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UK Combat Air Demonstrator Reaches 66% Manufacturing Milestone with 3,500+ Personnel and Digital Manufacturing

The UK’s first supersonic combat aircraft project in four decades is moving from concept to reality. BAE Systems’ Lancashire facilities are now manufacturing two-thirds of the Combat Air Flying Demonstrator‘s structural weight, using digital techniques that mark a radical departure from traditional aerospace production. This demonstrator, set for first flight by 2027, will test technologies ...

Air India Flight Crash

Air India AI171: First Fatal Boeing 787 Crash Claims 50 Lives, MAYDAY Called at 625 Feet During Ahmedabad Takeoff

At 13:39 IST on June 12, 2025, Air India Flight AI171 became aviation history’s first fatal Boeing 787 Dreamliner accident when the London-bound aircraft crashed into Ahmedabad’s Meghani Nagar residential area just minutes after wheels-up from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The twin-engine widebody, registration VT-ANB, carried 242 people aboard—230 passengers and 12 crew members, ...