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[GulfLander]

A Chennai-bound British Airways Boeing Dreamliner was forced to return to London mid-air after it encountered a technical snag. The incident happened on Sunday (June 15).

The aircraft was initially scheduled to depart from London Heathrow Airport at nearly 12.40 pm, but took off at 1.16 pm, after a delay of more than 35 minutes.

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Air India Dreamliner bound for Delhi returns to Hong Kong after facing technical snags mid-air

Air India flight AI315, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was forced to return to Hong Kong shortly after takeoff due to a suspected technical issue. The flight was originally bound for Delhi, but the pilot decided to turn back as a precautionary measure. Thankfully, all passengers and crew members are safe. Watch this video for the latest updates on this developing story and find out what might have caused the technical snag.

 

[GulfLander]

The [Indian] Prime Minister is in Cyprus for delegation-level talks with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulas. Discussions focused on counter-terrorism cooperation, economic ties, and regional stability. Cyprus's support for India's war on terror and upcoming EU presidency were highlighted. The PM emphasized the need for peace, stating 'This is not the era of war'. Talks also covered defence cooperation, cyber security, and potential India-EU free trade agreement.

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'This is not an era of war', says PM Modi after talks with Cyprus Prez
PM says his visit was a 'golden opportunity' to write a new chapter in India-Cyprus ties

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[Ringsword]

The topic came up when some here complained China didn't help Iran. Your logic is that it's because China didn't make itself loved by Iranians. The burden is on Iran to prove itself worthy. Iran sold out Huawei. Iran didn't care the JF17 from Pakistan and sided with India.

Just got home and was channel surfing and on MSNBC one geopolitical commentator interestingly said that with IsAF having total air superiority over Western Iran and Tehran itself,the Iranians have to ask themselves,"billions of dollars to support Palestinians,Houthis,Hezbollah,Syrians etc" and Iran itself is near defenceless -why haven't we Iranians taking care of ourselves FIRST??"China's policy of non-entanglement(especially with the incompetent and ungrateful) and taking care of China /Chinese FIRST is absolutely correct-long may it continue.

 

[Proton]

Every time one of these major conflicts or disasters happen you hear retards saying China is gonna invade Taiwan now.

At this point I wonder if that's even needed. The US rep is going down while China's clout is going up. Much like how Speed went to China, you have a lot of famous Taiwan bloggers doing it and coming back as wumaos. Most importantly people in Taiwan just don't have time for this shit anymore. Like why do they need to die in a fight with China? What are they fighting for? Lai has failed to give a proper answer since he himself is too busy focusing on killing his political rivals so how are people supposed to go along with it?

It is possible we could still get a one country two system to avoid the need for fighting. Outsiders don't seem to understand that Taiwan could surrender tomorrow and it's people will just go on with life since it's not like it's a significantly different country ruling. People just don't see a point dying for US benefits

I doubt they will - and frankly, even if they win it would likely be a mistake as it risks turning China into the same kind of chauvinist entity like: The US, The EU, Russia, etc.

But this is the first time since Vietnam that the vast majority of NATOs long term force projection is booked for an extended period of time.

So if China wants to retake Taiwan by force; now would be the most opportune time and it’s unlikely for such an opportunity to come again the next few decades or even half century.

 

[Randomuser]

I doubt they will - and frankly, even if they win it would likely be a mistake as it risks turning China into the same kind of chauvinist entity like: The US, The EU, Russia, etc.

But this is the first time since Vietnam that the vast majority of NATOs long term force projection is booked for an extended period of time.

So if China wants to retake Taiwan by force; now would be the most opportune time and it’s unlikely for such an opportunity to come again the next few decades or even half century.

Since they said this before, I'm pretty sure the west will find even more ways to mess up like the US having civil war or something. So there might be a even better chance in the future.

 

[Breadbox]

Just got home and was channel surfing and on MSNBC one geopolitical commentator interestingly said that with IsAF having total air superiority over Western Iran and Tehran itself,the Iranians have to ask themselves,"billions of dollars to support Palestinians,Houthis,Hezbollah ec" and Iran itself is near defenceless -why haven't we Iranians taking care of ourselves FIRST??"China's policy of non-entanglement(especially with the incompetent and ungrateful) and taking care of China /Chinese FIRST is absolutely correct-long may it continue.

Let's be honest here, Iran can spend the entire national budget on air defence/forces and still not be able to defend its air space.
They simply don't have the technology to do it.

Proxy forces exist as an alternate way to strike your enemies when you are outmatched in the conventional domain. If you don't spend on these proxy forces, you have neither defence nor offense, no options to play when your enemy strikes you.

China's peace in late 20th century is kept by nuclear weapons and residual reputation from the Korean war. Just because you don't anything, doesn't mean people won't push your shit in, that's not how the world works. Just watch the Conservatives in Israel doing everything they could to sabotage the nuclear talks.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Obviously they’ve been cutting corners on maintenance. Higher ups need to be held accountable or more tragedies will occur.

 

[tonyget]

 

[sheogorath]

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Its going to be a massive meltdown if there was an undisclosed issue that starts to pop up after an X number of cycles/years in the 787

 

[huemens]

Its going to be a massive meltdown if there was an undisclosed issue that starts to pop up after an X number of cycles/years in the 787

Small issues happen all the time, that are not considered serious enough to divert the flight and are never reported publicly. Even many issues requiring diversion go without world wide publicity. But when a serious incident with hull loss or loss of life happens, the crew will become extra careful for the next few days/weeks, and every small incident gets widely reported, especially if it is the same model, making it look like a sudden abnormal increase of incidents.

There was an earlier software issue with 787 that crops up after continuously running for 248 days. But it was patched many years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/aircrashinvestigation/comments/1lbg85x

According to the FAA’s directive, when a 787 has been powered continuously for 248 days, it can lose all Alternating Current (AC) electrical power due to the GCU software anomaly. The directive requires a repetitive maintenance task for electrical power deactivation on 787s."