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Boeing Starliner Test Flight Stretches to 93 Days as Engineers Struggle With Propulsion Thruster Issues
Boeing’s Starliner test flight has been reclassified by NASA as a Type A mishap after propulsion anomalies extended the mission from days to 93 days. Helium leaks and thruster failures during docking raised safety concerns and exposed technical and leadership shortcomings. An investigation issued 61 recommendations, and NASA says no additional cr...
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How A British Airways Flight To Jakarta Survived Volcanic Ash And Failure Of All Four Engines
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 lost all four engines mid-flight, and Captain Eric Moody still managed to land it safely, saving 263 lives
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Sunita Williams Stranded In Space Labeled One Of Worst NASA Disasters
Starliner's botched flight left Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stuck for months at the International Space Station.
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On Camera, Midair Explosion Leaves Jet Engine Shredded, Passengers Terrified
A commercial passenger flight operated by Arik Air made an emergency landing in southern Nigeria after one of its engines exploded, causing severe damage, according to officials and safety reports.
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Air India Re-inspects Fuel Switches On Boeing 787s After Reported Defect
Air India has launched a precautionary re-inspection of fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft following a reported defect on one plane.
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All B-787 Must Be Grounded, Checked For Electrical Faults: Pilots' Body Chief
President of the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), Captain CS Randhawa, on Monday called for urgent inspections of all Boeing 787 aircraft for electrical system faults, citing recurring incidents that he said compromise flight safety.
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Air India Ahmedabad Crash And Fuel Switch Controversy That Followed
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating flight AI132 from London to Bengaluru was grounded after a pilot reported that the left engine's fuel control switch failed to remain in the "RUN" position during engine start-up, twice moving to "CUTOFF
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Air India Dreamliner Grounded After Fuel Switch Moves From 'Run' To 'Cutoff'
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner was grounded after its left fuel control switch failed to stay in the 'run' position twice and moved to 'cutoff' during engine startup, an airline spokesperson said.
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What Caused Air India AI-171 Crash? 'Electrical Failure', Speculates US Body
An electrical failure may have caused the Boeing 787 aircraft operating as Air India flight AI-171 to crash into an Ahmedabad residential neighbourhood in June last year, seconds after take-off, killing 260 people, a US aviation safety group said.
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Trump's Air Force One, En Route Davos, Turned Back. Here's What Happened Inside
Trump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used by the president for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight.
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Boeing Starliner Test Flight Stretches to 93 Days as Engineers Struggle With Propulsion Thruster Issues
Boeing’s Starliner test flight has been reclassified by NASA as a Type A mishap after propulsion anomalies extended the mission from days to 93 days. Helium leaks and thruster failures during docking raised safety concerns and exposed technical and leadership shortcomings. An investigation issued 61 recommendations, and NASA says no additional cr...
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How A British Airways Flight To Jakarta Survived Volcanic Ash And Failure Of All Four Engines
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 lost all four engines mid-flight, and Captain Eric Moody still managed to land it safely, saving 263 lives
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Sunita Williams Stranded In Space Labeled One Of Worst NASA Disasters
Starliner's botched flight left Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stuck for months at the International Space Station.
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On Camera, Midair Explosion Leaves Jet Engine Shredded, Passengers Terrified
A commercial passenger flight operated by Arik Air made an emergency landing in southern Nigeria after one of its engines exploded, causing severe damage, according to officials and safety reports.
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Air India Re-inspects Fuel Switches On Boeing 787s After Reported Defect
Air India has launched a precautionary re-inspection of fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft following a reported defect on one plane.
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All B-787 Must Be Grounded, Checked For Electrical Faults: Pilots' Body Chief
President of the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), Captain CS Randhawa, on Monday called for urgent inspections of all Boeing 787 aircraft for electrical system faults, citing recurring incidents that he said compromise flight safety.
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Air India Ahmedabad Crash And Fuel Switch Controversy That Followed
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating flight AI132 from London to Bengaluru was grounded after a pilot reported that the left engine's fuel control switch failed to remain in the "RUN" position during engine start-up, twice moving to "CUTOFF
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Air India Dreamliner Grounded After Fuel Switch Moves From 'Run' To 'Cutoff'
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner was grounded after its left fuel control switch failed to stay in the 'run' position twice and moved to 'cutoff' during engine startup, an airline spokesperson said.
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What Caused Air India AI-171 Crash? 'Electrical Failure', Speculates US Body
An electrical failure may have caused the Boeing 787 aircraft operating as Air India flight AI-171 to crash into an Ahmedabad residential neighbourhood in June last year, seconds after take-off, killing 260 people, a US aviation safety group said.
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Trump's Air Force One, En Route Davos, Turned Back. Here's What Happened Inside
Trump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used by the president for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight.
