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Following the accident, cabin crew evacuated passengers in 109 seconds after losing contact with the cockpit. The tower halted all operations and alerted the fire department, which arrived in 2:06 and extinguished the fire in 58 seconds, minimizing the impact.

#AviationSafety

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Final report #TV9883 released today
: Investigation shows that at nearly V1 (145 knots), the captain was distracted by a slipping object and unknowingly pressed the left rudder, causing an unintended left deviation. The plane veered off the runway at 127 knots.

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Great to see the Endeavour is up with Los Angeles skyline.

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COMAC C919 flew over Hong Kong at 700ft!

Amazing!

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Beautiful🚀

Chinese rocket startup Landspace's #Zhuque2 Y3 methane rocket is now on the launch pad.

Launch date Dec 6， 2023

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A passenger shared this video

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China Eastern MU721 /Aiburs A330 diverted due to uncontained engine failure.

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Watch the concept video here

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Chinese car manufacturer XPeng announced the new concept of a "flying car".

- The car, carrying eVOTL, is the mothership
- eVOTL has 2 seats
- The mothership is a Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV). It charges the battery on eVOTL.

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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) today issued the world first eVTOL type certificate for EHang’s EH216-S, clearing the way for commercial passenger-carrying flights to begin in China.

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An Air China Boeing 747-400 carrying CA11 flight number landed in Charleston, SC. Waiting for official news release.

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China Southern Airlines CZ8738 (Shenzhen to Kashgar) made its maiden flight today.

Today's flight time of 6 hours and 51 minutes makes this flight the longest non-stop domestic flight in China.

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Another clip from the passenger on board.

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#CA403 TFU-SIN emergency landing

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Galactic Energy conducted its first sea launch of Ceres-1 solid rocket on Sept 4th 17:34 local time. The mission successfully sent 4 Tianqi satellites into the orbit.

This is the first private sea launch in China.

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For no many opportunities today you can see Starbucks meets an authentic Sukhoi Su-27~ At China's Changchun Airshow.

J-20s are closely viewed by the public.

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The two sides will jointly promote the accelerated construction of the new Airbus final assembly line in Tianjin. NDRC supports Chinese airlines to negotiate with Airbus according to their commercial needs and promote win-win development for both Airbus and Chinese airlines.

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Breaking: Airbus signed new agreement with China

In the presence of the two premiers, Zheng Jiejie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, signed the LOI - Deepening Cooperation in the Aviation Sector.

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#Shenzhen15 reentry.

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Shenzhou 15 and Shenzhou 16 crews performed the handover ceremony. Note that at 1:00, the symbolic key is exchanged.

The Shenzhou-15 crew will land on Earth on the morning of June 4.