Christopher Nolan said that he and his crew blew up a real Boeing 747 for “Tenet” because it was “more efficient” than practical effects using miniatures or CGI. In an interview with Total Film magazine, director Nolan said: “I planned to do it using miniatures and set-piece builds and a combination of visual effects and…
A German engineer on the first flight carrying European workers back to China has tested positive for coronavirus as an asymptomatic carrier, local authorities said Sunday. The man was on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to the northeastern city of Tianjin which landed with around 200 passengers, mainly German workers and their families. Tianjin authorities…
The Irish low-cost company plans to lay off a quarter of its pilots in France and offers wage cuts of up to 20%, as of this year, for pilots and 10% for flight attendants. According to several confidential documents that French radio RTL was able to obtain, Ryanair made a proposal. The airline has offered…
On Saturday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to rise from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be sent toward the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. Hurley’s and Behnken’s lift-off at Kennedy is scheduled for 19:22 UTC. The mission, called Demo-2,…
Russian Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The US Air Forces in Europe and US Air Forces Africa Command issued a statement earlier on Friday that two B-1B Lancers conducted a long-range,…
SpaceX had just conducted yet another static fire test of the Raptor engine in its Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle on Friday when the test vehicle exploded on the test stand in Boca Chica, Texas. This was the fourth static fire test of this engine on this prototype, so it’s unclear what went wrong vs.…
A pilot flew from London to RAF Valley because he wanted to go to the beach. A Pilatus PC-12 registration N412MD departed Fairoaks to fly to RAF Valley. RAF Valley was closed (bank holiday Monday) with work in progress scheduled on RWY19 barrier and families on the periphery of the airfield. At 1250L the ac…
Lightning struck an An-124 landing from Paris Vatry to Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The An-124 cargo board of Volga-Dnepr Airlines received a lightning strike during the approach to Krasnoyarsk, Russia on Tuesday, May 26. The aircraft sustained damage to its nose cone while flying through lightning and a thunderstorm. The Volga Dnepr Airlines An-124 (RA-82078) is currently…
EasyJet is to cut up to 30% of its workforce as it struggles to cope with the collapse in demand for air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 4,500 of its 15,000-member workforce could lose their jobs and the airline will start a consultation process with employees in the coming days. EasyJet expects…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder has been found under wreckage pieces. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of crashed PIA Airbus A320 (reg. AP-BLD) has been found today. The CVR was found under wreckage/rubble at the crash site when wreckage pieces were being removed from the crash site. The CVR was handed over to AAIB team. This…
Boeing resumed 737 MAX production in Renton. “Today, teams in Renton started to warm up the factory’s central production line,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal in a message to employees Wednesday afternoon. The MAX has been grounded since soon after the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines MAX in March 2019, following the…
Lufthansa’s supervisory board was unable to approve a 9-billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the airline group said on Wednesday. Lufthansa’s supervisory board postponed approval of a 9 billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the German airline group said…