June 1st week tidy up
Last week, there was a lot of ‘airplane’ related news. Although the contents of the time and place are different, I organized the news for a week by grouping them under the theme of ‘airplane’.
▷First flight
On the 20th, Ukrainian President Zelensky visited Hiroshima, where the G7 summit was being held, on an Airbus A330, a private plane for the French government. From the standpoint of Korea, the Korea-US-Japan summit was a major concern, but among foreign media, the opinion that Zelensky was the protagonist of this G7 summit came out unanimously. Attention was focused everywhere, including holding talks with prime ministers and presidents of seven countries in one day. The F-16 fighter that Ukraine wants was also mentioned by the leaders at the meeting, but US President Biden has already agreed to support fighter jets, and British Prime Minister Sunak also announced that he would start training F-16 fighters for Ukrainian pilots from this summer.
zoom inPhoto = AP Newsis
▷second flight
On the 23rd (local time), at the ‘International Maritime and Aviation Exhibition (LIMA)’ held in Langkawi, Malaysia, the Air Force special flight team ‘Black Eagles’ presented an air show to support defense industry exports. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a final contract with Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamat Hassan to export the domestic light attack aircraft ‘FA-50’ (USD 920 million, about 1.21 trillion won) with Minister of Defense Lee Jong-seop in attendance. won) did. The image below is the front page of the May 25 issue of the Dong-A Ilbo, which contains the flight photos of the Black Eagles on the 23rd.
It’s a scene where the planes flying at high speed in the air are so close together that it’s almost like a godlike body. This photo was taken on the 23rd by a photographer from China’s Xinhua News Agency and sent on the 24th. Xinhua news agency publishes the photos after the day unless there is a special case. On the 24th, Korea was very interested in the launch of the Nuri. In other words, from the newspaper’s point of view, “The front page of the 25th is a picture of the Nuri, which is launched at 6:24 pm on the 24th,” and left the seat empty. However, news of the launch delay came unexpectedly from Goheung, Jeolla-do, and the photography and editorial departments of each newspaper were put on emergency alert. The Dong-A Ilbo photo department also looked at all the photos that came in today’s terminal in a short time when the emergency bell rang, and found the best scene among them. If the Nuri-ho was launched as scheduled, the photo to be published on the international and social pages suddenly became the main character of the day due to the delay in the launch. It’s an amazing picture to look at and see, so I’ll show you again in a big way.
zoom inIdols are Black Pink Air Shows are Black Eagles
▷The third flight
The launch was delayed for a day due to a communication problem on the 24th, but on the 25th, it rose vigorously into space, emitting red flames at the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do. For 18 minutes and 58 seconds, the people watched the flight of the Nuri with bated breath. At 6:37 after 13 minutes, it reached an altitude of 550 km and succeeded in launching the next-generation small satellite No. 2. The target trajectory of Nuriho, designed by Hangwooyeon (Korea Aerospace Research Institute), is called the ‘Dawn/Twilight Trajectory’, and it is surprising to hear that it can use power while receiving sunlight 365 days a year, 365 days a year. Next-generation small satellite No. 2 goes on a catastrophe observation mission by orbiting the earth 15 times a day in this orbit. The flight ended at 6:42 pm on the 25th, and the survival signal began to come at 7:07 pm, 43 minutes after launch. The survival signal (beacon signal) of the next-generation small satellite No. 2 was received by the King Sejong base station in Antarctica, and signals came one after another. At 7:50 pm, Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho announced the success of the third launch of the Nuri at the Naro Space Center. It was a thrilling flight to join the space G7 ranks of the ‘Space Club’ countries that can manufacture and launch space launch vehicles and satellites (USA, France, Japan, Russia, China, India, and Korea).
▷fourth flight
The photo below is a scene of drones flying in a row during the ROK-US combined firepower destruction training held at the Promotion Scientific Training Center in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province on the 25th to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the armed forces and the 70th anniversary of the ROK-US alliance. 71 units, 2,500 soldiers, and 610 pieces of equipment participated in the drill, the largest ever conducted by the ROK and US military authorities. The training will be held five times, including this day, on the 2nd, 7th, 12th, and 15th of next month, and about 300 national observers per session will be given the opportunity to directly see the firepower demonstration. The small picture is the scene where the E-737 (Peace Eye) airborne early warning and control aircraft fires flares (flash grenade) in the sky and the training scene of the multiple rocket launcher (MLRS). Just as there is a saying “timing in love and life”, the reporter wants to say that ‘there is a timing in the news’. As the launch of the Nuri on the 24th was delayed for a day, the Black Eagles news became more prominent, and I think the news related to the ROK-US firepower destruction exercise was relatively less prominent. Anyway, I have strong feelings by cheering for the ROK-US joint annihilation training that showed great training.
▷Fifth Flight
Super typhoon ‘Mawar’ hit the Pacific resort island of Guam, causing huge damage such as flooding the airport and damaging hotel buildings. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of the 25th, about 3,000 Korean tourists are staying in Guam. The photo shows the airline saying that the flight was canceled at Guam Airport and the tourists living together at the resort. We introduced the news that we are anxiously waiting for a flight, but there is no plane, as the ‘fifth flight’.
zoom inPhoto source Naver Cafe ‘Guam Story’, Instagram capture
▷6th flight
On the 26th, at around 12:35 p.m., an Asiana flight from Jeju, which was landing at Daegu Airport, had an accident in which the emergency exit was opened by a passenger at an altitude of 213m (700 feet). A man in his 30s, who boarded the plane alone in Jeju with a waiting ticket, opened the plane’s emergency door right before landing, saying, “Why aren’t you arriving?” There were 194 passengers on board, and nine of them showed symptoms of hyperventilation and were taken to a nearby hospital. On the afternoon of the 27th, the Daegu Dongbu Police Station applied for an arrest warrant for this man who made a dizzying moment on charges of violating the Aviation Security Act. In the investigation, the man stated, “I have been stressed after losing my job recently” and “I opened the door because I wanted to get off the plane quickly because I was frustrated before landing.” According to Article 23 of the Aviation Security Act, passengers who manipulate doors, exits, and devices inside an aircraft can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. The absurd flight news was introduced as the ‘sixth flight’.
zoom inOn the morning of the 26th, an Asiana Airlines flight departing from Jeju Airport and heading to Daegu Airport had an accident in which the door was opened during flight. Among the elementary and middle school students from Jeju Special Self-Governing Province who boarded the plane to participate in the 52nd National Boys Sports Festival held in Ulsan, the 119 rescue team is using a stretcher to move the players complaining of pain right after arriving at Daegu Airport. 2023.5.26/News 1▷Seventh Flight
According to the scientific community on the 28th, unlike other auxiliary satellites, it has not been confirmed whether the Nuri-ho Cube Satellite Toyosat 3 Dasol has been ejected from the Nuri-ho, and it has not received a signal until the day before. I am curious about the whereabouts of Dasol, the only missing person among the 8 satellites of Nuriho. First of all, I will briefly explain “what is Toyosat”. Garam, Narae, Dasol, and Raon, the four Cubesat microsatellites with names in pure Korean, are collectively referred to as ‘Doyosat’. Like the virtual image provided by Hang Woo-yeon below, a pretty name called snipe (snipe + satellite) was created after the name of a snipe, a migratory bird that flies in formation. One of the reasons for Dasol’s disappearance is speculation that the ejection from the Nuri didn’t work properly, and the other is that the ejection was done properly, but there is still a possibility that the signal hasn’t been caught yet. In many cases, you have to wait a week or more to know the result of the communication, but in fact, among the 4 university cube satellites that were loaded at the time of the second launch of the Nuri, ‘Miman’ of Yonsei University succeeded in receiving a signal 48 days after launch. I wait, imagining that Nuri-ho’s joy will probably double if Da-sol sends a survival signal, saying ‘Tada’ in a week.
We have delivered seven news related to ‘flight’ above, and we will wrap up this week’s work by briefly conveying three news in collage format.
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who celebrated his 100th birthday on the 27th, warned of the possibility of a third world war due to the escalating US-China conflict in an interview with the British Economist, saying, “The time limit to prevent this is only 5 to 10 years. do,” he predicted.
The Bank of Korea announced a revised economic outlook on the 25th, lowering its forecast for this year’s economic growth rate from 1.6% to 1.4%. If the Chinese economy slows down and global financial instability expands due to the US banking crisis, growth could be limited to 1.1%, it said. On this day, the Bank of Korea decided to keep the base rate at 3.5% per year, but it is the third consecutive freeze following February and April of this year. The market sees that the interest rate hike cycle has effectively ended with the BOK’s three consecutive freezes, and is paying attention to the timing of interest rate cuts within the year.
Meanwhile, in the stock market, the stock price of Samsung Electronics exceeded 70,000 won in about a year and two months. Thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) craze and favorable news from the US semiconductor company Nvidia, semiconductor stocks are showing strong performance in the US and domestic stock markets.
“There is progress in the safety assessment area. I think it will be possible to evaluate only when all additional requested data are identified.” After returning to Incheon International Airport on the 26th, Yu Kook-hee, chairman of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (inspection team), returned to Incheon International Airport on the 26th after completing a 5-night, 6-day inspection schedule related to the contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and asked questions from reporters. answered. Lee Jae-myeong, representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized it as “a ‘three-no-blindness’ inspection with no sample collection, no inspection team list, and no media verification,” and People’s Power CEO Kim Ki-hyun said, “There is no justification and no justification for ‘shut up’ I really feel sorry for the Democratic Party, which only works as an anti-Japanese mob.” The President’s office plans to judge whether the discharge of contaminated water in Japan is safe by looking at the IAEA’s analysis and the results of the government inspection team’s investigation. The discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which is likely to begin in July at the earliest after the conclusion of the IAEA’s international verification, is expected to continue for the next 30 years.
Photo = Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Dong-A Ilbo Photography Department, Newsis, News 1, AP, Provided by the President, SNS capture
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