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Coronavirus alert on French Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle amid fears 40 sailors have the bug after NATO training exercise with allies including a British warship Sailors with suspected cases of Covid-19 are being kept in solitary confinement The aircraft carrier had taken part in training exercises off the Denmark coast It is … Read more
Thomas Modly, President Trump’s acting Navy secretary, told sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt that their fired captain was ‘naive’ and ‘stupid’ for the missive he wrote complaining about the lack of help for the coronavirus-infested ship and then complained about the flak he was receiving for relieving Captain Brett Crozier of his duties. Modly … Read more
The captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt was given a rousing salute by his now-former crew as he left the aircraft carrier for the last time after being fired over a letter he wrote demanding his sailors be quarantined after a coronavirus outbreak. Video posted to social media by sailors shows a large crowd of … Read more
Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of the coronavirus-stricken nuclear aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt on Thursday, four days after his plea for help from Navy leaders went public The US Navy has relieved the captain of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt days after his plea for help for his sailors went public. … Read more
Easyjet’s founder goes to war with struggling airline over its plans to spend £4.5bn on aircraft By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 Easyjet’s founder has gone to war with the struggling airline over its plans to spend £4.5 billion on aircraft. … Read more
The U.S. military has decided it will stop providing some of the more granular data about coronavirus infections within its ranks, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper revealed The US Defense Department has issued a 60-day freeze to troop deployments to aid in further prevention of the spread of the coronavirus as cases jump by 30 percent … Read more
One in five Europeans suffer from noise pollution caused by traffic and aircraft as officials warn up to half of city-dwellers are exposed to constant road noise. Alarmingly, figures are set to rise in the next decade due to urban growth, the European Environment Agency (EEA) predict. Noise pollution can disrupt sleep at night, while chronic … Read more
U.S. says Chinese naval ship fired a laser at American surveillance aircraft that could have BLINDED pilot The Navy confirmed the incident more than a week after it happened about 380 miles west of Guam It said the People’s Republic of China naval destroyer lased the American P-8A Poseidon aircraft The statement from U.S. Pacific … Read more
Revealed: The amazing expanding aircraft lavatory that offers disabled passengers 40 per cent more space It’s called Access and has been created by London-based Acumen and Singapore-based ST Engineering The extra space creates a lavatory large enough to allow a passenger in a wheelchair to enter The innovative design can be retrofitted or line-fitted to … Read more
Ryanair passenger suffered a broken ankle when aircraft jolted to avoid a nearby easyJet plane The Boeing 737 had been travelling from Edinburgh Airport to Fuerteventura As the aircraft descended, it was warned to stop due to an easyJet plane nearby The pilot suddenly switched plane to manual, which caused a huge jolt The sudden … Read more