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.
A British Airways passenger jet takes off from Heathrow Airport in west London. A British Airways Boeing 777-200 has recorded the fastest transatlantic crossing by a subsonic passenger plane after freak weather conditions helped it break the sound barrier, and travel at ground speeds of up to 745mph.