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  • Malaysian officials non-committal on MH370 ACARS transmissions

    News | 11 Mar 2014 05:01 | Greg Waldron

    Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER are tight-lipped about Aircraft Communications and Reporting System (ACARS) data reported by the aircraft.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Malaysian-officials-non-committal-on-MH370-ACARS-transmissions-396857/

  • GE-powered JAL 787 has in-flight shutdown

    News | 09 Mar 2014 19:13 | Stephen Trimble

    A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 pilot on 9 March commanded an in-flight engine shut down after receiving an oil pressure alert and made an emergency landing in Honolulu.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/GE-powered-JAL-787-has-in-flight-shutdown-396807/

  • Vietnam finds South China Sea oil slicks in search for MAS 777

    News | 08 Mar 2014 12:46 | Stephen Trimble

    Vietnamese search aircraft has found two, narrowly-spaced oil slicks in the South China Sea and is working to verify if belongs to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, according to a statement posted on the government’s web site.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Vietnam-finds-South-China-Sea-oil-slicks-in-search-for-MAS-777-396798/

  • Wing cracks found on 787s in assembly

    News | 07 Mar 2014 22:23 | Stephen Trimble

    Roughly 40 Boeing 787s still in production may have cracks within shear ties of a wing rib, the company says.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Wing-cracks-found-on-787s-in-assembly-396787/

  • Airbus exec's criticise Boeing approach to suppliers

    News | 07 Mar 2014 20:47 | Stephen Trimble

    Two top Airbus executives today drew a sharp distinction with Boeing over supply chain strategy and mocked their rival’s year-long programme to squeeze cost savings from suppliers.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Airbus-execs-criticise-Boeing-approach-to-suppliers-396780/

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  • VIDEO: Flightglobal's David Learmount looks at MH370 questions

    News | 11 Mar 2014 09:25

    Flightglobal's operations and safety editor David Learmount has put together a video briefing on the background to the 8 March disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, its passengers and crewhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIDEO-Flightglobals-David-Learmount-looks-at-MH370-questions-396832/

  • No answers as MAS 777 remains missing

    News | 11 Mar 2014 08:49 | Mavis Toh

    ​Malaysia Authorities say it has identified one of two passengers who boarded MH370 using fake passports, and that the suspect is unlikely to have had any terrorist intent.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/No-answers-as-MAS-777-remains-missing-396865/

  • Malaysian officials non-committal on MH370 ACARS transmissions

    News | 11 Mar 2014 05:01 | Greg Waldron

    Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER are tight-lipped about Aircraft Communications and Reporting System (ACARS) data reported by the aircraft.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Malaysian-officials-non-committal-on-MH370-ACARS-transmissions-396857/

  • ​ANALYSIS: Sabotage most common factor in en-route accidents

    News | 10 Mar 2014 15:51 | Max Kingsley-Jones

    More than a third of all fatal accidents that have occurred to jet airliners while en-route are caused by some form of deliberate action. But a significant number of other factors can also come into play.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Sabotage-most-common-factor-in-en-route-accidents-396830/

  • MH370 not 'security threat': Malaysia defence minister

    News | 10 Mar 2014 09:37 | Mavis Toh

    As search and rescue efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 look set to enter into the fourth day, Malaysia says it has not tightened security across its airports as it does not see the MH370 case as a "security threat".http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/MH370-not-security-threat-Malaysia-defence-minister-396818/

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    Business aviation

  • Hawker Pacific to support Cessna Caravans in the Philippines

    News | 07 Mar 2014 02:05 | Firdaus Hashim

    ​Hawker Pacific has been appointed as an authorised service facility provider in the Philippines for Cessna Caravan aircraft.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Hawker-Pacific-to-support-Cessna-Caravans-in-the-Philippines-396737/

  • Field Aviation achieves first flight of Boeing Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

    News | 05 Mar 2014 21:40 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    A Bombardier Challenger 604 demonstrator of Boeing's Maritime Surveillance Aircraft achieved first flight on 28 February, according to Toronto-based aircraft modifier Field Aviation.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Field-Aviation-achieves-first-flight-of-Boeing-Maritime-Surveillance-Aircraft-396659/

  • US aviation community fights new user fee proposal

    News | 05 Mar 2014 02:50 | Stephen Trimble

    ​A familiar backlash from the aviation community has already greeted the Obama Administration’s latest proposal to add a $100 surcharge for each flight on most users of the air traffic system.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/US-aviation-community-fights-new-user-fee-proposal-396615/

  • Supersonic jet start-up makes public splash, but faces early redesign

    News | 03 Mar 2014 17:43 | Stephen Trimble

    Massachusetts start-up Spike Aerospace acknowledges a redesign and a re-engining may be necessary to achieve certification of the supersonic S-512 business jet concept unveiled to the public earlier this year.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Supersonic-jet-start-up-makes-public-splash-but-faces-early-redesign-396260/

  • Abu Dhabi Air Expo: DhabiJet looks to expand at Al Bateen

    News | 03 Mar 2014 10:20 | Kate Sarsfield

    ​http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Abu-Dhabi-Air-Expo-DhabiJet-looks-to-expand-at-Al-Bateen-396502/

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    Military

  • Poland unveils Orlik MPT trainer

    News | 11 Mar 2014 08:54 | Bartosz Glowacki

    Poland's PZL-130 Orlik MPT (multipurpose trainer) was unveiled at Airbus Defence & Space's Warsaw facility on 7 March.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Poland-unveils-Orlik-MPT-trainer-396863/

  • Boeing bullish on E/A-18G despite US budget omission

    News | 10 Mar 2014 20:05 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    ​Boeing insists that prospects for additional sales of its F/A-18 Super Hornet remain strong domestically and internationally despite a lack of funding for the aircraft in the US military’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Boeing-bullish-on-EA-18G-despite-US-budget-omission-396845/

  • Technology of limited use in search for missing 777

    News | 10 Mar 2014 01:58 | Greg Waldron

    ​Amid conflicting reports about whether the wreckage of a missing Boeing 777-200 has been spotted, an expert in airborne search and rescue at sea highlights the challenging task facing the aerial armada searching for the aircraft.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Technology-of-limited-use-in-search-for-missing-777-396808/

  • Pentagon seeks to invest billions in next-generation programmes

    News | 07 Mar 2014 21:41 | Jon Hemmerdinger

    ​The Pentagon’s recent budget proposal would invest billions of dollars in next-generation projects despite slashing funding for tankers, fighter jets and other existing aircraft.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Pentagon-seeks-to-invest-billions-in-next-generation-programmes-396778/

  • Israel scrambles F-16s as Syrian jets near border

    News | 07 Mar 2014 14:06 | Arie Egozi

    Israeli air force fighters have been scrambled four times on 7 March so far, when Syrian combat aircraft approached the border with Israel on the Golan Heights.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Israel-scrambles-F-16s-as-Syrian-jets-near-border-396761/

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