Alaska Airlines says it has returned some of its grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to service after one of its planes lost a section of fuselage mid-flight.
The airline apologised to those affected, saying an inspection found "no concerning findings". The plane had to make an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon after an outer section of the plane fell off.
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“Urgent action is needed to address NHS computer failings which are causing harm to patients”, the patient safety watchdog has said. The watchdog has evidence of patient deaths due to IT system errors. The government called the reports "concerning" and said it would work with NHS England to take necessary action to protect patients.
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A coastguard aircraft involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport was not cleared for take-off, Japanese authorities have said. The smaller aeroplane collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on the runway on Tuesday.
Released transcripts of air traffic control instructions just before the crash confirmed the JAL Airbus A350 was cleared to land.
Permission for take-off was not given to the coastguard Bombardier Dash-8.
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ermont-based electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies flew its Alia prototype into Montréal on Wednesday. With Beta test pilot Chris Caputo at the helm and accompanied by Beta flight test engineer Emma Davis, the Alia prototype took off from the company’s flight testing centre in New York and landed about 30 minutes and 64 miles later in Montréal. futureflight.aero
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Federal regulators found that self-driving AI systems were involved in almost 400 car crashes in the last year, with Teslas accounting for 70 per cent of the accidents.
According to the report, between 1 July of last year and 15 May of this year, there were 392 accidents involving self-driving technologies. In those accidents, six people were killed and five were seriously injured.
Of those 392, Tesla’s Autopilot, Full Self Driving mode, or at least a component of its self-driving tech was active in 273 of those crashes. independent.co.uk
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