The world’s longest flight is put to the test

In travel news this week: the world’s most powerful passports, how edible ants got a chef in trouble, plus a new milestone in ultra-long-haul air travel.
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XL Airways Flight 888 Tango final minutes, a hidden sensor failure froze Airbus protections and turned a test flight fatal

XL Airways Flight 888 Tango ended in disaster over southern France in 2008 during an acceptance flight for an Airbus A320.
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GE's T901 Engine Clears Preliminary Flight Rating for UH-60 Black Hawk

The next-generation T901, developed as part of the ITEP program, cleared the Preliminary Flight Rating and will now proceed toward full airworthiness qualification testing. The T901 engine developed ...

SpaceX aborts Starship test flight, sending stock lower

Elon Musk said it would make another attempt "hopefully in a few days." SpaceX completed the maiden test flight of its Starship V3 rocket in May.
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Pilot's Final Flight Was Test Run After Repairs Before Fatal Virginia Plane Crash: NTSB

Rowland Babcock Jr.'s final flight lasted only minutes before something went terribly wrong. New details released on Thursday ...

Kawa UAV successfully conducts maiden test flight of Divyastra Mk3 loitering munition — watch

Kawa UAV Pvt. Ltd., a defence start-up based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday announced that it successfully conducted a ...
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Divyastra MK3 test flight successful: How this indigenous suicide drone lives up to its name

The jet-engine-powered, precision-strike-capable loitering munition is AI-supported and is a shining example of Atmanirbhar ...