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Head of Boeing's 737 Max Program to Retire: Company
The head of Boeing's embattled 737 MAX program plans to retire, the company said, just as it gears up to persuade regulators to return the plane to the skies after two deadly crashes.
It was the most high profile departure of a senior executive since the aircraft was grounded in mid-March following two crashes that claimed 346 lives.
Eric Lindblad, who has led the MAX program since August 2018, will step down and work with his successors on a transition, Commercial Airplanes President Kevin McAllister said in a staff memo on Thursday.
(Source: PTI)
Clashes Kill More Than 80 Fighters in Northwest Syria
More than 80 fighters were killed in clashes between regime and jihadist-led forces in northwest Syria, as violence raged on the edge of an opposition bastion despite a September truce deal.
In nearby Afrin, a car bombing killed 13 people in the latest violence to hit the city that Turkey-backed rebels seized last year from Kurdish fighters.
(Source: PTI)
IAF Vice Chief Practices Rafale Simulator in France
Indian Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria practiced on a Rafale simulator at the French Air Force’s Mont de Marsan air base.
"It was a very good experience, we will have many lessons to take home in terms of how to best utilise Rafale once it is inducted into our Air Force and how the combination can be with Su-30, another potent and important fleet in our Air Force," Bhadauria said.
He added that in terms of technology and weapons, Rafale will again be a game changer for IAF.
(Source: ANI)
India Hands over Pak Boy's Body Recovered from Stream Along LoC to Pak
In a humanitarian gesture, the Indian Army on Thursday handed over to the Pakistan Army the body of a seven-year-old boy it recovered from a stream flowing from across the Line of Control (LoC).
The boy, identified as Abid Ahmad Sheikh, was a resident of Kamri, across the LoC in Gilgit-Baltistan.
(Source: PTI)