Boeing in the next 10 days will roll out an upgrade to the MCAS stall prevention system for 737 MAX aircraft that have had two deadly accidents in recent months, two industry sources told AFP. The system was implicated in the crash of a 737 MAX 8 in Indonesia in October
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An Israeli woman walks past embedded LED stoplights at a crosswalk in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv has taken its first steps toward assisting pedestrians distracted by their smartphones by embedding LED stoplights at crosswalks. The municipality installed the “zombie traffic lights” Monday, aiming to minimize accidents between vehicles and inattentive pedestrians at
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A foremost commercial ride-hailing service company, Taxify has rebranded its name to become Bolt, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Estonian company announced the change of name on Thursday in a statement by its CEO, Markus Villig, and has since the announcement updated its apps and various listings in app
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Airbus is to cease production of the A380 once final deliveries are made to Emirates, which has reduced its order book from 162 to 123 superjumbos The airline, which today announced a $21.4bn heads-of-agreement with Airbus for 40 A330-900 and 30 A350-900 aircraft, will take delivery of 14 A380s over the
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At a time when Africa nations are still battling with poverty, some are still planning to produce pencils, United States government is still battling its legislators over the Mexico wall which amounts into trillions of dollars, China is silently developing its nation and making it the eighth wonder of the
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The Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Captain Muhammed Abdulsalam, in this interview, says the institute has been recognised as an excellent aviation training institution by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, to serve the entire West and Central Africa. Excerpts: How many new aircraft have you acquired and
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The federal government, Friday, disclosed that the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan railway project, would commence passenger service by 6th of February, 2019. Government, through the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, gave the hint after inspecting the project site in Agbado, near Abeokuta. (more…)
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Back in the mid-1960s, aerospace giant Boeing was preparing to build the Boeing 747, the first jumbo jet, which was two-and-a-half times bigger than the largest existing airliners. The 747 would revolutionize air transportation by making it possible to fly more people and cargo at a lower cost than ever
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Someone had remarked equally that when there is an exchange of goods between an African nation and a European or Asian one, we call it international trade but when it is an exchange of goods and services between neighbouring African nations, we term it smuggling. It is no wonder then
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As part of the high points of the visit of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in August 2018, Volkswagen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian government on the return of the current world’s largest auto maker to its former plant in Lagos. The agreement has since stirred
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