Onboard
Vaisala and FMI technology heads to Mars onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover
International collaboration takes Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, 2020. Vaisala’s sensor technology combined with FMI’s measurement instrumentation will be used to obtain accurate and reliable pressure and humidity data from the surface of the red planet. …
BREAKING NEWS: PLANE CRASHES IN PAKISTANI RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH OVER 100 ONBOARD
NEWS has just come in of a devasting plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan. A Pakistani Airlines Airbus A320 crashed into a residential area in Pakistan at around 2.45pm local time. The plane had taken off earlier from Lahore Airport, police and ambulance services were quickly at the scene which was chaotic as residents were covered …
Onboard separation technology set to improve fuel economy
RICHLAND, Wash. — A technology developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory could pave the way for increased fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions as part of an octane-on-demand fuel-delivery system. Designed to work with a car’s existing fuel, the onboard separation technology is the first to use …
Missing tour helicopter Kauai: Coast Guard searching aircraft with 7 people onboard in Hawaii
The owner of the helicopter company reached out to the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu when the aircraft didn’t return from a tour of the Napali coast, the Coast Guard said in a news release. One pilot and six passengers were on the helicopter and two of those passengers are believed to be minors. …
Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air flight with 100 onboard crashes near Almaty airport
The plane “lost altitude after takeoff and broke through a concrete fence,” before colliding with a two-story building at approximately 7:22 a.m., local time, according to Almaty aviation authorities. Flight Z2100, a Fokker 100 aircraft operated by Kazakhstan-based carrier Bek Air, was scheduled to fly from Almaty, the country’s largest city, to the capital Nur-Sultan. …
Can technology provide the answer to quickly onboard temporary workers this festive season?
Reading time: 3 minutes 20 seconds Retailers, hospitality and entertainment companies are set to take on a record number of seasonal staff this November and December to keep up with the annual surge of demand covering Black Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day. According to figures recently released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), …
BREAKING: Monorail Loses Power Stranding Guests Onboard, Evacuation in Progress
This post may contain affiliate links; please read the disclosure for more information. During the evening hours of September 19th, 2019 a monorail on Walt Disney World Resort property seems to have lost power leaving the Ticket and Transportation Center and heading to Epcot. This incident left as many as 100 people stuck inside according …
