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    A380 software updated - Erroneous Soft Thrust

    Airbus has developed a flight-computer software update for A380s after a training flight incident in which two engines received an erroneous thrust roll-back command just after take-off. The incident involved a “concurrent” thrust reduction to idle after lift-off, says the European Union...
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    United Boeing 787 Dreamliner forced to land due to Engine Failure.

    A United Airlines flight bound for Munich was forced to return to Washington Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff on Friday, July 25, following a reported engine failure. Flight UA108, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (registration N27901), had just departed from runway 30 at...
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    Thailand & Cambodia Conflict - Border closed.

    At least 12 people – mostly Thai civilians – have been confirmed killed in clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops on the two nations' shared border, marking an escalation of a dispute which goes back over 100 years, and has been simmering for several months. Artillery and rockets have been...
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    AI 315 tail catches fire after landing at Delhi....

    The tail section of an Air India flight from Hong Kong to New Delhi caught fire at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Tuesday afternoon. All 158 passengers on board were reported safe, and the aircraft has since been grounded. The fire reportedly originated in the Auxiliary Power...
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    Delta 767 Engine on Fire....

    The aircraft landed safely without dumping fuel...
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    AI plane crash preliminary report reveals engine fuel switch changes

    A preliminary report on the Air India crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad last month says the plane's engine fuel switches were flipped off within seconds of each other, starving the engines, three seconds after take-off. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately began to lose thrust and...
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    Preliminary report into Air India crash submitted - but may not be made public

    A preliminary report into the doomed Air India Flight 171 that crashed moments after take off has been submitted to Indian authorities - but there is currently no obligation to make it public. The report has been filed by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and is based on the...
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    Photon Matrix - Chinese startup mosquito zapping laser kills 30 bugs per second

    A Chinese firm has come up with a laser weapon design that it claims can kill up to 30 mosquitoes every second. The gadget – called Photon Matrix – is a “prototype of the first mosquito air defense system capable of identifying and neutralizing mosquitoes using high-specification LiDAR technology.”
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    New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes could free people from Insulin injections.

    A new therapy for type 1 diabetes could nix the need for insulin injections. Just a single infusion of lab-grown pancreatic cells let patients’ bodies make all the insulin they needed, scientists report. A year after treatment, 10 out of 12 participants no longer needed supplemental insulin...
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    Inhibiting enzyme could halt cell death in Parkinson’s disease - Stanford Medicine Study

    Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that’s caused by a single genetic mutation, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study conducted in mice. The genetic mutation causes an enzyme called leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, or...
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    ..Can Ruin Your Life Forever.

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    This mechanism shrinks when pulled.

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    AIR INDIA CRASH - Cover Up?

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    New Oral drug for Type 2 Diabetes and obesity without side effects.

    Lower blood sugar and increased fat burning – without negatively affecting appetite or muscle mass. These are some of the most promising effects of a new potential drug treatment for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to a new study published in the journal Cell by researchers...
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    AI-171 Black box data downloaded.

    Investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from an Air India crash this month that killed 260 people, India's civil aviation ministry says. The ministry said data from the front recorder was accessed on Wednesday (US Time) by a team led by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau...
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    Flight AI 171 wasn’t an accident—it was a consequence.

    The crash must prompt fundamental reforms—beginning with the regulator and extending to airline management—as the aviation ecosystem is structurally compromised. Please read the following article...
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    The Simplest Unsolved Problem in Math.

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