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Factbox-Inside the cockpit: How Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disaster

Factbox-Inside the cockpit: How Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner flight ended in disaster

(Reuters) -A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed the plane’s engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel. Here is the sequence of events - by the seconds - on June 12, as detailed by Indian investigators in their preliminary report released on Saturday: 05:47 GMT (11:17 a.m. IST) – ...

2025-07-14 07:03:21
China’s Hesai loses lawsuit against US government for blacklisting

China’s Hesai loses lawsuit against US government for blacklisting

(Reuters) -A U.S. court on Friday ruled against China-based Hesai Group in the lidar manufacturer’s lawsuit against the U.S. government for adding it to a blacklist of companies allegedly working with Beijing’s military. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Defense Department’s finding that Hesai contributes "to the Chinese defense industrial base" is supported ...

2025-07-14 07:02:23
Factbox-Who were the two pilots who flew the Air India jet that crashed?

Factbox-Who were the two pilots who flew the Air India jet that crashed?

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Investigators probing a deadly Air India crash said in a preliminary report that the aircraft’s engine fuel switches were flipped to an off position briefly, leading to confusion in the cockpit and putting focus on the pilots flying the Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787. Below is a brief profile of the two pilots based on the preliminary investigation report and media reports: CAPTAIN SU ...

2025-07-14 07:01:24
Google to pay $2.4 billion in deal to license tech of Windsurf, WSJ reports

Google to pay $2.4 billion in deal to license tech of Windsurf, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -Google has agreed to pay about $2.4 billion in a deal to license the technology of artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool Windsurf, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Earlier on Friday, a Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) spokesperson told Reuters that the company has hired Windsurf CEO Varun ...

2025-07-14 06:58:28