China’s robotic Chang’e 6 sample-return mission to the lunar far side is now in orbit around the moon, gearing up for its landing attempt. The multi-component spacecraft is scheduled to touch down in early June in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, a giant impact feature about 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) wide. Chang’e 6 is currently […]
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Oliver Glasner admits Eagles landing on lofty perch comes as some surprise
Oliver Glasner replied with an emphatic “no” when asked if he expected his first three months in charge of Crystal Palace would result in his new side equalling a best-ever top-10 Premier League finish. The mood was sour in south London when the Austrian took over a relegation-threatened Eagles side in February, a nadir best […]
Iran president helicopter in hard landing
A helicopter carrying the Iranian president has been involved in an accident, state media is reporting. State media says President Ebrahim Raisi was on board a helicopter that experienced a hard landing on Sunday. It was also said to be carrying Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. The Interior Minister said rescuers were still trying to […]
Helicopter carrying Iran’s president ‘crashed upon landing,’ state media reports
A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi “crashed upon landing,” state media reported. Harsh weather conditions and heavy fog are complicating rescue missions. Raisi was traveling with other senior officials. A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior Iranian officials “crashed upon landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without providing further details. […]
Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers ‘hard landing’
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has suffered a “hard landing”, Iranian state media reported. Mr Raisi was travelling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres (375 miles) north-west of the Iranian capital Tehran. Travelling with Mr […]
Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says without further details
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers […]
Plane makes emergency landing on North Spokane Corridor, then takes off from highway
May 18—The North Spokane Corridor turned into a runway Saturday as a small airplane made a successful emergency landing before taking off hours later in the Hillyard Neighborhood. The airplane ran out of fuel and the two men — an instructor and trainee — controlling the aircraft touched down at about 12:45 p.m. on the […]
Jamie Dimon says inflation is worse than people think, and that the market is too optimistic about a soft landing
CNBC/Jamie Dimon Inflation may be higher for longer than people think, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told Bloomberg TV. Markets are too optimistic about inflation, interest rates, and the US economy, Dimon said. He added that rates were likelier to go higher than people might think. Markets underestimate inflation’s likely endurance, as an array of factors keep […]
Pilot makes emergency landing in northeast Arkansas field
GREENE COUNTY, Ark. – A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a northeast Arkansas field on Thursday. According to a social media post by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday afternoon, the pilot landed his four-seat single-engine Piper Cherokee in the farm field after an engine failure. Small plane crashes into Hot […]
Boeing Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Fiery Mid-Air Incident
A Boeing jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday after one of the beleaguered manufacturer’s planes suffered another scary mid-air incident. The New York Post reported the harrowing episode. At around 5:15 p.m. local time Wednesday, a Boeing 747-400 operated by Garuda Indonesia departed from the city of Makassar en route to […]
Boeing makes emergency landing after engine fire
Flames were spotted at the back of the 747-400 aircraft as it lifted off the runway A Boeing passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia after an engine caught fire during take-off. Streaks of flame were spotted shooting out the back of the 747-400 aircraft as it lifted off the runway […]
Trump’s Boeing 757 clipped parked plane after landing at Florida airport Sunday, FAA says
The wing of the Boeing jet owned by former President Donald Trump struck a parked plane at a Florida airport after landing safely and taxiing early Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday. It is not known if Trump, who had held a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, was on […]