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Court Opens New Trial 16 Years After Air France Flight Crashed Into Atlantic
A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board.
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25 Years Before Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash, A Concorde Takeoff That Changed Flying Forever
25 years before Air India flight AI 171 crashed in India's Ahmedabad, a Concorde crash outside the French capital of Paris changed aviation forever
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Air France, Airbus On Trial For 2009 Crash That Killed 228 People Aboard
Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard.
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Air France, Airbus To Stand Trial Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash: Court
Air France and Airbus must stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that killed all 228 people on board, a Paris court ruled on Wednesday
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EgyptAir Black Boxes Arrive In France For Repairs
The damaged black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month arrived in France on Monday for repairs, said the country's air safety agency, amid hopes they will provide clues on why the aircraft went down.
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PM Modi Expresses Sorrow Over Plane Crash in France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed sorrow over the air crash involving a German airliner in France.
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AirAsia Flight Has Parallels With 2009 Ocean Crash
The jet dropped from the sky swiftly, without a mayday call. It was quickly swallowed up by the waves.
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AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses on Timing of Request to Climb, Weather
Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew's request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather as a possible factor behind the tragedy, a source close to the probe said.
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Pilots Were Sleeping When Air France Flight Crashed: Report
Two out of three pilots were sleeping minutes before the Air France plane plunged into the sea off Brazil in 2009, with the loss of all 228 people on board, media reported on Monday.
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Air Algerie Plane Broke up on Impact, Say Investigators
An Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali killing all 116 people on board broke up on impact after losing air speed and banking sharply, investigators said on Thursday.
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Voice Recordings in Air Algerie Crash 'Unusable': Investigators
Investigators probing the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali that killed 116 people last month said on Thursday they had been unable to access voice recordings from the flight deck.
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Families Mourn Victims of Air Algerie Crash in Mali
Family members of those killed on the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali were taken to the wreckage to grieve on Saturday as French President Francois Hollande announced three days of mourning.
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Francois Hollande Declares Three Days of Mourning over Air Algerie Crash
French President Francois Hollande ordered that flags on government buildings across France fly at half-mast for three days from Monday after the death of 118 people including 54 French nationals in the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali.
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Cockpit chaos on doomed 2009 Air France flight
A confused cockpit crew without proper training to head off high-altitude disaster flew toward it, instead, with wrong-headed maneuvers, no task-sharing and perhaps unaware their flight was about to end in the Atlantic Ocean.
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France to use DNA database in Air France probe
French investigators will use a Brazilian DNA database to help identify the remains of victims of an Air France crash two years ago, the head of a group representing the victims' Brazilian families said Wednesday.All 228 people aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris died when the Airbus A330 dived into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009....
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Court Opens New Trial 16 Years After Air France Flight Crashed Into Atlantic
A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board.
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25 Years Before Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash, A Concorde Takeoff That Changed Flying Forever
25 years before Air India flight AI 171 crashed in India's Ahmedabad, a Concorde crash outside the French capital of Paris changed aviation forever
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Air France, Airbus On Trial For 2009 Crash That Killed 228 People Aboard
Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard.
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Air France, Airbus To Stand Trial Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash: Court
Air France and Airbus must stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that killed all 228 people on board, a Paris court ruled on Wednesday
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EgyptAir Black Boxes Arrive In France For Repairs
The damaged black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month arrived in France on Monday for repairs, said the country's air safety agency, amid hopes they will provide clues on why the aircraft went down.
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PM Modi Expresses Sorrow Over Plane Crash in France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed sorrow over the air crash involving a German airliner in France.
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AirAsia Flight Has Parallels With 2009 Ocean Crash
The jet dropped from the sky swiftly, without a mayday call. It was quickly swallowed up by the waves.
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AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses on Timing of Request to Climb, Weather
Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew's request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather as a possible factor behind the tragedy, a source close to the probe said.
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Pilots Were Sleeping When Air France Flight Crashed: Report
Two out of three pilots were sleeping minutes before the Air France plane plunged into the sea off Brazil in 2009, with the loss of all 228 people on board, media reported on Monday.
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Air Algerie Plane Broke up on Impact, Say Investigators
An Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali killing all 116 people on board broke up on impact after losing air speed and banking sharply, investigators said on Thursday.
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Voice Recordings in Air Algerie Crash 'Unusable': Investigators
Investigators probing the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali that killed 116 people last month said on Thursday they had been unable to access voice recordings from the flight deck.
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Families Mourn Victims of Air Algerie Crash in Mali
Family members of those killed on the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali were taken to the wreckage to grieve on Saturday as French President Francois Hollande announced three days of mourning.
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Francois Hollande Declares Three Days of Mourning over Air Algerie Crash
French President Francois Hollande ordered that flags on government buildings across France fly at half-mast for three days from Monday after the death of 118 people including 54 French nationals in the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali.
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Cockpit chaos on doomed 2009 Air France flight
A confused cockpit crew without proper training to head off high-altitude disaster flew toward it, instead, with wrong-headed maneuvers, no task-sharing and perhaps unaware their flight was about to end in the Atlantic Ocean.
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France to use DNA database in Air France probe
French investigators will use a Brazilian DNA database to help identify the remains of victims of an Air France crash two years ago, the head of a group representing the victims' Brazilian families said Wednesday.All 228 people aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris died when the Airbus A330 dived into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009....
