The space agency said returning Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore onboard Starliner was too risky as engineers still hadn’t fully deduced what went wrong with its thrusters.
The aircraft from the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing and 131st Bomb Wing flew from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Australia earlier this month on August 16.
Wing Commander Phil Parsons, the first non-Boeing pilot to take part in the testing, executed commands such as making the aircraft climb, descend, accelerate, and decelerate.
The competition regulator’s latest report on the sector said that the smaller airline’s decision to shrink its network “may mean” prices would rise, despite Rex only holding a 5 per cent market share.
The in-country facility, situated within the city’s airport precinct, will be one of only two in the world capable of producing Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM).
AMSL Aero, Boresight, and Grabba have been awarded $2.2 million each from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), following a “fly-off” demonstration of their capabilities in April.
The work stoppages will occur from 1am to 5am, 7am to 11am, and 6pm to 10pm on Friday 23 August, and could affect 16 airlines including Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar, Air New Zealand, Delta and British Airways, with longer domestic and long-haul internationa…