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Tuesday, 23 February 2021

BBC News

• Covid in Scotland: Drones to carry Covid samplesThe medical cargo is being carried up to 40 miles in hard-to-reach parts of Argyll and Bute.
• Boeing 777: Signs of 'metal fatigue' found on Denver plane engineThe aircraft had to make an emergency landing after its engine failed, scattering debris over homes below.

Financial Times

• Dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft grounded after United engine failure US regulator orders inspections of planes using Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000-112 turbines
• ‘Metal fatigue’ believed to have caused Boeing engine to break apartFederal investigators examine damage to jet turbine on United Airlines flight

The Guardian

• Air New Zealand to trial Covid vaccine passport on Sydney flightsAirline aims to ‘streamline health verification’ for travel as vaccinations begin Air New Zealand will trial a digital vaccine passport in April on flights between Auckland and Sydney with Qantas investigating similar technology.As vaccination begins in Australia, attention has turned to the potential resumption of international travel and how Australia could track whether potential visitors have been vaccinated. Continue reading...
• Denver plane engine fire consistent with metal fatigue in fan blade, say investigatorsUS reveals preliminary results of inquiry into Pratt & Whitney engine fire that led to grounding of dozens of Boeing 777s around the worldMetal fatigue in the fan blades may have been behind the engine failure of a Boeing jet in Denver at the weekend, the US National Transportation Safety Board has said.The Pratt & Whitney engine caught fire shortly after take off on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200, during a flight from Denver to Honolulu, with 231 passengers and 10 crew onboard. Pilots issued a mayday call and returned to Denver. Continue reading...

Cambridge News

• TUI, Jet2, easyJet and Ryanair latest flight and holiday updatesBoris Johnson said: "A successor to the global travel task force will report by April 12 so that people can plan for the summer.”

C.N.N.

• Engine on United Airlines flight was showing signs of metal fatigue, NTSB saysThe Pratt & Whitney engine that failed minutes into United Airlines flight 328 showed signs of metal fatigue, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said during their first public briefing on Monday.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Business support scheme to boost UK space industry has lift offThe up to 10-week Business Accelerator programme, delivered in partnership with business growth experts from Entrepreneurial Spark and The University of Strathclyde, offers free virtual sessions to help companies with their sights set on space to make progress. Businesses that may not have previously considered the opportunities presented by the space industry can also benefit. Pre-launch activity already involves a nationwide targeting of relevant businesses to alert them to the possibilities for growth. The scheme, getting under way in early March, aims to find entrepreneurs from a wide ra...