News from FlightGlobal – Page 1532
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NewsBoeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter makes first flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International airport, formerly Chiang Kai-Shek International
The Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter took to the skies for the first time at 10:38 local time today for 2h 4min, initiating 250h of flights for the US Federal Aviation Administration's certification test programme
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NewsStuck next to a know-all on a long flight? Virgin Atlantic launches first answer-anything in-flight entertainment service
From this month, airline passengers will be able to get answers to such burning questions as why the sky around the aircraft is blue, whether they should choose chicken or beef and where the water from the onboard lavatories goes when they flush
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Alaska Airlines pulls 737-200 from Arizona desert for new cabin simulator
Alaska Airlines is having a cabin simulator built from the front section of an ex-Air Canada Boeing 737-200 purchased from an Arizona aircraft junkyard, to provide a more realistic environment to train pilots and flight attendants for emergencies.
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Future visions: New in-flight entertainment systems for the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 examined
As Airbus and Boeing advance airliner designs, can their in-flight entertainment suppliers keep pace? New systems for the A380 and 787 are now being tested
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NewsPictures: Italian air accident investigators recover data on Air Algérie L100-30 Hercules crash
Flight has obtained photos showing the crash scene and the condition of the flight data recorder when it arrived in the Agenzia Nazionale della Sicurezza del Volo’s facilities.
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NewsUS aviation safety board NTSB wants at-risk GE CF6 engines removed following June uncontained failure on AA 767
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants the Federal Aviation Administration to rethink its recently issued airworthiness directive (AD) over General Electric CF6-80 engines and withdraw some from service immediately.