Airline reports no injuries after plane damaged on runway in Alaska Peninsula community Published 2 hours ago
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Print article A passenger plane was damaged after it struck a chunk of ice and frozen gravel after landing Friday morning in Chignik Lagoon, an official for the airline said. The Lake Clark Air Beechcraft 99 airliner left Merrill Field Airport and landed in Chignik Lagoon just after 10 a.m., said Glen Alsworth Jr., chief pilot for the company. “There was a chunk of ice and frozen gravel in the middle of the runway that wasn’t visible to the pilot until he was right on top of it,” Alsworth said.
Asia PacificJapan s hard-hit regions may slide back to COVID-19 state of emergency
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Osaka governor Hirofumi Yoshimura is pictured during a prefectural anti-coronavirus task force meeting in Osaka, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 7, 2021. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT.
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A recent surge in COVID-19 cases could see major parts of Japan slide back into states of emergency with authorities in Tokyo and Osaka looking at renewed curbs to stop the spread.
The new wave of infections complicates preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which are due to start in July having already been postponed due to the global coronavirus outbreak last year.
Israel Agrees to Set Up Flight Training School in Greece for $1.65B Our Bureau 578
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Israel has signed an agreement valued $1.65 billion with Greece to establish an International Flight Training Center for the Hellenic Air Force.
Announcing the deal on Sunday, the Israel Ministry of Defense said it was the biggest defense agreement inked by the two countries till date.
Israeli company Elbit Systems beat Canada’s CAE to win this contract. Within the framework of the agreement, the company will provide kits to upgrade & operate the Hellenic Air Force s T-6 aircraft. It will also provide training, simulators & logistical support.
Push the limits : Mars helicopter completes its historic first flight Share Updated: 11:19 AM EDT Apr 19, 2021 Ashley Strickland, CNN Share Updated: 11:19 AM EDT Apr 19, 2021
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Show Transcript In the news reporting, having performed spin up, take off climb, hover descent, landing touchdown as spending of Temodar data confirmed that ingenuity has performed his first flight the first light of a powered aircraft. Another planet. Okay. Right. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh scream. Mhm. Mhm.
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Update (19 April): On 19 April 2021, NASA reached a historic milestone - the first-ever controlled flight of a craft in the atmosphere of another planet.
The proof-of-concept flight was performed by the little helicopter called Ingenuity, which hitched a ride to the red planet with the Perseverance rover, landing earlier this year.
We must take a moment to celebrate this, an ecstatic Ingenuity project manager MiMi Aung congratulated everyone on the team after they received and parsed the initial data, confirming the successful test flight.
A deeper analysis of this monumental achievement is to come during a NASA broadcast at 2 pm EDT, when we will learn more about the altitude, length of the flight, and other details. You can watch that live right here.