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AA Makes Emergency Landing at LAX

Another AA Emergency Landing.  One of NowPublic's Members lgal3824 works across the street from LAW and stated, "I work across the street from LAX and heard numerous sirens an hour ago. Another American...

Sudan air crash death toll still unknown

The death toll is still unknown in the plane crash that happened in the Sudan yesterday. Investigators are searching passenger lists and examining the wreckage to try and determine what caused the plane to veer...

Two near misses in one day at YVR

With ongoing construction and expansion at Vancouver airport (as well as other cities), there is bound to be congestion on the runways as large aircraft have to shuffle for spots on the ground.  Add to this...

Police have no plan to further question ill-fated jetliner`s pilot

"Yogtakarta police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Budi Santoso said here on Tuesday although the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) had officially announced the cause of the accident, the police had yet to plan the further questioning of pilot Marwoto...

Can Hugo Chavez's Cinema Villa Studio Contend With Hollywood?

"Unhappy with what he considers Hollywood's monopoly on the silver screen, President Hugo Chavez is bankrolling Venezuelan movies through a state-run film studio. Now rolling: a biopic about Luis Posada Carriles, the former CIA operative who lives freely in the United States...

Salvage team retrieves black boxes from crashed Indonesian airliner

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A US-hired underwater salvage team on Tuesday recovered a black box from a commercial jetliner that crashed in the waters of eastern Indonesia on New Year's Day, killing all 102 aboard. The...

Flames engulf Jet on landing | Indonesia

"An Indonesian jetliner Boeing 737-400 owned by state airline Garuda was carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the...

Pilots and Passengers Foil Hijacker

This is a pretty cool story; a friend from South Africa sent me this link. Hijackers, don't mess with Mauritania!"A fast-thinking pilot, with the help of passengers, fooled a gunman who had hijacked a jetliner flying from Africa to the Canary Islands, braking hard upon...

Search official: Fisherman finds part of jetliner

"JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A fisherman has discovered a piece of a jetliner missing for more than 10 days in northwest Indonesia, a military official for the country told CNN Thursday. The discovery of part of...

Can't confirm number of crash survivors: Indonesian official

"Indonesia's head of aviation said Tuesday he can't confirm how many people survived a jetliner crash that killed at least 90 people. National aviation chief Ichsan Tatang told the Associated Press that he couldn't confirm earlier reports that 12 people survived Monday's...

155 confirmed dead in Brazilian jetliner crash - CBC News

" Last Updated: Sunday, October 1, 2006 | 10:47 PM ET CBC News All 155 people aboard a Brazilian jetliner that crashed in the Amazon rain forest are dead, the air force said late Sunday in a...

Brazil air force finds jetliner wreckage

"Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wrecked fusilage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle on Saturday, and an aviation official said it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived. The president of Brazil's airport authority, Jose Carlos...

Brazilian jet missing over Amazon jungle (AP)

" RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian jetliner with 155 people aboard was reported missing Friday over the Amazon jungle, aviation authorities said. Initially, the officials said they believed Gol airlines...

Brazil air force finds jetliner wreckage

Brazilian air force planes searching for a jetliner that disappeared with 155 people aboard found the missing aircraft on Saturday in the Amazon region

Brazilian jet with 155 aboard missing over Amazon

"A Brazilian jetliner with 155 people aboard was reported missing yesterday over the Amazon jungle, aviation authorities said."

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