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Grim search for plane crash bodies as Trump doubles down
AFP, Published on 01/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - US investigators insisted Friday they will not bow to outside pressure as they search for bodies and the remaining black box after the fatal Washington air collision, as President Donald Trump doubled down on political point scoring.
Trump blames 'diversity' for deadly Washington airliner collision
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump -- speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's Potomac River -- launched an extraordinary political attack Thursday, blaming diversity hires for the midair collision between an airliner and a military helicopter.
179 dead in South Korea plane crash
AFP, Published on 29/12/2024
» SEOUL - A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, authorities told AFP, with dramatic video showing the aircraft bursting into flames.
Coronavirus clips wings of Asia's biggest air show
AFP, Published on 11/02/2020
» SINGAPORE: Asia's biggest air show opened in Singapore Tuesday under the shadow of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has forced dozens of companies to withdraw and is threatening to hammer the aviation industry.
Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» SINGAPORE: More than 70 exhibitors including US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin have pulled out of the Singapore Airshow over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, but organisers insisted Sunday that Asia's biggest aviation event would still go ahead.
Gathering clouds cast shadow over Paris Air Show
AFP, Published on 15/06/2019
» PARIS - Slumping orders, production bottlenecks, regulatory pressures and the prospect of fewer flyers: Aviation executives have plenty on their minds as they head to France on Monday for the opening of the Paris Air Show.
Sukhoi Superjet 100: chequered past of Russian aviation hope
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» MOSCOW - Russia's Sukhoi Superjet 100 was the country's first post-Soviet passenger plane and intended to revive the civil aviation industry but it was dogged with problems from the start.
Canada's Bombardier says selling aerospace plant in Belfast
AFP, Published on 03/05/2019
» LONDON - Canadian aerospace firm Bombardier said Thursday it was selling its plant in Northern Ireland, which produces wings for Airbus aircraft, as part of a reorganisation of the business.
EU to derail train-maker merger, reaping France's fury
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» BRUSSELS: The European Union's powerful anti-trust sheriff, Margrethe Vestager, is set to veto the merger of the Siemens-Alstom rail businesses on Wednesday, in defiance of France and Germany.
EU to veto rail merger in defiance of France, Germany
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» BRUSSELS - The EU's powerful anti-trust sheriff, Margrethe Vestager, is set to veto the merger of the Siemens-Alstom rail businesses on Wednesday, in defiance of France and Germany.