Takeoff

Rapper Quavo has channeled his grief for late nephew and collaborator Takeoff into new music, two months after the latter died in a fatal Houston shooting in November at age 28. “Can’t tell you how many times I cried / Days ain’t the same without you / I know if I’m the same without you,” Quavo sings in his latest song, “Without You,” which dropped Wednesday. Over a slow beat, Quavo reminisces about the time he spent with Takeoff, whose real name was Kirshnik Khari Ball. The music video shows black-and-white footage of…

Edited By: Nayanika SenguptaLast Updated: January 03, 2023, 09:59 ISTIndigo pilot asked for a precautionary landing after a technical fault was detected in the aircraft, an official said. (Representational image: Reuters/File)The IndiGo flight - 6E-1763 - was scheduled for took off from Delhi for Thailand's Phuket at 6:41 am but returned to the bay at around 7:31 am after the aircraft reported a technical glitchA Thailand-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport soon after…

ABC paid tribute to Takeoff during its 2022 end-of-year special, however, the network made the blunder of confusing the late rapper with Quavo.During the “In Memorium” segment, which aired on Dec. 26, ABC showed a photo of Takeoff’s uncle performing, which enraged fans on social media.ABC shared an apology the following day, tweeting on Tuesday: “We apologize for the unfortunate error in a previous version of ‘The Year: 2022.’ It has been corrected.”Takeoff was just 28 years old when he was fatally shot outside a bowling…

Hydrogen-electric plane developer ZeroAvia has come one step closer to performing the first test flight of its hydrogen electric plane equipped with a 600kW powertrain. The company has received a permit from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to takeoff soon. ZeroAvia is a zero-emission aviation company that develops planes that utilize hydrogen-electric propulsion. The company currently operates in the US and UK and previously snagged experimental certificates for prototype aircraft from…

Production of cleaner jet fuel is showing signs of a boom in the United States and around the world, propelling what could be the best tool for reducing aviation emissions in the short term. Airlines are committing to buying millions of gallons of so-called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to meet their net-zero goals, and producers are expanding their capacity significantly. That’s setting the stage for exponential growth within the next decade, according to industry officials. Global production of the cleaner fuel…

The man charged in the killing of Takeoff has been granted $5,000 by a judge to hire a private investigator to aid his defense, per NBC News.33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark, who was arrested earlier this month and charged with the murder of the Migos rapper, filed a motion this week asking for funds to hire an investigator who agreed to work at a reduced rate. In his filing made on Monday, the suspect said he had “exhausted all finances to pay for his attorney who has agreed to a substantially reduced rate.”The court…

The man charged in the killing of Takeoff is asking a judge for money to hire a private investigator, TMZ reports.33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark, who claimed his innocence in court earlier this week, has asked for $5,000 to hire an investigator to help with his defense. According to court documents, he said that he’s unable to cover the costs to hire someone because Clark’s family already spent their money on an attorney who has agreed to work at a reduced rate. Clark argued that he needs to hire someone to “properly…

The man charged in the killing of Takeoff says he’s innocent, Billboard reports.33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark, who was arrested and charged with the murder of Takeoff last week, said through his attorneys that he didn’t fatally shoot the rapper in Houston, Texas last month. During a brief court appearance on Monday, attorney Letitia Quinones said her client is “nervous” and “concerned” because he is “being charged with something that he believes he’s innocent of, so how would anyone do in that type of…

Houston police have arrested a man suspected in the Nov. 1 shooting death of Migos rapper Takeoff.Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was arrested Thursday night and charged with the slaying of Kirshnik Khari Ball, better known as Atlanta rapper Takeoff, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said Friday during a press conference. Cameron Joshua, 22, who was arrested separately on Nov. 22, also faces weapons charges in connection with the shooting death.Finner said that he believed the slain rapper was “definitely in the wrong place…

The Houston police department has announced the arrest of a man charged in connection with the murder of Takeoff.Per TMZ, the department’s chief confirmed the arrest of 33-year-old suspect Patrick Clark on Friday, and he’s since been charged with murder. The Migos rapper was fatally shot during the early hours of November 1 when an argument broke out at a Houston bowling alley and escalated to violence. Takeoff was not involved in the argument, but was shot in the head and torso during the altercation.This story is being…