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France’s BEA begins Helios CVR examination
France’s air accident investigation body, the BEA, is assessing information on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 which crashed in Greece on 14 August.
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Taiwan's Mandarin issues RFP for 11 Fokker replacements
Mandarin Airlines, primarily a domestic carrier owned by Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL), has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 70-110 seat regional jets and 110-140 seat narrowbody aircraft.
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Earlier incidents underline depressurisation hazards
Although the sequence of events in the cockpit of the crashed Helios Airways Boeing 737 remains a mystery, earlier incidents have shown the crucial importance of reacting promptly to airliner depressurisations. In both the incidents below the captain lost consciousness, leaving only the first officer flying the aircraft. And ...
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No survivors in West Caribbean MD-82 crash
Colombian civil aviation administration Aerocivil has confirmed that there are no survivors from the West Caribbean Airways-operated Boeing MD-82 aircraft which crashed in Venezuela early today.
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Fake Helios pictures identified
Hoax photographs purporting to be pictures taken from the cockpit a Lockheed Martin F-16 as it intercepted the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed near Athens on 14 August have been circulated on the internet.
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UK Home Office to consult industry on immigration
Government kicks off consultation process that could make it easier for overseas workers to obtain highly skilled engineering jobs in areas with shortages
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Boeing to test ‘smart’ chevrons
Noise-reducing technology on engine nacelle put through paces as part of collaborative research project
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EASA approves data for P-RNAV
Clearance allows development of common precision navigation procedures in European terminal airspace
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A380 is set ‘survivability’ test goal
Regulators impose requirements aimed at ensuring double-deck giant’s crashworthiness matches existing airliners
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Helios 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.