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Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

Both men declined to comment on the Impala's track record, but Mr Emmenis said: "It was kept in immaculate condition and when the test flight school took it, they stripped it down and checked for any faults. So there was nothing wrong with it, it was absolutely perfect."

They were taking part in the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft, developed by aerospace company Boeing.

A SpaceX launch test went awry on Thursday when the company’s Starship dramatically exploded on the craft’s eighth test flight.