A stolen private plane caused a temporary shutdown of the airspace over Vancouver International Airport, one the busiest in Canada, on Tuesday. We do have an aircraft that has been hijacked and is in the vicinity of the airport,” a tower controller warned other planes in a recording from the website LiveATC.net.
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The Search: Flight 447
-17 bodies found 45 miles from last transmission
-two airplane seats, debris with Air France’s logo, and recovered dozens of structural components from the plane
-Tuesday Brazilian and French ships will be using American equipment to listen for the missing beacon.
French Statement:
ORGANISATION DE L’ENQUETE TECHNIQUE
L’Airbus A 330-200, immatriculé F-GZCP, exploité par Air France, vol AF 447, a disparu dans la nuit du 31 mai au 1er juin 2009. L’avion avait à son bord 216 passagers et 12 membres d’équipage et assurait la liaison Rio-de-Janeiro (Brésil) – Paris-Charles de Gaulle (France).
L’avion ayant disparu dans les eaux internationales, le BEA, représentant l’Etat d’immatriculation, a ouvert une enquête, conformément à l’Annexe 13 à la Convention relative à l’aviation civile internationale et au Code de l’Aviation civile (Livre VII).
Une équipe d’enquête a été constituée et s’est mise au travail.
L’enquêteur désigné, M. Alain BOUILLARD, a constitué quatre groupes de travail dans les domaines suivants :
Recherches en mer,
Historique de l’avion,
Exploitation de l’avion,
Systèmes et équipements.
Deux enquêteurs du BEA accompagnés de spécialistes d’Airbus et d’Air France sont actuellement à Rio de Janeiro.
Le BEA prévoit de publier un premier rapport fin juin.
Southwest Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Hobby Airport after engine fire
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Hobby Airport after a small engine fire occurred shortly after takeoff.
Mechanics ‘inadvertently’ taxi Alaska Airlines plane into ditch at airport, officials say

Two Alaska Airlines mechanics steered a Boeing 737 off a taxiway at Alaska’s largest airport.
Plane Still Missing Nearly 60 Years After Takeoff
Beechcraft plane carrying 3 men vanished over Michigan’s Lake Superior in October 1968
Passengers evacuate burning American Airlines flight in Denver
Footage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under the aircraft.
Aviation News From Washington
Possible jobs bill; possible faa bill raising the cap on PFCs; airport infrastructure investment and stimulas packages; collective bargaining rights; the runway summit; plant based biofuels.
(Not in video) In Britain, British climate change committee suggest airport expansions be put on hold until airline technology is more efficient. Curbs are recommended on aviation of emissions, which counters the possibilities of aviation as a growth industry.
