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May 03, 2006

Jurors Hand Moussaoui Life In Prison For Role In 9/11

The jury has spoken... and confessed al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui will not be sentenced to death for what prosecutors said was Moussaoui's role in the attacks on 9/11. Moussaoui will instead serve a life sentence in federal prison, without the possibility of parole.

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Northwest Pilots Vote To Ratify New Contract

Over 63 Percent Of Pilots Voted For Deal 

Calling the agreement "a painful but necessary part of a successful restructuring of Northwest Airlines," ALPA Master Executive Council Chairman Mark McClain issued a statement Wednesday morning to announce that, by a 63 percent majority, pilots at Northwest have voted to ratify their new five-and-a-half year contract with the airline.

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Airbus: We Don't Stand For SRO Seating

Option Was Considered In 2003, But Abandoned

Last week, several media sources -- including Aero-News -- picked up on a story from the New York Times regarding the idea that airlines could one day install near-vertical "seats" against the walls and bulkheads of their airliners, creating room for additional passengers to stand -- held in place by harnesses -- for the entire flight. On Tuesday, the paper issued a retraction of that story -- stating that while preparing the article, the Times' questions to Airbus were "imprecise."

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AD: Bombardier

AD NUMBER: 2004-03-15R1 MANUFACTURER: Bombardier SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-03-15R1 SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, and -315 airplanes.

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Aero-News Alert: Armenian A320 Down In Black Sea

Aircraft Operated by Armavia

Authorities now say that 113 passenger and crewmembers were onboard the Armavia Airlines A320 that went down in the Black Sea Tuesday night -- and that it appears no one could have survived the accident.

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Australian Gov't Wants Drug, Alcohol Tests For Aviation Workers

And Transport Official Wants Local Authorities To Help

Union leaders and civil libertarians are in an uproar down under, as the federal government in Australia wants to enlist local police to help enforce mandatory drug tests now proposed for the entire aviation industry.

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Frontier Orders Its First A320s

10 More Planes For All-Airbus Fleet

Frontier Airlines of Denver, CO finalized a contract Tuesday for six A320s, the first time the low-cost carrier has selected that particular aircraft type in the A320 family. The order comes less than one year after Frontier converted to an all-Airbus operator.

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Not The Plane's Fault... But Tuesday Was Not The Best Day For The EMB-145

Two Landing Gear Incidents Receive National Attention

Some days, it's just better to stay in the hangar... and that was the case for two Embraer 145 regional jets Tuesday, as the jets -- flying for different carriers -- experienced apparent landing gear tire failures at airports over 900 miles apart. Those incidents resulted in a fair amount of national media attention, but no injuries.

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