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Energy Voices Airbus to ditch lithium-ion batteries – for now
Airbus is telling airlines that its new A350 will use nickel-cadmium instead of lithium-ion batteries until questions about lithium-ion batteries have been resolved. The Airbus A350 should debut late next year.
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NTSB: Boeing 787 batteries show signs of short-circuiting
NTSB investigators found that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting. The NTSB still doesn't know what caused the short-circuiting.
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World's longest flight: cancelled
World's longest commercial flight, from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, is being cancelled by Singapore Airlines. The world's longest flight, flown in a gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s, proved too costly for the airline.
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Syrian airliner spat sours improving Turkish-Russian relations
Turkey's grounding of a Syrian plane allegedly carrying weapons from Moscow to Damascus has put Moscow and Ankara – which have been cooperating in recent years – at odds.
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Senate to EU: US airlines won't pay carbon tax
Senate unanimously passes bill to shield US airlines from European Union law on carbon emissions. The EU has been enforcing carbon emissions trading rules since January.
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Energy Voices Greening the airways: How Airbus plans to make the airline industry sustainable
A new report by Airbus looks at how aircraft can be more sustainable, and how ground operations can save on energy, according to OilPrice.com.
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BAE and EADS talk aerospace defense merger; stocks slide
BAE Systems and EADS, leading aeropspace and defense companies, are in talks to merge and create a global aersopace defense giant. Stocks of both BAE and EADS Systems fell as the news leaked.
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Family feud part of French Alps murder investigation
British authorities passed along the information to their French counterparts, looking into the deaths of four people Wednesday.
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Airbus A350 plane production delayed. What's the holdup?
Airbus A350 production will be set back a few months until the beginning of 2014, the Airbus parent company said Friday. The Airbus A350 is meant to compete with Boeing's 787 'Dreamliner' jet fleet.
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Spanish police clash with miners in Madrid
Six demonstrators were hospitalized after police fired rubber bullets. Police made seven arrests, and two officers were injured.
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Lessons from Air France Flight 447 Rio-to-Paris crash (+video)
The final report on the crash of Air France Flight 447 says France's flagship carrier was subject to fewer inspections than smaller airlines. The investigators issued 25 recommendations, including ways to improve pilot training, cockpit design, and inspections.
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Air France Flight 447: Bad sensors, pilot error contributed to crash (+video)
A final report on the crash of Air France Flight 447 shows a combination of faulty sensors and the wrong response by the pilots was the cause of the crash which killed all 228 on board the Rio-to-Paris flight in 2009.
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The kudzu of global business languages
A call for companies to require English of all their employees seems insensitive – and unnecessary.
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Russian, French, Italian jobs hang on Sukhoi Superjet crash probe
No survivors have been found at the crash site of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet in Indonesia. A key question: Was it pilot error or equipment malfunction?
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The Monitor's View: From DARPA to Google, the search for sources of innovation
Regina Dugan, the head of the Pentagon's research arm, is going to Google. What her move means in the global race for innovation.
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Boeing 737 MAX to be built in Renton, Wash.
Machinist Union officials told a news conference Wednesday in Seattle the Boeing 737 deal includes a four-year contract extension.
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AMR: What does Chapter 11 bankruptcy mean for American Airlines fliers?
American Airline parent corporation, AMR Corp., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday. With peak travel season just around the corner, experts are split over what it could mean.
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Qantas flights: Why the Australia airline abruptly grounded all flights
Qantas Airways grounded all flights Saturday, stranding thousands of passengers, including 17 world leaders. What's behind the Qantas labor union dispute?
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787 Dreamliner to be delivered by Boeing after years of delays
787 Dreamliner: The first one goes to Japan's All Nippon Airways, which has been printing the 787 logo and "We Fly 1st" on its business cards for years.
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Stock market: Stocks mostly down after biggest day of the year
Stock market was down early Wednesday afternoon, with the traders worried about the US debt limit. Still, Tuesday's strong gains left the three major indexes of the stock market in positive territory for the month.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/24
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In Pictures: Paris Air Show 2011
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Greek debt crisis is a European problem – with a political solution
If Greece goes bankrupt, what lies ahead is an economic and political crisis worse than that of 2008. Solutions exist. Europe is in dire need of the political courage to implement them.
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Air France black box: Were the Air France Flight 447 pilots at fault for crash?
Air France black box: Air France Flight 447 was brought down by a combination of faulty speed sensors and confusion in the cockpit, according to a preliminary analysis by French investigators.
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Air France Flight 447 wreckage (but no black box) found in Atlantic
Air France Flight 447 plunged into the ocean en route from Rio to Paris, killing all 228 passengers and crew. The latest search found a section of the aircraft, including bodies, and raised hopes that the black boxes will be found to explain what happened.
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