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Day: <span>January 3, 2012</span>

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United Airlines/Star Gear Complication Returns Flight to Taipai


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What: United Boeing 777-200 en route from from Taipai to Tokyo
Where: Taipei
When: Jan 3rd 2011
Who: 270 aboard
Why: After the flight took off, the nose gear doors failed to close.
Pilots circled for an hour and returned to make a safe landing.

There were no injuries. The flight was cancelled.


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Back in Court over Mangalore Ruling

Tuesday, ruling about the May 2010 Boeing crash in Mangalore,India, the Indian Supreme Court apex court bench issued a notice to Air India and the government on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh for each of the 158 passengers.

Senior counsel Harish Salve told the court that under the Montreal convention the national carrier was obliged to pay a minimum compensation of 100,000 SDRs (special drawing rights) to families of the passengers who died in the crash.

The court final hearing of the case is scheduled in April.

Read More Mangalore Crash: Air India Express Boeing 737-800

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