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| Despair in N Ireland after 1,000 aircraft jobs are jettisoned by Bombardier |
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Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace company, has cut its workforce in Belfast by 1,000 after a severe downturn in the private jet market. |
| Times Online Fri 3 Apr |
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| 17 killed in Newfoundland helicopter crash |
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Recovery crews have retrieved nine more bodies from the deep-sea wreckage of a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Newfoundland last Thursday, killing 17 people. |
| Canada.com Mon 16 Mar |
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| Helicopter sea plunge accidental |
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Seven men who were killed when a helicopter plunged into the Irish Sea off Lancashire died accidentally. |
| BBC News Thu 12 Mar |
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| Altimeter 'had role' in air crash |
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Investigators have said a faulty altimeter played a role in the plane crash near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last week that killed nine people. |
| BBC News Wed 4 Mar |
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| 'All-Boeing' Ryanair considering Airbus order |
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Ryanair which had previously bought only Boeing jets is now considering buying Airbus, reports the Seattle PI |
| seattlepi.com Tue 3 Feb |
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| Aerospace industry has thousands of jobs in peril |
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Tens of thousands of British manufacturing jobs could be under threat this year as the aerospace industry braces itself for a severe slowdown |
| Times Online Fri 9 Jan |
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| Jail for fake engineer who deceived Qantas |
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Engineer was caught red-handed lying about his qualifications to perform maintenance checks on Qantas jets |
| smh.com.au Thu Dec 18 |
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| 787 wing break passes structural test |
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Engineers accomplished a significant structural milestone Saturday when they broke a 50-foot-long section of one of the composite wings. On purpose. |
| seattlepi.com Tue 18 Nov |
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| Delta orders inspection of all Boeing 757s in its fleet |
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Delta Air Lines will inspect the engines on its 132 Boeing 757 jetliners after one engine failed and another on an American Airlines plane developed cracks. |
| seattlepi.com Fri 17 Oct |
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| Wing flaps caused Madrid crash |
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A Spanish passenger jet crashed in August because the wing flaps were in the wrong position, investigators say. |
| BBC News Fri 10 Oct |
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| More than 150 feared dead as plane crashes at Madrid |
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More than 150 people were killed yesterday after a plane bound for the holiday island of Gran Canaria crashed on take-off, swerved off the runway and burst into flames at Madrid airport |
| Independent Thu 21 Aug |
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| 'Tank exploded' on Qantas jet |
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An exploding oxygen cylinder was the probable cause of a hole in a Qantas jet which was forced into an emergency landing |
| BBC News Wed 30 Jul |
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| Plane hole 'not due to corrosion' |
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Qantas boss Geoff Dixon has denied corrosion caused a hole in the body of the plane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila. |
| BBC News Sat 26 Jul |
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| FAA orders U.S. airlines to inspect certain MD-80s |
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The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering U.S. airlines to conduct safety inspections to look for cracking on overwing frames on certain MD-80 series aircraft, a directive that could be a headache for an industry reeling from soaring fuel prices. |
| seattlepi.com Wed 9 Jul |
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| Airship's time has come, again |
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BoeingCo. will unveil a new partnership today with a little-known Alberta company aimed at developing a state-of-the-art airship, which it hopes will provide a fuel-efficient and relatively inexpensive alternative for lifting heavy cargo to remote oil and gas sites in the Arctic and Alaska. |
| FinancialPost Thu 10 Jul |
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| Thousands of jobs threatened as US reneges on £18bn defence deal |
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More than 11,000 British jobs were under threat last night after the Pentagon tore up the world’s biggest defence contract to allow an American company to rebid. |
| Times Online Thu 10 Jul |
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| Companies settle Hawaii helicopter crash lawsuit |
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A helicopter manufacturer and a parts maker will pay $9.5 million to a couple seriously injured in a tour helicopter crash, after a tail rotor failed. |
| CNN Money |
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| Southwest, FAA Relationship Cited in Probe |
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The FAA said earlier this year that its inspectors improperly allowed Southwest to fly 46 Boeing 737 jets that needed to be inspected for fuselage cracks. |
| WashingtonPost 3 July |
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| Five to face Concorde crash trial |
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US airline Continental and five people will stand trial over the 2000 Concorde crash near Paris which killed 113 people |
| BBC News Thu 3 Jul |
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| MoD insists Nimrod 'safe to fly' |
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Defence Secretary Des Browne has insisted RAF Nimrod aircraft are safe to fly despite a coroner's call for the entire fleet to be grounded. |
| BBC News Fri 23 May |
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