Civil Aircraft News

Friday, May 17, 2013 Armenian Government Pledges First Aid To Hailstorm-Hit Farmers Armenia - A large vineyard in Armavir province, 15Oct2012.

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIRH performing flight LH-2017 from Dusseldorf to Munich , rejected takeoff from Dusseldorf at high speed following a bird strike.

Saturday, Pimlico Racecourse GALLORETTE H.-GIII, $150,000, PIM, 5-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40 3/5, fm.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYP performing flight JJ-3072 from Porto Alegre,RS to Brasilia,DF , was in the initial climb out of Porto Alegre's runway 11 when the left hand engine ingested a bird causing the engine to emit a loud bang and streaks of flames.

An Air India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EDF performing flight AI-403 from Delhi to Bangalore with 125 passengers, was enroute near Bhopal when the captain decided to take a toilet break, the first officer and a trainee pilot remained in the cockpit.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHU performing flight JJ-3081 from Recife,PE to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ , was enroute when a passenger, a well known Brasilian singer, was invited to take the captain's seat and posed in the seat to fly the aircraft, that was on autopilot at that time with the first officer in his seat.

Embraer will fly its prototype Legacy 500 midsize business jet to the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva next week in the first public showing of the aircraft.

Mercedes-Benz isn't a brand afraid to put on a show for any old reason at all like, just because it's Tuesday but the premiere of the 2014 S-Class , even by the standards we're used to, was Broadway-theater intense.

Thousands of people are expected to gather by the quays along the River Liffey, on Sunday 15th September, to experience the Irish Aviation Authority's and Dublin City Council's FlightFest, a once-in- a-lifetime, international aviation flypast.

Described as being the new hope of the African aviation industry, this 20 year-old has always dreamt of becoming a pilot.

Bibimbap, the signature Korean dish, was prepared during a special stirring ceremony performed by American Airlines' VP DFW, Art Pappas; Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Dong Chan Kim; American Airlines' VP Global Sales, Derek DeCross; DFW's CEO Jeff Fegan, and Captain John Hale.

Singapore Airlines Ltd., Southeast Asia's biggest carrier, fell the most in more than 1 1/2 years in Singapore trading after lower passenger and cargo fares pushed the company into a wider fourth-quarter operating loss.

A Brazilian pop star who calls himself Latino has put TAM Airlines in the hot seat after he was allegedly invited to sit in the captain's chair during a cross-country flight from .

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A FRESH dimension in the political crisis rocking Rivers State began Thursday as the police withdrew security aides of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Otelemaba Dan Amachree and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tony Okocha.

From October the airline will use an A380 to fly the daily Auckland-Brisbane-Dubai service replacing the smaller Boeing 777-300. Auckland will from October become the first airport outside Emirates' Dubai hub to have three Airbus A380 aircraft on the ground at one time when the double-decker aircraft is introduced.

The way General Electric's aeroplane-leasing division handled the sale of planes on behalf of Alpstream, a Swiss-based aviation company, was "nothing short of madness", the High Court was told this week.

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class officially debuted today in Germany. It has cameras that look at the road to control chassis settings and the promise of a lot of great tech.

Mercedes-Benz is heralding its latest-generation S class as a flagship that will set new benchmarks for luxury sedans with its packaging of technology, safety gear and opulence.

In a few hours, Mercedes Benz will officially unveil the all new S Class sedan. The venue for the event, is the Airbus A380 delivery center in Hamburg, Germany.