European SpaceflightAndrew Parsonson

ONERA selects Belgium’s AMOS to build a 2.5-metre telescope for French civil and military space surveillance

ONERA has chosen AMOS to develop and deliver a 2.5-metre telescope for space surveillance support covering both French civil and defense needs. The selection underlines continued investment in ground-based sensing capacity for monitoring objects in orbit.

2026-07-22T13:24:35.453396-07:00
Washington PostStella Canino-Quiñones

Remnants of Pan-Am plane crash that changed air safety policy found 74 years later

By Washington Post: The tragedy was pivotal in creating the preflight safety briefing and emergency procedure demonstrations on flights.

2026-07-22T12:42:54.983307-07:00
FlightGlobalDavid Kaminski-Morrow

Icelandair 757 pilots disciplined after unauthorised low pass over islands

By FlightGlobal: Cockpit crew's licences suspended by Icelandic authority. Icelandic regulators have disciplined two pilots who carried out an unauthorised low pass in a Boeing 757-200 while conducting a scheduled flight from Frankfurt.

2026-07-22T12:24:51.623764-07:00
BloombergAllyson Versprille

Ryanair CEO Rebuked for Commenting on Broken Window Incident

By Bloomberg: A US safety agency warned Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary not to make public comments about a near-catastrophic incident on a recent flight from Greece to Germany, during which a dislodged window threatened to suck out a passenger sitting by the opening.

2026-07-22T11:40:33.572915-07:00