The Defense Innovation Unit's latest quantum sensing milestone shows aircraft can safely and accurately navigate vast stretches of ocean without relying on the same GPS that millions of civilians use to move through traffic.
An American Airlines flight carrying 181 people made an emergency landing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday after a bird strike sent flames streaming from the left engine seconds after takeoff, and the pilot's mayday call captured the moment in real time. Flight 1760, a Boeing 737 bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, had barely […] The post American Airlines Boeing 737 forced back to Myrtle Beach after bird strike sends flames shooting from engine appeared first on American Almanac .
An American Airlines flight carrying 181 people made an emergency landing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday after a bird strike sent flames streaming from the left engine seconds after takeoff, and the pilot's mayday call captured the moment in real time. Flight 1760, a Boeing 737 bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, had barely left the runway when passengers felt the aircraft shudder and saw fire erupt beneath the left wing. The pilot radioed air traffic control immediately. His words, captured on a LiveATC recording, were blunt: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. We've got an engine problem here." A second pilot monitoring the frequency saw what happened from the air. "I saw he took up birds, it looked like, at least in the left side…Open
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