Air France-KLM CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon resigns
October 18th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- European airline holding company Air France-KLM on Monday announced that its CEO, Pierre Henri Gourgeon, has submitted his resignation. Few details were immediately released, but the resignation came ... Read more...
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Body recovered from 2009 Air France flight
May 5th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- Search teams were able to recover a body of one of the 228 victims that died during Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in ... Read more...
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Investigators find black box from crashed Air France flight
May 2nd, 2011 - 3:14 am ICT by BNO News
PARIS (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 ... Read more...
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Pilots’ typo errors leading cause of mishaps, incidents
January 25th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 25 (ANI): Safety investigators at Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have said that errors in data calculation or entry were the leading causes of take-off accidents and incidents.A report by ... Read more...
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Man, flapping wings, makes 20-sec flying history
September 23rd, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) A man-powered aircraft with flapping wings made aviation history by becoming the first of its kind to fly continuously for almost 20 seconds.
The "Snowbird" performed its record-breaking flight ... Read more...
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First human-powered aircraft achieves sustained flight
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 23 (ANI): First human-powered aircraft with flapping wings made aviation history by flying continuously for almost 20 seconds.University of Toronto's "Snowbird" performed its record-breaking flight on August 2 at the ... Read more...
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New unmanned helicopter can cut US troop losses in war zones
August 28th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 28 (ANI): An unmanned helicopter that is expected to reduce US troop losses in war zones is being developed.The Kaman K-MAX helicopter has been adapted by defence company Lockheed Martin ... Read more...
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Search for plane’s flight data recorder to resume Tuesday (Lead)
May 24th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) Two days of search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, of the Air India Express plane that crashed here Saturday have ... Read more...
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Search continues for plane’s digital flight data recorder
May 24th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 24 (IANS) Teams of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and police Monday resumed their search for the digital flight data recorder, a part of the black box, ... Read more...
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Federal Aviation Administration plans $300,000 civil penalty against American Airlines
March 19th, 2010 - 1:16 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday that it is proposing a civil penalty on American Airlines.The FAA is proposing a $300,000 civil penalty, alleging that ... Read more...
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How do bees land on the spot? Indian-origin scientist finds out
January 4th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) A study led by a scientist of Indian-origin has decoded the tricky art of landing by honey bees, a finding that can have huge implications in making better ... Read more...
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Qantas pilots suspended after forgetting to lower landing gear
November 4th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 4 (DPA) Two Qantas pilots were suspended Wednesday after forgetting to lower landing gear as they came in to land at busy Sydney airport.
The Boeing 767 was just 700 feet ... Read more...
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Air France flight crashed into Atlantic vertically, says report
July 3rd, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, July 3 (ANI): The Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, killing all 228 people on board plunged vertically from the sky so suddenly that passengers and ... Read more...
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Chances dim for recovery of black boxes: Air France
June 11th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 11 (DPA) The chances of recovering the black boxes of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic last week are slim, the carrier's head, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, said here ... Read more...
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Air France replacing airspeed sensors on Airbus fleet: Report
June 10th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Paris/Sao Paulo, June 10 (DPA) Air France has replaced two of three airspeed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 jets, according to a media report Wednesday.
The carrier replaced ... Read more...
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Three more bodies recovered in Air France crash (Second Lead)
June 7th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Paris/Sao Paulo, June 7 (DPA) The Brazilian Air Force said Sunday that three more bodies from the Air France Airbus plane crash had been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean.
An air force spokesman ... Read more...
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Self-diagnosing aircraft can help ward off unnecessary hard landings
November 6th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): Futile hard landings, which may turn out to be dangerous for both the passengers and for aircraft, could now be avoidedthanks to hard-landing detector that can be ... Read more...
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