SpaceX’s Starship grounded pending improvements after launch explosion. In April, SpaceX’s Starship vehicle lifted off the pad for the first time in its inaugural test flight but came to a dramatic end when it exploded in the air shortly after liftoff. SpaceX has been preparing to fly the Starship again, but another test flight won’t…
Flights to Edinburgh are currently holding. Edinburgh Airport is closed as urgent runway repairs are required. The airport may be closed for an hour. All flights to Edinburgh are currently holding or diverting to Glasgow. Urgent runway resurfacing is required following the hard landing of an aircraft. UPDATE #1 15:20 BST The flight operations are…
Singapore’s Changi Airport on Sunday (Sep 10) closed a runway for about three hours and a plane had to be diverted after an Air China flight caught fire en route from Chengdu in China. Flight CA403 “encountered smoke in the forward cargo hold and lavatory” around 4pm, the airport said in a Facebook post. According…
A pilotless plane has flown on and off a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time. The W Autonomous Systems (WAS) drone flew from the Lizard Peninsula and on to the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off the Cornish coast, delivered supplies, then flew back in a milestone flight which points the way…
UK records year’s hottest day, 32.7 degrees Celsius in Heathrow. Britain recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Saturday, the country’s national weather service said, with provisional data showing a high of 32.7 degrees Celsius (90.9 degrees Fahrenheit) at Heathrow airport. This year’s previous high was 32.6 C, which was reached on…