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Southwest Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Boeing Engine Cover Falls Off

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In a statement, Southwest Airlines said its maintenance teams were reviewing the aircraft. A video taken from a window near the plane’s wing posted on social media showed a blue cowling peeling off the engine and twisting in the wind as the plane moved down a runway before a large portion of it eventually fell off.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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Projects are encouraged to apply concurrent (as opposed to sequential) design methodologies: control co-design, co-design, and designing for operation and maintenance. It has a low maintenance cost, resulting in a lower cost of energy. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Obama Administration releases implementation plan for the National Strategy for the Arctic Region

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This line of effort focuses on the identification, development, and maintenance of capacity and capabilities necessary to promote safety, security, and stability in the region. This entails promoting the development and deployment of available US energy resources such as wind, wave and solar. Provide for Future US Energy Security.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. FY2017 Low-No projects.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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No one was seriously injured in the episode on an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night in which a portion of a Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair, exposing passengers to howling wind. oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane. to Ontario, Calif., Boeing and the F.A.A.

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