Symptoms. Transient global amnesia is identified by its main symptom, which is the inability to form new memories and to recall the recent past.Once that symptom is confirmed, ruling out other possible causes of amnesia is important.n fact, sudden amnesia is much more likely to be caused by a stroke or a seizure than by transient global amnesia. A medical evaluation is the only way to determine the cause of sudden memory loss.
Transat 236 Glides to the Azores. On August 24, 2001, an Air Transat Airbus A330 aircraft operating Flight 236 from Toronto to Lisbon performed the longest recorded glide in a commercial airliner, landing successfully in Terceira after running out of fuel over the Atlantic. On the ground in Terceira.
- The Tu-144 supersonic transport was the fastest commercial jet plane at Mach 2.35 (1,555 mph, 2,503 km/h). It went into service in 1975, but soon stopped flying. The Mach 2 Concorde aircraft entered service in 1976 and flew for 27 years..