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Aviation

An Air France B747-400 skids off Montreal runway

On Aug. 26, at 17.47LT, an Air France B747-400 flying from Paris as AF346, with 508 people on board (480 passengers and 18 crew members), skidded off runway 24R in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2008
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Italian Eurofighters visiting Germany

Twice during the last month, two Italian Air Force F-2000s (it must be remembered that according to the Mission Design Series, the Italian single seat Typhoon is designated F-2000A while…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2008

Spanair 5022: latest update

In the last couple of days, new details about the Spanair 5022 surfaced, each one pointing to a different cause of the crash or possible description of the catastrophic chain…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 26, 2008

The MM6833 mistery solved

My previous post dealing with the so-called Warner Village F-104 that I published here: http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/the-mm6833-or-6785-mistery/ ended with the following question: "Which F-104 was on the truck on May 9 2008…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 25, 2008
Aviation

Spanair 5022: a video doesn't show any explosion. Did the MD82 stall before hitting the ground?

Speculations about the possible causes of the Spanair 5022 crash on Aug. 20 continue. According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, a security camera at Madrid-Barajas airport recorded the MD82…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 23, 2008

Spanair 5022 accident in Madrid: which possible cause?

On Aug 20, at 14.45LT a Spanair flight JK5022, from Madrid-Barajas to Las Palmas (Gran Canarias), crashed shortly after take off from runway 36L. The MD82 (EC-HFP) had 164 passengers…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 21, 2008
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