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Late last night, Virgin Australia flight VA 148 set out from Queenstown in New Zealand bound for Melbourne. Not long after takeoff, the right engine of the Boeing 737-800 jet started emitting loud bangs, followed by flames.
Jun 18, 2024
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Robotics
The Houston Astros' use of cameras to steal signs and conceivably cheat to win the World Series has driven many recent conversations about the place and meaning of technology in sports. The Major League Baseball season is ...
Jun 1, 2020
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Automotive
Around 7,200 workers with Daimler Truck in three southern US states were poised Friday for a potential strike as labor contract talks headed down to the wire.
Apr 27, 2024
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Automotive
Another 7,000 members of the biggest US automobile workers' union on Friday joined its already major strike against the country's "Big Three" Detroit car manufacturers.
Sep 29, 2023
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In October 2001, nearly one month after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, a US Air Force pilot made history as the first person to conduct a lethal strike with a modern drone—the Predator.
Sep 7, 2021
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Automotive
Sweden's metalworkers union said Friday that it was expanding its strike against Tesla, a week after mechanics walked off the job over the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement.
Nov 3, 2023
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Business
A strike by Ryanair pilots in Belgium in an ongoing dispute over working conditions has canceled 96 flights to and from Charleroi this weekend, the airport said, in the midst of the busy summer travel season.
Jul 29, 2023
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Other
A Russian pilot whose passenger jet lost power in both engines after colliding with a flock of gulls shortly after takeoff Thursday managed to land in a cornfield smoothly enough that only one of the 233 people on board was ...
Aug 15, 2019
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Business
For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time.
Jul 18, 2023
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Business
Irish Ryanair pilots are to strike for two days next week, their union said Wednesday, escalating an internal pay row at the budget airline.
Aug 14, 2019
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