All Airframers news – Page 906
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Nordic special: Norse power
Pratt & Whitney's Norway maintenance centre is growing rapidly, fuelled by the success of a rival's powerplant. Can it keep on expanding?
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Lufthansa launches new 747 era
Passenger version of -8 derivative cleared for take-off as German flag carrier signs $5.5 billion deal for 20 aircraft
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NewsAirbus rethinks move to axe A300-600 Freighter after receiving increasing demands for cargo variant since March decision
Airbus could reverse its decision to cease production of the A300-600 Freighter, because of increasing demand for cargo capacity and continuing indecision over the launch of the A330-200F
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NewsNASA starts to fuel Space Shuttle Discovery, only weather can stop the launch now
NASA is to attempt to launch Space Shuttle Discovery today after a decision to start fuelling the Orbiter's external tank was taken just after the 12:30h (17:30h GMT) deadline to begin.
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NewsFuelling the Orbiter's external tank has to start at 12:30h or the launch is scrubbed
If Shuttle propellant transfer to the Orbiter's external tank does not begin by 12:30h local time NASA will scrub the launch
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December 2005 Southwest Chicago blizzard accident leads US NTSB to urge for revised landing margin policy on contaminated runways
US airlines are being urged by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to voluntarily adopt changes in the way they calculate stopping distances on contaminated runways to avoid a repeat of the December 2005 Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 accident at Chicago Midway during a snowstorm.
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Ryanair and Jeppesen take Irish air accident investigators' rap over March aborted high-speed 737-800 approach in Knock
Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) says neither Ryanair nor Jeppesen provided the crew with crucial information on amended navigation procedures at Knock, but adds that the pilots also failed to deal appropriately with the subsequent confusion.
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