NASA’s freshly painted X-59 aircraft will be rolled out of its hangar on Friday, January 12, in the lead-up to its first takeoff. The experimental plane, built by Lockheed Martin, is designed to develop a quieter type of supersonic flight. Would Peter Capaldi Return to Doctor Who? The X-59 is the keystone of NASA’s Quesst … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t hold back when it came to addressing his high-profile feud with Aaron Rodgers during his first show of the new year on Monday. Kimmel came out swinging in his monologue, taking aim at Rodgers after the New York Jets quarterback suggested — during a podcast appearance on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show earlier this … Read more
We’ll Get to See NASA’s Sonic Boom-Less Supersonic Plane Next Week Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View NASA’s supersonic experimental plane—the linchpin of the agency’s Quesst mission—is set to roll out of its warehouse in the California desert next week. We’re gassed for the big moment: the X-59 has been … Read more
An American Airlines flight was diverted to a Texas airport mid-flight this week after a passenger punched a flight attendant multiple times and assaulted at least one police officer, according to court documents. The plane, which was headed to Bozeman, Montana, from Dallas, landed at an airport in Amarillo on Wednesday after the flight crew declared a Level 2 threat due to a physical assault, the criminal complaint filed in … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the eastern Caribbean, according to police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The crash occurred Thursday just west of Petit Nevis island near Bequia as the plane headed for nearby … Read more
Christian Oliver — the star of such films like “Speed Racer” and “Valkyrie” — died along with his two young kids after their plane crashed into the sea near a Caribbean island. Play video content YouTube / @jadedewa4404 The Hollywood actor and his daughters, Madita, 10, and Annik, 12, were the only passengers flying aboard … Read more
A team of transport safety officials searched for a voice recorder from the severely burned fuselage of a Japan Airlines plane Friday, seeking crucial information on what caused a collision with a small coast guard plane on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Meanwhile, JAL also started using heavy machinery to remove some of the … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A Japan Airlines passenger jet and a coast guard plane collided on an airport runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, killing five of the six people on board the coast guard aircraft. The Airbus A350 landed in flames. But all 379 people on board, including 12 crew members, … Read more
We now have a better sense of what may have caused the Japan Airlines crash in Tokyo. A Japanese coast-guard aircraft that the passenger jet hit while landing wasn’t cleared to take off. Transcripts from just before the crash appear to contradict the coast-guard pilot’s claim. A coast-guard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines … Read more
TOKYO — A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. NHK TV reported that all occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to total 379 people, got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The … Read more