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Saturday, 04 May 2019

Daily Express

• Boeing 737 CRASHES into a river in Florida with 136 people onboardA BOEING 737 has crashed into the St Johns River in Florida with 136 people on board, according to sources.

Mail Online

• Military plane carrying 143 people skids off the runway and crashes into a RIVER during botched landing at Jacksonville airportFire and Rescue crews rushed to Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday night after a military charter plane carrying 143 people skidded off the runway and plunged into water.

Sky News

• 21 people taken to hospital after plane skids off runway into riverTwenty-one people have been taken to hospital after a plane skidded off a runway and into a river while attempting to land during a thunderstorm.

North Wales Live

• Inside story on Airbus A380 wing's 'race against time'Television series on how the superjumbo wing makes its first ever journey

C.N.N.

• Plane from Guantanamo Bay with 143 people aboard skids into St. Johns River in Florida, officials sayThe Boeing 737 was in shallow water and not submerged in the river in Jacksonville. It had 136 passengers and seven crew members on board, and they've all been accounted for, authorities said.

Aviation Industry

• Bombardier posts 2019 1Q loss and declining revenueAfter warning on April 25 that its results would miss their targets this year because of challenges in its rail unit, Bombardier revealed revenue for the first quarter down 13% to $3.5 billion. Full-year revenue is now projected at $17 billion, a reduction of $1 billion. read more

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• Amsterdam Schiphol Airport: finding the right way to grow … a maximum of 45,000 air transport movements per year. However, while … scuppered by the European Commission after it forced the transport minister to … . New vs. existing airportGreg Alcorn, divisional director for transport and infrastructure at …