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LA BORGUET, France (Reuters) – Boeing launched a new version of its 737 MAX jetliner as French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Paris Airshow on Monday (June 19). The U.S. planemaker said it had more than 240 orders and commitments from at least 10 customers for the new 737 MAX 10, which would carry up to 230 people in a single-class configuration, Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg told a presentation ceremony. Analysts say the fifth […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – The European Union is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible United States ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the US, an EU source said Friday. The EU has not yet received a response from Washington to its request, the source said. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it was close to a decision to extend to Europe an existing ban imposed on eight countries, […]
BISHKEK, Kyrgystan (AFP) — A Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport Monday, killing 32 people and destroying homes after attempting to land in thick fog, authorities said. The majority of the dead were from the village of Dacha-Suu where the cargo plane crashed at around 7.30 am local time (0130 GMT), a spokesman for the country’s emergency services, Muhammed Svarov, told AFP. The total number of dead “could be bigger” […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan has barred all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airplanes, mirroring moves by US regulators and a string of carriers that banned the recalled devices over fire risk concerns. The weekend announcement from Japan’s transport ministry follows an earlier warning that asked airlines to urge passengers not to turn on or charge the smartphones on aircraft. But aviation authorities went a step further on Saturday, ordering airlines to ban the […]
