landing gear ...
Washington Times17d
South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -h South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated ... landed without its front landing gear deployed ...