ANN REALTIME REPORTING 09.02.08 1600 EDT: Their
attention diverted from looming hurricanes and political
conventions for the moment, all three major cable news networks
offered breathless coverage Tuesday of an American Airlines Boeing
737-800... that made a thoroughly routine emergency landing at Los
Angeles International Airport, after blowing out one of its left
maingear tires on takeoff.
Grand Jury Indicts Machinist On 16 Counts, Including Identity
Theft
Authorities are moving quickly to prosecute a former Boeing
employee accused of making bomb threats against his managers, and
top executives with the company.
With today's soaring fuel prices, smaller airlines flying
economical turboprop planes seem to have a leg up on their much
larger competitors. Bombardier Aerospace announced Tuesday that
Toronto-based Porter Airlines has signed a contract to acquire two
more 70-seat Q400 airliners, by converting existing options.
CASA Orders Audit To Airline's Maintenance Procedures
It's official. Investigators with Australia's Civil Aviation
Safety Authority have ruled an exploding oxygen bottle was behind
an incident onboard a Boeing 747-400 flying for Qantas, in which a
two-meter-long hole was blown out the side of the plane's
fuselage.
Embraer delivered the first Embraer 190 last week to TACA
Airlines, from El Salvador. The deal was announced last October,
and the aircraft will be used on several routes in the Caribbean
and Central America.
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