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Boeing 737 MAX Gets New Orders

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Boeing easily beat rival Airbus in orders for new planes last month, but Chicago-based Boeing trailed its European rival in delivering planes to airline customers. Boeing said that it took orders for 31 planes in July while 17 others were canceled, resulting in a net gain of 14. That compared with two orders for Airbus. It was Boeing’s sixth straight month of positive net orders after seeing cancellations exceed orders for most of 2020. Boeing has reported 270 net orders so far in 2021. Brazil’s Gol ordered nine 737 Max jets last month and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines ordered six. Boeing delivered 28 planes in July, including nine 737 Max jets sent to Irish airline Ryanair. That fell short of Airbus, which delivered 47 planes last month. For the year, Boeing has delivered 184 planes, more than all of 2020. This despite the halt in shipping its 787 jet because of production flaws in the fuselage and nose. Last month, the company said it will cut production of 787s. Deliveries are cri...
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Ryanair Flight 4978

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Forced To Land On 23 May 2021, Ryanair Flight 4978 (Athens–Vilnius) was diverted to Minsk National Airport after a bomb threat was made whilst the aircraft was 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) south of Vilnius and 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) west of Minsk, but still in Belarusian airspace. According to the airline, its pilots were notified by Belarusian authorities of "a potential security threat on board" and instructed to land the plane in Minsk. The flight was carrying 6 crew and 126 passengers. In Minsk, Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich was removed from the plane and arrested on the basis that he was listed on a Belarusian wanted list, accused of "terrorist" activities. His girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, was also removed from the aircraft by Belarusian authorities and detained. No explanation was presented for her arrest by Belarusian authorities. Sapega, a Russian citizen and student at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, was conf...
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Location: Minsk, Belarus
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Boeing 727 Lands Gear at Guam’s Airport

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No Gear Landing An Boeing 727 Asia Pacific Airlines cargo plane landed at Guam’s international airport Friday without a functioning front landing gear. Video courtesy of Ronald Roberts, United Airlines. Boeing 727 Crash Landing Feb 26 2016 - Picture by Mark Scott Three crew members on board, and no one was injured, according to airport spokeswoman Rolenda Faasuamalie. No fire or smoke was reported. The aircraft took off from A.B. Won Pat International Airport at 1:08 p.m. on a “training flight" It was scheduled to return to the island at 3:15 p.m. At around 2:55 p.m., the airport control tower received an alert that there was a situation on board that “may affect safe landing" The plane released fuel to become lighter. The video also shows how the crew performed a touch-and-go maneuver, which means the aircraft practiced a landing before making the actual attempt.The pilots performed the touch and go maneuver excellent and went on to circle the airport to make ...
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Location: Guam
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Airbus A320 Turkish Airlines Emergency Landing

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Emergency Landing   Damage Seen From Window Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-232 with registration TC-JPE flight TK-1878 from Milan Malpensa in Italy to Istanbul, Turkey had to make an emergency landing after a failed approach on Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 05 at 10:22L (07:22Z) Apr-25-2015 . The flight was carrying 97 passengers and just before touchdown the Airbus A320 rolled right causing the right wing along with the engine to come in contact with the runway. The crew initiated a go-around and then declared an emergency due to the right engine being inoperative. The crew subsequently reported an unsafe gear indication after a hard touch down. The Airbus still being able to fly the crew made a go-around and positioned themselves for an emergency landing on runway 35L. They touched down about 20 minutes after the accident, but with the damage seen to the right wing and right main gear collapsed the aircraft skidded on its right engine, with sparks and smoke trailing...
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Location: Yeşilköy, Atatürk International Airport (IST), 34149 İstanbul/İstanbul, Turkiet
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