Singapore Airlines flight attendants will no longer be let go after becoming pregnant, the carrier said Tuesday as it ditched the long-criticised practice. Previously, cabin crew were terminated after they became pregnant and company doctors declared them medically unfit to fly, the company said. Those who wanted to return to flying after giving birth had … Read more
‘It felt like we were going to crash!” exclaimed 10-year-old Kyiano Marman. “But I wish I could go again!” he added, describing his first flight experience in a Huey helicopter. Marman was one of 500 children who were treated to the Children’s Flight event in Magaliesburg yesterday, a project that gives underprivileged children the opportunity … Read more
Russia’s only active female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, said Friday she was ready for her upcoming flight to the International Space Station aboard Space X’s Crew Dragon. The flight, scheduled for October 3, is set to go ahead despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Kikina, a 37-year-old engineer, will … Read more
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