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Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions

Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say.

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Family of toddler want apology for no-fly mistake

A spokesman for the family of an 18-month-old girl who was pulled off a flight because airline employees thought her name was on the U.S. no-fly list says the girl's parents do not plan to take any legal action.

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Wreck found of Russia jet on Indonesia demo flight

Helicopters spotted the wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane scattered on the green cliff of a mist-shrouded dormant Indonesian volcano Thursday after the demonstration flight disappeared with 47 people on board. There was no sign of survivors.

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United Airlines jet makes emergency Denver landing

A United Airlines flight from Toronto to San Francisco has made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

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Air hostess plummets out of aircraft in Sweden

An air hostess fell out of an aircraft exit at the Gothenburg City Airport on Tuesday and was brought to hospital, bleeding from the head. “I have never in all my years seen anything like it,” said airport CEO Annika Nyberg to news agency TT. The Ryanair aircraft  …

Australian Jetstar pilots had to abort touch-down because captain was distracted by mobile phone

The pilots of an international flight forgot to lower the landing gear and had to abort touch-down at just 500ft because the captain was distracted by his mobile phone, air safety investigators have found. Australian Jetstar flight JQ57 was making its approach to Singapore's C …

Groggy pilot, unbuckled seatbelts caused injuries

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says a groggy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to smash into another plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries among passengers and crew on a transatlantic flight from Toronto to Zurich.

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Phone left in restroom triggers Delta bomb scare

A Delta Air Lines flight bound for the United States made an emergency landing Monday in Dublin because a passenger left a cell phone plugged into a socket in one of the aircraft's restrooms, police and aviation authorities said.

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Bomb threat forces Korean Air jet to land in B.C.

A bomb threat prompted the crew of a Korean Air 777 airliner to make an emergency landing at a military airbase on Vancouver Island. The crew turned back off the north coast of B.C. after a bomb threat was made in a telephone call to the airline's Los Angeles office, a Korean Ai …

No bomb found on Korean Airlines jetliner

A spokeswoman for Korean Airlines says no bomb was found after authorities searched a Boeing 777 that was diverted to a Canadian military base after the airline's U.S. call center received a bomb threat.

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