Posts Tagged ‘China’
 

 
China Airborne book cover on Colbert Report

Video: Stephen Colbert Talks Chinese Aviation With James Fallows

China's burgeoning aerospace industry is something to pay attention to. But their airlines do not yet have honey roasted peanuts.
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Travelers arrive at Hotan Airport in this 2011 file photo. (Photo by Timothy Merrill via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND)

Attempted Plane Hijacking in China Leaves 11 Injured

Six men attempted to hijack a passenger plane in northwestern China on Friday, injuring 11 passengers and crew as they fought the attackers.
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Today in Aviation History: February 24th

A United Airlines 747's explosive decompression over the Pacific kills 9 people, SAS launches Europe's first North Polar route to Asia, a 9 year old boy flies a Cessna, and more...
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Rockets are not meant to turn that way

On This Day in Aviation History: February 14th

The crashes of Belvia Flight 1834 and Indian Airlines Flight 605, China’s Long March 3 rocket kills villagers in a launch accident, India receives its first Soviet-built fighters, the first GPS satellite launched and more.
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Video: Fighter Jet Crashes Chinese Air Show

A fighter jet crashed during an air show in southwestern China on late Friday morning, injuring one pilot and leaving another pilot unaccounted for, state-run media reported.
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