The National Science Foundation has released remarkable footage of the Arecibo Observatory’s 900-ton platform falling into the 1,000-foot wide (305 meters) dish below. A drone happened to be performing an up-close investigation of the cables that hold the platform above the dish as they snapped. Videos released Thursday by NSF show both the drone footage…
A B-52 bomber, callsign Cake11 made an emergency landing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after suffering a suspected engine failure while flying over the Mediterranean. An American B-52 bomber performed an emergency landing at RAF Fairford after burning fuel over Worcestershire following engine failure over the Mediterranean. The bomber departed Minot AFB, North Dakota ahead…
Virgin Atlantic is opening the cabin doors to its last Boeing 747 for the final time. For one day only, the public will be able to purchase tickets for the ultimate 747 experience, including the opportunity to dine on-board, safely, in Upper Class. As the airline’s fleet of jumbos are retired to make way for…
A Japan Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered loss of fan blades in engine 1 shortly after takeoff from Okinawa-Naha Airport. The Boeing 777 with registration JA8978, was performing flight JL-904 from Okinawa to Tokyo Haneda with 178 passengers and 11 crew on board. After the aircraft suffered left-hand engine failure prompting large noise, the crew decided…
China’s Chang’e 5 ascender has lifted off from Moon after collecting 2kg of the fresh lunar surface and underground samples in decades. The small probe lifted off from Oceanus Procellarum at 10:10 EST on Thursday (23:10 Beijing time) carrying the first fresh lunar samples since 1976. That next stage is the docking between the small…