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Damaged cockpit recorders delay Australian aviation safety verdict on May 2005 Metroliner crash, the worst in country for 35 years
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) does not expect to release a final report into the country's worst civil aviation accident since 1968 until next March as it continues to investigate the complex incident.
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis to launch on last possible date, Friday 8 September
Only Russian agreement allowed NASA to use 8 September as a launch date because of logistical conflicts with a planned Soyuz International Space Station flight
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NewsNASA delays Space Shuttle Atlantis launch by 24h due to Orbiter fuel cell issue
NASA has delayed Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch by 24h due to a voltage drop in the Orbiter's number one fuel cell
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News30% chance weather will stop Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
Expected showers and cumulus clouds in the Kennedy Space Center area mean there is a 30% chance weather will stop Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch on 6 September
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NewsUS aviation safety board NTSB wants at-risk GE CF6 engines removed following June uncontained failure on AA 767
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants the Federal Aviation Administration to rethink its recently issued airworthiness directive (AD) over General Electric CF6-80 engines and withdraw some from service immediately.
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NewsLockheed Martin over the moon after $8bn Orion spacecraft victory
Lockheed Martin has won the NASA development and production contract potentially worth over $8 billion for the new four- to six-crew Orion spacecraft that will transport astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2014 and return them to the Moon by 2020
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R-R in frame to power new MHI jet
Proposed 70- to 90-seater part of Japanese government push to propel local firms into aircraft manufacturing