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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station following successful ascent
Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the ISS to dock at 1452GMT today starting the next phase of mission STS-121
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NewsUnited readies to offer wireless broadband across fleet
United Airlines has started to equip its Boeing 757 aircraft with hardware for inflight wireless broadband services, and is planning installations for its entire fleet.
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NewsAirbus begins installation of A380 wing reinforcements as interim fix after test rupture
Airbus has begun to install a strengthening package on to the wing of a completed A380 as an interim solution after the static-test specimen suffered a premature rupture during its ultimate load test.
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NewsAustralian aviation safety board slams Emirates for 'recurrence' of non-compliance with air traffic control instructions
A spate of incidents in which Emirates aircraft failed to comply with Australian air traffic control has caught the attention of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
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NewsPilot unions link across EU borders with pan-European support for Easyjet crews
The European Cockpit Association (ECA) has set up a system for representing pilots’ interests across multiple-base pan-European airlines. This has already been arranged for EasyJet crews, says the British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA), and the organisation has set its sights on doing the same for Ryanair pilots.
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NewsCanada: ‘Old data’ led to October 2004 crash on take-off of MK Airlines 747 freighter
Canadian investigators are recommending the installation of systems to warn crews of inadequate take-off performance following the fatal loss of an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 freighter during departure from Halifax nearly two years ago.
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China crisis
China’s well-documented pilot shortage has sparked a huge demand for training. But can the schools fill the cockpits of the country’s rapidly expanding jet fleet?
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Airliners to auto-taxi through fog
European group bids to improve ground traffic flow with technology that steers airliners safely to airport terminal
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Tu-154 production could restart
Tupolev assembly facility may be reopened as trade embargoes push Tehran to consider major trijet order