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  • Airline accidents for the first half of 2008

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    Fatal airline accident numbers in this year's first half have been well up on those at the same stage in 2007, but most still occur in Africa and Latin America


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  • Manunggal's Transall C-160 erupts in flames in Indonesia

    15:00 04 July 2008

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  • Airline accidents for the first half of 2008

    News | 22 Jul 2008 09:00 | David Learmount

    Fatal airline accident numbers in this year's first half have been well up on those at the same stage in 2007, but most still occur in Africa and Latin Americahttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Airline-accidents-for-the-first-half-of-2008-225930/

  • Manunggal's Transall C-160 erupts in flames in Indonesia

    News | 04 Jul 2008 15:00 | Leithen Francis

    Picture of C-160 erupting in flames in Indonesiahttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Manunggals-Transall-C-160-erupts-in-flames-in-Indonesia-222059/

  • Transport Allianz Transall C-160 destroyed by fire in Papua

    News | 07 Mar 2008 11:03 | Leithen Francis

    This Transport Allianz Transall C-160 cargo aircraft, operated by Indonesian carrier Manunggal Air Service, was gutted by fire last Thursday soon after landing...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Transport-Allianz-Transall-C-160-destroyed-by-fire-in-Papua-222073/

  • PICTURES: Transall C-160 cargo aircraft erupts in flames in Indonesia

    News | 07 Mar 2008 10:30 | Leithen Francis

    <P>A Transport Allianz <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transall_C-160">Transall&nbsp;C-160</A> cargo aircraft operated by Indonesian carrier Manunggal Air Service was gutted by fire yesterday soon after landing at an airport in west Papua.</P> <P>The two pilots, a flight engineer and three loadmasters escaped safely from the aircraft which caught fire at 08:36 yesterday at Wamena airport in west Papua moments after completing a flight from the west Papuan city of Jayapura, Manunggal Air Service operations manager Tjonhar Azya says from the airline’s offices in Jakarta.</P> <P> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 445px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TH>&nbsp;<IMG style="WIDTH: 445px; HEIGHT: 561px" alt="" src="../assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=21778" border=0></TH></TR> <TR> <TD> <H6 align=right>&nbsp;© Reuters</H6></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P>He says the chartered cargo flight and was carrying diesel and jet fuel.</P> <P>The aircraft had touched down at Wamehttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURES-Transall-C-160-cargo-aircraft-erupts-in-flames-in-Indonesia-222061/

  • Transall C-160 cargo aircraft erupts in flames in Indonesia

    News | 07 Mar 2008 03:15 | Leithen Francis

    <body lang=EN-GB style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A Transport <span class=spelle>Allianz</span> <span class=spelle>Transall</span> C-160 cargo aircraft operated by Indonesian carrier <span class=spelle>Manunggal</span> Air Service was gutted by fire yesterday soon after landing at an airport in west Papua.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The two pilots, a flight engineer and three loadmasters escaped safely from the aircraft which caught fire at 08:36 yesterday at <span class=spelle>Wamena</span> airport in west Papua moments after completing a flight from the west Papuan city of <span class=spelle>Jayapura</span>, <span class=spelle>Manunggal</span> Air Service operations manager <span class=spelle>Tjonhar</span> <span class=spelle>Azya</span> says from the airline’s offices in Jakarta.</p> <p class=MsoNormalhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Transall-C-160-cargo-aircraft-erupts-in-flames-in-Indonesia-311047/

  • View to a kill

    News | 07 Jun 2004 23:00

    <p>The NATO partner nations behind the Medium Extended Air Defence System are close to approving full-scale development. But when should MEADS enter service?</p> <p>With the post-Cold War boom in international peacekeeping and expeditionary warfare showing little sign of abating, NATO's collective need to protect its deployed forces against airborne attack remains a critical area of concern for its expanding number of member states. For three of the alliance's leading members - Germany, Italy and the USA - this requirement will be served through a collaborative venture to replace their existing surface-to-air missiles with the next-generation Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS). </p> <p>An industry consortium charged with creating the framework for the MEADS infrastructure recently demonstrated a number of its key operational elements, bringing to a close a more than three-year risk-reduction effort costing $257 million. Rather than proceeding directly into a design and develohttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/View-to-a-kill-182727/

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