Tag: Boeing
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7 die, 6 injured in World War11 Boeing plane crash
Seven people died and six survived the crash of a World War II-era bomber on Wednesday at the Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The B-17G bomber, owned by the Collings Foundation of Stow, Mass., crashed shortly before 10 a.m., bursting into flames and sending up a large plume of smoke that could be…
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Boeing delivers 149 commercial planes, 60 others in Q1 2019
The Boeing Company said it delivered 149 commercial planes and 60 aircraft in its defence operations in the first quarter of 2019. A statement by Boeing on Tuesday said that the major programme deliveries during the period included deliveries under operating lease. It disclosed that the company delivered 89 B737, two B747, 12 B767, 10…
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Anny Divya – World’s Youngest Female pilot to command boeing 777 – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu While doing my thing on air, live at Lagos Talk 91.3 FM yesterday Monday, April 1, 2019, at the segment of Knowledge dropbox [always the last ten minutes of the one and half hours show], the world’s youngest female pilot to take command of the Boeing 777 was mentioned. Anny Divya, the…
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Ethiopia crash: France commences Boeing black box data review
Investigators in France on Friday examined the black boxes of a Boeing 737 Max that crashed in Ethiopia as a spooked global airline industry waited to see if the cause was similar to the disaster in Indonesia months before. Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed soon after take-off from Addis Ababa last weekend, killing all 157…
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Ethiopia crash: U.S grounds 737 MAX jets as boeing shares fall drastically
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an emergency order to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft after a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people. “We are going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the 737 MAX 8 and the 737 MAX 9…
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Crew Dragon: Everything to know about SpaceX’s first commercial crew mission
NASA and SpaceX made history on Saturday after launching and successfully docking the first commercially-built and operated crew spacecraft and rocket known as Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The first @Commercial_Crew mission arrived at the space station today when the @SpaceX #CrewDragon completed soft capture on the Harmony module at…
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First commercial crew mission, Crew Dragon arrives space station
NASA and SpaceX made history on Saturday after launching and successfully docking the first commercially-built and operated crew spacecraft and rocket known as Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The first @Commercial_Crew mission arrived at the space station today when the @SpaceX #CrewDragon completed soft capture on the Harmony module at…