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Indonesian Man Survives Flight In Aircraft Wheel Well

Indonesian Man Survives Flight In Aircraft Wheel Well An Indonesian man took a free flight in the wheel well of an aircraft this week, surviving a high-altitude flight of nearly two hours in thin air and sub-zero temperatures. ...


Germanwings Crash Families Likely To Get Differing Payouts

Germanwings Crash Families Likely To Get Differing Payouts Families of those killed aboard Germanwings flight 4U 9525 are likely to receive vastly different payouts depending on their nationality, where they bought the ticket, ...



Germanwings Pilot Researched Suicide, Second Recorder Found

Germanwings Pilot Researched Suicide, Second Recorder Found Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz searched the Internet for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash that killed 150 people, according to German prosecutors. Jud...


Singapore Air Says Not In Talks For HK Airlines Stake

Singapore Air Says Not In Talks For HK Airlines Stake Singapore Airlines has denied a media report that it is in talks to buy a stake in Hong Kong Airlines. “We are not in talks to buy any stake in Hong Kong Airlines,R...



Oman Air Orders 20 Boeing 737s

Oman Air Orders 20 Boeing 737s Oman Air has ordered 20 Boeing 737s as part of a plan to double its fleet to 70 aircraft by 2020. The order includes both the current generation of 737s, which will be delivered from 2017, as well...


Lufthansa CEO Faces Tough Test After Germanwings Crash

Lufthansa CEO Faces Tough Test After Germanwings Crash After an already troubled first year as chief executive of Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr must now deal with the aftermath of the Germanwings disaster whilst making the airline g...