Airbus A380 Inspections Ordered for Wing Intergrity

European Aviation Safety Agency Orders Airbus A380 Wing Inspections The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an airworthiness directive that called for an inspection of all 68 A380s' wing rib feet: L-shaped...

Toyota create 1,500 jobs at the firm's UK Derbyshire factory.

Toyota said it would be investing more than £100m at Burnaston to make it the sole European centre for making its next hatchback. Prime Minister David Cameron, who visited the factory on Thursday, said it was...

David Cameron opens £400m Airbus factory safeguarding 6,000 jobs

David Cameron opened the new £400million Airbus factory yesterday and thanked the plane maker for safeguarding thousands of jobs for decades to come. The Prime Minister praised the company, which employs 6,000...

Schreiber arraigned this morning in Augsburg - bail not granted

Karl Heinz Schreiber, German businessman and weapons lobbyist, appeared  in a court in Augsburg, Germany this morning.  He was read charges of fraud, bribary, and tax evasion. Schreiber was not granted...

Airbus: Made In China

The first Airbus made in China was revealed at the Paris Air Show this week. "The Airbus A320, which was assembled at a plant in Tianjin that is 49%-owned by a Chinese consortium, will be delivered to a leasing...

Ground the Airbus?

To date, there have been 23 fatal Airbus crashes, killing 2,584 people. EXCERPT: Used in law, science and philosophy, a rule known as Occam’s Razor requires that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex, and/or that explanations of unknown...

Paris Air Show 2009: Air Truck AT802U One of the Few Highlights

The Paris Air Show, one of the world's largest aerospace trade shows, is underway. The show, also known as the Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget, is a marquee event where...

From the Airbus to the Spaceplane: Future of Commercial Aviation

"Passengers will not continue to board commercial aircraft with fear in their gut, when there is a safer alternative."This thorough report, published by Global Researc.ca, is posted here in its entirety with kind permission of the author, William John Cox, whose writings are...

In-Flight Mobile Phones

Attention all passengers, we would like to inform you that all mobile devices should be turned off during take off and landing and whenever the sign "turn off mobile devices" sign is turned on...You might be...

SHOCK! Sullenberger Out as Flight 1549 ‘Hero’

Contrary to news accounts that have circulated since Thursday, new photographic evidence offered by Lazlo Kovacs reveals that 57-year-old airline pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III was not responsible for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.  A...

Airbus A380

The world's largest jet built by the Airbus industries. The Airbus A380 has well over 300 seats. Made in Europe by a consortium of companies based in UK, France and Spain. Seen here at the Farnborough airshow in...

breaking news:an airbus 320 from air new zealand crash

an airbus 320 training flight from air new zealand crash in mediterranean crash with 7 peoples on board.more soon

Passengers overcome hijacker on Turkish Airlines flight

Passengers overpowered a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane.He couldn't write very well and was very drunk. The Russian officials when hearing this description were suprised that he was not British."The...

Qantas points (and clicks) the blame

Qantas has had a recent spree of safety problems, the latest one being when an Airbus A330 experienced what the airline poetically called "a sudden change in altitude.""Passenger laptop computers are now being...

China, the new masters of the universe? Airbus production line opened

Chinas growth expected  still, at 8 or 9% in 2008 and the same in 2009. The upcoming chinese middle class will fly. Airbus wants half of the market, invested $600m in a plant. " The most prominent European...

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