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Crew disorientation caused Knight Air Bandeirante crash
CREW DISORIENTATION following artificial-horizon failure in turbulent cloud caused the 24 May, 1995, crash of a Knight Air Embraer Bandeirante shortly after take-off from Leeds Bradford Airport in the UK, says the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report. There was no other fault, says the report. The aircraft ...
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Braathens takes 50% holding in Transwede
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRAATHENS SAFE is to take a 50% stake in the scheduled arm of Transwede. The Swedish carrier could become a wholly owned subsidiary by the end of 1997. The move represents the first foreign foray for Braathens, Norway's leading private airline. A letter ...
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Eurosam courts UK as BMD partner
EUROSAM HAS proposed to the UK that it join the Franco-Italian Aster missile programme to meet its emerging requirement for a tactical ballistic-missile defence (TBMD) system. The UK Ministry of Defence is funding a British Aerospace-led study into the TBMD following the indefinite delay in its own ...
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Sagem signs deal to make Predator
FRENCH SYSTEMS specialist Sagem has signed a deal with California, USA-based General Atomics to develop and market a European version of the US company's Predator long-range unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The new UAV, called Horus, will complete the range of vehicles offered by Sagem, which markets the short-/medium-range ...
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China ignores FC-1 doubts
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA IS LIKELY to go ahead with development of the Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) FC-1, despite growing doubts over Pakistan's support for the programme. According to defence sources, China's People's Liberation Army air force has a requirement for around 100 new FC-1 fighters, which is viewed as sufficient to ...
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CityFlyer Express expects to grow by introducing Avro RJ100s in 1997
CITYFLYER EXPRESS has placed firm orders for two AI(R) Avro RJ100s, plus options on a further two aircraft, for delivery in 1997. It is understood that the aircraft are being leased, but the airline, which operates as a British Airways Express carrier, declines to comment on how the deal is ...
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Khrizantema unveiled
The Russian KBM design bureau has shown its Khrizantema anti-tank guided missile for the first time. Guidance is by either a radar or by laser. The system is claimed to be capable of two target engagement, using both the autonomous radar channel and the semi-autonomous laser-guidance channel. It can also ...
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IFE market starts to come right for BEA
BE AEROSPACE (BEA) claims that the long-awaited upturn in its fortunes is at last in sight, after returning a modest $1.4 million profit for the first quarter - the group's best quarterly performance in two years. A year ago, the cabin-equipment group had posted a loss of $33 million as ...
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Millon adds muddle to French helicopter number confusion
Millon adds muddle to French helicopter number confusion FRENCH DEFENCE minister Charles Millon has added to speculation over France's future attack- and transport-helicopter requirements by specifying a need for 215 Eurocopter Tigers for the army and a reduced purchase of "around" 160 NHIndustries NH90s. Millon's comments, in an interview with ...
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German defence budget faces another beating
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN DEFENCE minister Volker R_he is at loggerheads with finance minister Theo Waigel over plans to drain Germany's ever-shrinking defence budget still further. According to Government sources, Waigel wants to reduce the 1997 budget from the planned DM48.4 billion ($31.8 billion) - formerly ...
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Rafael missile
Israeli missile manufacturer Rafael has developed a fibre-optic-guided anti-tank missile, dubbed Spike, in at least two variants: one helicopter-launched, the other a man-portable ground system. The helicopter-launched variant is understood to be in service with the Israeli armed forces. Source: Flight International
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Compromise sought on AE-100
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) is mounting a last-ditch effort to salvage an agreement between China and South Korea for joint development of the proposed AE-100 regional jet. ST is understood to have dispatched a team to Seoul to meet with the Korean Commercial-Aircraft Consortium (KCDC). ST is trying to ...
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Eurowings turns first profit
Andrzej Jeziorski/NUREMBERG GERMAN AIRLINE Eurowings, buoyed by strong growth in Europe's regional market, has announced its first profit since its formation from the merger of NFD Luftverkehrs and Regionalflug in 1993. The airline reports a net profit of DM2 million ($1.3 million), reversing a loss ...
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Flight directories
The Flight International Directory - Part 2 Mainland Europe is now available in the USA, priced at $112 including postage. Orders should be faxed to +44 1707 660330, quoting a credit card number and expiry date. Also available is Part 1 UK and Ireland, which costs $93. Source: ...
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FedEx nears MD-10 decision
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES OVERNIGHT US freight giant FedEx is expected to make a decision by mid-July on the upgrade and conversion of a massive fleet of up to 80 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10s. The decision over the so-called "MD-10" programme involves upgrading FedEx's current 35-strong ...
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Air France shows profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AIR FRANCE, now in the final stretch of its restructuring plan, has posted its first full-year operating profit since 1989, but the news is tempered by uncertainty over whether the European Commission (EC) will approve the final tranche of state aid. The latest ...
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Hopping hot
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department is focusing its investigation into a false fire-alarm aboard a new Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-200, on two crates of live frogs being carried in the aircraft's hold. Over 300 passengers were forced to make an emergency evacuation on landing at Kai Tak Airport after ...
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Lockheed Martin cuts Orion price in last-ditch RAF bid
A LAST-MINUTE bid to overturn a UK Ministry of Defence procurement recommendation in favour of the British Aerospace Nimrod 2000 has resulted in Lockheed Martin cutting up to 15% from the price of its Orion 2000 bid for the Royal Air Force's £2 billion ($3 billion) replacement maritime-patrol-aircraft project. ...
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Means to an end
IT WOULD BE EASY to assume from recent events on both sides of the Atlantic that the ultimate power of airline regulation has passed from the hands of the professional, independent, regulatory authorities to a rag-bag of customers, self-interest groups, the media, local politicians and the airlines themselves. In some ...
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EC to focus on airline competition issues
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) will increasingly turn its attention to airline-competition issues such as access to new routes, airport slots and computer reservation systems (CRS) EC Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock has pledged. Kinnock acknowledges that the EC has so far been pre-occupied with the issue of state aid, ...