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The Real Reason Airplane Window Shades Must Be Up at Takeoff and Landing, According to Pilots

Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let ...
AOL

Tui flight makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport after take-off bird strike

A Tui flight from Cardiff Airport to Cyprus declared an emergency and was forced to divert to Birmingham following a bird strike shortly after take-off. The Boeing 737, flight number TOM 6754 ...

easyJet makes emergency landing as holidaymaker 'dragged off' from plane floor

The plane was flying from Manchester to Corfu, when a diversion had to be made to Milan, where a man was "dragged off" the flight.

How ultralight eVTOLs are bringing personal flight closer than ever

Two decades after electric vehicles began reshaping ground transportation, a new category of electric aircraft is beginning ...
FlightGlobal

Shield AI reveals X-BAT autonomous fighter with vertical take-off capability and 2,000nm range

Autonomy start-up Shield AI has expanded into jet-powered aircraft with the X-BAT, a vertical take-off and landing fighter ...

Long Beach Aircraft Maker Odys Aviation Raises $26 Million Series A Round

Long Beach's Odys Aviation, a hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft company, closed a $26 million Series A ...
Shephard Media

Shield AI unveils new autonomous VTOL fighter jet concept

Shield AI has unveiled X-Bat, its AI-controlled, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) platform.