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Reports: Egyptian MD-82 Makes Belly Landing In Istanbul

Small Fire Quickly Put Out, No Reported Casualties

An Egyptian airliner made a tense emergency landing in Istanbul Thursday, after a problem was discovered with the MD-82's landing gear.

QinetiQ Runway Debris Detection System Deployed At TF Green Airport

Tarsier To Be Evaluated For FAA

Rhode Island's TF Green Airport (KPVD) is the first commercial airport in the United States to install and operate the latest Tarsier Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection technology. The Tarsier system was developed by international defense and security company QinetiQ, and is now being tested and evaluated at TF Green Airport on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by the University of Illinois Center of Excellence in Airport Technology (CEAT,) under the direction of Professor Edwin Herricks.

Israel Looks Closely At Measures To Guard Airliners

Authorizes Development Of Anti-Missile Systems

Israel is in a unique situation with its aviation industry. Iran is one of several neighboring countries in the middle east with a publicly-expressed, official government policy calling for the eradication of Israel.

APA President Fires Off At American Airlines CEO In Letter

"We'll See You In Court, In The Newspapers, And On The Picket Line"

Well, if you can't say anything nice... then write a letter. Lloyd Hill -- president of the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing pilots at American Airlines -- ripped into CEO Gerard Arpey in a blistering missive sent last month, and recently obtained by the Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram.

Mitsubishi Opts To Test Regional Jet Market

Industrial Program To Launch Next Spring

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has thrown its hat in the jet manufacturing ring, by marketing a new family of 70-90 passenger regional jets.

Report: JetBlue, Hawaiian Airlines Fined For Not Giving On-Time Figures

DOT Says Reservation Agents Couldn't Provide Information

The US Department of Transportation fined JetBlue Airways and Hawaiian Airlines earlier this month, after both airlines failed to disclose on-time performance figures on a number of flights.

UAL A320 Suffers 'Substantial' Damage In Off-Runway Excursion

Two Passengers Taken To Hospital Following Hard Landing At ORD

A United Airlines Airbus A320 with 127 people onboard went off the runway following a hard landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Tuesday night, resulting in two dented engine nacelles and at least two passenger injuries.