Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), has launched ‘Sky Adventures’, the first official paragliding licensed centre in the UAE, and Shurooq’s latest investment in sports, leisure and adventure tourism in Sharjah’s central region. The centre will be open to the public next Monday, offering aerosports enthusiasts an unforgettable opportunity to experience the picturesque desert landscapes ...

  Bloomberg An overlooked software flaw is opening up US aviation authorities to new scrutiny over the resiliency of the systems that keep the nation’s planes moving. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials were still working to determine what went wrong in an outage that prompted a nationwide flight stoppage. The agency said preliminary findings traced the cause to a “damaged ...

  Bloomberg Airbus SE is exploring the next level of cockpit automation, testing a system that would provide advanced assistance from alerts on the ground to emergency diversions at cruising altitude should the crew be incapacitated. The technology, called DragonFly, is designed to let planes perform an automated landing even in difficult weather conditions or low visibility while communicating with ...