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It has been confirmed that Apple sent out a press invitation on Wednesday for an event on September 7, where the company is certainly expected to unveil the new iPhone 14 lineup.

The event is set to be broadcast on Apple’s website from Apple Park, the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Apple is likely to also announce a release date for its latest mobile operating system, iOS 16. At its annual developers conference in June, Apple unveiled a number of changes to iOS 16, including a revamped lock screen and the ability to edit or unsend messages.

It has been reported that people were left frustrated and stranded for hours inside the Channel Tunnel after a train moving from Calais to Folkestone broke down mid way. Eurotunnel Le Shuttle passengers were evacuated through an emergency service tunnel and were afterwards transferred to another train which took them to their destination, report says.

Meanwhile a Eurotunnel spokesman said services were now back to normal.

The incident began when the train’s alarms went off and an immediate investigation was required, the Le Shuttle said.

Inspections commenced immediately the Shuttle was brought to a stop; as precautionary measure, for their safety and comfort, we transferred the passengers on-board to another shuttle, via the service tunnel, which is intended to such purposes, the spokesman said.

The passengers were brought to the ‘passenger terminal building’, where food and drinks were available; after which their vehicles were returned to them in folkestone.

Aviation analyst Alex Macheras took his Twitter to express
his surprise over this incidence, he said:
“Deeply concerning incident at Africa’s largest airline
– Ethiopians Airlines Boeing 737 #ET343 was still at cruising
altitude of 37,000ft by the time it reached destination
Addis Ababa
Why hadn’t it started to descend for landing? Both pilots were
asleep.”

Though Pilot exhuastion is nothing new. and this continues to
pose as one of the most significant threats to air safety —
internationally, “he tweeted.

Two pilots slept off and this caused their “landing missing”
during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according
to a report by commercial aviation news site ‘Aviation Herald’

This occurence happened on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing
737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the report claimed,
“when the pilots fell asleep” and “the aircraft continued past the
top of descent”

Info from the website indicates that the aircraft was cruising at
37,000 feet on autopilot when it failed to descend at Addis Ababa
Bole International Airport, its scheduled destination, on August 15.

Report had it that an alarm was triggered when the plane overshot the
runway and continued along the route; this was after Air traffic control
were unable to gey through the crew despite making multiple attempts.

The Plane began to descend, landing safely around 25 minutes later.

Though the concerned crew have been removed from operation pending
further investigation.

“Appropriate corrective action will be taken based on the outcome of
the investigation. Safety has always been and will continue to be our
first priority,” the statement said.

Reporting reaching us says the British Airways will
terminate over 9800 flights to and from Heathrow Airport
between late October and March.

This action is geared towards cutting down the disruption
over the winter, though some long-haul flights will also
be affected by this move, the airline said.

Due to staff shortages, the airline has capped passenger
numbers flying from Heathrow, her main hub.

The United Kingdom has approved a COVID vaccine hitting at both
the Omicron variant and original virus. According to reports,
The United Kingdom is the first to approve such in the entire world.

The UK medicines regulator has confirmed that the Moderna developed jab
meets her safety, quality and efficacy standards.

The vaccine is likely to be rolled out next month, in a bid to tackle
the winter flu season.

Meanwhile, Moderna confirms that Canada, Australia and the EU has shown
interest for the same vaccine.