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Amazon patents drone to replace ski lift

The filing revealed the system could allow skiers to reach remote areas or “customise their skiing experience” by allowing them to get to fresh powder.

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BOC says airlines have restarted leasing payments

Airlines have resumed regular payments of their previously deferred aircraft leasing payments in a signal of easing pressure, according BOC.

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US dispatches B-1B Lancers and B-2 Spirits

The US dispatched four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers and four F-15C Eagles in a training mission in the Indo-Pacific region, write Stephen Kuper.

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ANA’s first 787 lands at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on September 27 at the end of its delivery flight from Everett. (Boeing)

Boeing tests hand-held UV lights to kill viruses

Boeing has announced it’s developing a hand-held ultraviolet wand to neutralise bacteria and viruses presented on flight deck surfaces.

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‘Passengers were alive’: Black box data from downed Ukrainian airliner seen

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  Analysis of black box data recovered from the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737 downed by Iran in January found that passengers and crew survived the first of two ground-to-air missiles to hit the plane, 25 seconds apart. While the second missile hit the aircraft 25 seconds after the first, only the first 19 seconds

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S7 flight diverted after Kremlin critic suspected poisoned

A Moscow-bound S7 Airlines flight carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny diverted to the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday, following a suspected poisoning. The 737-800, registered VP-BQF, departed Tomsk Bogashevo Airport in the country’s east at 8:06am. After nearly an hour in the air,  the politician was heard screaming from an onboard lavatory. Passengers

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