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DREAMLINER: JAPAN'S AIRLINES SAY THEY CHANGED BATTERIES
January 30, 2013
Japan's two top airlines said they had replaced a number of batteries in the 787 Dreamliners over the past months.
AVIATION AUTHORITIES FIND NO BIG PROBLEMS AT DREAMLINER'S BATTERY MAKER
January 29, 2013
Tokyo (CNN) -- After eight days inspecting the Japanese company that makes the lithium ion batteries linked to problems that have led to the grounding of Boeing 787 Dreamliners around the world, aviation authorities have found no serious problems with the devices.
FINDING LESSONS IN OWL’S LONG FLIGHT
January 29, 2013
It was a direct round-trip flight plan: no layovers, no re-routes, just one 7,000-mile round trip between Logan International Airport and the Arctic Circle.
KAZAKHSTAN PASSENGER PLANE CRASHES NEAR ALMATY, OFFICIALS SAY ALL ON BOARD BELIEVED DEAD
January 29, 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A passenger jet carrying at least 20 people crashed Tuesday in heavy fog near Kazakhstan's principal city, Almaty, killing all on board, the airline and officials said.
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS RECALLED FROM ANTARCTIC CRASH SITE
January 28, 2013
The wreckage of a Twin Otter aircraft that was reported missing last week in Antarctica has been found in a remote and mountainous area of the continent.
TWO BA PILOTS 'KILLED BY TOXIC OIL FUMES': ILL PAIR BOTH COMPLAINED OF EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED COCKPIT AIR
January 28, 2013
Records from the Civil Aviation Authority show that pilots and crew have to put on oxygen masks at least five times a week to combat suspected “fume events”.
TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING; NO INJURIES
January 25, 2013
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish Airlines say a plane with 114 people aboard made an emergency landing after it was struck by lightning and one of its engines caught fire.
JAPAN'S AIRLINES BACK BOEING, AS BATTERY PROBES MAKE SLOW PROGRESS
January 25, 2013
TOKYO - Japan's leading airlines are firmly behind Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, saying they have had no second thoughts on orders for several dozen more of the planes - even as they have $5 billion worth of the futuristic aircraft sitting idle pending a complex investigation into unexplained battery problems.
TWO UNITED AIRLINES PLANES CLIP WINGS AT WASHINGTON DULLES AFTER LANDING
January 25, 2013
Two United Airline planes clipped wings at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Thursday afternoon in the second like incident nationally in less than a week.
AIR CANADA BOSS CONFIDENT BOEING CAN RESOLVE DREAMLINER PROBLEMS, SEES NO CHANGE TO DELIVERY DATE
January 23, 2013
Calin Rovinescu, Air Canada’s chief executive, says he has faith that Boeing will be able to resolve the issues with its embattled 787 Dreamliner, and continues to believe in the benefits of the plane.

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