Tag: jet
Icing Cause Of British Air Close Call
Icing determined to be cause of British Air Crash in January.After a long flight over the arctic, a British Airways PLC jetliner crash-landed close to London's Heathrow Airport. Investigators and safety experts do...
Fiery jet Fuel Tanker Crash Closes I-91 Outside B...
Details are still emerging, but it appears a fuel tanker travelling North on I-91 in Chicopee, just West of Boston was involved in a serious accident. Several cars were involved and the fire was still burning an hour...
New air force base being built in Tarakan
Tarakan, East Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - A type-C military airbase, being constructed by the Indonesian Air Force in the East Kalimantan city of Tarakan, is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2009."The airbase is expected to be operational by the end of 2009," Air...
RI considering buying six US-made F-16s
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is considering buying six US-made F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters to increase its air force`s combat readiness, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said."We are considering a US offer to sell six F-16 jet fighters with payments to be made in...
British-designed jet could reach Australia in und...
"The A2 plane, designed by engineering company Reaction Engines based in Oxfordshire, southern England, could carry 300 passengers at a top speed of almost 4,000 mph (6,400 kmh), five times the speed of sound.The LAPCAT (Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and...
Training Jet Jumpstarts a New Era of Green Flight
Something's cooking 17,000 feet over the Nevada desert, and, despite
what passing geese may smell, it's not french fries. It's Green Flight
International's BioJet, a 39-year-old Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin with...
Crash-Landed Jet Removed from Runway
The crash-landed jetliner has been removed from the end of its runway at Heathrow and is en route to a hangar for further analysis."The British Airways plane that crash-landed at Heathrow has been moved from...
Thai cabinet gives green light to buy Swedish jet...
"Bangkok (ANTARA News) - The Thai cabinet has approved a procurement of six Swedish-made Gripen jet fighters with a budget of 19 billion baht (637.75 million USD), the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.Government spokesman Chaiya Yimwilai said the Royal Thai Air Force earlier...
Gas Leak: Flatulence Causes Airline DIversion
"An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches.
The matches were found on the seat of a woman who had attempted to conceal the odour of flatulence with the matches, Nashville airport...
No survivors in Turkish jet crash
"All 56 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in south-western Turkey have died, the airline's chief executive has said.
Initial reports from rescue helicopter teams found no survivors, said Tuncay Doganer,...
First of three newly purchased executive jets rea...
First of the three executive jet aircraft, which were approved by former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for VVIP use, has reached Islamabad, official sources have disclosed.“American pilots and navigators have flown one of the three planes to Islamabad. They will...
Executive Jet Crashes Into Brazilian Neighborhood...
News wanted!"An executive jet crashed into a heavily populated neighborhood of Sao Paulo on Sunday, killing at least eight people and leaving a pile of smoky rubble just months after the city suffered the nation's deadliest air disaster.
The plane, a Learjet 35 belonging to a...
RAF jet dropped bomb by accident
"The RAF has launched an investigation after a jet accidentally dropped a 14kg practice bomb during an exercise.
The device was lost during a 90-minute training sortie from the Tornado GR4's base at RAF Lossiemouth.
The jet's route took it across north east Scotland and...
China Airlines Jet Explodes Upon Landing in Okinawa
"TOKYO — A China Airlines jet exploded into flames at an airport in Okinawa after arriving from Taiwan on Monday, but all 165 people aboard escaped alive, officials said. Police said terrorism was not...
Japan to build stealth jet in five years: report
Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Japan's defense ministry has decided to build a
stealth fighter and wants a first test flight within five years, a news
report said.
The move could concern Washington as Japan is a major...
