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Solar plane prepares for Amazon mission
2015-10-14 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Student engineers from ETH Zurich are preparing to fly their world-record breaking solar plane over the Amazon rainforest. The team is fitting its AtlantikSolar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a 400 kilometer, 12 hour, flight as it seeks to push the endurance limits of solar planes. The fixed-wing 6.8 kilogram AtlantikSolar will be fitted with a variety of cameras and atmospheric sensors. AtlantikSolar's most recent landmark was achieved while carrying no payload this July. The team broke the...
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Delta evacuates plane in Jamaica after faulty report of fire
2015-10-13 02:53:44| Airlines - Topix.net
" A Delta Air Lines plane aborted takeoff Monday in Jamaica after a fire was reported in its cargo area, forcing 160 people and six crew members to evacuate the commercial jetliner which was scheduled to fly from Montego Bay to Atlanta. Nobody was injured in the afternoon incident at Sangster International Airport in the northern tourist city of Montego Bay.
Singapore Airlines plane collapses at Changi Airport
2015-10-11 08:01:00| Airlines - Topix.net
No passengers or crew were on board the SIA Airbus A330-300 when it collapsed Sunday morning, said the airline. SINGAPORE: The nose gear of a Singapore Airlines plane collapsed on Sunday morning at Changi Airport, confirmed the airline in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia.
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Plane Passenger Confuses Exit for Toilet, Receives Fine and Ban
2015-09-28 21:07:29| Airlines - Topix.net
James Gray, a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passenger, made a nearly tragic mistake on his flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam. At 30,000 feet, Gray mistook an airplane door for a restroom.
Escaped tarantula grounds plane near Baltimore
2015-09-28 01:01:24| Airlines - Topix.net
A tarantula that escaped in the cargo hold of a passenger flight from Maryland's BWI airport to Atlanta grounded the plane before it could take off and sent passengers onto another flight. Brian Kruse, spokesman for Delta Air Lines, tells The Baltimore Sun that baggage handlers noticed a baboon tarantula had gotten out of its container on Flight 1525 Wednesday night.
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