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NewsPictures: Airbus flies four A380 test aircraft in formation over Toulouse including landing gear problem MSN004 and GP7200-powered MSN009
One day after the unplanned return of an Airbus A380 test aircraft due to landing gear sensor problems, the manufacturer flew four of the test aircraft, including the troubled airframe, above Toulouse in formation
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NewsNASA makes surprise decision to roll Space Shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad for 6 September lift off
A weather forecast at 1500GMT today led to NASA to plan for a reverse roll back to the launch pad, the first in the history of the shuttle programme. The earliest expected launch date is now 6 September.
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NewsSeptember Atlantis launch 'low probability' says NASA's space shuttle programme manager
Wayne Hale, NASA's space shuttle programme manager, does not expect Atlantis to lift off by the end of the 7 September launch window because of a planned 14 September Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
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NewsFatal August 2005 Copterline S-76C+ crash controversy deepens as Sikorsky rejects NTSB verdict of main rotor servo failure
Controversy over the cause of the fatal accident involving a Copterline Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter in August 2005 has deepened following Estonian accident investigators' confirmation of US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings that the probable cause was failure of a main rotor servo.
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Flying the line
The world has few scheduled helicopter services - and their operators are mostly long established. How do they survive and is there room for expansion?
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Europe prepares to test on-board terror defences
Detection systems under spotlight of SAFEE programme's three simulation studies
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Bombed Beirut airport on road to restoration
Lebanese confident of return to near normal conditions by the end of August
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NewsShuttle Atlantis roll back means potential Orbiter, Soyuz docking logjam at International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis is to be rolled back to its vehicle assembly building to avoid the coming tropical storm, but it means NASA has to work to avoid space station docking conflicts with a September Soyuz launch