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Picture: China Southern 777 clips tail fin of China Eastern A320 in Beijing
Pictures have emerged of the prang on the weekend that saw the wing of a China Southern Airlines Boeing 777 hit the vertical stabiliser of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A320 at Beijing capital airport.
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NewsPictures: Airbus flies four A380 test aircraft in formation over Toulouse including landing gear problem MSN004 and GP7200-powered MSN009
One day after the unplanned return of an Airbus A380 test aircraft due to landing gear sensor problems, the manufacturer flew four of the test aircraft, including the troubled airframe, above Toulouse in formation
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NewsNASA makes surprise decision to roll Space Shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad for 6 September lift off
A weather forecast at 1500GMT today led to NASA to plan for a reverse roll back to the launch pad, the first in the history of the shuttle programme. The earliest expected launch date is now 6 September.
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NewsSeptember Atlantis launch 'low probability' says NASA's space shuttle programme manager
Wayne Hale, NASA's space shuttle programme manager, does not expect Atlantis to lift off by the end of the 7 September launch window because of a planned 14 September Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
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Australia's 4,000m Antarctic runway for regular flights from Tasmania could be ready by year-end
Australia is close to completing a new blue-ice runway in Antarctica, paving the way for demonstration flights later this year and, ultimately, regular services between Australia and Antarctica in support of scientific missions.
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NewsFatal August 2005 Copterline S-76C+ crash controversy deepens as Sikorsky rejects NTSB verdict of main rotor servo failure
Controversy over the cause of the fatal accident involving a Copterline Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter in August 2005 has deepened following Estonian accident investigators' confirmation of US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings that the probable cause was failure of a main rotor servo.
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NewsThreat of terrorist missile attack leads US anti-terror chiefs to revive throttles-only airliner pilot training study
NASA is working with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and United Airlines to develop guidelines for flightcrews to operate crippled aircraft using "throttles-only control".
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Crashed Comair CRJ100 took off from wrong runway at Lexington
Crew used shorter runway despite air traffic control instructions
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Flying the line
The world has few scheduled helicopter services - and their operators are mostly long established. How do they survive and is there room for expansion?