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.
This Boeing 747, commonly called a jumbo jet, makes a cargo-transport flight. The 747, the first of the wide-bodied commercial jets, had its inaugural flight in 1970. Four jet engines propel the plane, which reaches cruising speeds of 885 km/hr (550 mph).. Air Transportation. Aerospace Industries Association of America, 1997: 316.