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Airbus A380 super jumbo lands in Delhi

The Airbus 380 super jumbo, the world's largest passenger aircraft landed for the first time in India on Sunday, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

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Passenger Plane Hijacked in Turkey, Hijacker Gives UP

A passenger plane of the Pegasus Airlines bound from Diyarbakir to Istanbul was hijacked and forced to land at Ankara's Esenboga Airport on Tuesday. Security officials said that the plane was hijacked by a person, who claimed to have explosives.

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MIT reveals tangle under turbulence

Picture the flow of water over a rock. At very low speeds, the water looks like a smooth sheet skimming the rock's surface. As the water rushes faster, the flow turns into turbulent, roiling whitewater that can overturn your raft.Turbulence is important in virtually all phenomena involving fluid flow, such as air and gas mixing in an engine, ocean waves breaking on a cliff and air whipping across the surface of a vehicle.

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Two A380s make history with near-simultaneous arrivals in New York and Los Angeles

The Airbus A380 was welcomed in style by the United States today as two of the 21st century flagship jetliners touched down within minutes of each other at major hub airports on the country's east and west coasts.

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Los Angeles Announces Public Viewing for Airbus A380 Arrival at LAX

In anticipation of several thousand people arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to view the historic landing of the Airbus A380 - the world's largest airliner - airport officials today announced a recommended site adjacent to the airport where the landing may be viewed by the public.

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Why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle

Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked deep into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes.

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Russian Sukhoi Enters Civil Aviation with Superjet 100

Sukhoi Superjet 100 aeroplane family is being developed based on the principle of maximum standardization of frame assemblies and systems, viz.: wings, fins, chassis, engine unit, crew cabin, basic aeroplane systems and component parts.

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Rescuers to Find Lost Indonesian Passenger Jet Adam Air

Adam Air Passenger flight vanishes and probably crashed in Indonesia

Officials say rescue teams have been dispatched to find a Indonesian passenger jet carrying 102 people after contact was lost during a flight Monday. Indonesia's transportation minister Hatta Radjasa says a distress signal was detected from the northern island of Sulawesi.

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