Oregon Post

The aviation authority in the United States has announced that 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft would continue to be grounded until it is satisfied that the aircraft are safe to fly. In the aftermath of a portion of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines plane falling off on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration has begun conducting inspections of the aircraft. That "keeping the flying public safe" was the FAA's top concern, according to the agency. The cancellation of flights for thousands of passengers occurred as a result of major airlines in the United States grounding dozens of the jets. "We have grounded the affected airplanes, and they will remain grounded until the FAA is satisfied that they are safe," the agency said in a statement on Sunday. "We have grounded the affected airplanes." Flights in the United States have been most impacted by disruptions. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines are the airlines that operate the great majority of Boein

In spite of protests from its neighbors, Japan is going ahead with plans to begin releasing radioactive water that has been treated from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear facility into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The decision was reached some weeks after the nuclear inspector of the UN gave its approval to the scheme. Since the facility was wrecked by the tsunami in 2011, around 1.34 million metric tons of water have accumulated. This amount of water is sufficient to fill 500 pools of Olympic size. Following filtration and diluting, the water will be made available to the public after a period of thirty years. After a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that the authorities will make a request for the plant's operator to "promptly prepare" for the disposal to begin on August 24 if the weather and sea conditions are suitable. After Mr. Kishida's visit to the plant on Sunday, rumors began to circulate that the release was about to