Our planet will continue to be bombarded by radiation from a solar storm through Wednesday but it shouldn’t cause any immediate problems for cellphone users or air travellers
Right now, there are approximately 20,000 objects going around the Earth at different altitudes,” says Michel Doyon, manager of flight operations at the Canadian Space Agency
Until 2004, no privately-operated manned spaceflight had occurred but now new companies are tapping into space tourism
Each nation is “absolutely liable to pay compensation for damage caused by its space object on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft in flight.”
Satellite has an estimated one-in-3,200 chance of killing or injuring anyone
As terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, closed American air space, 38 passenger planes heading west over the Atlantic with more than 6,500 passengers and crew were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 took off from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Shortly after takeoff, both of the plane’s engines lost power, believed to be caused by multiple bird hits. Pilot Cpt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. [...]
On Wednesday, July 28, an Airbus A321 jet crashed near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. The jet, carrying 152 passengers and crew, was en route from Karachi, Pakistan to Islamabad. All on board were killed. Business Insurance magazine is reporting that Bermuda-based Catlin confirmed that it is the lead underwriter, but the source could not [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early on January 25. No survivors were found. In Ottawa, the Foreign Affairs department said there was one Canadian citizen on board. Reports say that the pilot [...]
