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Athens Int'l Airport on Alert After Call About Attempted Plane Hijacking
Europe 19:48 15.03. … been declared at Athens International Airport after the administration received a … Attempted Plane Hijacking in Bangladesh Eliminated — Reports Following the call, increased security … lives of the Airbus A320 plane's passengers and crew.
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The Guardian
- After two deadly disasters in five months, can Boeing survive? W ithin three minutes of takeoff, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 had accelerated to unusually high speeds. Captain Yared Getachew knew something was wrong as the aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max 8, erratically dipped and climbed by hundreds of feet. He radioed air traffic control, requesting a return to Addis Ababa airport
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- In the wake of the Boeing 737 Max 8 crash, are planes becoming too complex to fly? [Subscription]At about the time that Antonis Mavropoulos was trudging unhappily towards an Addis Ababa airport waiting lounge last Sunday, the Nairobi-bound plane he had missed by minutes was roaring down the runway and lifting smoothly into clear Ethiopian skies. The Greek executive was angry with airport staff who had failed to meet his incoming flight to ensure he made it to his second flight in time, and he was further upset when the departure-gate agents refused to delay Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 to allow him to board.
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- Athens Int'l Airport on Alert After Call About Attempted Plane Hijacking Europe 19:48 15.03. … been declared at Athens International Airport after the administration received a … Attempted Plane Hijacking in Bangladesh Eliminated — Reports Following the call, increased security … lives of the Airbus A320 plane's passengers and crew.
- Ethiopian Airlines crash: 'Scared' pilot's frantic message to air traffic control … BEA air accident investigation agency said earlier today. Downloading the data … crash site to bury. Passengers from more than 30 nations … price to tumble. Flight data has already indicated some similarities … as U.S. and EU aviation safety authorities. The …
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- A plane in vintage British European Airways livery will land at Leeds Bradford Airport today … the livery of the British European Airways line from the same … with three other airlines to form Imperial Airways. Other air transport companies merged in … Imperial Airways' main UK competitor on European routes. Imperial Airways and British Airways were …
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