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A digital twin is best described as replica of anything which gives you real-time insight into the status of a real-world asset to enable organizations to better manage equipment and inform business decisions. Photo: GE Aviation

With interest in digital twin technology at an all-time high across a wide variety of industries, the aerospace and defense industries are pioneering its adoption. This is particularly true for the commercial aviation segment.

Here, I analyze the potential benefits for independent MROs, outlining how they can leverage the technology to better serve customers, differentiate their service offerings and increase understanding of the specialist assets they work with.

The global digital twin market size is expected to reach $26 billion by 2025 — registering a strong CAGR of 38.2 percent over the forecast years — and we are now starting to see the first successful use cases of digital twins in action in commercial aviation.

GE has already built digital twin components for its GE60 engine family and helped develop the world’s first digital twin for an airplane landing gear. In this last scenario, sensors placed on typical landing gear failure points, such as hydraulic pressure and brake temperature, provide real-time data to help predict early malfunctions or diagnose the remaining lifecycle of the landing gear.

Four Technology Drivers

These major advances in digital twin capabilities are driven by four key technologies:

• IoT Big Data — The proliferation of sensors on assets or components combined with connected systems allows organizations to gain detailed insights into live performance
• Advanced Analytics — Through

  Article source: https://www.aviationtoday.com/2019/03/26/mro-unlocking-huge-opportunities-digital-twins-aviation/

Grieving family members of those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are being given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.

The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa airport en route to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board.

On Sunday, officials began delivering one-kilogramme sacks of scorched earth taken from the crash site, members of two different families told the Associated Press news agency, because identification process for the bodies is taking too long.

“The soil came as it became impossible to identify bodies and hand over remains to family members,” one family member said. “We will not rest until we are given the real body or body parts of our loved ones.”

They spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid any possible government reprisal.

An Ethiopian government official, who also asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak to reporters, confirmed the deliveries of soil.

Forensic DNA work has begun on identifying the remains but it may take six months to identify the victims, because the body parts are in small pieces.

However, authorities say they will issue death certificates of the victims that came from 35 countries within two weeks. 

A relative puts soil on her face as she mourns at the scene of the crash [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Mass memorial

Thousands of people turned out for a mass memorial service for the dead in Addis Ababa on Sunday, one week after the crash.

Some victims’

Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/families-earth-bury-ethiopian-airlines-crash-site-190317102752344.html

A MODEL aircraft maker chopped the body of his common-law wife into several pieces after killing her inside their residence in Barangay Amsic, Angeles City on Sunday, March 24.

Senior Inspector Elaine Villasis, public information officer of the city police, identified the victim as Lindsey Avelino, 28, a sales agent and the suspect as Eduardo Passion, 40, an airplane replica maker.

Villasis said that a concerned citizen called the city’s Police Station 2 and reported that they found the victim’s body parts inside a luggage and some other parts stuffed in her own washing machine.

A team of policemen, led by Chief Inspector Fercel Deloria, responded to the crime scene and later conducted a hot pursuit operation against the suspect.

The cops cornered Passion near his work place in Barangay Pampang where a shootout between the lawmen and the suspect ensued, according to Villasis.

During the gun battle, the suspect was wounded and died on the spot.

Witnesses said that they heard Passion and Avelino shouting at each other inside their apartment before the incident.

Policemen recovered from the suspect a .9mm pistol and a black bag containing the victim’s head, arms, feet and other body parts.

Villasis said Avelino’s body parts were initially taken to the Angeles City Police Crime Laboratory and later transferred to Funeraria Pangilinan.

Senior Superintendent Narvin Mangune, city police ditector, lauded his men for the successful operation.

Article source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1798710