Representatives With FAA, Engine Manufacturer Head To
Scene
The National Transportation Safety Board tells Aero-News it is
assisting the government of Brazil in its investigation of
Tuesday's crash of an Airbus A320 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Delta Air Lines Inc. reported Wednesday it saw a profit in the
second quarter, pointing to a 5.5 percent gain in sales that beat
Wall Street expectations -- when one-time items are excluded.
Short runways and rain just don't mix. On the same day a TAM
Airlines jet went off the end of a rain-slick runway in
Brazil, a Colombian passenger jet did much the same
thing.
When one doesn't want to fly, one shouldn't get on a plane,
right? A passenger onboard a Blue 1 flight at Sweden's Stockholm
Arlanda Airport in June apparently didn't know that.
NZ Company Develops Process To Make Fuel From Algae
A New Zealand company whose beginnings lie in treating excess
algae on sewage ponds has reportedly developed a technology to
harvest that algae, and extracts the fatty lipids that can be used
for fuel.