September 19, 2021

Flight

Two local boys examine a pile of twisted metal gathered by workers during the continuing recovery efforts at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 11th, 2019, in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The plane was just six minutes into its flight to Nairobi, Kenya, when it crashed, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board on March 10th. As a result of the crash, Ethiopia joined China and other countries in grounding its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 jets.
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Viewfinder: Locals Examine Debris From the Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash

Two local boys examine a pile of twisted metal gathered by workers during the continuing recovery efforts at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 11th, 2019, in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

A picture taken on May 15th, 2018, shows the Russian supersonic plane Tu-144 on display in the city of Kazan. A similar plane, the Tupolev Tu-144, was the first of only two supersonic transport aircraft to ever enter commercial service, beating the Concorde by two months. The prototype first flew 50 years ago today, on December 31st, 1968, near Moscow.
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Viewfinder: Russia Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight

A picture taken on May 15th, 2018, shows the Russian supersonic plane Tu-144 on display in the city of Kazan.

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Economics

Airline to Charge Customers by the Kilogram

Under a new pay-per-kilogram system, ghosts will be able to fly for nothing.