Madrid - The Spanair plane involved in a crash that killed 154 people in Madrid in August attempted to take off without opening its flaps and slats, according to the 12-page preliminary report on the accident released Thursday in Madrid by the Spanish Public Works Ministry.
The document said that the wreckage of the MD-82 showed the malfunction, but the pilots would not have known there was a problem because the alarm signal did not go off.
Consolidated Construction Consortium (CCCL) would develop the expansion project of Chennai Airport Terminal. Chennai-based construction company, CCL has bagged this project from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with Rs 1,212 crore. Canada-based Herve Pomerleau International would provide technological assistance to CCCL. The airport expansion project would be completed in 26 months.
Sydney - An auto-pilot computer malfunction, a recalcitrant passenger's laptop or air turbulence were Thursday offered as reasons for a Qantas passenger jet en route from Singapore and Perth plunging in altitude and injured 46 passengers.
Seven passengers from Tuesday's Flight QF72 remain in hospital in Perth, where they are being treated for broken bones, spinal injuries and lacerations.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it had seen "significant drops" in first and business class bookings as the global economic crisis deepens.
Companies are shifting their executives from first class to business and from business to economy as the financial crisis deepens, airline staff were told in a newsletter.
Cathay has been hit particularly hard because 16 of its top 20 corporate clients are in the financial sector, the newsletter claimed.
Sydney - A computer malfunction could explain why a Qantas passenger jet en route from Singapore and Perth plunged in altitude and injured 46 passengers, investigators said Wednesday.
Passengers aboard Flight QF72 said the Airbus A330 dipped 8,000 feet (2,440 metres) in about 10 seconds on Tuesday before making an emergency landing at Learmonth military base, 1,260 kilometres north of Perth.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines cancelled more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews joined a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
The cancellations will affect flights to European destinations such as London, Rome, Paris and Frankfurt as well as some domestic flights.
Madrid - The Spanair plane involved in a crash that killed 154 people in Madrid in August attempted to take off without opening its flaps and slats, according to the 12-page preliminary report on the accident released Thursday in Madrid by the Spanish Public Works Ministry.
expansion project of Chennai Airport Terminal. Chennai-based construction company, CCL has bagged this project from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with Rs 1,212 crore. Canada-based Herve Pomerleau International would provide technological assistance to CCCL. The airport expansion project would be completed in 26 months.
Sydney - An auto-pilot computer malfunction, a recalcitrant passenger's laptop or air turbulence were Thursday offered as reasons for a Qantas passenger jet en route from Singapore and Perth plunging in altitude and injured 46 passengers.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it had seen "significant drops" in first and business class bookings as the global economic crisis deepens.
Sydney - A computer malfunction could explain why a Qantas passenger jet en route from Singapore and Perth plunged in altitude and injured 46 passengers, investigators said Wednesday.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines cancelled more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews joined a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
