Transportation

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    First commercial electric airplane completes flight

    An aircraft designed in 1946 might become the first commercial electric plane, following a short but successful test flight. Vancouver-based Harbour Air's took its "eBeaver" on a ten-minute hop on the Fraser River in Richmond, BC,

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    Myanmar Pilot Hailed A Hero For Safely Landing Plane Amid Landing Gear Failure

    Dramatic footage shows the Myanmar National Airlines jet skidding to a stop on its nose at Mandalay International Airport.

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    Emirates plane quarantined in New York after 10 passengers fall sick

    An Emirates flight from Dubai was quarantined at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after 10 passengers fell ill during the trip, the airline and the New York City mayor's office confirmed. Emirates Flight 203, an Airbus

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    The flying car is inching ever closer

    TerrafugiaTerrafugia, purveyor of one of the finest flying car concepts known to man, is slowly creeping ever closer to its vision of a fully legal autonomous flying car.The TF-X, pictured above and in the gallery below, is a luxury flying machine

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    'Expressways' part of major UK roads plan

    The introduction of a new standard for A roads known as "expressways", with modernised junctions and refuge areas, is included in plans for major highways for the period 2015 to 2020. Covering England's motorways and A roads, the

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    Virgin and Stagecoach win rail deal

    Sir Richard Branson's company Virgin will from next year be running the UK's two main London to Scotland rail routes. The Government announced today that a consortium involving Virgin Group and transport company Stagecoach had been

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    Driverless buses to be introduced in the UK

    Driverless buses could be hitting UK roads in the near future. One of the UK's major operator has already held talks about introducing computer-controlled buses in the UK. Transport minister Claire Perry claimed that automated buses would

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