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NewsBAE Systems to upgrade Australia’s Hawk fleet
Australia has awarded BAE Systems a deal to upgrade its fleet of Hawk 127 lead-in jet trainers ...
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NewsCrashed Asiana 777 slowed to 103kt, says NTSB
The airspeed of the doomed Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER fell to just 103kt at its slowest on its ill-fated descent into San Francisco International airport according to information gleaned from the wrecked twinjet's flight data recorder.
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NewsPaveway IV integration on target for RAF Typhoons
The UK has moved a step closer to fielding Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV precision-guided bomb with its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft ...
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NewsUK gets sixth Voyager, as type nears debut on Falklands route
AirTanker has introduced its sixth Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transport for the UK ...
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Turbo Otter crash kills 10 in Alaska
The US National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation to determine the cause of a fatal crash on 7 July involving a de Havilland DHC-3T...
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Doomed Polar Mil Mi-8 impacted high terrain, says investigation
Russian investigators probing the 2 July crash of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter in which 24 people were killed have recovered the aircraft's flight data and cockpit...
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NewsKazan composites plant to produce Superjet parts
Russia's United Aircraft is to begin producing composite parts of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 at a new Kazan plant from the winter of 2013. The facility,...
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UN mandates terrain-awareness avionics on helicopters
United Nations representatives are mandating the carriage of terrain-awareness and ground-proximity warning systems on helicopters operating under its banner. The...
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NewsIsraeli pilots rescued after F-16I crash
An Israeli air force F-16I crashed in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip during a training flight on 7 July ...
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NewsThai Airways cancels A380 plan for London route
Thai Airways has cancelled plans to deploy Airbus A380 aircraft on one of its two daily Bangkok-London Heathrow services. The carrier, which was due...
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Asiana pilot landing crashed aircraft was new to 777
The pilot in charge of landing Asiana Airlines' Boeing 777-200ER at the San Francisco airport on 7 July was relatively new to the aircraft type and had only...
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NewsPICTURES: Crashed Asiana 777 flew “significantly” below target speed on approach
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirms on 7 July that the pilots of Asiana Airlines flight 214 flew slower than the target approach...
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Asiana says tail strike started fire aboard doomed 777-200ER
Asiana Airlines says the tail strike suffered by the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on 6 July started a fire aboard the aircraft. "We...
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NewsAsiana confirms Flight 214 manifest, pledges to cooperate with investigation
Asiana Airlines has confirmed the manifest for Flight 214 that crashed on the San Francisco Airport runway on 6 July included 291 passengers and 16 cabin...
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NewsAsiana 777-200ER crashes at San Francisco airport
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER crashed at San Francisco airport on 6 July, but early reports indicate all passengers and crew survived. The crash occurred...
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NewsOperators face scrapping aircraft as FAA tightens business jet noise rules
New rules coming into effect by end-2015 will prevent operation of older aircraft that fail to meet tough decibel limits
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Saudia to fly nonstop from home nation to Madrid
Saudia will start operating direct flights from Saudi Arabia to Madrid on 29 October. At present, the carrier operates four weekly flights that link...
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NewsProton M failure flags up unreliability of Russian space programme
The post-mortem is under way on the spectacular 2 July Proton M rocket failure at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which destroyed the launch vehicle and its payload of three of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites.
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Airbus under no pressure to offer higher-density A320
Airbus insists it is under no obligation to offer greater accommodation on the A320neo, having secured a tentative order for the type from budget carrier...
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NewsRAF to receive sixth Shadow surveillance aircraft
The UK is to take delivery of a sixth Shadow R1 intelligence aircraft before the end of the month, it has emerged ...