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Incident: Air France B772 near St. Petersburg on Nov 30th 2015, engine shut down in flight

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPZ performing flight AF-128 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Beijing (China) with 269 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 220nm east of St. Petersburg (Russia) when the crew needed to shut an engine (GE90) down. The aircraft turned around to …

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Air rage: Is this Emirates’ Worst ever Passenger?

An air rage passenger, who was dubbed the ‘worst passenger he had ever encountered’ by Emirates Airline staff, has been jailed for 11 months by a British court after he abused the airline’s staff during a drunken rampage.Jasbir Singh Bharaj was found guilty of being drunk on an aircraft, criminal …

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Expert Advises Local Airlines To Dispose B737s To Cut Operational Cost

Airline Operators should read this…. An aviation expert cum investor, Mr Herbert Odika, has advised local airliners to dispose their large aircraft, Boeing 737s and go for smaller planes in order to cut much of their running cost and return to profitable ventures. Chief executive of FMC Aviation Services Limited, …

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FG To Review Aviation Policy Soon – Minister

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would soon review the Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Policy to accommodate the planned policies of the present administration. This is contained in a statement by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr Yakubu Dati in Lagos. It said that …

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Airline Tells Passenger He’s “Too Fat’ to Fly

A California man claims American Airlines kicked him off a flight after a passenger seated next to him complained about his size. Chris Shelley told KIRO TV that his ordeal began Friday after he boarded a flight from Dallas to Orange County, Calif. Shelley told the station he observed an elderly …

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