Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were supposed to stay in space for only eight days, but their stay has been extended to eight months due to various technical issues.
Qantas flight QF520 took off from Sydney at 12:35 pm, circled a few times and diverted to land at Sydney, tracking data from Flightradar24 showed.
Qantas Airways stated that its engineers performed a preliminary inspection of the engine and confirmed it was a contained engine failure, meaning the internal parts remained within the protective housing designed to contain them.
Boeing recorded a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter as the US planemaker continued to spiral during a month-long strike. The company had already faced issues with the certification of the 777X that had significantly delayed the plane's launch.
Starliner landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. ET on September 7 (9:31 a.m. IST). Ground teams are now preparing to transport Starliner back to Florida for analysis and refurbishment.
Brunei King has more than 7,000 cars which includes 600 Rolls-Royces, 450 Ferraris, and 380 Bentleys. Besides, he has an impressive aviation fleet which includes a Boeing 747-400, a Boeing 767-200, and an Airbus A340-200.
Boeing named aerospace industry veteran Kelly Ortberg as its new President and CEO after a months-long search, tasking the former Rockwell Collins executive with the monumental job of turning around the struggling planemaker.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft carrying 174 passengers suffered a tyre blowout during takeoff at Tampa International Airport in Florida on Wednesday. A similar incident occurred on Monday with a United Airlines flight after takeoff from Los Angeles.
The test flight was expected to last a week or so, enough time for Wilmore and Williams to check out the capsule while docked at the station. But problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times.
A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel Monday while taking off from Los Angeles, the airline said. The Boeing 757-200 was carrying 174 passengers and 7 crewmembers.
The plea deal, which still must receive the approval of a federal judge to take effect, calls for Boeing to pay an additional $243.6 million fine. That was the same amount it paid under the 2021 settlement that the Justice Department said the company breached.
Earlier reports claimed that astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were stranded on the International Space Station (ISS). However, NASA and Boeing officials have now denied these reports.
Boeing's Starliner capsule’s homecoming is on hold as NASA announces the need for further technical reviews. This postponement gives engineers more time to analyze recent issues encountered by the capsule, which is currently carrying astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.
Boeing Starliner spacecraft was commanded by Butch Wilmore and Sunita Wiliams was the pilot of the spacecraft. The Starliner mission aims to carry astronauts and cargo for future NASA missions to low Earth orbit, and beyond.
SpaceX and Boeing developed their respective vehicles under NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme, a partnership with private industry contractors. From the outset, the space agency aimed to have both companies operating at once.
Boeing launched its first astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a Starliner capsule on Wednesday, joining a select club of spacecraft that have carried humans beyond Earth.
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were strapped in the Starliner capsule when a computer abruptly aborted the launch countdown. Boeing's planned crewed test flight has faced a series of delays amid competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The storms in Texas produced hail, rain and destructive winds as high as 153 km per hour, as a result of which the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport had to ground at least 700 flights. However, there were no injuries related to the Boeing 737-800 plane and the maintenance crew was making inspections.
Singapore Airlines says a person has died aboard and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence. The airline said the aircraft was a Boeing 777-300ER with a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
In recent years, China has been increasing its military presence in the Taiwan Strait, with warplanes being sent on a near-daily basis and military drills being conducted in the waters and skies near Taiwan.
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