Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has dismissed as fake news the rumours circulating on social media about yesterday’s plane crash in Dubai, ensuring that this news is misleading and untrue. The Authority stressed that it is the sole authenticated source of information related to aviation sector in the country. This came in a statement issued ...

GUANGZHOU / WAM Borouge announced that it will significantly increase production of pre-compounded black polyethylene for pressure pipe applications by investing in a production unit which is expected to be completed within 2020. The company’s decision to expand capacity of PE black product follows soon after China’s Water Standards Committee revised the PE water pipe standards, to promote the use ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Nadia Bastaki, the first Emirati woman to be registered as a specialist in aviation medicine, has achieved her lifelong ambition and has become involved in the UAE space programme, conducting medical tests for UAE astronauts. “In partnership with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, I have participated in conducting medical tests for the team chosen ...