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British Airways Flight 9 - The Heroic Flight!

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  Hey Kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Today, we are going to talk about a dangerous yet heroic flight, in which all engines were failed, they were on fire, yet the Plane Survived! So let us begin! Years ago, on 24th June 1982 , British Airways Flight 9 , also known as Speedbird 9 , flew from London Heathrow Airport , United Kingdom, which's destination was the Airport in Auckland , New Zealand. It was stopping in a few airports in different cities and countries, which were: Bombay and Madras (Present Day: Chennai) in India, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Perth and Melbourne in Australia.    While the plane was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Perth , the accident occurred, shortly after 8:40 PM (Jakarta Time) , when the plane was travelling above Indonesia, a pilot of the flight noticed some thick and black smoke coming out of the vents. And when he noticed on the cockpit window, it was all lighting like fire. And it wasn't just a normal fire. The fire which occurred on tha...

Olympus Mons - The Tallest Mountain in Our Solar System!

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Hello children! Welcome to KidsCast ! And today we are going to talk about the tallest mountain in our Solar System! Have you ever wondered where or how much big the tallest volcano would be?  Well no worries! We are here to solve all your queries about it.  Olympus Mons  is an enormous shield   volcanic mountain  on the planet Mars . The volcano has a height of 21 km (13 miles). Amazing right? This was measured by the Mars orbiter laser altimeter (MOLA).  Olympus Mons is about two and a half times Mount Everest's  height above sea level. It is the largest volcanoes ever discovered, and it is the tallest mountain in our Solar System! So let us now learn more about it. The Word "MONS" - So now lets find out what mons is. "Mons" is the latin word which means "Mountain". There are many different kinds of Mons (Mountains) with this name, for example- Arcreaus Mons -  Arcreaus Mons is a large shield of volcano located in the Th...