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Robot unveiled in Japan today will go on sale for £900,000 A Japanese electronics company has unveiled a 13ft super-robot which can be [...] Airline officials are trying to figure out if there is anything to be done after a Georgia congressman urinated into a cup on a flight from Washington to Atlanta on Thursday night. Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop, flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Hartsfield Airport on Delta Flight 1717, got up to go to the bathroom after the mandatory half-hour when passengers must stay seated, but found the lavatories on [...] Two men who allegedly tried to hijack a plane in China were beaten to death by passengers and crew, state media said today. The men were part of a six-strong gang, aged 20 to 36, who attempted to hijack a Tianjin Airlines flight bound for Urumqi last Friday. Minutes after the flight carrying 101 people took off from Hetian, southwest Xinjiang, three men in the front and three in the back stood up and [...] The captain in charge of the Air France jet which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 may have been with a woman when the plane ran into trouble, it has emerged. Captain Marc Dubois took more than a minute to return to the cockpit of Air France flight 447 after his co-pilots lost control of the plane during a severe thunderstorm. What delayed the captain has never been revealed, but two [...] The sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse has landed safely in Madrid this morning – and now the plane waits to make another trip, this time across the Mediterranean. Pilot Andre Borschberg successfully landed in the sunny capital of Madrid at 7.30am BST, following a 24-hour trip from Payerne in western Switzerland. While this may not be setting any speed records anytime soon, the plane did not need a drop of fuel to get [...] For a new documentary, the Discovery Channel took a Boeing 727 to a remote part of the Mexican desert and had it crash to examine what exactly happens in an emergency situation. It didn’t go well for the plane. According to The Daily Mail, the fuselage of the 727 actually broke in two. The cockpit and front seats actually folded under the back half. The plane, which was thankfully full of crash dummies, was being controlled remotely to make for a fairly [...] Daily Mail The former head of the Transportation Security Administration has once again lambasted the country’s airport security system. Kip Hawley, who was head of the TSA from 2005-2009, says he understands why the public is ‘fed-up’ with the agency, because lengthy security checks and a laundry list of banned items do little to stop terrorists and need to be streamlined. He argues passengers should be allowed to carry blades, small [...] The former head of the Transportation Security Administration has once again lambasted the country’s airport security system. Kip Hawley, who was head of the TSA from 2005-2009, says he understands why the public is ‘fed-up’ with the agency, because lengthy security checks and a laundry list of banned items do little to stop terrorists and need to be streamlined. He argues passengers should be allowed to carry blades, small weapons and liquids [...] The ‘brain’ will take 12 years to build The human brain’s power could rival any machine. And now scientists are trying to build one using the world’s most powerful computer. It is intended to combine all the information so far uncovered about its mysterious workings – and replicate them on a screen, right down to the level of individual cells and [...] National Post A JetBlue pilot who had a mid-air meltdown and rammed the cockpit doors during a rant about al-Qaeda managed to break through plastic restraint ties used to handcuff him, it was revealed today. JetBlue 191 flight from New York to Las Vegas, Nevada, was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, for an emergency landing Tuesday morning after the pilot, identified as Clayton Osbon, suddenly began screaming about terror threats and [...] A JetBlue flight captain had to be tackled by passengers today after he ran up and down a packed flight screaming about “terrorism” and “al Qaeda” in a terrifying mid-air outburst. “Say your prayers!” the crazed pilot screamed as he ran up and down the aisle, a passenger told The Post. “Someone next to me said he was saying something about bombs,” recounted the passenger, Tiffany Lee, a 26-year-old Las Vegas resident. The [...] Unruly pilot identified as Clayton Osbon, 49, who has been a JetBlue captain for 12 years Passengers looked on in horror as the married captain tried to break into the cockpit after being locked out FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A disturbance on-board an American Airlines flight scares passengers and lands a man in police custody. Flight 2401 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport bound for Los Angeles. Passenger Lori Barber said about 15 minutes into the flight a man charged past her, demanding to see the pilot. Barber told NewsRadio 1080 KRLD the man was hard to miss. “Well he was wearing two pairs of glasses, one with a red [...] |
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