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Engine under Buenos Aires crash spotlight
David Learmount/LONDON Initial information on the Argentine Boeing 737-200 fatal accident on 31 August indicates that take-off was abandoned following a mechanical failure in the No 1 engine. Witness and survivor statements supporting this view have yet to be confirmed by official sources, although the captain survived and the ...
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Police label SilkAir investigation as 'suicide cum murder'
The Singapore Police Force has classified its investigation into the crash of the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 in Sumatra on 19 December 1997 as "suicide cum murder". The police stress that the label has been adopted "solely to assist us in our investigation. It is not an indication of our ...
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R-R grapples with European Trent overhaul strategy
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce (R-R) has failed to reach agreement with SAirGroup maintenance unit SR Technics over the structure of their proposed Trent engine overhaul joint venture, despite a year of talks on the scheme. Lufthansa Technik, having pondered participation in the venture, is no longer involved in the discussions. ...
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Diamond Star flight test programme begins
Austria's Diamond Aircraft has begun flight testing its production configuration DA40-180 Diamond Star, four-seat piston single, for which it already has more than 200 orders. Four pre-production prototypes have already been flown from its Wiener Neustadt base. During the two-month programme the all-composite, Textron Lycoming IO-360-powered aircraft will perform ...
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Financial turnaround
KAL has performed better than expected this year after its worst ever result in 1997 and despite its dubious safety record Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Shim Yi-taek, president of Korean Air, says the airline has outperformed financial expectations, with operating revenue hitting 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion). This is "112% of ...
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Atlas restart scheduled after engine is cleared
Lockheed Martin is to resume Atlas launches on 10 September, but the maiden flight of its Atlas III booster has been pushed back into 2000. Atlas launches were halted in May following the loss of Boeing's first Delta III, caused by the failure of a Pratt & Whitney RL10 ...
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K-TV launch put off for system check
Intelsat's New Skies Satellite company has ordered the return of its K-TV satellite from Kourou, French Guiana to Matra Marconi Space, Toulouse, for a full systems check. The study is likely to include a replacement of the solar panels, which will delay its launch to June next year, 12 months ...
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Orenda examines re-engined Defender
Magellan Aerospace subsidiary Orenda and Britten-Norman are studying retrofitting the BN2T-4S Defender 4000 with the Canadian manufacturer's Orenda OE600 Series V-8 aero engine. The re-engined version would be focused on the passenger/utility market segments. The modification is expected to produce improved performance and efficiency, claims Orenda. It predicts that at ...
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Taiwan rejects CAL safety planning
The Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has ordered China Airlines (CAL) to cut frequencies and retrain its pilots in the wake of the carrier's latest crash. Its Boeing MD-11 accident at Hong Kong on 22 August brought the total of CAL's widebody hull losses since 1993 to four (Flight International, ...
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New recipe for Cook
UK travel group Thomas Cook's airlines Flying Colours and Caledonian have been rebranded JMC (from the initials of John Mason Cook, son of group founder Thomas Cook). JMC plans to invest around $320 million over the next five years, half to be spent on new aircraft, including four leased Boeing ...
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P&W solves PW6000 blade rub and resumes tests
Pratt & Whitney has resumed testing its PW6000 after the initial test engine was removed from the rig to replace a non-conforming component that threatened to result in high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade rub. The engine's turbine on board injection system (TOBI), which feeds cooling bleed air from the compressor ...
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NASA selects projects to pave way to future technologies
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A massive cargo airship, a flying-wing airliner and a low-cost supersonic engine are the three projects chosen by NASA to jump-start a new programme to accelerate development of promising new aeronautical technologies. The Revolutionary Concepts (RevCon) programme will fund early flight testing of advanced technologies using ...
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America West considers A318 for its expanding Airbus fleet
America West is looking at adding Airbus Industrie's new A318 and possibly an uprated A321 to the carrier's expanding fleet of A319/A320 aircraft. The Phoenix, Arizona-based carrier is understood to be discussing an order for between 15 and 30 A318s including options, according to industry sources. America West declines ...
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FAIT takes a hand with first 747 built under new process
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The first complete 747 fuselage to be built using a new, computer-defined "snap-together" assembly technique is under construction at Boeing's Everett site in Washington. The milestone marks the culmination of a five-year effort to modernise the construction of the 747 and bring it into line with the ...
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Gloves come off in Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Air Canada has responded to attempts to merge it with Canadian Airlines by introducing a shareholder rights plan to be activated in the event of any takeover bid. It is also aiming to delay a vote on the merger plan until 7 January. Both strategies are aimed at ...
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Chautauqua opts for props in plan to renew fleet
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways Express carrier Chautauqua Airlines is seeking manufacturer proposals to roll over its entire fleet of 32 Jetstream 31 and Saab 340 aircraft, but is bucking the industry trend and looking for turboprop rather than turbofan-powered replacements. The Indianapolis-based airline last month issued a ...
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Fairchild wins Chinese 328JET order
Chinese domestic carrier Hainan Airlines has ordered 19 Fairchild Aerospace328JETs, with 20 options, the US-German manufacturer's first jet sale to China. The first aircraft in the $226 million contract is to be delivered in October, with deliveries continuing until August 2001. The 328JETs will replace nine 19-seat Fairchild Metro ...
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JSF lift fan runs at full power
Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team has tested the clutch for the propulsion system for the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the X-35 demonstrator at maximum power. During the trials , the lift fan was engaged with the main propulsion engine running at power settings above ...
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Airline Business 100 1999 - Traffic
Top 100 passenger airline ranking 1998 Ranking Airline Country Passenger traffic (RPK) Seat Capacity (ASK) Load factors Passenger numbers Employees Fleet size 1998 (1997) million change million change ...
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Airline Business 100 1999 - Financial
Top 100 Airline Groups by revenue 1998 Ranking Airline Group Country Revenues % change Change Op results Operating margins Net results $ million Net margins Period end 1998 1997 $ ...