Dr Dhaval Gameti said 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s plane crash in Ahmedabad.

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France: Air Traffic Control Strike

French air traffic controllers are on strike.

Strikers are protesting France’s pension reform that would raise the country’s state pension age for all workers in France from 60 to 62 by 2018. Although public announcements tried to assert that only short haul travel would be affected most strongly, air travel has come to standstill. British Airways has cancelled 90% of flights to France, and Ryanair has also cancelled flights over French airspace. Easyjet cancelled 61 flights; Iberia cancelled 34 flights yesterday alone.

Spanish airports report some delays.

French train service has also ground to a halt.

Reports are that the general strike in France affect French airspace until 0600 hours on Friday, September 24.

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Cat left in plane’s cargo hold

Cat left in plane’s cargo hold

Mittens the cat was left in a plane’s cargo hold. Unnoticed by the crew, Mittens continued on to Christchurch

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NTSB Sends Assistance

On Jan 16, 2013, an ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was en route from Yamaguchi-Ube Airport to Tokyo-Haneda Airport when smoke in the forward electrical compartment developed. Also, an unusual smell was detected.

The flight made an emergency landing.

There were 137 passengers aboard.One passenger was injured in the evacuation. The firefighters did not find any fire.

The NTSB sent out a release that said “The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigator to Japan to assist in the investigation of an emergency landing of an ANA Boeing 787 that occurred yesterday. Initial reports indicate that the crew received multiple messages in the cockpit concerning the battery and other systems that were affected, and also reported smoke in the cockpit and an odor in the cabin. The airplane subsequently landed, and passengers and crew evacuated via emergency slides.”

Investigator Lorenda Ward is the U. S. accredited representative to the JTSB’s investigation and will work alongside reps from the FAA and Boeing.

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