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Ex-Air Force Pilot Explains The A320 Glitch In Real-Time Simulator Demo
Retired pilot Ehsan Khalid walked through the exact sequence of faults that triggered Airbus's global grounding of thousands of A320-family aircraft.
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Airlines In India Work On A-320 Fix After EU Agency's Critical Alert
Hundreds of Airbus aircraft flown by Air India and IndiGo were affected by an emergency airworthiness directive issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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Flight Attendant Shoved As Couple's Onboard Argument Turns Violent, Both Kicked Off Plane
As crew members tried to calm her down, she became more agitated and pushed one of the attendants to the ground.
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Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations After Technology Outage Grounded Aircraft
Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Thursday after it had to ground its planes for hours because of an information technology outage.
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Alaska Airlines Grounds Its Aircraft Due To Technology Outage
An information technology outage has prompted Alaska Airlines to ground its planes, the airline said Thursday.
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Video: Cargo Plane In Sea After Skidding Off Hong Kong Runway, Killing 2
In what seemed straight out of a Final Destination movie, a cargo plane hit a security vehicle on the ground while trying to land at the Hong Kong airport and veered off the runway into the sea, killing two people.
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2 Dead As Cargo Plane Skids Off Hong Kong Airport Runway Into Sea
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department said in a statement on Monday that the aircraft had "deviated from the north runway after landing and ditched into the sea."
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Video: JetBlue Passenger Tries To Open Emergency Exit After Panicking Over 'Barking Dog' Noise
The woman, who claimed her boyfriend was a pilot, was alarmed after hearing the "barking dog" noise that is usual in an A320 aircraft.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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Emergency Turbine Deploys On Air India Flight To UK, Plane Lands Safely
The operating crew of Air India's Amritsar-Birmingham flight reported that the Boeing 787's Ram Air Turbine unexpectedly deployed during the final approach on October 4, but the aircraft landed safely.
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Air India Flight Returns To Delhi After 'Fire Indication' In Engine, Aircraft Grounded For Inspection
An Indore-bound Air India plane made an emergency landing in the national capital on Sunday after being airborne for over 30 minutes as the pilot received a "fire indication" in the right engine of the aircraft, according to sources.
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Pilot's 50-Minute Chat With Engineers. Then F-35 Fighter Jet's Freefall
A US Air Force F-35 pilot was forced to eject from a fighter jet after spending 50 minutes on a conference call mid-air with engineers, trying to resolve a critical malfunction before the aircraft crashed onto an Alaska runway.
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Video Shows Powerful Dust Storm Covering Everything on Its Path In Arizona: "Sand Apocalypse"
Residents called it "sand apocalypse" and shared frightening pictures of the "epic dust storm" on social media platforms.
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Victims' Lawyer On What Could Be Behind Ahmedabad Dreamliner Crash
Two months since the tragic Air India 171 crash in Ahmedabad that killed 241 people on board and 19 on the ground, many questions remain unanswered, the chief one being: Was it a fault with the fuel switch locking mechanism or was it human error.
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Italy Shuts Down Mount Vesuvius To Tourists As Wildfire Rages
Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.
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Ex-Air Force Pilot Explains The A320 Glitch In Real-Time Simulator Demo
Retired pilot Ehsan Khalid walked through the exact sequence of faults that triggered Airbus's global grounding of thousands of A320-family aircraft.
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Airlines In India Work On A-320 Fix After EU Agency's Critical Alert
Hundreds of Airbus aircraft flown by Air India and IndiGo were affected by an emergency airworthiness directive issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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Flight Attendant Shoved As Couple's Onboard Argument Turns Violent, Both Kicked Off Plane
As crew members tried to calm her down, she became more agitated and pushed one of the attendants to the ground.
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Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations After Technology Outage Grounded Aircraft
Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Thursday after it had to ground its planes for hours because of an information technology outage.
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Alaska Airlines Grounds Its Aircraft Due To Technology Outage
An information technology outage has prompted Alaska Airlines to ground its planes, the airline said Thursday.
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Video: Cargo Plane In Sea After Skidding Off Hong Kong Runway, Killing 2
In what seemed straight out of a Final Destination movie, a cargo plane hit a security vehicle on the ground while trying to land at the Hong Kong airport and veered off the runway into the sea, killing two people.
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2 Dead As Cargo Plane Skids Off Hong Kong Airport Runway Into Sea
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department said in a statement on Monday that the aircraft had "deviated from the north runway after landing and ditched into the sea."
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Video: JetBlue Passenger Tries To Open Emergency Exit After Panicking Over 'Barking Dog' Noise
The woman, who claimed her boyfriend was a pilot, was alarmed after hearing the "barking dog" noise that is usual in an A320 aircraft.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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Emergency Turbine Deploys On Air India Flight To UK, Plane Lands Safely
The operating crew of Air India's Amritsar-Birmingham flight reported that the Boeing 787's Ram Air Turbine unexpectedly deployed during the final approach on October 4, but the aircraft landed safely.
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Air India Flight Returns To Delhi After 'Fire Indication' In Engine, Aircraft Grounded For Inspection
An Indore-bound Air India plane made an emergency landing in the national capital on Sunday after being airborne for over 30 minutes as the pilot received a "fire indication" in the right engine of the aircraft, according to sources.
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Pilot's 50-Minute Chat With Engineers. Then F-35 Fighter Jet's Freefall
A US Air Force F-35 pilot was forced to eject from a fighter jet after spending 50 minutes on a conference call mid-air with engineers, trying to resolve a critical malfunction before the aircraft crashed onto an Alaska runway.
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Video Shows Powerful Dust Storm Covering Everything on Its Path In Arizona: "Sand Apocalypse"
Residents called it "sand apocalypse" and shared frightening pictures of the "epic dust storm" on social media platforms.
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Victims' Lawyer On What Could Be Behind Ahmedabad Dreamliner Crash
Two months since the tragic Air India 171 crash in Ahmedabad that killed 241 people on board and 19 on the ground, many questions remain unanswered, the chief one being: Was it a fault with the fuel switch locking mechanism or was it human error.
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Italy Shuts Down Mount Vesuvius To Tourists As Wildfire Rages
Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.
