Thundershowers over Abu Dhabi; rain over Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah

Dubai: Thundershowers raged over Abu Dhabi from Thursday night until early morning Friday as different intensities of rain pour over Dubai and areas of northern emirates on Friday. The surface low pressure area deepened as forecast on Thursday till Friday, bringing different intensities of rain in the UAE. Unstable weather …

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Aftermath: It Just Doesn’t Compute: History repeats itself, but nothing is learned.

The rudder travel limiter of the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 began acting up in January 2014. Attempts to fix it were unsuccessful, and failures became increasingly frequent. In the course of 74 flights between December 19 and December 27, 2014, the airplane’s electronic centralized aircraft monitoring system, or ECAM, reported …

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Yippee! Veteran Captain Abdulsalami Mohammed is 60 today

Yippee! Veteran Pilot, Captain Abdulsalami Mohammed is 60 today. Jion me in wishing this distinguished gentleman, role model, mentor, Coach, Pilot, Training Captain, Director of Flight Operations, Managing Director, Chairman, committee on National Carrier and Currently Ncaa Inspector a happy birthday today. Congratulations to a great Aviator!

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A Woman Created a Bikini Airline and Became Vietnam’s First Female Billionaire

Meet Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Vietnam’s first female self-made billionaire. Much of her net worth comes from her company VietJet Air, which on its website calls itself a “dynamic, innovative airline.” But some might have other words for what it is her company is doing. Indeed, VietJet isn’t known so much for its CEO …

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EU approves airline passenger records directive

The European Parliament has approved a joint system for police and justice officials to access airline passenger data on all flights to and from the EU. The measure was passed by 461 votes to 179 against. Counter-terrorism officials have lobbied for years for the introduction of Passenger Name Records (PNR), …

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Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport partly evacuated in security alert

Dozens of heavily armed military police flooded into Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Tuesday night, evacuating part of the busy travel hub and arresting one man during a four-hour security alert. The incident came as the Netherlands has been on high alert following the 22 March attack on Brussels airport and …

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