VN ADS directors have been invited to join the new committee that was recently setup to develop air quality standards for cabin sensors. The first meetings will begin on May 3, 2017 and cover: Background to Committee Formation & IATA Tasking Presentation “Need and Expectations of sensoric system” Review Projected Timetable for Development of Standard Discussion [...]
The SAE has proposed that an independent technical committee to develop aerospace industry standards to measure cabin air quality on aircraft be set-up in the face of ongoing legal action by crew against manufacturers and operators alike. SUMMARY In November 2016, IATA requested that SAE International develop a standard or standards covering portable and fixed [...]
Greenpeace and Which? welcome move by 10,000 Volkswagen owners for £3,000 in compensation as carmaker faces bill as high as £3.6bn Thousands of British motorists have launched a lawsuit against Volkswagen over the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, in a claim that could end up costing the carmaker billions of pounds. The group of 10,000 VW owners has filed a [...]
even flight attendants were taken to hospital complaining of headaches caused by "odours in the cabin" on an American Airlines aircraft. The crew on flight 1896, which landed safely in Orlando on Monday night, were said to have been involved in what are known as fume events. Seven staff were hospitalised, but none of the [...]
Neil Woodford is in talks with the government to allocate capital to a initiative to back early-stage tech ventures outside London.
SIX former England cricket captains face losses totalling millions of pounds after investing in film schemes. Half of the England cricket team who in 2005 wrested the Ashes back from Australia for the first time in 18 years, have been caught up in an investment crisis that has also seen scores of footballers face losses [...]
A former adviser has been found guilty of conspiring to cheat the public revenue by attracting investors to a film investment scheme to evade paying tax. The Times reports former Greystone Financial Services director Neil Williams-Denton was convicted yesterday, and was also convicted in an earlier linked trial in September. Separately, three former City traders have [...]
More than 2,400 coal-fired power stations are under construction or being planned around the world, a study has revealed two weeks after Britain pledged to stop burning coal. The new plants will emit 6.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and undermine the efforts at the Paris climate conference to limit global warming to [...]
Volkswagen and Audi have been hit with two class action lawsuits from Australian car owners. In a case which could claim billions of dollars in compensation, Bannister Law has filed two class actions in the federal court on behalf of Australians whose diesel vehicles contained emissions defeating devices. More than 100,000 local cars have been caught [...]
Mazda and Honda scrapped plans to introduce small diesel vehicles into the US market because of the difficulty of meeting the tough American emissions regulations, the Japanese manufacturers have told the Financial Times. Their accounts underline how far out of line Volkswagen was with the broader car industry when it pushed ahead with bringing small diesel vehicles to the US. In [...]
