Don't ask me why !!

Because the URL for the that page has an "S" at the end of hovercraft. Hovercraft is plural and the forum software is designed to remove the letter "S" anyone may wrongly add to the end of Hovercraft.
Just pop the s back on the end after clicking the link and all will be revealed.

I'm getting 404 page not found.
But it works if I shorten it to                         
  https://www.bbc.com/future
Don't ask me why !!

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240112-why-the-hovercraft-time-might-have-finally-arrived