"Bladders emptied, LS782 is back on its way"
airplane
The idea is to have Roc carry this into the sky and release it from the air, seeing it travel at speeds in excess of Mach 5 and at altitudes of 35,000 ft
Airbus never even recouped the €25 billion development cost
The wheel weighed 122kg, was 1.25m tall and 49cm thick and fell into a vineyard – The aircraft landed safely at its destination
“We’re starting to approach this new frontier of battery research that could do so much more than li-ion batteries can"
Kaliningrad is a Russian territory on the Baltic sea, separated from mainland Russia by Lithuania
After the lengthy delay, passengers were told to disembark the plane so that it could be refuelled before reboarding
The aircraft crew then issued a Squawk 7700 alert after a passenger took ill which told air traffic control that they needed to land immediately
The trip would've taken about three hours if EU airspace were not closed to Russian planes - It flew over Turkey, though
The incident occurred on flight EK430 on 1 July