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First-class passenger silently hijacks, diverts US plane
Another causes scare with social media Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Two separate incidents of bomb scare caused Southwest Airlines to divert a flight between Las Vegas and Hawaii to Oakland; and Alaska Airlines diverted its flight midway from Seattle…
Nigerdock to invest N700 bn in Snake Island Port
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s leading maritime and logistics company operating an integrated port and free zone in Lagos, Nigerdock, is working out detail of fresh investment that would transform the Snake Island into a robust quayside. The new wharfs would provide…
Completely decarbonizing jet fuel?
Arizona State University research shows a pathway toward full decarbonization of U.S. aviation fuel use by substituting conventional jet fuel with sustainably produced biofuels. The study found that planting the grass miscanthus on 23.2 million hectares of existing marginal agricultural…
Experimental ‘Flying V’ could hog the commercial airspace
An experimental aircraft, the Flying-V, is under development to rule the commercial aviation industry after the smaller model passed tests and the manufacturers take the challenge to create bigger double fuselage version. The plane which has two bodies merging at…
NASA’s Artemis-1 lays capacity template for space missions
The Space Launch System which lifted the Artemis-1 rocket operated by NASA created two spectacular events during blast off: record setting 8.8 million pounds of thrust and massive heat energy that left a meltdown of the launchpad. From size to…
NASA blasts off huge rocket to moon
NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of…
America’s space plane completes 908-day orbital mission
The U.S. Space Force’s Boeing-built X-37B space plane weekend completed yet another record-setting mission, landing like an airplane at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida 908 days after it was launched. This was the sixth mission in the hush-hush X-37B…
Malfunctioned cargo ship captured by ISS robotics on arrival
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports A Northrop Grumman cargo ship laden with 8,000 pounds of supplies was yesterday captured by the robotic arm of the International Space Station’s (ISS) on Wednesday, ending a miraculous journey with a jammed solar panel….
China’s out-of-control rocket slams into Pacific Ocean
Sopuruchi Onwuka Concerns over free falling Chinese rocket booster resolved without major incident weekend when the dreaded object plummeted to Earth and into the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Space Command reported that the debris from the Long March 5B rocket…
Turkish Airlines removes 6 seats to fit world’s tallest passenger
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The world’s tallest woman, Rumeysa Gelgi who is seven-feet tall, was able to take her first flight after The Turkish Airline removed six seats for her to fly from Istanbul, Turkey, to San Francisco, United…
