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A Boeing 757 was undergoing maintenance when a tire blew out, killing two airline workers and injuring anotherA tire blowout on a Delta Air Lines jet during maintenance at the Atlanta airport on Tuesday killed two employees and seriously injured a third, authorities in Georgia said.The two deaths occurred early in the morning in a hangar at the Hartsfield-Jackson international airport as the workers changed the tire, Delta said in a statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/27/atlanta-delta-tire-explosion Author : Richard Luscombe Publish date : 2024-08-27 18:49:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shares rise despite a drop in carrier’s revenues, which Michael O’Leary says will last until spring 2025Ryanair said it has reaped strong traffic growth after a summer when the airline’s fares were down 5% and passenger numbers passed 20 million a month.Shares in Europe’s biggest carrier rose on Tuesday, after the group chief executive, Michael O’Leary, revised previous gloomier predictions of a double-digit drop in peak-season fare income, although he said the dent in revenues would probably last until spring 2025. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/27/ryanair-says-passenger-numbers-passed-20m-a-month-amid-a-5-cut-in-airlines-fares Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2024-08-27 17:35:28 Copyright for

State also bug spraying in several communities due to virus that spreads to humans via bite of an infected mosquitoA rare but serious – and potentially lethal – mosquito-borne disease has prompted officials to close public parks as well as implement targeted bug spraying in several communities in Massachusetts.Meanwhile, a resident of nearby New Hampshire has died after testing positive for the disease, eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/27/massachusetts-mosquito-virus-parks-spraying Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-08-27 18:08:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial worksAngela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings “too slow” and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as quickly as possible.The deputy prime minister made the comments during a visit to Dagenham, east London, on Tuesday afternoon, the day after a dramatic fire tore through a block of flats that was undergoing remedial works to remove “non-compliant” cladding. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/27/removal-unsafe-cladding-buildings-too-slow-angela-rayner Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2024-08-27 17:18:45 Copyright for