49 h. ago Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut engines walks free as crew's heroics revealed

Joseph Emerson was riding off-duty in an extra seat in the cockpit when he tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco on October 22 2023

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64 h. ago Rule Breakers review – rousingly feelgood real life story of Afghan girls’ robotics team

This story of emancipated young women escaping draconian social strictures brims with enthusiasm and features a cameo from Phoebe Waller-BridgeBased on a true story, Bill Guttentag’s rousing drama attests to the resilience of women who dare to dream despite draconian social strictures. The film follows Roya Mahboob (Nikohl Boosheri), a trailblazing coach and businesswoman in Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) who assembles a robotics team of Afghan girls for international competitions. The young dreamers hail from different walks of life but they all share the same zest for engineering. They face the same dangers too; in a country where women are not encouraged or even allowed to pursue higher levels of education, their quest for medals sees opposition from their own families as well as public scorn from conservatives.Rule Breakers is at its most thrilling during the competition sequences, which splice together real-life documentary footage of the events with fi...

Technology

7 d. ago More than 230 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Pilot cut re-offending by 45 per cent, protects victims and holds perpetrators to account, says Sir Sadiq Khan

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7 d. ago More than 150 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Pilot cut re-offending by 45 per cent, protects victims and holds perpetrators to account, says Sir Sadiq Khan

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3 w. ago Boeing pushes 777X jet deliveries to 2027 amid certification delays

Boeing on Wednesday reported mixed third-quarter results, with higher aircraft deliveries and a growing order backlog offset by certification delays for its 777X jet

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3 w. ago Alaska Airlines working to ‘normalize operations’ and will bring in outside experts after hundreds of flights canceled in IT outage

More than 49,000 passengers have faced travel disruptions over the past two days, according to the carrier

Science

3 w. ago Alaska Airlines flights are grounded nationwide for the second time this year over an ‘IT outage’

Alaska Airlines advised passengers to check their flight status before traveling to the airport

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3 w. ago Alaska Airlines LIVE: Huge delays as ALL planes halted at airports amid IT outage

Hundreds of thousands of Alaska Airlines passengers are stranded as the company, which operates flights across both the United States and Mexico, has suffered a technical glitch

Society

3 w. ago Alaska Airlines LIVE: Tourists stranded as ALL planes halted amid technical glitch

Hundreds of thousands of Alaska Airlines passengers are stranded as the company, which operates flights across both the United States and Mexico, has suffered a technical glitch

Society

3 w. ago Alaska Airlines LIVE: Long delays after ALL planes halted amid technical glitch

Hundreds of thousands of Alaska Airlines passengers face delays as the company, which operates flights across both the United States and Mexico, has suffered a technical glitch

Society

last month Pilot left 'cut up' as windscreen 'shatters' with plane forced to make emergency landing

The Boeing 737 Max 8, carrying 134 passengers and six crew members, was approximately 200 miles southeast of Salt Lake City when the crew noticed something hit the windshield

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