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36 km In 8 Minutes, No Runway, No Fuel: India To Get First Air Taxi Soon
Developed by The E Plane Company in collaboration with IIT Madras, the electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (e-VTOL) aircraft is designed to cut travel time in congested cities.
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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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Trump Heads To Davos Again After Switching Planes Due To Tech Issue
US President Donald Trump resumed his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, hours after a "minor electrical issue" forced his plane to return to its air base in Maryland.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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Emergency Turbine Deploys On Air India Flight To UK, Plane Lands Safely
The operating crew of Air India's Amritsar-Birmingham flight reported that the Boeing 787's Ram Air Turbine unexpectedly deployed during the final approach on October 4, but the aircraft landed safely.
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Soaring To New Heights, Swiss Pilot Surpasses Solar-Powered Plane Altitude Record
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced Wednesday.
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Pilots Recreated AI-171's Final Moments On Simulator. What They Found
The pilots attempted to simulate electrical failures that could cause a dual-engine flame-out, resulting in an inability of the aircraft to climb post takeoff.
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First Electric Passenger Plane Flies 130 Kilometers For Just Rs 700
The cost for the flight was just Rs 694 ($8) compared to an estimated Rs 13,885 ($160) in fuel costs for a helicopter completing the same trip.
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Does RAT Hold Key To Air India Probe? Turbine Had Deployed Before Crash
India saw one of its worst aviation disasters, in which at least 270 people were killed, last week and new evidence indicates that both engines of the plane may have failed.
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36 km In 8 Minutes, No Runway, No Fuel: India To Get First Air Taxi Soon
Developed by The E Plane Company in collaboration with IIT Madras, the electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (e-VTOL) aircraft is designed to cut travel time in congested cities.
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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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Trump Heads To Davos Again After Switching Planes Due To Tech Issue
US President Donald Trump resumed his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, hours after a "minor electrical issue" forced his plane to return to its air base in Maryland.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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Emergency Turbine Deploys On Air India Flight To UK, Plane Lands Safely
The operating crew of Air India's Amritsar-Birmingham flight reported that the Boeing 787's Ram Air Turbine unexpectedly deployed during the final approach on October 4, but the aircraft landed safely.
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Soaring To New Heights, Swiss Pilot Surpasses Solar-Powered Plane Altitude Record
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced Wednesday.
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Pilots Recreated AI-171's Final Moments On Simulator. What They Found
The pilots attempted to simulate electrical failures that could cause a dual-engine flame-out, resulting in an inability of the aircraft to climb post takeoff.
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First Electric Passenger Plane Flies 130 Kilometers For Just Rs 700
The cost for the flight was just Rs 694 ($8) compared to an estimated Rs 13,885 ($160) in fuel costs for a helicopter completing the same trip.
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Does RAT Hold Key To Air India Probe? Turbine Had Deployed Before Crash
India saw one of its worst aviation disasters, in which at least 270 people were killed, last week and new evidence indicates that both engines of the plane may have failed.
