Airbus SAS executives said Thursday that the government should increase research and development support for aviation, but that Europe’s aerospace industry is healthy enough to avoid a bailout, Bloomberg said.
Tom Enders, Airbus CEO and Allan Cook, Cobham Plc CEO, urged the governments to enact measures to help airlines get financing to pay for aircraft at a news conference in Brussels organized by ASD, Europe’s primary aerospace industry group.
The European Union must revise its research approach, Enders said, pointing to the ‘Clean Sky’ plan to help fuel aircraft fuel efficiency.
More investment is needed for research for the high-tech battlefield, where improved capabilities are key, the report said.
It also urged the governments to help suppliers struggling with a down economy to consider a loan program for them.
Hey, weren’t there 12 pythons in this container when we left, guys?
Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia. The search for the missing pythons forced the cancellation of two flights, the Associated Press said.
Twelve non-venemous Stimson pythons were inside the plane’s cargo area in a bag inside a plastic foam box with air holes, as the plane headed to Melbourne.
When the flight landed, four snakes had escaped the package.
A reptile expert was called in to search for them, but did not find them. It wasn’t known if the snakes were still on the plane or if they had somehow escaped after the plane landed.
The aircraft missed two flights because of the missing snakes and passengers were transferred to other flights.
Eventually, with the snakes still missing, the airplane was fumigated. It returned to service on Wednesday.
