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3 hrs ago | WISW-AM Columbia

British Airways Aircraft Catches Fire, Makes Emergency Landing

A British Airways flight from London to Oslo made an emergency landing at Heathrow airport Friday morning after a fire broke out shortly after takeoff.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A319, Aircraft

7 hrs ago | Hollywood Reporter

Heathrow Airport Runways Closed After Plane 'Fire'

BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at about 09:00 BST.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Airbus A319, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Business News

12 hrs ago | Click2Houston

Emergency landing closes Heathrow runway

A British Airways plane made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday morning after developing a technical fault, the airline said.

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Related Topix: Travel, United Kingdom Travel, Europe Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel, Civil Aircraft, Airbus A319, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft

12 hrs ago | Burnley Citizen

Heathrow said that all passengers and crew had been safely evacuated from the plane

Heathrow said that all passengers and crew had been safely evacuated from the plane following the incident at about 9am on Friday.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A319, Aircraft

12 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

BA plane makes Heathrow emergency landing after engine fire

A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in an engine.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A319, Aircraft

14 hrs ago | The Straits Times

Japan's ANA to resume Boeing 787 flights on Sunday

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smouldering batteries.

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Related Topix: Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787

Thu May 23, 2013

The Straits Times

China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines: Boeing

Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said on Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the United States aerospace giant.

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Related Topix: Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787

News Times

GE sees ceramics improving jet engine performance

A worker loads a container holding ceramic matrix composites components inside a high-pressure autoclave for curing.

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Related Topix: General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft

Fiji Times

Namuka-i-Lau touches down

AIR Pacific's second Airbus christened Island of Namuka-i-Lau landed yesterday at the Nadi International Airport in another historic achievement for Fiji's aviation industry.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330, Oceania, World News, Fiji

Reuters

China formally approves Boeing's Dreamliner for use

The regulator made the announcement in a short statement on its website , without giving further details.

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Related Topix: Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787

Tri-cityherald.com

Feds investigate after plane parts hit Ga. home

The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the China Airlines flight landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after Sunday's incident.

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Related Topix: Boeing 747, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Atlanta, GA

Al Bawaba

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Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from 30th June 2013, with the addition of three more flights per week, the airline announced today.

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Related Topix: Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 777

Philly.com

JetBlue begins flying between Phila. and Boston

With a water cannon salute on the airfield welcoming the first JetBlue Airways flight from Boston Thursday, the popular low-fare carrier treated Philadelphia passengers and guests to cheese steaks, a Mummers band, pretzels, Boston crme pie doughnuts, Bassetts ice cream and peanut chews.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Aircraft, Embraer Aircraft, Embraer 190, US Airways Group, us Travel, Travel, New York

The Globe and Mail

Fed officials want more progress before bond tapering: minutes

Many Federal Reserve officials earlier this month wanted to see more evidence that the U.S. economy was recovering before shifting toward a tapering of their bond purchase program, the Fed said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Boeing 747, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke

This Is Bristol

Apprentices Chris McNeill and Chris Gallagher at GKN Picture: Jon Kent BRJK20130522C-006

GKN Aerospace, which is sponsoring the Bristol Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year category, supplies parts to the civil and military global aviation industry and is part of a company with an engineering history stretching back 255 years.

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Related Topix: Gloucestershire County, England, United Kingdom, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320, Airbus A330

Wed May 22, 2013

AVHerald

Malaysia B734 at Medan on May 18th 2013, approached wrong airport

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400, flight MH-864 from Kuala Lumpur to Medan , was destined for Medan's Polonia Airport estimated to land at 15:20L but approached Kuala Namu International Airport's runway.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Flying, Indonesia, World News, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 737, Malaysia

Alabama Live

AIDT: Airbus Mobile recruitment, hiring 'will happen very quickly'

Airbus broke ground April 8, 2013, on a $600 million A320 family final assembly line at Mobile's Brookley Aeroplex, expected to employ 1,000 directly when the plant reaches full production around 2018.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320, France, World News,

Reuters

Delta Airlines wants to stop Ex-Im help on big jets

"We would be perfectly willing, if we had a total moratorium on narrow-body and wide-body financing, to forego" export credit help on narrow-body jet purchases from Bombardier

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing 777

Evening Times

Virgin Atlantic to increase Glasgow to Florida capacity by 14,000 seats

Virgin Atlantic announced the increase in capacity of more than a third after it confirmed it would use a Boeing 747 plane for its 2014 programme.

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Related Topix: Boeing 747, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330

Newsday

Solar plane sets off again across US

It took off at 04:47 local time from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Aircraft, Airbus A340, Airbus Aircraft, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy