AirLive.net: August 2014

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Police in Erie, Colo., say 3 people were killed and 2 others injured when a plane crashed into a field while coming in for a landing at Erie Municipal Airport - @dailycamera View

VIDEO Footage shows latest eruption at #Bardarbunga volcano

Coast Guard suspends search for pilot of small plane that crashed into the Atlantic off the Virginia shore; fighter jets were scrambled Saturday when the unconscious pilot drifted into restricted DC airspace before crash - @AP

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Video: A fresh eruption from a fissure near Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano was filmed by Rob Green of the University of Cambridge; the aviation warning level was briefly raised but Iceland's Met Office described the eruption as 'a very calm lava eruption' - @BBCBreaking

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Iceland drops its ash alert level for aviation to orange, reporting no ash has been detected after fresh eruption from a fissure in the Bardarbunga volcano system - @Reuters

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Iceland raises aviation warning code for a region close to the Bardarbunga volcano after small fissure eruption in the area - @AP

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Nok Air Flight DD7805 heading for Bangkok from Nakhon Si Thammarat made an emergency landing at Surat Thani airport after hitting birds

SPOTTING VIDEO Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-8F Freighter Landing at Manchester International Airport

BREAKING

Poland's air navigation authority says plane carrying Russian defense minister was denied flyover because plane changed status from civil to military

NEWS Icelandic volcanic ash alert status raised

Iceland's Meteorological Office has again raised its alert status indicating the risk of atmospheric contamination by volcanic ash as a result of increased seismic activity near the Bárðarbunga and Trölladyngja volcanoes in central Iceland, both on the northern edge of the Vatnajökul glacial reg

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NEWS Plane Carrying Greek Vice President Makes Emergency Landing At Thessaloniki

The Greek Prime Minister’s aircraft (Embraer) carrying the Vice-President and Foreign Affairs Minister Evangelos Venizelos from Ankara to Milan made an emergency landing at Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport, after the pilots noticed a cracked window.

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NEWS Plane carrying 157 passengers from Liverpool makes emergency landing

An easyJet plane carrying 157 passengers from Liverpool to Naples had to make an emergency landing after smoke was detected in the cockpit. Read article

VIDEO Spectacular eruption of Papua New Guinea's #Tavurvur Volcano which could disrupt flights to/from Australia

NEWS Illawarra crews test emergency response

Emergency personnel during a drill at Albion Park airport that tested ... a scenario of a pilot injured after being forced to make an emergency landing. Read article

VIDEO New search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370

Australian authorities have refined their search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March. Investigators say the plane may have left course earlier than previously thought. Anthony Mason reports.

NEWS Home News UPDATE: Two women charged after fighter jets...

Ali Shahi, 25, of Mississauga was arrested after Flight 772 made an emergency landing at Pearson. It was escorted by two U.S. F-16 military jets. Read article

NEWS EasyJet plane forced to make emergency landing after smoke on flight deck

An EasyJet passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick earlier today after the passenger cabin filled with smoke. Read article

BREAKING Phone call offers new info on search for #MH370, says Australian Deputy PM

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 turned south earlier than previously thought, Australian authorities said Thursday, providing a new clue to the Boeing 777’s possible location in the southern Indian Ocean. Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said the new information was based on an attempted satellite phone call to the plane by Malaysia Airlines ground staff.

VIDEO 3D model of earthquake occurrences at depth in #Bardarbunga

NEWS Flight #AA62 Miami to Paris was diverted to Boston on Wednesday night after a passenger became unruly

Police in Massachusetts say a man from France has been arrested after causing a disturbance on a Miami-to-Paris flight. A spokesman for the state police says American Airlines Flight 62 was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport on Wednesday night after a passenger became unruly.
The passenger was subdued by a federal air marshal while the plane was in the air and arrested by state police once the plane landed at about 10 p.m. Police say 50-year-old Edmund Alexandre, of Paris, was charged with interfering with a flight crew. He was brought to Massachusetts General Hospital for observation and treatment of a pre-existing medical condition. Whenever doctors deem him able, he will be arraigned in East Boston District Court. It could not be determined if he has a lawyer.

NEWS Virgin Atlantic Little Red has made an emergency landing yesterday at Edinburgh because of technical difficulty

The Virgin flight VS3008 bound for London reportedly suffered from a pressurisation failure.

A spokeswoman for Virgin said: “Virgin Atlantic Little Red flight VS3008 operated by Aer Lingus, departing Edinburgh bound for London Heathrow, experienced a technical difficulty on board and the Captain made the decision to turn back and return safely to Edinburgh Airport.

“Virgin Atlantic is looking into the matter and would like to apologise to customers for the delay to their journey and is doing everything to get them on their way as soon as possible.

“The airline places the safety and security of passengers and crew as its top priority.”

BREAKING Possible eruption near #Bardarbunga

A row of newly formed cauldrons (depressions) was spotted in the Vatnajokull glacier near the Bardarbunga volcano during a reconnaissance flight today, leading to speculation that a small eruption had begun there. Scientists estimate that 30 - 40 million cubic metres of ice have been melted.
According to a statement from the Icelandic Civil Protection Agency (CPA) early Thursday morning, three cauldrons were seen, 4 - 6 km long, 1 km wide, with a depth of 10 - 15 metres, near the southeastern rim of the Bardarbunga caldera. They are not believed to be associated with the intrusion that has been propagating to the north in recent days.

NEWS Airbus A320 Virgin Atlantic plane makes emergency landing at Edinburgh

A Virgin Atlantic passenger aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport after suffering a loss of cabin pressure shortly after take-off.

The incident was declared over just before 18:00, after the London-bound flight turned around and landed safely.

NEWS C919 advances with mid-fuselage completion

AVIC Xian Aircraft Industry has rolled out the mid fuselage of the first Comac C919, as the airframer works towards starting final assembly of the narrowbody by end 2014.

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NEWS PICTURES: Bombardier delivers first high density Q400 to Nok

Bombardier has delivered its first 86-seat Dash 8 Q400 aircraft to launch customer Nok Air.

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NEWS Fight Over Legroom Causes Plane To Make Emergency Landing

A United Airlines flight that was diverted after two passengers argued over the use of a device that blocks reclining.

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NEWS Air France suspends Sierra Leone flights over Ebola

Air France said it was suspending its flights to Sierra Leone from Thursday because of an Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 1,400 people in West Africa.
The French flag carrier announced the "temporary suspension" of its flight to Freetown that it runs three times a week but insisted it would continue to serve Guinea and Nigeria, other Ebola-hit countries.

NASA image of the day: Testing Composite Cryotank Technology For Future Deep Space Missions

NASA has completed a complex series of tests on one of the largest composite cryogenic fuel tanks ever manufactured, bringing the aerospace industry much closer to designing, building, and flying lightweight, composite tanks on rockets. At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the tank was lowered into a structural test stand where it was tested with cryogenic hydrogen and structural loads to simulate stresses the tank would experience during launch. The project is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in NASA's future missions. Cryogenic propellants are gasses chilled to subfreezing temperatures and condensed to form highly combustible liquids, providing high-energy propulsion solutions critical to future, long-term human exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit. In the past, propellant tanks have been fabricated out of metals. Switching from metallic to composite construction holds the potential to dramatically increase the performance capabilities of future space systems through a dramatic reduction in weight. > NASA Completes Successful Battery of Tests on Composite Cryotank Image Credit: NASA/David Olive via NASA

NEWS Cambodia Bayon Airlines signs for 20 MA60s

Start-up carrier Cambodia Bayon Airlines has inked a contract with AVIC Aircraft for up to 20 Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprops.

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NEWS Azul closes ATR 72 sale and leaseback with DAE Capital

Brazilian regional carrier Azul has sold a new ATR 72-600 delivery to DAE Capital under a sale and leaseback deal, confirms the Middle Eastern operating lessor.

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NEWS Israel's CAL completes fleet renewal with 747-400ERF

Cargo Air Lines (CAL) has purchased a new Boeing 747-400ERF, to complete the upgrade of its fleet to two new open nose and door freighters.

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NEWS PICTURE: Qatar shows off first A350 in full livery

Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-900 has broken cover with its full livery, although the aircraft has yet to have its powerplants installed.

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NEWS Elderly man charged over flight emergency

AN elderly man has been charged over an aircraft incident that forced a pilot to make an emergency landing near Oberon on Monday afternoon.

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NEWS Fan blade failure on Airbus A330 engine results in engine fire and emergency landing at Singapore

A fan blade failure on a Rolls Royce Trent 700 engine resulted in an engine fire and emergency landing at Singapore Airport in May 2011, according to an investigation report published by the Air Accident investigation Bureau of Singapore.

VIDEO showing all the earthquakes in #Bardarbunga volcano in #iceland

NEWS 3 major earthquakes during the night #Bardarbunga

27th August 2014 06:30 - from geoscientist on duty

The night started with a 5.3 event in Bardarbunga at 00:16 hours.

Around half an hour later activity around the tip of the dyke started increasing and reached some kind of "high" around 2 o'clock and has continued at that level since with many events of magnitude 2-3.

Just before 2 o'clock there was a magnitude 4.5 event just east of Askja caldera. Few microearthquakes have been measured there earlier this week.

At 02:50 there was a 5.2 event again in Bardarbunga.

Total events automatically detected from midnight until now are 500, most of them around the tip of the northward migrating dyke.

Implications of Askja event is still premature to speculate on. However, we are watching the area closely.

There seems to be a slight increase in activity compared to same time. The >M5 events in Bardarbunga are still interpreted as being relaxation process of the caldera due to magma pressure changes and the propagating dyke.

NEWS Ryanair rolls out new product aimed at business market

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has launched a new "Business Plus" product aimed at corporate travellers.

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NEWS Plane makes emergency landing after elderly passenger assaults pilot

A light plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a paddock when an 82-year-old passenger tried to grab the aircraft's controls.

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NEWS Recording reveals mid-air emergency over Oberon

EMERGENCY LANDING: The small aircraft that is the subject of an investigation after it made an emergency landing near Oberon on Monday.

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NEWS American sees single operating certificate in Q2 2015

American Airlines chief operating officer Robert Isom anticipates receiving approval for a single operating certificate in the second quarter of 2015, as the carrier’s integration with US Airways continues to move forward.

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NEWS 'Knee Defender' May Have Led to Plane's Emergency Landing

Newark-to-Denver flight was diverted after two passengers argued over seat device.

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NEWS Fight over passenger's Knee Defender led to emergency landing

A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Chicago after two passengers fought over a device used to block reclining seats, officials said.

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NEWS GE to outfit 777X engines with new composite fan blades

General Electric has redesigned the engines that will power the Boeing 777X to have thinner and stronger blades than any GE engine in service, and to power the aircraft more efficiently with fewer of them.

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NEWS Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Man Uses Anti-Reclining Device

Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Man Uses Anti-Reclining Device.

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NEWS Plane forced into emergency landing following passenger bust up over device to stop seat reclining

A packed passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing after two passengers began fighting over a device that stopped a seat reclining.

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NEWS United flight #UA1462 diverted to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after passengers fight over legroom

A woman and a man — both seated in the “Economy Plus” section of the aircraft, which already comes with extra legroom — were at each other’s throats because the man attached a “knee defender” device to his seat, preventing the woman in front from reclining, according the Associated Press.

The $22 device locks onto the tray table on the back of the seat, making it impossible for the person in front to recline during the flight. United Airlines and other U.S. carriers have banned the device. The Federal Aviation Administration says it can’t be used during taxi, takeoff and landings, when tray tables and reclined seats aren’t supposed to be in use anyway.

United flight attendants asked the man to remove the device on the Sunday flight, but he refused.

Things were so bad that the female passenger threw a cup of water at the man, according to the AP. At that point, the pilot diverted Flight 1462 to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

Both passengers were removed from the flight and the remaining passengers continued on their trip to Denver. No arrests were made.

NEWS BOC Aviation inks order with CFM for 737 engines

BOC Aviation has placed an order with CFM International for 160 engines, following its order for 80 Boeing 737s on 25 August.

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NEWS Hawaiian sees benefit from lower capital costs of A330neo

Hawaiian Airlines chief commercial officer Peter Ingram sees “real benefit” from the lower capital costs of the Airbus A330-800neo over the next generation of widebodies offer by Airbus and Boeing.

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NEWS Sony Executive John Smedley's AA Flight Was Grounded By A Hacker Bomb Threat

According to flight tracking system Flight Aware, the American Airlines plane was diverted to Phoenix, where it safely landed Sunday afternoon.

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NEWS Baby on board! Plane makes emergency landing in Ireland after woman goes into labour an hour into transatlantic flight

A passenger jet bound for the US was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Ireland when a woman went into labour less than an hour after take-off yesterday. The Delta Airlines flight crew declared a medical emergency while the plane, en route to Atlanta from Amsterdam, was over Blackpool, England. The transatlantic jet, carrying 230 passengers and crew, was diverted to Shannon Airport so the woman could be taken to hospital.

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NEWS Sony hit by cyber attack that closes PlayStation Network as plane carrying top executive is diverted ...

Yes. My plane was diverted. Not going to discuss more than that. Justice will find these guys, Mr Smedley wrote on Twitter after the plane landed.

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NEWS Mid-air brawl: Pilot forced to make emergency landing

A pilot has been forced to restrain a passenger mid-flight and make an emergency landing in the NSW Central Tablelands.

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NEWS Hackers take responsibility for diverting San Diego-bound flight

Separately, he said an American Airlines Flight 362 carrying Sony Online ... to San Diego was diverted to Phoenix about the same time as the attack.

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NEWS Pilot praised after NSW mid-air drama

Police will speak to an 82-year-old man after a mid-air struggle with a young pilot forced a light plane to make an emergency landing in NSW.

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NEWS Plane leaking fuel lands safely in Springfield

A mechanic examines an American Eagle jet that made an emergency landing in Springfield after the pilot reported it was leaking fuel on one wing.

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NEWS Mid air drama passenger to be questioned

Police will speak to an 82-year-old man after a mid-air struggle with the pilot forced a light plane to make an emergency landing in NSW.

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NEWS American Airlines Plane Diverted After Play Station Hackers Make Bomb Threat

An American Airlines plane was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport after a hacker tweeted that the flight had "explosives on-board," UPI reported.

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NEWS 9RAW: Plane makes emergency landing in Oberon

August 26, 2014: A pilot was hospitalised after a light plane was forced to land when the pilot was assaulted by a passenger during a trip to Cowra.

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NEWS Pilot restrains erratic passenger mid-air

A PILOT has been forced to make an emergency landing in the NSW Central Tablelands after fighting off an erratic passenger mid-air.

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NEWS Pilot, passenger brawl forces emergency landing in NSW

A pilot has had to make an emergency landing in a paddock in the NSW central tablelands after his passenger tried to take control of his light aircraft.

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NEWS Sony exec's flight diverted as hackers make bomb threat, attack PlayStation Network

Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it was investigating the bomb threat that caused an American Airlines flight to be diverted.

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NEWS BOC Aviation orders 80 Boeing 737s

BOC Aviation has placed an order for 80 Boeing 737s, which includes its first order for the re-engined Max variant.

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VIDEO Amazing presentation of 787-9 Dreamliner by Boeing

NASA image of the day: 25 Years Ago, Voyager 2 Captures Images of Neptune

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first glimpse of Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2 narrow angle camera. The images were taken on Aug. 20, 1989, at a range of 4.4 million miles from the planet, 4 days and 20 hours before closest approach on Aug. 25. The picture shows the Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge; on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called "Scooter" and the little dark spot are visible. These clouds were seen to persist for as long as Voyager's cameras could resolve them. North of these, a bright cloud band similar to the south polar streak may be seen. In the summer of 2015, another NASA mission to the farthest zone of the solar system, New Horizons, will make a historic first close-up study of Pluto. Although a fast flyby, New Horizons' Pluto encounter on July 14, 2015, will not be a replay of Voyager but more of a sequel and a reboot, with a new and more technologically advanced spacecraft and, more importantly, a new cast of characters. Those characters are Pluto and its family of five known moons, all of which will be seen up close for the first time next summer. Image Credit: NASA via NASA

NEWS Hackers crash PSN network, cause Sony execs plane to be diverted

Anyone wanting to play games on the Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) on Sunday were our of luck after the servers were inundated by hackers.

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NEWS Bomb Threat Tweets Divert American Airlines Flight

(PHOENIX) -- An American Airlines flight on its way to San Diego was diverted to Phoenix on Sunday after tweets of a bomb onboard the plane.

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NEWS Pilot forced to land after struggle with passenger

A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing at Oberon around 3pm on Monday afternoon, after the pilot was forced to restrain his passenger.

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NEWS Houston asks US, Mexico to liberalize air treaty

In an attempt to ensure United Airlines and Southwest Airlines eventually can fly the same routes, the City of Houston has asked the US government to seek a new bilateral agreement with Mexico by the end of 2014.

NEWS Austrian CCO Karsten Benz resigns to take on new role at Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines CCO Karsten Benz will resign Oct. 1 to take over the newly created position of Group Infrastructure Officer, based in Frankfurt.

NEWS Lufthansa could face pilot strike again

Lufthansa pilots could go on strike again, German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has announced.

NEWS BOC Aviation announces major Boeing order

Lessor BOC Aviation has placed an order for single- and twin-aisle Boeing aircraft valued at $8.8 billion at list prices.

NEWS Hackers Knock Out PlayStation Network, Divert Sony Executive's Plane

Hackers also caused the diversion of a flight from Dallas to San Francisco carrying John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment.

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NEWS Four flights diverted to Bangalore due to heavy rains

Chennai: Four city-bound flights, including three international carriers, were on Monday diverted to Bengaluru Airport following heavy rains.

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NEWS Light plane makes emergency landing in Oberon after 82-year-old passenger assaults pilot

A LIGHT plane made an emergency landing at a paddock in Oberon after an 82-year-old passenger assaulted the pilot during the trip to Cowra.

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VIDEO Emergency landing Airplane H25B landing gear problem

NEWS Four Chennai-bound flights diverted to Bangalore due to heavy rain

CHENNAI: Four city-bound flights, including three international carriers, were diverted to Bengaluru Airport on Monday following heavy rain.

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NEWS American Airlines Flight Diverted to Phoenix Due to a Bomb Threat Tweet

An American Airlines flight bound to San Diego, California from Dallas was diverted to Phoenix on Sunday after a bomb threat was posted on Twitter.

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NEWS Hacker takes down PSN, sends bomb threat for SOE presidents flight

An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed that Flight 362 was diverted for security ... During the flight itself, the hackers continued to tweet threats.

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NEWS WFAA: American flight from DFW diverted for 'security issue'

"It diverted to Phoenix due to a security related issue, and the flight was met by authorities," said American spokeswoman Michelle Mohr.

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NEWS Hackers attack Sony PlayStation Network; possibly divert jet carrying Sony exec

Knowing that Smedley was on a flight from the Dallas area to San Diego, the hackers made a ... The plane was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

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NEWS Bomb Threat Tweet Diverts San Diego-Bound Flight

An American Airlines flight from Dallas to San Diego was diverted to Phoenix Sunday as the FBI investigated a bomb threat made on Twitter.

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NEWS PICTURES: Air NZ unveils refurbished Boeing 777-200ER

Air New Zealand has unveiled the first refurbished Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, registered ZK-OKA.

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NEWS Sony Online president's flight diverted by bomb threat

The group sent a tweet to American Airlines, asking the company to look into reports that flight 362 from Dallas to San Diego had explosives on board.

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NEWS A Sony Exec's Plane Was Diverted After Hackers Tweeted A Phony Bomb Threat To American ...

A Sony executive's plane was diverted Sunday after a hacker group tweeted to American Airlines that there were explosives on board the flight.

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NEWS American Airlines Flight Diverted After Security Issue

PHOENIX (August 24, 2014) An American Airlines plane was diverted to ... John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment was on the flight.

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NEWS Lizard Squad Twitter: John Smedley, Sony Exec, has Flight Diverted Over Bomb Threat; But ...

John Smedley, the head of Sony Online Entertainment, reportedly had his flight diverted by a hacking group as the PlayStation Network went down.

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NEWS American Airlines Flight Diverted to Phoenix

Authorities say a flight heading to San Diego has been diverted to Phoenix. ... Collier did not say what security threat led the flight to land in Phoenix.

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NEWS American Airlines Flight Diverted Due To Security Issues

It diverted to Phoenix due to a security related issue, said American Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Mohr. And the flight was met by authorities.

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NEWS DFW-San Diego flight diverted to Phoenix

John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment, tweeted that his American Airlines flight was diverted to Phoenix for security reasons.

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NEWS A Malaysian Airlines flight #MH173 with 158 passengers had to do an emergency landing at New Dehli on Sunday

The airline's Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight MH 173 took off from IGI at 13.08 hours. After an hour of flying, the pilot noticed some technical problem in one of the engines and decided to return, airport sources said.
He asked for emergency landing and the Boeing 737-800 aircraft landed safely at 15.02 hours, they said.

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NEWS Air Canada flight #AC810 from Toronto to Turkey made an emergency landing at Heathrow Saturday morning

Flight AC 810 was enroute to Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport when the flight crew became aware of a low oil quantity indication.

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NEWS A United Express flight from St Louis to Chicago lost cabin pressure and made an emergency landing in Peoria in central Illinois

NEWS United Flight to Chicago Makes Emergency Landing

GoJet Airlines said in a statement that United Flight 3642, operating as United Express, diverted because of an indication of smoke in the cockpit.

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NEWS Southwest Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Dallas after tire blowout during takeoff

DALLAS A Southwest Airlines jet has made a safe emergency landing ... air traffic controllers could check for any damage, then landed the plane.

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NEWS Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Tire Blows Out

Earlier on Aug. 17, a pilot on a Southwest Airlines declared an emergency aboard a flight from Milwaukee to Orlando before landing Sunday morning.

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NEWS Afternoon briefs: Deere announces layoffs; Oracle sued; Southwest plane makes emergency landing

EMERGENCY LANDING --. A Southwest Airline plane had to make an emergency landing in Dallas Friday after a tire blew out during the takeoff.

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NEWS Austin Bound Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing

DALLAS (KTVT)-- An Austin bound Southwest flight was forced to return to Love Field in Dallas on Friday after a report of a mechanical problem.

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NEWS f-16 Emergency Landing

Watch the video f-16 Emergency Landing on Yahoo News . f-16 Emergency Landing.

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NASA image of the day: Back Shell Tile Panels Installed on NASA's Orion Spacecraft

Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians dressed in clean-room suits have installed a back shell tile panel onto the Orion crew module and are checking the fit next to the middle back shell tile panel. Preparations are underway for Exploration Flight Test-1, or EFT-1. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch later this year atop a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to an altitude of 3,600 miles above the Earth's surface. The two-orbit, four-hour flight test will help engineers evaluate the systems critical to crew safety including the heat shield, parachute system and launch abort system. > Engineers and Technicians Install Protective Shell on NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Image Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis via NASA

NEWS EASA issues volcanic ash safety bulletin

The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a safety information bulletin (SIB) to prepare airlines, air navigation service providers and national aviation authorities for the procedures they would have to follow in the event that the seismic activity reported by Iceland becomes a major volcan

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NEWS Weather cuts short PM's Chitral visit; urgent landing in Peshawar

... on way to Chitral for inspecting the Lowari Tunnel project after bad weather forced his chopper to make an emergency landing at Governor's House.

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NEWS A plane made an emergency landing in Indianapolis yesterday because of smoke in cockpit

NEWS Initial report shows plane that crashed in Standish low on fuel

Billy Werth is an experienced pilot, but he was forced into an unfamiliar situation Sunday when he made an emergency landing in Standish.

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NEWS Plane diverted due to windshield crack

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A United Airlines flight has landed safely in Nashville, Tennessee, after a crack was found in the plane's windshield.

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NEWS Air India 787 grounded for engine inspection, repair

An Air India Boeing 787-8 is grounded through at least 23 August while GE Aviation inspects a potential fault in the accessory gearbox of both GEnx-1B engines installed on the aircraft, the engine maker says.

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NEWS Georgian startup flyvista launches operations

New Georgian startup flyvista has begun operations with a 2X-weekly Tbilisi-Tehran service.

NEWS Flight Safety Foundation nears end of in-depth go-around study

Independent aviation safety body Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is close to releasing a two-year study into aircraft go-arounds, performed by social science research specialist Presage.

NEWS ALPA: Ex-Im widebody financing tilts competitive playing field

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said the bank should get out of the business of widebody aircraft financing, taking a different stance from others that are calling for the reform of the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).

NEWS Airberlin posts improved 2Q figures

Airberlin posted a net profit of €8.6 million ($11.4 million), reversed from a net loss of €38 million in the year-ago quarter.

NEWS ANA resumes Nagoya flights as part of Haneda expansion

The latest round of route announcements by Japan’s major airlines includes the notable return of a domestic trunk service that was previously squeezed out by competition from high-speed rail.

NEWS Turkish Airlines 1H net profits up 42%

Turkish Airlines posted first-half net profit of TRY172 million ($80.9 million), up 42.1% compared to a year-ago.

NEWS US FAA lays out conditions for A350 lithium batteries

US regulators have issued the special conditions for approving lithium-ion battery installation on the Airbus A350-900.

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NEWS China’s Tibet Airlines, Nepal firms to launch Himalaya Airlines

China’s Tibet Airlines is expected to launch Himalaya Airlines in conjunction with Nepal’s Himalaya Aviation Investment Co. and Nepal’s Yeti Air International.

The destructive results of a mighty supernova explosion reveal themselves in a delicate blend of infrared and X-ray light, as seen in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton. The bubbly cloud is an irregular shock wave, generated by a supernova that would have been witnessed on Earth 3,700 years ago. The remnant itself, called Puppis A, is around 7,000 light-years away, and the shock wave is about 10 light-years across. The pastel hues in this image reveal that the infrared and X-ray structures trace each other closely. Warm dust particles are responsible for most of the infrared light wavelengths, assigned red and green colors in this view. Material heated by the supernova’s shock wave emits X-rays, which are colored blue. Regions where the infrared and X-ray emissions blend together take on brighter, more pastel tones. The shock wave appears to light up as it slams into surrounding clouds of dust and gas that fill the interstellar space in this region. From the infrared glow, astronomers have found a total quantity of dust in the region equal to about a quarter of the mass of our sun. Data collected from Spitzer’s infrared spectrograph reveal how the shock wave is breaking apart the fragile dust grains that fill the surrounding space. Supernova explosions forge the heavy elements that can provide the raw material from which future generations of stars and planets will form. Studying how supernova remnants expand into the galaxy and interact with other material provides critical clues into our own origins. Infrared data from Spitzer’s multiband imaging photometer (MIPS) at wavelengths of 24 and 70 microns are rendered in green and red. X-ray data from XMM-Newton spanning an energy range of 0.3 to 8 kiloelectron volts are shown in blue. Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/IAFE via NASA

NEWS Ryanair appoints chief technology officer to lead digital strategy

Ryanair has hired John Hurley as chief technology officer as the Irish budget carrier continues with its senior management revamp and push to step up its digital game.

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NEWS Management shakeup continues at Bombardier

Bombardier has replaced its head of marketing for commercial aircraft, including the slow-selling and still-grounded CSeries airliner, as it continues a corporate restructuring and downsizing.

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NEWS Two teenage pilots, 18, with no more than 61 hours of training make a perfect emergency landing ...

Nichols knew that landing would be risky because a car was driving down the road below them. Luckily it slowed to avoid the falling plane.

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NEWS IndiGo flight catches fire while landing, at least 28 suffer injuries

New Delhi: Emergency alert was sounded at Delhi's Indira Gandhi ... with 154 people on board caught fire during landing at the airport's Terminal 1.

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NEWS US Airways retires last 737-400 after 26 years

US Airways flew its last Boeing 737-400 on 19 August, ending a more than a quarter century run for the type at the airline. from Airlines news

SPOTTING VIDEO Smooth landing of ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrival from Tokyo at Munich Flight #NH207

NEWS A320 tweak to prevent computer 'forgetting' sharklets

Operators of Airbus A320s with sharklet wing-tips are being instructed to modify the aircraft to prevent the possibility that flight computers could forget the sharklets are fitted. from Airlines news

NEWS Chinese 737′s landing delayed due to sleeping air traffic controllers

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft was forced to delay its landing at Wuhan, China after two air traffic controllers nodded of, according to an official report.

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NEWS Bombardier replaces CSeries marketing executive

Bombardier has replaced another top commercial aircraft executive amidst a broader corporate reshuffling in the wake of CSeries development delays . from Airlines news

NEWS Azul targets business travellers with US flights

Brazil's Azul plans to target the corporate traveller with its inaugural international flights to the USA, and will offer a full-service product with lie-flat business class seats and Skycouches in economy plus, it tells Flightglobal. from Airlines news

NASA image of the day: Testing Electric Propulsion

On Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, a lot of people are reflecting on how far aviation has come in the last century. Could this be the future – a plane with many electric motors that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane, and that could revolutionize air travel? Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are studying the concept with models such as the unmanned aerial system GL-10 Greased Lightning. The GL-10, which has a 10-foot wingspan, recently flew successfully while tethered. Free-flight tests are planned in the fall of 2014. This research has helped lead to NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate efforts to better understand the potential of electric propulsion across all types, sizes and missions for aviation. Image Credit: NASA Langley/David C. Bowman via NASA http://ift.tt/1titYgE

NEWS US carriers banned from Syrian overflights

US carriers have been banned from overflying Syria under a tightening of FAA restrictions on operations in the region. from Airlines news

NEWS Eurocontrol reveals extent of industrial action disruption in 2013

European air traffic control industrial action “proved to be even more disruptive in 2013 than 2012”, according to Eurocontrol’s just-published Network Manager report for 2013. from Airlines news

NEWS Fernandes kiboshes AirAsia, Skymark bid reports

AirAsia group chief executive Tony Fernandes has denied that the Malaysian carrier is planning to launch a takeover offer for Japan’s Skymark Airlines.

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NEWS Skymark shares leap on AirAsia buyout report

The shares of Skymark Airlines have soared 28% on the Tokyo stock exchange following media reports of a possible acquisition by AirAsia.

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NEWS Scoot flight #TZ7 turned back because of 'medical emergency'

PERTH: A Scoot flight from Perth to Singapore had to be turned back because of a medical emergency on Monday evening (Aug 18). A spokesman for the budget carrier said a passenger was found unconscious on board flight TZ7.

VIDEO A350 XWB route proving: Visiting 5 Southern Hemisphere airports

Airbus’ MSN005 developmental A350 XWB jetliner continues on the third trip of its global route-proving tour to demonstrate the aircraft’s readiness for airline operations. In this phase, the aircraft received warm welcomes in Johannesburg, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Santiago, Chile then flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil before returning to Toulouse, France.

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NEWS Plane crashed was a An-140 Sepahan Air flight #SPN5915 from #Tehran's Mehrabad airport to Tabas

An Iranian An-140 crashed near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Sunday morning, in an accident that is feared to have killed at least 40 people.

SPOTTING VIDEO Nice landing of Lufthansa Airbus A-340 Flight #LH719 from Seoul to Munich

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VIDEO Caught on Camera: Fighter jet escorts #QR23 safely down to Manchester airport

NEWS A United Boeing 777 made an emergency landing in Halifax because of fire aboard

A United Airlines jet on its way to Brussels made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia after a small fire aboard the Boeing 777 airliner.

Qatar Airways Flight QR23 escorted to Manchester Airport following bomb hoax

A 47 year old man from the North West of England is under arrest on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat aboard a Qatar Airways flight from Doha (DOH) to Manchester (MAN)

The incident came to our attention at 13:47 when @GMPolice issued the following report

Chief Superintendent John O'Hare, said: "An incoming plane has been escorted into the airport by the Royal Air Force as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device on board. "We don't know how genuine this threat is but it is absolutely vital we deal with the situation as a full emergency. "As a result people will see the police and other agencies at the airport and on the airfield. "At this time I would urge them not to be alarmed. Our response will be as comprehensive as it is proportionate with the safety of those on board and in and around the airport our paramount concern."

According to unconfirmed reports, a passenger had handed a note claiming there were explosive onboard to cabin crew who alerted the pilot.

The Airbus A330-300 (A7-AEH) with 269 passengers and 13 crew on board was seen to make 2 circles over Derby before continuing its journey to Manchester escorted by a single Typhoon jet from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire as part of its "quick reaction alert role"

On landing, the plane was surround by "emergency services" and armed police boarded the plane and arrested a man. He was escorted off the plane by armed police in handcuffs.

In a statement a spokesperson at Manchester airport said

Flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester landed safely this afternoon after the crew on board had received a threat during the flight. Runway operations were temporarily suspended at Manchester while the incident was dealt with and satisfactorily resolved by the authorities.

The airport reopened after a 25-minute runway closure. A number of incoming flights were diverted to nearby airports. Passenger safety remains the priority of the airline and airport.

A total of nine flights were diverted to other airports (including 5 to Leeds) while a number of planes (including one carrying the Manchester United football team) were kept in a "holding pattern" until the airport resumed normal operations.

Following a search by police they issued a statement confirming that no explosive had been found.

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NEWS The ATR-72 flight #GE222 struck trees before to crash

The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of Taiwan shows that the TransAsia ATR-72 flight GE222 that crashed at Magong on July 23, struck trees after deviating from a VOR approach.

NEWS American Airlines flight #AA2214 diverted to Nashville

An American Airlines plane flying from Dallas to Boston was diverted to Nashville on Saturday night after a passenger became disruptive and non-compliant.

Flight 2214 landed in Nashville just after 9 p.m. with 145 passengers and five crew members on board.

According to American Airlines spokesman Kent Powell, local authorities removed an unruly woman from the aircraft.