French investigators say speed sensors not cause of Flight 447 crash, plane hit water intactLE BOURGET, France — Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident. Continental Airlines’ bid for antitrust-immunity with United hits snag at Justice DepartmentDALLAS — Continental Airlines’ bid to work closely with United Airlines and others on trans-Atlantic service has hit a new snag, with the Justice Department seeking to review the plan. Experts: Autopsies on Air France victims suggest jet broke apart in the skiesSAO PAULO — Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that — along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say. Brazil official to AP: Jet crash bodies show fractures; expert says could mean midair breakupSAO PAULO — Bodies recovered in the Air France disaster show multiple fractures in the legs, hips and arms, a Brazilian official said Wednesday. Experts said such injuries suggest the plane broke up in the air. Boeing gets first Paris Air Show order, still lags behind Airbus in race for scarce businessLE BOURGET, France — Boeing Co. finally joined the orders race on the third day of the Paris Air Show, but its $153 million order Wednesday for two single-aisle planes paled beside the $6.25 billion already chalked up by European rival Airbus. Boeing gets order for 2 737-800 jets from MC Aviation PartnersLE BOURGET, France — Boeing Co. says it has won an order for two of its updated 737-800 jets from aircraft leasing company MC Aviation Partners, the U.S. planemaker’s first jet order to be announced at the Paris Air Show. US defense companies woo buyers at Paris Air Show as commercial jet sales lagLE BOURGET, France — American defense contractors elbowed into the troubled market for European military transport planes at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday amid scarce orders for commercial planes for rivals Airbus and Boeing. French investigator: 400 pieces of Flight 447 found, no conclusions so farLE BOURGET, France — Search teams have recovered more than 400 pieces of debris from Air France Flight 447 but investigators still do not know why the plane crashed into the Atlantic, the French accident chief said Wednesday. More bodies from Air France crash recoveredRIO DE JANEIRO - Seven more bodies were recovered Tuesday from the sea from the Air France plane crash earlier this month, bringing the total of bodies recovered up to 50, a Navy spokesman said. Speed monitors switched on all Air France long-haul jets; US Navy locator begins searchPARIS — Air France has finished replacing air speed monitors on all its long-haul Airbus aircraft even though the cause of the Flight 447 disaster remains a mystery, a pilots’ union official said Monday. No orders for Boeing, damp skies at Paris Air Show clouded by recession, Flight 447 crashLE BOURGET, France — Airbus edged into the lead Tuesday in a muted race with Boeing for plane orders at the Paris Air Show, which has been hobbled this year by recession, tight credit markets and plane crash concerns. Race for airplane orders begins at Paris Air Show, clouded by recession, Flight 447 crashLE BOURGET, France — A defiant Boeing said Monday the aviation industry’s troubles may be ending, while Airbus kicked off the race for plane orders at this year’s Paris Air Show, clouded by rainy skies, recession and the unexplained crash of Air France Flight 447. Air France replaces airspeed sensors on all Airbus A330, A340 planes, pilots’ union saysPARIS — Air France has replaced the air speed sensors on its entire fleet of Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul aircraft, a pilots’ union official said Monday. The company had been under pressure from pilots who feared the devices could be linked to the crash of Flight 447. Race for airplane orders begins at Paris Air Show, clouded by rain and Flight 447 crashLE BOURGET, France — Gray, rain-laden skies matched the mood at the Paris Air Show as it opened Monday amid grim times for the aviation industry. Dutch ship using US locating device to search for black boxes, cause of AF Flight 447 crashSAO PAULO — A Dutch ship towing a high-tech, U.S. Navy listening device was set to troll the Atlantic on Sunday in search of data and voice recorders that investigators say are key to determining what caused an Air France jet to crash in the Atlantic with 228 people on board. Air France Flight 447 that never made it to Paris shadows centential Paris Air ShowLE BOURGET, France — The Paris Air Show opens Monday under a morose, uneasy cloud. Doomed Air France jet sent message on rudder safety device before crashing into AtlanticRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. Burst of 24 messages from downed Air France flight offers few clues for investigatorsRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 offers few concrete clues into what made the plane crash into the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris two weeks ago, an aviation expert said Saturday. Official: Burst of 24 automatic messages from Air France plane before crash inconclusiveRIO DE JANEIRO — With black boxes yet to be found from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, investigators are relying on physical evidence found so far and a burst of 24 automatic messages sent from the plane in the minutes before it disappeared. Brazil: Race to gather black boxes, debris from airliner gains urgency; 6 more bodies foundRECIFE, Brazil — The search for bodies and debris from Air France Flight 447 took on renewed urgency as experts questioned how much longer efforts would prove fruitful, even as six more bodies were pulled from the Atlantic Ocean. Up to $750 mn in damages in Air France crashPARIS - Family members of the 216 passengers on board the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 could claim hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in the near future for their tragic losses. Bad weather slows Air France search at sea; in Brazil, investigators study corpses, debrisRECIFE, Brazil — Military ships and planes struggled in worsening weather Friday to find more bodies and debris from the Air France jet that likely cracked apart over the Atlantic Ocean. On the coast, investigators examined corpses and received the first wreckage: two plane seats, oxygen masks, water bottles, and several structural pieces, some no bigger than a man’s hand. Woman, who missed ill-fated Air France Flight, dies in car accident days laterLONDON - An Italian woman, who arrived late for the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic, was not so lucky after all. She has been killed in a car accident in Austria. 3 more bodies found from lost Air France jetliner as rainy weather affects search in AtlanticRECIFE, Brazil — A Brazilian ship recovered three more bodies from the Atlantic as searchers said weather and currents complicated their job and warned it is unlikely that all the dead from Air France Flight 447 will be found. Air France victim IDs, seat locations could prove jet broke up in the airRECIFE, Brazil — Brazilian authorities started to identify bodies recovered from a downed Air France jet on Thursday, and the names of victims found 53 miles (85 kilometers) apart in the ocean could help prove whether the jet broke up in the air. Bad weather frustrates search for bodies, debris from downed jetliner, Brazil saysRECIFE, Brazil — Bad weather hindered the search for debris and bodies Thursday from the crash of Air France Flight 447, according to a senior Brazilian official who said there is little chance of finding all the victims. Chances dim for recovery of black boxes: Air FrancePARIS - The chances of recovering the black boxes of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic last week are slim, the carrier’s head, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, said here Thursday. Air France got replacement sensors 3 days before crash; CEO ‘not convinced’ monitors to blamePARIS — Air France received replacement airspeed sensors for its Airbus 330s three days before the fatal crash of Flight 447, but the airline’s chief executive said Thursday that he was not convinced faulty monitors were the cause. Air France jet may have ‘disintegrated in mid-air’LONDON - Two pieces of new evidence have suggested that the Air France jet broke up mid-air in minutes, rather than in one catastrophic incident.earchers in the Atlantic fear ocean storms would have scattered the debris and bodies further apart Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Guam after fire breaks out in cockpit; no injuriesSYDNEY — An Airbus 330 carrying 203 people made an emergency landing in Guam on Thursday after an electrical problem sparked a small fire in the cockpit, airline officials said. It’s the same type of plane that crashed last week in the Atlantic. |
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