Airbus A300

A community portal about Airbus A300 with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range widebody aircraft. Launched in 1972, it was the first twin-engined widebody in the world, and the first aircraft created by the Airbus consortium of European aerospace companies, which is now fully owned by EADS. The A300 will cease production in July 2007. Freighter sales are to be fulfilled by a new A330-200F derivative.

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Families hold Rio memorial for doomed Air France flight

From: www.afp.com

Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a private memorial service Saturday at an ocean overlook in Rio de Janeiro. European relatives of those who perished on flight AF 447 as it was flying from Rio to Paris arrived Friday on a chartered Air France plane. They met Brazilian kin to pay respects at a new memorial erected in Rio's upmarket beach-side suburb of Leblon. A junior French minister, Alain Joyandet, in charge of overseas cooperation, attended the event along with Air France chief Jean-Cyril Spinetta, according to Joyandet's office. ... Read Full Story

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Australian pilots suspended over landing gear miss

From: www.afp.com

Two Australian pilots have been suspended for preparing to land a passenger plane without the correct landing gear, in what air safety investigators Wednesday labelled a "serious incident". The Qantas flight from Melbourne was forced to do a second lap above Sydney airport on October 26 after a cockpit alarm went off as the Boeing 767 prepared to touch down, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said. "Passing 700 feet on approach into Sydney, the crew commenced a missed approach due to the aircraft being incorrectly configured for landing," the bureau said. ATSB air safety spokesman Ian Sangston said the "too low gear" alert ... Read Full Story

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Airbus, others sued in U.S. over Air France crash

From: www.reuters.com

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. lawyer filed suit against planemaker Airbus SA and many aerospace suppliers on Monday seeking unspecified compensation on behalf of survivors of eight of the 228 passengers who died when an Air France flight crashed off the coast of Brazil in June. The lawsuit said the plaintiffs, relatives of some of the dead from Air France Flight 447, have "suffered a loss of support" and other losses as a result of the deaths. The action was brought under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act and filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The Airbus A330 plane that crashed was ... Read Full Story

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Air France warns pilots as crash probe continues

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In a strongly worded internal memo, Air France has warned its pilots to be more vigilant about safety procedures and upbraided those blaming flight equipment for the crash of Flight 447 into the Atlantic in June. No one knows what caused the accident, which killed all 228 people aboard and was Air France's deadliest crash. Pilots' unions said Saturday the company is trying to distance itself from blame — and shift attention to the possibility of human error — as the investigation drags on. "Enough Scandals and False Debates about Flight Security!" reads the memo, sent to pilots Tuesday and obtained by The Associated ... Read Full Story

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Pilots question airspeed sensors' troubled history

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Airbus knew since at least 2002 about problems with the type of speed sensor that malfunctioned on an Air France passenger plane that went down in June, the Associated Press has learned. But air safety authorities did not order their replacement until after the crash, which killed all 228 people aboard. The tubes, about the size of an adult hand and fitted to the underbelly of a plane, are vulnerable to blockage from water and icing. Experts have suggested that Flight 447's sensors, made by French company Thales SA, may have iced over and sent false speed information to the computers as the plane ... Read Full Story