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Classified X-37B space plane breaks space longevity record
A little-known U.S. space plane quietly broke its own space endurance record this week as its current unmanned mission surpassed 469 days in space. Much of the information about the X-37B and its mission is classified, but the little that is public points to it being a development vehicle for new Air Force space capabilities while serving a secondary role for the U.S. military and intelligence community as a testbed for new space-based surveillance technologies.
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MH370: Hopes dashed as orange objects turn out to be fishing equipment
Potential leads on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 keep coming. So do the setbacks and frustrations. Monday's search ended without finding anything significant, Australian officials said. Four orange objects spotted by search aircraft and earlier described as promising turned out be nothing more than old fishing gear, they said.
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The depth of the problem
All commercial transport aircraft are fitted with underwater locator beacons to assist in the relocation of black box flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders. These beacons are free-running pingers that transmit signals at an acoustic frequency of 37.5 kilohertz and have an expected battery life of 30 days. The scale of the challenge in locating the black boxes is immense.
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Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 update: Possible debris found on western Australia beach
Australian officials have confirmed that debris — potentially from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 — was found washed up on a western Australia beach. The debris was discovered around 198.8 miles from Perth, and roughly 1,000 miles away from the center of the Indian Ocean search zone. Australian police have secured the debris, and authorities from both Australia and Malaysia are examining photographs.
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Flight Delayed? Your Pilot Really Can Make Up the Time in the Air
You’re sitting on a flight, in a long queue of airplanes, waiting to take off. You were supposed to have left 30 minutes ago. The pilot comes on the loudspeaker to say your plane is next in line for takeoff, and tells you not to worry, because the plane can make up the lost time in the air.
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Airbus tests prototype of electric airplane
Airbus successfully tested a prototype electric plane, dubbed the E-Fan, in Bordeaux, France, Friday. Airbus Group says that the plane, which runs on lithium-ion polymer batteries, is best suited for short missions and pilot training.
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Malaysian prime minister admits lost plane WAS tracked by military radar
The Malaysian prime minister has finally confirmed reports that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was tracked by military radar, as he prepared to host US President Barack Obama in Kuala Lumpur seven weeks after the plane disappeared.
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The Man Who Thinks He Has Solved the MH370 Mystery
Anyone familiar with modern Malaysia—and hey, that should include almost everybody in this era of MH370 coverage—knows the name "Dr. Mahathir." For more than two decades, Mahathir Mohamad, originally trained as a medical doctor, was prime minister of Malaysia. To put it in perspective for Americans, this was a span that included all of Ronald Reagan's time in office, plus that of the first George Bush, plus all of Bill Clinton's, plus much of George W. Bush's first term.
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Sea Plane Takes Off From Truck Trailer
Michael Langford captures footage of a seaplane taking off from a moving truck trailer because there is no water in sight for the plane to use. This tricky maneuver relies on the basics of aerodynamics and speed to lift the plane up into the air.
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Two Weeks Ago, I Almost Died in the Deadliest Plane Crash Ever
How Two Jetliners Nearly Collided Over the Pacific, Why No One Knows About It, and What It Means for Safety Oversight Aboard Airplanes
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Malaysia defends military inaction on MH370 radar
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Malaysia's defense minister on Monday defended his military's failure to scramble a fighter jet to follow a Malaysian airliner when it veered off course and vanished two months ago, saying it wasn't seen as a hostile object...
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Qantas considers removing life rafts to save fuel
Qantas has not made a final decision on a plan to remove life rafts from some flights but insists no action will be taken that might compromise the safety of passengers. The airline is considering removing life rafts from Boeing 737s on some routes that do not take aircraft more than 400 nautical miles off the coast. The move would save about $1 million a year in fuel.
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Data Suggests Missing Plane Used Up Fuel and Crashed in Indian Ocean
Raw satellite transmission data from the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, released on Tuesday by the Malaysian government, provided further evidence that the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean after flying south and running out of fuel.
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Navy official: Pings not thought to be from Flight 370's black boxes
The four acoustic pings at the center of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 for the past seven weeks are no longer believed to have come from the plane's black boxes, a U.S. Navy official told CNN. The acknowledgment came Wednesday as searchers wrapped up the first phase of their effort, having scanned 329 square miles of southern Indian Ocean floor without finding any wreckage from the Boeing 777-200.
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Private plane crashes on takeoff from Mass. airfield, killing all 7 on board
All seven people on board an Atlantic City-bound private jet were killed when the plane crashed and caught fire shortly after takeoff from a Massachusetts airfield late Saturday.
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Solar plane makes inaugural flight
A solar-powered plane that will be taken on a round-the-world journey in 2015 has made its inaugural flight. The Solar Impulse 2 vehicle lifted off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland at just after 03:35 GMT (04:35 BST; 05:35 CEST), returning two hours later.
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Plane almost lands on sunbather on beach
This holidaymaker got the shock of his life as he soaked up rays on a beach in Heligoland, an island in northern Germany.Pilot Juergen Drucker, 52, came within inches of colliding with the man as he flew his Piper PA-28-181 Archer II along the coast. Seconds after passing over the man the plane hit a fence and then ploughed across a section of the beach before coming to rest on the runway.
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Missing plane 'whistleblower' fund
A fund-raising drive has been launched by relatives of some passengers on the missing Malaysian plane to seek information on flight MH370. The campaign, spearheaded by an Australian businessman, aims to raise at least $5m (£2.9m) "to encourage a whistleblower to come forward". Flight MH370 went missing on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
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MH370 search: Australia has spent far more than Malaysia
The Malaysian government has revealed that it has spent just a fraction of what Australia has paid in the search for missing flight MH370, as officials from both countries prepare to meet to discuss the next phase of the mission.
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'Unprecedented' disappearance of aircraft from radar screens in Europe
For almost half an hour, 13 aircraft vanished from air traffic controllers' radar screens as they flew at high altitude above Europe, it has been revealed. The "undprecedented" disappearances happened on 5 June and 10 June, hitting control rooms in Austria and neighbouring countries.
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