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September 07, 2005

Lack Of Communications Helped Doom Cypriot Airliner

Sources: Crew's Inability To Understand Cockpit Warnings Or Speak A Common Language May Have Spelled Flight's End

The cockpit crew aboard a doomed Helios Airways 737-300 was confused by alarms and failed to recognize that the plane was losing cabin pressure -- they succumbed to the lack of oxygen and eventually lost consciousness. The aircraft crashed near Athens, Greece, August 14th, killing all 121 people on board.

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National Mediation Board Calls UPS and Pilots Back to DC for Negotiations

After more than two months in "indefinite recess" the National Mediation Board has called UPS and the Independent Pilots Association back to Washington, D.C. for two days of intensive negotiations. Talks are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, September 15 and 16.

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FAA Will Reportedly Investigate NWA

Senator Asks Blakey To Assure Him Northwest Airlines "Is Meeting All Necessary Standards Of Reliability And Safety"

The problem with being perceived as riding roughshod over the help is that the help tends to get mouthy. An FAA inspector-turned-whistleblower has reportedly sparked a major investigation into Northwest Airlines' maintenance efforts as last month's mechanics' strike continues.

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China, Canada Reach Aviation Agreements

Net Result: Three Times The Flights By 2008

When China's president visits Ottawa at the end of the week, he'll do so with pen in hand, ready to sign a series of aviation agreements that will triple flights between the two countries by 2008.

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Mechtronix Goes To China

Ascent FFS XTM Meets CAAC Level D Standards for FFS

On August 14th, the Ascent FFS XTM Boeing 737-800 Full Flight Simulator received Level D certification by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), conforming to the requirements of GB/T 15025-94 flight simulator standards of the People's Republic of China.

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Another Bungle In The Jungle

AN-26 Down In Democratic Republic Of Congo

Yet another Soviet-era civil aircraft went down in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday, killing eleven people, according to the UN. The aircraft was reportedly on approach to the airport in Isiro when it crashed in poor visibility about a mile from the runway threshold.

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