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UK-Bound Flight Diverted to Amsterdam After Man Attacks Flight Crew

Posted May 11, 2011 by BNO News

A British man was arrested in the Netherlands on Wednesday after he attacked the flight crew of a UK-bound passenger plane, local media reported.

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Life Improving for Child Survivor of 2010 Libyan Plane Crash

Posted May 11, 2011 by BNO News

The condition of the Dutch child who survived the crash of Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 in Libya last year is improving quickly, local media reported.

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Searchers Recover Black Box of Crashed Indonesian Plane

Posted May 9, 2011 by BNO News

A search team on Sunday afternoon recovered the black box from a Merpati Nusantara Airlines passenger plane which crashed in the sea off Indonesia’s West Papua province on Saturday, officials said. All 27 people on board were killed.

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Alaska Airlines Unveils New Portland Timbers Soccer Jet

Posted May 7, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Alaska Airlines on Friday introduced their newest theme-jet, a Boeing 737-700 (N607AS) painted in the colors of the Portland Timbers MLS soccer team.

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Air India Pilots End Strike

Posted May 7, 2011 by BNO News

Air India pilots on Friday night called off their 10-day strike after the government agreed to look into their complaints, Press Trust of India reported.

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27 Dead in Indonesian Plane Crash

Posted May 7, 2011 by BNO News

A Merpati Airlines passenger plane carrying at least 27 people crashed off Indonesia’s West Papua province on Saturday, officials said, adding that a number of bodies have been recovered.

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American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Las Vegas Due to Smoke in Cockpit

Posted May 6, 2011 by Matt Molnar

An American Airlines flight from Miami to San Francisco made an emergency at McCarran Las Vegas International Airport Friday afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.

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Korean Air Orders Five Airbus A330s and Two Boeing 777s

Posted May 5, 2011 by Brandon Farris

Korean Air has announced an order for five new Airbus A330-200s along with two additional Boeing 777-300ERs, with a total value of $1.58 billion at list prices.

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Body Recovered from Submerged Air France Flight 447 Wreckage

Posted May 5, 2011 by BNO News

Search teams were able to recover the body of one of the 228 victims that died during Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 during a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, French authorities said Thursday.

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American Airlines Tests Wireless Streaming Movies on Two 767s

Posted May 4, 2011 by Matt Molnar

American Airlines has begun testing a new system which will allow inflight WiFi users to wirelessly stream movies, TV shows and other video programming from a central unit on the aircraft to laptops and mobile devices.

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Air France Flight 447 Voice Recorder Retrieved from Atlantic Ocean Floor

Posted May 3, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Only a day after finding the plane’s black box, the French aviation safety agency BEA on Tuesday announced the discovery and recovery of Air France Flight 447′s cockpit voice recorder from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, nearly two years after the Airbus A330-200 disappeared.

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Photos: ANA Shows Off Tsunami Recovery Paint Scheme Aircraft in New York

Posted May 2, 2011 by David Parker Brown

ANA has added “Forward together as one, Japan” titles to several aircraft in their fleet in support of the nation’s tsunami recovery efforts. One of them visited JFK in New York on Monday.

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Investigators Find Black Box From Air France Flight 447

Posted May 1, 2011 by BNO News

French investigators on Sunday announced they have found and recovered the black box of Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 during a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

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VIDEO: Russian Tu-154 Averts Disaster After Losing Flight Control

Posted May 1, 2011 by Phil Derner Jr.

A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 developed control issues after takeoff on a test flight after coming out of 10 years of storage.

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Air India Pilots Strike Forces 150 Flight Cancellations Saturday

Posted April 30, 2011 by BNO News

State-owned Air India cancelled 150 flights Saturday as nearly half of its 1,600 pilots continued their strike for the fourth day.

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Second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Completes First Test Flight

Posted April 27, 2011 by Brandon Farris

The second Boeing 747-8I took to the skies on Tuesday for its first test flight. This will be the first 747-8I to be delivered to Lufthansa by the end of this year.

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Southwest Airlines Jet Skids Off Runway in Chicago

Posted April 26, 2011 by Matt Molnar

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 skidded off a runway after landing at Chicago’s Midway Airport, Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured.

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Video: Chaos Inside St. Louis Airport During Tornado

Posted April 23, 2011 by Matt Molnar

A traveler at St Louis’s Lambert International Airport started filming when he saw a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 blown away from its jetway Friday night, capturing some tense moments as the terminal was evacuated.

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Austrian Airlines to Launch Baghdad Flights in June

Posted April 22, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Following a 21-year hiatus, Austrian Airlines will restart service between Vienna and Baghdad on June 8th, the carrier announced this week.

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U.S. Travel Agencies Sell 11 Percent More Flights in First Quarter of 2011

Posted April 19, 2011 by BNO News

The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 10.68 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of the year compared to 2010, which represents a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2009.

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