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| Sheffield Forgemasters' £80m nuclear parts loan axed |
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An engineering firm's expansion plans, which would have created 180 jobs, have been halted after the government cancelled an £80m loan. |
| BBC News Thu 17 Jun |
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| EasyJet maintenance company shuts down at Stansted |
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SR Technics, the maintenance company that oversees the easyJet fleet, is to close operations at Stansted airport, throwing 345 aviation engineers out of work. |
| Times Online Mon 22 Feb |
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| Japanese company admits faking safety reports on seats it made for 32 airlines |
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A Japanese company admitted last night that it had falsified data after its seats, used by dozens of international airlines, failed safety tests. |
| Times Online Tue 9 Feb |
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| Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner finally takes off |
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Boeing’s hope for a more profitable future took off yesterday with the maiden flight of its much-delayed 787 Dreamliner, the company’s first new aircraft in 15 years. |
| Times Online Wed 16 Dec |
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| Airbus A400M finally flies for first time but faces £10bn cost overruns |
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More than three years late, Airbus's A400M military transport finally has finally taken to skies in a successful first flight in Seville. |
| Telegraph Fri 11 Dec |
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| Rolls-Royce in $2bn engine orders |
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Rolls-Royce says it has won orders to make $2bn(£1.2bn) of aircraft engines to power Airbus planes for Air China and Ethiopian Airlines. |
| BBC News Mon 16 Nov |
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| Gearbox crack found in Canadian Sikorsky helicopter |
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A problem with Sikorsky S-92A helicopters — one that was believed to be limited to S-92A choppers used in the European offshore oil industry — has been found in a Halifax-based S-92A. |
| CBC Mon 2 Nov |
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| Airbus prepares for A350 take-off with new factory in North Wales |
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The aerospace giant has started work on constructing a 46,000 sq m factory at its site in Broughton, North Wales |
| Times Online Thu 29 Oct |
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| North Sea helicopter gearbox checks ordered |
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Manufacturer Sikorsky is telling helicopter companies worldwide to carry out inspections after cracks were found in the gearboxes of S-92 helicopters. |
| BBC News Sun 11 Oct |
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| The Big Question |
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Why has another Airbus crashed, and is flying becoming more risky? |
| Independent Wed 1 Jul |
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| Yemen Airbus jet crashes in Indian Ocean |
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AYemeni airliner Airbus 310 with 153 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean |
| BBC News Tue 30 Jun |
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| £28m investment at Airbus factory |
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Plane-maker Airbus has been awarded a £28m grant from the assembly government to ensure the future of hi-tech wing production in Flintshire. |
| BBC News Fri 19 Jun |
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| French confirm Air France crash facts |
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French investigators confirmed more details about the crash of Air France Flight 447 on Wednesday, as more details emerged that suggested the plane broke up in mid-air. |
| seattlepi.com Thu 18 Jun |
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| Air France tail section recovered |
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A Brazilian search team has recovered a large tail section of the Air France jet that crashed a week ago over the Atlantic with 228 people on board. |
| BBC News Mon 8 Jun |
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| Flight AF 447: First bodies are found |
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Air France acknowledged yesterday that speed monitors on some of its Airbus planes have proved faulty, icing up at high altitude. |
| Independent Sun 7 Jun |
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| Bad weather should not bring down a modern jet |
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The best guesses as to what went wrong with Flight AF 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris are that it either experienced severe turbulence that led to catastrophic structural damage or that it was struck by lightning |
| Independent Tue 2 Jun |
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| Helicopters to return to service |
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The fleet of Super Puma helicopters operating in the UK will begin to return to service on Tuesday after a North Sea crash which killed 16 people. |
| BBC News Sun 19 Apr |
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| Helicopters grounded for 48 hours |
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Two models of Super Puma helicopter have been grounded for 48 hours after the latest report on the North Sea crash, which claimed 16 lives. |
| BBC News Fri 17 Apr |
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| Fatal helicopter crash caused by "catastrophic" gearbox failure |
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The helicopter which crashed in the North Sea last month killing all 16 men on board suffered a catastrophic failure in part of its main gearbox, according to an initial report. |
| Independent Sat 11 Apr |
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| Task group to assess helicopters |
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A task group to tackle issues in the wake of the Supa Puma disaster which killed 16 people in the North Sea has been formed. |
| BBC News Wed 8 Apr |
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