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Starship Super Heavy destroyed itself intentionally: Here's what happened after launch

  By India Today Science Desk: Moments after the Raptor engines came to life on the Super Heavy, lifting the Starship off its feet and onto its maiden orbital flight, the world's most powerful spacecraft exploded. Starship Super Heavy exploded after the two stages of the behemoth spacecraft failed to separate. The fully configured Starship powered by the Super Heavy rocket lifted off from billionaire Elon Musk’s aerospace facility Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas for its maiden orbital flight. But, not all was right, it seems, as out of the 33 raptor engines, at least six did not ignite, adding to a reduced thrust generation needed to escape Earth's mighty gravitational pull. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? While SpaceX in a tweet said that Starship experienced a rapid "unscheduled disassembly before stage separation," the rocket was intentionally destroyed by its self-destruct system, exploding and plummeting into the water. Also Read | Solar eclipse dazzles skywatchers as Sun, M
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Air India pilot invited woman friend into cockpit, asked crew to serve her alcohol

  An Air India pilot is under investigation for reportedly inviting a woman friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai to Delhi flight in February. April 21, 2023 / 11:28 AM IST Air India An Air India pilot invited a woman passenger inside the cockpit An Air India pilot is under investigation for reportedly inviting a woman friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai to Delhi flight in February. The pilot not only allowed the woman passenger inside the cockpit, but also asked crew to serve them food and drinks inside. Both his actions stand in violation of strict safety rules set down by India’s aviation regulator DGCA. According to news reports, the pilot invited his female friend, a passenger on the same Air India flight, to enter the cockpit shortly after take-off on February 27. The woman remained inside the cockpit for the major portion of the Delhi to Dubai flight. The pilot also asked cabin crew to serve them refreshments inside the cockpit, which crew refused to do. A crew member la
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