06 MAR 2008 – Manunggal Air Transall C-160 AccidentAccident of Transall C-160 registered PK-VTQ – 0 fatalities Accident of Antonov 26 registered – 5 fatalities08 APR 2008 – Vietnam AF Antonov 26 Accident Accident of Citation I registered N113SH – 5 fatalities04 MAR 2008 – Southwest Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic Citation I Accident Accident [...]

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Colorado Springs IndependentAir-brained idea?Colorado Springs Independent, CO – Apr 24, 2008Retired Denver controller Mike Coulter says this is the way the FAA’s consolidated, and sometimes privatized, Air Traffic Control around the country. …Air-brained idea? – Colorado Springs Independent NEW YORK | Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation and vowed to march through the streets [...]

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Boeing and Airbus have signed an agreement to work together to ensure global interoperability in Air Traffic Management as part of an effort to help reduce the impact of aviation on the environment.Boeing and Airbus join forces to improve aviation’s environmental performance “Dallas air-traffic controllers hid dozens of safety errors that allowed planes to fly [...]

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A recent flight demonstration of a new procedure permitting altitude changes at cruise levels in oceanic airspace should soon allow airliners to burn less fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions on transatlantic flights.Transatlantic flights becoming greener by 2010 (MSNBC) 17.04.2008 – DJ HUGIN NEWS/Record growth but financial challenges (4investors)Geneva, April 17, 2008. Skyguide, Switzerland’s civil [...]

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The radar blip on the flight path of the Prime inister’s special plane that created a mid-air scare was caused by an Indian Air Force aircraft and the incident cannot be considered a serious security lapse, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday.Radar blip incident not a serious security lapse: Patel (IE via Yahoo! [...]

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EarthtimesBoeing and Airbus join forces to urge better Air Traffic control …International Herald Tribune, France – 2 hours agoA state-of-the-art Air Traffic management system in Europe would allow the industry to save 10-12 percent of fuel consumption in a few years, …Boeing, Airbus cooperating on Air Traffic control systems Seattle Post IntelligencerAirbus, Boeing to work [...]

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ATCs in a blame game over air miss – NewindpressATCs in a blame game over air missNewindpress, India – Apr 18, 2008… when a Bahrain-bound Gulf Air flight and a Kozhikode-bound Air India flight missed a sure mid-air collision by just 10 seconds over the Kozhikode skies. … Pelican shreds F-111′s noseABC Online, Australia – [...]

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