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May 03, 2011

BEA Recovers AF447 Cockpit Voice Recorder

Device, Along With FDR, May Provide Clues To The Cause Of The Accident

The French agency charged with investigating aviation accidents has recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder from Air France Flight 447, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 2009. The find follows the recovery of the data module for the Flight Data Recorder earlier Monday.

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Washington State Governor Signs Biomass-To-Jet Fuel Bill

Will Use Logging Waste To Produce Aviation Fuel

Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire has signed into law two bills requested by the state's Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark. One could lead to jet fuel made from logging waste.

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Air France Flight 447 Flight Data Module Found

FDR Has Been The Focus Of Nearly Two Years Of Searching The Ocean Floor

The French investigative agency BEA said Monday that its investigation team localized and identified the memory unit from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from Air France Flight 447 at 1000 UTC. It was raised and lifted on board the ship Ile de Sein by the Remora 6000 ROV at 1640 UTC.

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Southwest, AirTran Close Merger Deal

Final Hurdle Was U.S. DOJ Approval Friday

Southwest Airlines has closed on its purchase of all of the outstanding common stock of AirTran Holdings, Inc. the former parent company of AirTran Airways (AirTran).

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EADS Executive Predicts Planemaker 'Alliances'

Gallios: There Is Not Enough Business To Go Around

The chairman of EADS corporation says the world's six major airliner manufacturers will likely have to form "alliances" in the future, as the demand for new airplanes subsides.

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