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Since the 1970s, the PLAN has expressed interest in operating an aircraft carrier as part of its blue water aspirations. [5]To prepare the commanders needed for the future aircraft carriers, the Central Military Commission approved the program of training jet fighter pilots to be future captains in May 1987, and the Guangzhou Naval Academy was selected as the site.
The Type 004 aircraft carrier is a planned supercarrier of the People's Liberation Army Navy's aircraft carrier programme. It is intended to be an iteration on the preceding Type 003 aircraft carrier , and like the Type 003, it will feature an integrated electric propulsion system that will allow the operation of electromagnetic catapults . [ 7 ]
Lauda Air Flight 004 (NG004/LDA004) was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Hong Kong, via Bangkok, Thailand, to Vienna, Austria.On 26 May 1991, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the route crashed following an uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser on the No. 1 engine during the climb phase, causing the aircraft to enter an aerodynamic stall, uncontrolled dive, and in ...
The mishap came one day before AA Flight 5342 − carrying 60 passengers and four crewmembers − collided with a Black Hawk trying to land at Reagan National Airport. The helicopter had three ...
China Airlines Flight 006 was a daily non-stop international passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport.On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m).
United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Denver to Chicago, continuing to Philadelphia. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (registered as N1819U) serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa , after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine , which led to the loss of many flight controls .
Crews began the complex job of lifting American Airlines Flight 5432 from the Potomac River after it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.
AV-004 March 11, 2005 21:42 Atlas V 431 CCAFS SLC-41: Inmarsat-4 F1: 5,959 kg GTO: Success [30] Commercial mobile communications satellite. AV-007 August 12, 2005 11:43:00 Atlas V 401 CCAFS SLC-41: MRO: 2,180 kg Heliocentric: NASA Success [31] NASA Mars imaging probe. First interplanetary Atlas V launch.