Aviation Sector

“Mind-Reading” Security Scanner, To Enhance Security Measures At Airports

“Mind-reading” Security Scanner, To Enhance Security Measures At Airports
“Mind-Reading” Security Scanner, To Enhance Security Measures At Airports
With a unique invention in mind, US these days, is busy testing a security scanner which reportedly can read the mind of the persons. This “mind-reading” security scanner, named “Malintent” basically looks for the non-verbal cues in the body to foresee whether the person intends to cause any harm to the other passengers. 

Northwest, Delta shareholders approve huge merger

Northwest, Delta shareholders approve huge merger New York  - The shareholders of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the planned merger of both companies, set to create the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers.

Both companies confirmed their stockholders' decisions, which were taken in separate annual meetings.

At an annual meeting held in New York, more than 98 per cent of Northwest stockholders favoured the merger, Northwest said. Northwest is the fifth-largest airline in the United States.

Northwest Airlines shareholders approve huge merger with Delta

Northwest Airlines shareholders approve huge merger with DeltaNew York  - The shareholders of Northwest Airlines on Thursday approved the planned merger with Delta Air Lines.

At an annual meeting held in New York, more than 98 per cent of Northwest's stockholders favoured the creation of the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers, Northwest said. Northwest is the fifth-largest airline in the United States.

Delta shareholders were expected to decide on the merger later Thursday. Delta is currently the third-largest airline in the United States.

EADS delays first flight of new military plane

EADS delays first flight of new military plane Paris - European aerospace group EADS said Thursday that the first flight of its new A400M multi-purpose military transport plane has been postponed "because of the unavailability of the propulsion system."

The postponement is another blow for EADS, which has already lost billions of euros because of delays to its A380 superjumbo and A350XWB aircraft.

Barbara Kracht, a spokeswoman for EADS subsidiary Airbus, which is building the A400M, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that it was too early to speculate about how long the setback would delay delivery of the plane.

After UK, US also suspends visa service in Pak

AA_British-AirwaysIslamabad, Sept 25 : After the UK, the US too has suspended its visa service in Pakistan for an indefinite period, in the wake of Marriott hotel suicide attack in which 60 people lost their lives and more than 250 were injured.

Confirming this, US embassy spokesperson in Islamabad said that only those applicants who were called for interviews today would be entertained today, and this service will not be available tomorrow onwards, reported The News.

Italian government in "hopeful" Alitalia talks with labour unions

Rome - Italian government officials were set later Thursday to hold talks with labour unions on the fate of troubled national carrier Alitalia, amid what news reports said was optimism on an agreement over the carrier's takeover by a private consortium.

The late-morning meeting including the nine unions representing Alitalia employees was scheduled to be held at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's office in Rome.

The premier's close aide Gianni Letta was expected to chair it.

"I am hopeful, but to say that everything has been concluded is not correct," Transport Minister Altero Matteoli said ahead of the talks.

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