Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan
| 3 months ago
At least 25 passengers survived the crash of a Boeing-737 passenger jet near Bishkek, capital of Central Asia's Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, Kyrgyz Emergency Minister Kamchibek Tashiyev said. "There were 90 people on board, 25 of them survived," Tashiyev was...
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Khartoum :: Sudan
| 5 months ago
At least 100 people were killed Tuesday when a Sudan Airways plane caught fire after landing in Khartoum, Sudan, according to officials and Sudanese television reports. Sudanese television reported that more than 200 people were on the plane.
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Eads :: CO :: USA
| 6 months ago
Citing time and resource constraints, European aircraft-maker Airbus has revised the delivery schedule of its A-380 super jumbo aircraft, reducing the number to 12 during the current year and 21 in 2009. T he company had earlier planned to deliver 13...
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Tōkyō :: Japan
| 7 months ago
Mitsubishi Heavy announced March 28 that it will produce a small passenger jet, dubbed the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, aiming for a 2013 launch. The heavy machinery maker set up a preparatory company for the project on March 3 and upgraded it to begin full...
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