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Last Updated: Friday, May 23, 2025, 11:51 AM PDT

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Reuters • Sergio Goncalves

Portugal's TAP books wider loss as strike, competition bite

By Reuters: Portuguese airline TAP's first-quarter net loss widened 20% from the same period a year ago as aggressive competition and a pilot strike at its low-cost carrier Portugalia squeezed revenue.

2025-05-23T10:46:38.877964-07:00
Aerial Firefighting   Helicopter  
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Associated Press • Dorany Pineda

Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. Mark Whaling, a retired firefighter created the Heli-Hydrant, a relatively small, open tank that can be rapidly filled with water, enabling helicopters to fill up faster for fighting fires

By Associated Press: CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get.

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2025-05-23T06:30:32.667486-07:00
Boeing   737 MAX   737   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
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Reuters • David Shepardson

US senators urge Department of Justice not to let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution

By Reuters: Two U.S. senators called on the Justice Department on Friday to prosecute Boeing in a criminal fraud case stemming from two fatal 737 MAX crashes, and to reject a tentative deal that would allow the planemaker to avoid pleading guilty.

2025-05-23T08:38:30.653692-07:00