An air ambulance service said it has experienced some near-collisions involving drones. Wiltshire Air Ambulance pilots say that the trend of drone collisions is going up and they are seeing more people fly drones over accident sites. During one incident in Bath, they only narrowly avoided a drone as they were coming in to land. Matt Wilcock, chief pilot at Wiltshire Air Ambulance, said: "When you hit one of those [drones] doing 150mph, they will come through the wind screen and they can injure the crew. If you injure the pilot, we all see where that would end." He added: "When we come into landing sites, often what's happening is there's commotion on the ground, there's lights and people want to pop a drone up and have a look at what is going on.
"We come in and, while drones are at 400ft and most aviation traffic is at 500ft, the exception is when we come in to land. "This hasn't happened too often, but the trend is on the up." He added that when coming in to land at an accident site in Bath, his crew suddenly caught something coming against the aircraft. "We realised it was a small drone. "Had we hit that, it could have damaged us."
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A software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike inadvertently disrupted IT systems globally—taking Windows machines offline. Banks, airports, TV stations, health care organizations, hotels, and countless other businesses all faced widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displayed errors worldwide.
In the early hours of the incident, companies in Australia running Microsoft’s Windows operating system started reporting devices showing Blue Screens of Death (BSODs). Shortly after, reports of disruptions started flooding in from around the world, including from the UK, India, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US: TV station Sky News went offline, and US airlines United, Delta, and American Airlines issued a “global ground stop” on all flights.
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-windows-outage-crowdstrike-global-it-probems/
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A man has tragically died after his Tesla Cybertruck veered off the road and burst into flames in what is believed to be the first fatal crash involving Elon Musk's latest electric pickup. The vehicle, which has yet to undergo independent crash tests, was reportedly involved in the deadly accident for 'unknown reasons'.
Despite Tesla's strong safety record with its vehicle line-up, this incident raises questions about the durability of the Cybertruck, which is touted as exceptionally robust.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/tesla-cybertrucks-first-fatal-crash-33409960
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A fire at a tower block in east London has once again raised questions about the use of flammable cladding on buildings, just days before the final report on the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy is set to be published.
Forty fire engines and more than 200 firefighters attended the blaze on Freshwater Road in Dagenham in the early hours of Monday morning, with London Fire Brigade declaring a major incident.
More than 80 people, including children, were evacuated from their homes, while 20 more were rescued by firefighters. Two people were taken to hospital for undisclosed reasons.
The fire broke out at the apartment block, which London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe said was known to have “a number of fire safety issues”, as works were underway to remove “non-compliant cladding”.
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The Federal Aviation Administration found dozens of issues throughout Boeing’s 737 MAX jet production process, including mechanics at one of its key suppliers using a hotel key card and dish soap as makeshift tools to test compliance, according to a report.
The FAA discovered “unacceptable” quality control issues during an audit of Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems that was launched after a door plug flew off a 737 MAX 9 at 16,000 feet on 5th Jan.
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