All Airframers news – Page 774
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Virgin 747 biofuel trial set for February
Virgin Atlantic plans to fly one of its Boeing 747s within weeks using biofuel in one of four GE CF6-80C2 engines on a London Heathrow to Amsterdam demonstration...
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More pilot training with standby instruments urged after Airbus A319 power loss
Investigators are recommending that pilots be trained more rigorously to fly with sole reference to standby instruments following a serious incident in which...
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British Airways 777 crash landing at Heathrow
Engine power loss appears to have been the cause of an accident at the UK's London Heathrow airport, in which a British Airways Boeing 777 landed just inside...
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USA’s Raytheon Beech 1900 pull-down in full swing
The Raytheon Beech 1900 turboprop is playing a quickly-diminishing role in US scheduled service as a trio of operators wind down operations, and another...
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Airbus poised to select A350 XWB flightdeck
Airbus is poised to select the supplier for the A350 XWB's all-new flightdeck, which could...
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Boeing's lean plan for 787 stumbled over supplier issues
Boeing's dream of a lean 787 production line only performing final assembly, integration and testing...
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Comment - Can Boeing keep to its latest timetable?
If Boeing can keep to its latest 787 programme timetable, there will be relief all around. If it has to tell its customers of yet more delays, the buck will stop very firmly at Scott Carson
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Thai set to order 20 A321s and lease 14 787-9s
Thai Airways International has revised a fleet modernisation plan approved by its board last year and will seek government...
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Spirit Aerosystems ties up with Russia’s OAK for parts work
US aircraft component maker Spirit Aerosystems has signed an agreement with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) to co-operate on parts manufacturing...
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NewsPICTURES: BA Boeing 777 Heathrow crash evidence
Close-up photographs of the fan blades in the port (No 1) and starboard (No 2) engines show dramatically different damage patterns. The considerable damage...
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What pilots are saying about the BA 777 accident
Pilots who know British Airways and the Boeing 777 tell Flight International they believe that whatever happened to reduce the engine power occurred in the...
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NewsPower loss caused BA 777 crash landing at Heathrow
All 136 passengers from a British Airways Boeing 777-200 were evacuated, three of them suffering minor injuries, when the aircraft was badly damaged by landing...
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PICTURE: Continental launches 737-900ER in the Americas
Continental Airlines has received its first of 27 Boeing 737-900ERs, becoming the first airline in the Americas to operate this higher-capacity, longer-range...