Cathay Pacific suspects a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks

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The officials consider a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks before take-off. As a precaution, dozens of flight attendants who were on three Cathay flights with empty oxygen tanks were suspended. To prevent similar incidents, Cathay introduces a new security policy called “In-flight Cabin Monitoring Program”. According…

Terminal 2 of Birmingham Airport evacuated after a ‘gun’ was discovered in luggage… which turned to be an antique replica

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Passengers at Birmingham Airport was evacuated today after a ‘gun’ was discovered in a traveller’s suitcase – but it turned out to be a replica antique. The scare unfolded at Terminal 2 of the airport, near Solihull, this afternoon when security staff discovered the ‘weapon’ and became suspicious. Police were called and passengers in the…

A cargo door ‘flew off’ fuselage during high pressurization test of the new Boeing 777X at Everett

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A cargo door of the new Boeing 777X ‘flew off’ the fuselage in Boeing hangar during a test yesterday. The incident happened during “high blow” test, a standard procedure required ahead of first flights. UPDATE Boeing announced it had suspended load testing of its new widebody 777X aircraft following the incident. The fuselage was pressurized…

ALERT An A-10C Thunderbolt on a training mission unintentionally launched a rocket that slammed into the desert near Tucson, Arizona

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A routine training mission turned out to be anything but that aboard an Air Force plane in Arizona. The fighter jet unintentionally launched a rocket that slammed into the desert outside of Tucson. No one was hurt. The plane, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, was on a training mission Thursday around the Jackal Military Operations Area,…