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NewsHelios 737 passenger text message a hoax
Problems with the pressurisation system appear almost certainly to be behind the fatal loss yesterday of a Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 in Greece, but the possible sequence of events remains a puzzle.
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Delta plans to sell ASA to US regional SkyWest
Delta Air Lines is planning to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) to US regional and Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines
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Virgin Galactic gets technology transfer approval
Suborbital tourism company Virgin Galactic has been given approval by the US government for technology transfer from Mojave, California-based SpaceShipOne (SS1)-developer Scaled Composites for the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) vehicle.
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SpaceShipTwo mothership based on Globalflyer
Mojave-based Scaled Composites' SpaceShipTwo's (SS2) carrier aircraft, White Knight 2, will have the wingspan of a Boeing 737 and use composite structure technology developed for the Virgin Atlantic Globalflyer.
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Engine fire forces JALways DC-10 emergency landing
A JALways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 made an emergency landing late on 12 August after one of its engines caught fire over southern Japan.
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NewsNasa's Mars orbiter successfully launched
Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) began its seven-month flight to Mars successfully on 12 August.
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Refuelling error caused serious ATR exhaustion incident
Irish regional operator Aer Arann has tightened its refuelling procedures following a serious incident in which an ATR 42-300’s starboard engine stopped following fuel exhaustion of the aircraft’s right-hand wing tank.
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BA Heathrow schedule almost back to normal
British Airways (BA) expects to operate its full short-haul schedule and the majority of its long-haul flights today as operations return to normal after the recent unofficial walkout by some ground staff.
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Flight International's experts have been extensively quoted by the world's media, talking about key issues relating to the Helios Airways accident. Click here to read the articles
Flight International's experts have been extensively quoted by the world's media, talking about key issues relating to the Helios Airways accident. Click below to read the articles
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EADS lobbies to prevent Thales - DCN merger
European aerospace giant EADS has reportedly been actively lobbying the French government in recent weeks in an attempt to prevent merger target Thales linking up with French state-owned shipyard DCN.
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BA extends suspension of all Heathrow flights
British Airways (BA) has extended the cancellation of all its London Heathrow flights until at least 18:00 today (12 August) as a result of unexpected industrial action.
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US startup Maxjet eyes 15 Aug launch
US startup Maxjet has successfully completed its US FAA proving runs and was due to receive its operating certificate from the agency yesterday.