UPDATE 10.23.2005 1200GMT: It now appears
as many as 50 people may have survived when Bellview Airlines
Flight 210 went down Saturday night, out of 116 passengers onboard
the Boeing 737-200. The airliner lost contact with controllers
shortly after takeoff, and went down in Kishi, Oyo state -- about
120 miles north of its takeoff point of Lagos
Will Supply Engines... But No Local Maintenance Facilities
Rolls-Royce has won a $600 million contract to provide its V2500
engines on the 100 Airbus aircraft Indian start-up LCC IndiGo has
on order -- despite having no current plans for the aircraft engine
manufacturer to establish a maintenance facility in that
country.
Smaller System Will 'Reveal' Explosives In Checked Luggage
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has placed a
$24.8 million order with Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc. for the
company to provide its new CT-80 automated Explosives Detection
Systems to airports throughout the US.
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