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January 17, 2008

British Airways 777 Lands Short At Heathrow

Passengers Evacuated; Minor Injuries Reported

Thankfully, only minor injuries are reported following a Friday morning accident at London Heathrow Airport, involving a Boeing 777 that landed short of the airport's south runway.

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FAA Updates Progress On Efforts To Improve Runway Safety

Says Industry Has Responded To Call To Action

The Federal Aviation Administration says the US aviation community has initiated and completed significant short-term actions to improve safety at US airports... but also notes recent close calls at some of the nation’s busiest airports show further action must be taken to reduce the risk of runway incursions and wrong runway departures.

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Approximately 380 Midwest Connect Workers Lose Their Jobs

Pilots, FAs, Mechanics Fall Victim To Outsourcing

You can blame it on outsourcing. Midwest Airlines announced Wednesday it will cut some 380 jobs from its regional subsidiary, Skyway Airlines, as part of its campaign to enlist other airlines on those runs.

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Boeing Lawyer Doesn't Expect US-EU Settlement Ahead Of WTO Ruling

Subsidies Battle With Airbus Will Go The Distance

Boeing's law firm says it does not expect a negotiated settlement between the United States and the European Union before opposing government subsidy complaints make it through the World Trade Organization.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2008-01-05 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-01-05 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that applies to certain AirbusModel A310 series airplanes.

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AD: Embraer

AD NUMBER: 2008-02-01 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-02-01 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2007-26-14 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-26-14 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4 series airplanes; and all Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600) series airplanes.

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AD: Embraer

AD NUMBER: 2008-02-02 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-02-02 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Embraer

AD NUMBER: 2007-26-21 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-26-21 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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$6B Awarded In 1989 Libyan Terrorist Bombing of French Airliner

Terrorist Attack Killed 170 People Over African Desert

A federal judge has ordered the Government of Libya and six of its officials to pay a total of approximately $6 billion in damages arising from the mid-air suitcase bombing of a French-operated UTA Flight 772, DC-10 wide-body jet. The 1989 attack killed 170 people from Europe, Africa and the United States and was one of the deadliest terrorist events in commercial aviation history before September 11, 2001. It came only nine months after a similar suitcase bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.

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Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association Conference Scheduled For May

The 2008 Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA) Spring Conference will be held at the Marriott Westfields located in Chantilly, Virginia, conveniently located near Dulles International Airport. The association urges interested parties to "please mark your calendar for May 20 through May 22, 2008 and plan to attend."

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