Boeing space flight aborted just minutes before lift-off

The launch was abandoned at the last minute (John Raoux/AP)

Boeing’s latest attempt to launch astronauts into space has ended in failure after a last-minute problem.

Two Nasa astronauts were strapped in to the company’s Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted at three minutes and 50 seconds by the computer system that controls the final moments before lift-off.