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Aeroflot approves deals to buy Airbus, Boeing planes

The board of directors of Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot [RTS: AFLT] approved Monday the purchase of two new long-range Airbus 350XWB passenger planes and 22 long-distance Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets.

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Body Found In Wheel Well Of A Plane Flying to SF From China

Male body is found in the Boeing-747 wheel well that flew from China to San Francisco.

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Mom, Toddler Kicked Off Plane For Talking Too Much

A passenger on a Continental ExpressJet flight from Houston to Oklahoma City says she was removed from the flight because her toddler would not stop repeating the phrase, "Bye, bye plane." Let's say the toddler is talkative, does this make it right to kick the toddler and mom off the plane?

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Plane Crashes Into Houses - Sanford, Florida (Orlando Area)

A Cessna 310 enroute from Daytona Beach to Lakeland has crashed into two homes in Sanford, Florida. The plane is registered to a company in Daytona Beach but the pilot's name has not been released.

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Boeing Celebrates the Premiere of the 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner unveiled live before 15,000 employees, airline customers, supplier partners and government officials during a one-hour ceremony at its Everett, Wash., final assembly facility

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Air Berlin orders Long-haul jets Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Air Berlin makes 25 Firm orders for the environmentally friendly "Dreamliner" from Boeing.

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Boeing Unveils Its New 787 Dreamliner

Boeing is set Sunday to unveil its new 787 Dreamliner, the first commercial jet made mostly of lighter carbon fiber materials. The rollout event for the 787 Dreamliner will be available for the world to view. In an unprecedented move, the event will be broadcast live via webcast in nine different languages at 3:30 p.m. PDT on Sunday, July 8 (7/8/07).

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World Premiere of Boeing 787 Scheduled On July 8

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will broadcast the Premiere of its newest technologically advanced passenger jet - the 787 Dreamliner - to viewers around the world.

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International Paris Air Show - Le Bourget Opens 18 - 24 June 2007

The 47th International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, which opens its doors on 18 June this year, will welcome almost 2,000 exhibitors - prime contractors, equipment manufacturers and SMEs involved in state-of-the-art technology used in the manufacture and assembly of aircraft, satellites, aircraft engines, aerospace powerplants and related equipment, as well as mechanical engineering and metallurgy subcontracting, surface treatments and composite materials.

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Boeing Redelivers First of Three Air France 747-400BCFs

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Air France today celebrated the redelivery of a 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter to Air France, the first of three BCFs scheduled for redelivery to the airline in 2007. The first redelivery is set to take place Monday, on June 4th.

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Russia, EADS agree to develop new cargo aircraft

Russia's United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC) and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) have agreed to develop a new cargo aircraft, a senior presidential adviser said Monday.

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Nine dead as French military aircraft crashes in Egypt's Sinai

Nine military personnel including eight French from the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission has been killed when a military plane crashed in Egypt's northern Sinai region.

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