MISSTEPS: An initial aviation safety report said that the pilot of TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 shut down the wrong engine when one of the engines f
A treasure trove of objects that were supposed to have been left behind after the first moon landing have turned up in the closet of Neil Armstrong, t
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) plans to increase the difficulty of the driver’s license test for motorcycle
MAKING THE GRADE: The CAA said any of the 71 pilots who fail either the oral or flight simulator test would be given one month to retrain before takin
QUESTIONS: Experts said human error could be behind Flight GE235’s pilots shutting down the plane’s working engine, but that the wreckage still needs
The Aviation Safety Council yesterday revealed preliminary information from the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder of the crashed T
FATAL FLIGHT: It was TransAsia Airways’ second plane crash in less than a year. Aviation authorities have ordered special inspections of all ATR 72-ty
ILLEGAL OPERATION: Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan has ordered local officials to perform inspections to identify all illegal constructions in the munici
The nation’s new stealth missile corvette, the Tuo Jiang (沱江), began its service yesterday.Minister of National Defense Yen Ming (嚴明) presided over th
英國一間引擎公司製造出一款新式火箭引擎,聲稱可以讓新款的太空飛機在4小時內飛到世界各個角落,速度高達音速的5倍,經歐洲太空總署研究,預計可在2020年正式升空。
英國一間引擎公司製造出一款新式火箭引擎,聲稱可以讓新款的太空飛機在4小時內飛到世界各個角落,速度高達音速的5倍,經歐洲太空總署研究,預計可在2020年正式升空。英國公司「Reaction Engines」研發出一款名為「Sabre」的火箭式引擎,並準備將這款引擎裝載在「Skylon」的太空飛機上。根
PLANE DEALINGS: The Control Yuan blasted a NT$9.8 billion plan to move the nation’s fleet of P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft from Taoyuan to
SpaceX filed a lawsuit against rival company United Launch Alliance, claiming that their purchase of rocket engines from Russia for the Atlas V violat
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A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner over New York City and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River, and all 155 on board were pulled to
A rowdy wedding party nearly triggered a Russian naval attack after guests fired pistols and flare guns into the air on Georgia’s disputed Abkhazian c
A British psychologist said his study indicates the revving of a luxury car’s engine tends to have a sexually arousing effect in women.
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Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled about 54,000 passenger cars because of engine problems that led to at least two fires in cars left parked with their e