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'Not Giving Up' But Hunt for Bodies Drawing to Close: AirAsia Chief
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said today he was not giving up on finding more bodies from one of the airline's jets that crashed in the Java Sea last year, but flagged the hunt will draw to a close within weeks.
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Officials Meet to Address Safety After Aviation Calamities
Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe.
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Strong Currents Slow Search for AirAsia wreckage
Strong currents forced Indonesia to expand the search area for the crashed AirAsia plane today, as rough seas and bad weather pushed debris and made it difficult to reach suspected chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor.
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Indonesia Cracks Down on Aviation Sector After AirAsia Crash
Highlighting the depth of Indonesia's air safety problems, the transportation ministry announced harsh measures today against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits - including the suspension of the airport's operator and officials in the control tower.
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AirAsia Jet's Engine Dies Before Takeoff at Surabaya, Passengers Disembark
An AirAsia jet's engine failed just before its take off from the Indonesian city of Surabaya and the 120 passengers on board were asked to disembark, in the latest incident to hit the airline's flights.
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Crashed AirAsia Jet's Pilots Did Not Get Weather Report, Says Indonesian Daily
AirAsia Indonesia allegedly violated standard procedures which resulted in the pilots of the airline's doomed plane not receiving a required weather report before takeoff, a media report has said citing leaked official documents.
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'Not Giving Up' But Hunt for Bodies Drawing to Close: AirAsia Chief
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said today he was not giving up on finding more bodies from one of the airline's jets that crashed in the Java Sea last year, but flagged the hunt will draw to a close within weeks.
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Officials Meet to Address Safety After Aviation Calamities
Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe.
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Strong Currents Slow Search for AirAsia wreckage
Strong currents forced Indonesia to expand the search area for the crashed AirAsia plane today, as rough seas and bad weather pushed debris and made it difficult to reach suspected chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor.
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Indonesia Cracks Down on Aviation Sector After AirAsia Crash
Highlighting the depth of Indonesia's air safety problems, the transportation ministry announced harsh measures today against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits - including the suspension of the airport's operator and officials in the control tower.
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AirAsia Jet's Engine Dies Before Takeoff at Surabaya, Passengers Disembark
An AirAsia jet's engine failed just before its take off from the Indonesian city of Surabaya and the 120 passengers on board were asked to disembark, in the latest incident to hit the airline's flights.
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Crashed AirAsia Jet's Pilots Did Not Get Weather Report, Says Indonesian Daily
AirAsia Indonesia allegedly violated standard procedures which resulted in the pilots of the airline's doomed plane not receiving a required weather report before takeoff, a media report has said citing leaked official documents.
