Two pilots were killed Thursday when their air tankers collided in midair as they were helping to fight a large wildfire in southern Nevada, federal officials said. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said that neither aircraft was able to land. The cause of the 12:55 p.m. incident wasn’t immediately clear, the Federal Aviation Administration…
After jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted water landing sites off the coast of Florida at 2:42 p.m. EDT (18:42 UTC) on Sunday, August 2. The Demo-2 mission is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational…
At Sheremetyevo airport, a fuel truck collided with an Aeroflot Airbus A321. According to the press service of the airport, the A321 (VP-BAX) was in a remote parking lot without a crew and passengers on board. The truck driver was injured. The incident at the airport occurred at 5.49 am on August 1. The plane…
SpaceX and NASA are now targeting 7:34 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 1 for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from the Space Station, with the two astronauts aboard the spacecraft, and return to Earth. Approximately 19 hours later, after jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted…
Delta has already placed more than 100 people on a no-fly list for refusing to wear a mask, the carrier’s CEO Ed Bastian said. “We’ve been… steadily and rather aggressively stepping up our enforcement of the mask policy,” Bastian said. “You cannot board a Delta plane unless you have a mask on. If you board…
Microsoft Flight Simulator will be available August 18, 2020.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released an updated global passenger forecast showing that the recovery in traffic has been slower than had been expected. In the base case scenario the trade body expected global passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) will not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2024, a year later than…
Heathrow says it expects opening of third runway to be delayed by at least two years. London Heathrow Airport has confirmed to BBC Radio 4 today that it expects a two-year delay on its third runway. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the effect it is having on demand for air travel.
The technical issue which occurred shortly after the launch of NASA’s latest Mars rover Perseverance was not serious, the agency said. Matt Wallace, the mission’s deputy project manager, said the issue was not overly concerning, adding: “We’ll know more in a bit.” A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket took off on schedule at 7.50am…
Boeing is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said. Boeing hopes to bring the jet to market as passenger travel rebounds after a downturn caused by the pandemic. An announcement of the delay could come as early as next week…
Boeing is winding down production of the 747 jumbo jet. Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told staff on Wednesday that Boeing will stop building the iconic jet in 2022. The current version is the 747-8 launched in 2005.
