Etihad Airways wins Airbus award
July 8th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 7 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways, the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been awarded the "Top Operational Excellence Award" by Airbus for its fleet of ... Read more...
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Indian firm didn’t own plane that crashed in Nigeria
June 6th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, June 6 (IANS) An aircraft in Nigeria that crashed killing 193 people is not Indian owned, an airline official said.Dana Air, owners of the Boeing 803 carrier that crashed ... Read more...
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US woman aviation pioneer dies
May 12th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson, known as "Mama Bird", died in Morristown, Tennessee, a media report said Friday. She was 102.Johnson, who started flying in 1944, held ... Read more...
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Sikorsky to display chopper with Made in India cabin
March 20th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) US-based Sikorsky Global Helicopters will display its S-92 Legacy of Heroes (LOH) chopper, whose cabins are built here, across five Indian cities from March 26.Sikorsky, a ... Read more...
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Spain to pull troops out of Libya by October end
October 26th, 2011 - 6:35 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 26 (IANS) Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon has said all of Spain's troops on the Libyan mission would return home by the end of October.The decision came a ... Read more...
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Two pilots dead after training aircraft crashes in southern Taiwan
December 16th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by BNO News
KAOHSIUNG, TAIPEI (BNO NEWS) -- Two pilots were killed on Wednesday when a training aircraft crashed in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Focus Taiwan news and the Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.The Air ... Read more...
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Karachi plane crash apparently due to ‘human error’, says expert
November 6th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 6 (ANI): A human error appears to be the cause behind the twin-engined Beech 1900 aircraft crash in Karachi on Friday, a source in the aviation industry has said."It seems ... Read more...
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NASA chooses Sunita Williams for new space expeditions
July 9th, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has been selected to be on the crew for one of the four new International Space Station crews.NASA and its international partners, the Russia ... Read more...
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Drones in Afghanistan suffer frequent system failures: Pentagon report
July 7th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kandahar (Afghanistan), July 7 (ANI): The U.S. military often portrays its drone aircraft as high-tech marvels that can be operated seamlessly from thousands of miles away, but Pentagon accident reports reveal ... Read more...
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Dugway Proving Grounds Gets Another Addition
October 30th, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Arizona, Oct. 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Northrop Grumman(NYSE:NOC), has been given a contract by the Army Unmanned Aircraft System, for an amount of $6.2 million. The U.S company will be seen ... Read more...
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Air France statement on crashed airliner in the Atlantic (2)
June 1st, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
Paris, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- Air France has sent all the information in its possession on the disappearance of flight AF 447 operating the Rio de Janeiro – Paris-Charles de Gaulle route ... Read more...
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Air France CEO mourns crash of flight AF447 with international passengers onboard
June 1st, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
A visibly shaken chief executive officer of Air France has told a press conference at Charles de Gaulle airport the company and nation are in mourning.
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said Air France flight ... Read more...
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Air France statement on crashed airliner in the Atlantic
June 1st, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by admin
Paris, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- Air France regrets to confirm the disappearance of flight AF 447 flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, scheduled to arrive at 11:10am local ... Read more...
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Drone attacks on Pak-Afghan border to be even more intense
February 10th, 2009 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb. 10 (ANI): US Central Command officials are planning to rope in even more capable drones to support their Afghanistan operations. Already, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight hours in Afghanistan ... Read more...
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Russia to upgrade IAF’s MiG-29 combat jets
March 7th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The long-delayed upgrade of the Indian Air Force's MiG-29 jets is set to get underway with its manufacturer RAC-MiG inking a deal with the Indian defence ministry ... Read more...
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Terrorists may use robots next
February 27th, 2008 - 11:18 am ICT by admin
London, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading expert has issued a grim warning about how a new generation of robot weapons being developed by world powers, including India and China, imperils humankind. "Once ... Read more...
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