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TransAsia Plane Crashes In Taiwan 47 People Dead
A TransAsia ATR72-500. A domestic TransAsia Airways plane crashed on landing on an island off the west coast of typhoon-hit Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said. The plane, a 70-seat...
Dutch People Mourn As First MH17 Bodies Flown To Netherlands
“Think of all the people who were flying away on holiday, all the young people who had just finished their final school exams,” said Jikkie van der Giessen from Amsterdam. “They were looking fully toward the f...
ICAO Says Malaysian MH17 Voice Recorder In Good Condition
The cockpit voice recorder of the Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine is in good condition, the UN’s ICAO said, adding that it was holding talks with airlines and states on how to assess the danger posed by conflicts. ...
Bombardier To Cut 1,800 Jobs, Aerospace Head Retires
Struggling with long delays in its CSeries airliner, Bombardier has announced it will change its business structure and cut 1,800 jobs, with the head of its aerospace division to retire. The Montreal-based company is splitting ...
Airlines Suspend Flights To Tel Aviv
Airlines in the US and Europe on Tuesday halted flights to Tel Aviv after warnings from governmental agencies as turmoil in Israel and the region intensified. US carriers Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines w...
Rebels Likely Downed Malaysian Boeing 777 MH17 ‘By Mistake’
The US government believes that pro-Russian separatists most likely shot down Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight 17 “by mistake,” not understanding it was a civilian passenger flight, US intelligence officia...
