The launch of a rocket carrying an imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as failed about two minutes after liftoff from a base in French Guiana. European rocket-launch service provider Arianespace, which markets the satellite, said in a brief statement on Thursday that the Wednesday night launch ended after a “launcher anomaly occurred”…
A 22-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer of SpiceJet was killed after the landing gear door of a plane closed on him at the Kolkata airport early on Wednesday. A ground staff found the engineer’s body, hanging from the belly of a 90-seater Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft, at 1.45am. His head and left arm were stuck inside…
A Virgin Australia flight has had to make an emergency landing after an “engineering issue” was reported and white vapour was seen coming from the aircraft’s right engine. Flight #VA69 from Melbourne to Hong Kong had been flying for around half an hour when the pilot made the decision to turn back. The captain requested…