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Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 21, 2014

Dutch: Plane crash site needs full forensic sweep

(AP) — Dutch experts called Monday for a full forensic sweep of the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down and told armed separatists…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 18, 2014

Putin urges Ukraine cease-fire after plane attack

(AP) — Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out Friday across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 4, 2014

Boeing outpaces Airbus in plane orders

US aerospace group Boeing left European rival Airbus in its slipstream when booking new plane orders in the first half of the year, figures released…

General Aviation News May 12, 2014

Air traffic system failure caused by computer memory shortage

(Reuters) – A common design problem in the U.S. air traffic control system made it possible for a U-2 spy plane to spark a computer…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News April 28, 2014

Search for missing Malaysia plane enters new phase

(Reuters) – The chance of finding floating debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has become highly unlikely, and a new phase of the search…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News March 14, 2014

Investigators focus on foul play behind missing plane

(Reuters) – An investigation into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner is focusing more on a suspicion of foul play, as evidence suggests it…

General Aviation News March 11, 2014

Malaysia military tracked missing plane to west coast

(Reuters) – Malaysia’s military believes a jetliner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometers to the west after it last made…

Civilian aviation news March 7, 2014

China’s Juneyao in talks with Boeing, Airbus on plane orders: chairman

(Reuters) – China’s Juneyao Group, the parent of Juneyao Airlines, is in talks with planemaker Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) about acquiring more than 20…

Military Aviation News February 24, 2014

Australia to buy eight Boeing Poseidon spy planes for $3.6 bln

* First P-8As due in 2017, all 8 fully operational by 2021 * Australia also has an option for a further four aircraft * Australia…

Civilian aviation news February 21, 2014

Top Islamist among dead as Libya plane crashes in Tunisia

(AFP) A medical plane carrying a former jihadist turned member of Libya’s first transitional government crashed south of Tunis early Friday, killing all 11 on…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News February 17, 2014

Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian plane to Geneva, exits cockpit by rope

* Co-pilot lands in Geneva, jumps down rope, demands asylum * Commandeered aircraft while pilot was in toilet * Ethiopian Airlines plane had been bound…

Military Aviation News February 11, 2014

Algerian military plane crash, more than 100 dead.

The crash occurred in the north-east of Alegeria, according to a local source contact with the presumably C-130H Hercules was broken between Oum al-Bouaghi and…

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