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Saturday, 16 October 2021

BBC News

• Former Boeing 737 Max pilot charged with fraudThe pilot is charged with deceiving federal regulators evaluating 737 Max jets prior to approval.
• Virgin Galactic delays first commercial space flightShares in the firm dive 20% as it delays first tourist flight to make upgrades.

Financial Times

• Ex-Boeing chief pilot indicted for fraud over 737 Max safetyMark Forkner charged for giving false or incomplete data on jet’s flight control system
• Italy's new national airline ITA takes to the skies, marking end of AlitaliaItalia Trasporto Aereo uses predecessor's brand and colours but drops the name

The Independent

• Former Boeing test pilot pleads not guilty in 737 Max case A former Boeing employee has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in connection with development of the 737 Max before two of the planes crashed

The Mirror

• Inside UK's Cape Canaveral - the remote Shetland island with its own spaceportBeam me up, Scots! Life is tough on Unst, Britain's most northerly inhabited island, but it could soon become the site of Britain's first venture into space from its own territory.

Belfast Telegraph

• China's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks for six-month missionChina's Shenzhou-13 spacecraft carrying three Chinese astronauts docked at its space station on Saturday, kicking off a record-setting six-month stay as the country moves toward completing the new orbiting outpost.

Birmingham Post

• Ryanair returns to Northern Ireland with Derry-to-Manchester service weeks after pulling Belfast routesThe airport railed against air passenger duty in August but has returned with three-times a week service