REPORTAGE THE DISAPPEARING ACT by Florence de Changy (Mudlark £14.99, 432pp) On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, as it did every evening. When it crossed over into Vietnamese airspace, the co-pilot said goodbye to Malaysian air traffic control, as is normal, but did not say hello … Read more
Incredible story of the British Airways captain who was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight 30 years ago yet lived to tell the tale – thanks to a flight attendant who held on to his trouser belt It was June 10, 1990, and the flight crew had performed a routine take-off But then the … Read more
Safety regulators issued an emergency order directing airlines to inspect a critical engine part on popular Boeing 737 jets, which have been parked for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, after four reports of engines shutting down during flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said that its order affected about 2,000 twin-engine passenger jets in the United … Read more
More than meets the eye! Army develops a new drone that can TRANSFORM mid-flight, making it useful for missions that require high-speed flight or hovering in place A team of engineers from the Army and Texas A&M designed a new kind of drone The vehicle can transform into different shapes for different mission stages Its … Read more