The United Kingdom’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is heading towards the Asia Pacific on a six-month mission being described as the most significant deployment of its kind in decades. The move has angered China, which sees it as an intrusion into the South and East China seas. And as Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from the South Korean port city of Busan, the mission is fuelling debate among Asian nations about building their own carriers. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #SouthKorea #UnitedKingdom #AircraftCarrier
0 An Indonesian search team has uncovered more human remains in the Java Sea – days after a passenger plane crashed just minutes after takeoff. As victims’ families mourn, divers are searching the waters to the north of Jakarta – looking for the aircraft’s flight recorder. Authorities are confident signals from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorders were detected north of Jakarta’s coast. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington has the latest from Jakarta, Indonesia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Indonesia
In Australia, half a century of aviation history has ended at Qantas Airways, with the early retirement of its final Boeing 747. It is the latest airline casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated the industry globally, forcing many airlines to decommission part or parts of their fleet, and cut staff. Qantas had planned to retire its 747s by the end of 2020, but COVID-19 brought its end forward. Al Jazeera’s Nicola Gage reports from Sydney. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Qantas #Australia #Coronavirus
Comac C919:First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight The first medium-sized airliner built in China has taken off on its maiden flight. It’s designed to meet soaring demand for air travel there and challenge the worldwide dominance of Airbus and Boeing. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ A tour of China’s first big passenger jet – the C919
Mach 5 aircraft technology would enable flight times of 4.5 hours from Europe to Australia. CNBC goes behind the scenes with the latest innovators to find out more Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq Teams in Oxford, U.K., and Boston, U.S., are working on new designs for plane engines, with the potential to create a “very high-speed aircraft” and take fuel out of the equation altogether. CNBC takes a look at both options. Scimitar is a prototype jet engine from UK-based Reaction Engines. Developers tell CNBC that the experimental apparatus can extend the speed, the power, and the range of existing systems by up to 5 times the speed of sound. […]
0 Honda Jet Aircraft is the new business jet from Honda. CNBC’s Kaori Enjoli speaks to Honda to find out more about the new airplane. Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq CNBC catches up with Michimasa Fujino, president and CEO of Honda Aircraft, to learn more about the group’s new business jet, which can fly higher, faster and is more fuel-efficient than its competitors. CNBC.com for more great clips: http://cnb.cx/1o2BRDO CNBC International playlist: http://bit.ly/1u34e9a Like us on CNBC’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/cnbc Follow us on CNBC’s Twitter accounts Tweets by cnbcworld https://twitter.com/CNBC
