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AIR

Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2022
Investigators probe whether China Eastern crash was intentional, sources say
Authorities have said the pilots did not respond to repeated calls from air traffic controllers and nearby planes during the rapid descent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2022
Black boxes may unlock secrets of jet’s mystery plunge in China
The recovery of the second black box gives investigators the best chance of finding out what caused the crash, but much depends on the condition of the black boxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2022
Air crash disaster risks an even wider rift for Boeing and China
With relations between Washington and Beijing at their lowest ebb in years, the probe into the crash has turned the two archrivals into reluctant bedfellows.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2022
China Eastern jet neared speed of sound before crash, damaging black box
The exterior of the cockpit voice recorder was 'severely damaged” and analysis will take time because there is also some damage to its internal memory unit, an official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2022
How black boxes of crashed Chinese jet will be handled
The only device recovered so far is the plane's cockpit voice recorder, based on an early assessment, with the flight data recorder still yet to be found.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022
China searches for victims from plane crash with cause still unclear
About 600 soldiers, firefighters and police have been dispatched to the crash site, a patch of about 1 square kilometer in a location hemmed in by mountains on three sides.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2022
China Eastern crash could set back Boeing's China recovery and return of MAX
A 737 MAX built for a China Eastern subsidiary took off from Seattle bound for Boeing's completion plant in Zhoushan last week, in a sign the model's return to service in China was close.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022
Fatal nosedive by China Eastern jet baffles crash specialists
Few past incidents fit the extreme profile of the jet's descent Monday, in which it pointed steeply toward the ground before impact.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2022
U.S. begins flying Japanese nonlethal military aid to Ukraine
The move marks the first time an American aircraft has carried Japanese Self-Defense Forces gear to another country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2022
The world’s biggest air-conditioning company braces for a hotter future
Daikin is pouring billions of dollars into research and development, looking to build on technological breakthroughs that could make its machines more efficient.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022
Beijing's big air venue to be converted into giant water slide
Plans for Beijing 2022's new venues highlight a problem that has long dogged Olympic host cities: What to do with the bespoke venues once the games end.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2022
Boeing wins blockbuster Qatar Air order, dealing blow to Airbus
The order bolsters Boeing's strength in air freighters as Airbus, which is locked in a bitter feud with Qatar Air, tries to muscle into the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2022
Hawaiian Air aiming to ramp up flight service to Japan
Japan represents the largest foreign market for Hawaiian, which had about a quarter of its business outside the U.S. before the pandemic struck in early 2020.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2021
India’s battle against heat shows stakes of COP26 climate talks
It will take decades for COP26 measures to have a tangible impact on temperatures. In the meantime, countries like India have to learn to deal with heat that's already baked in.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2021
U.S. opens probe into 30 million vehicles over Takata air bag inflators
There have been at least 28 deaths worldwide, including 19 in the United States tied to faulty Takata inflators and more than 400 injuries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2021
Is air rage caused by class warfare?
In a typical year, the Federal Aviation Administration logs between 100 and 200 incidents. In the first three months of 2021, it reported a whopping 1300 despite few fliers.
WORLD
Jul 6, 2021
Russian plane with 28 on board crashed into Sea of Okhotsk, report says
Russian emergency services have located where a missing An-26 plane crashed into the sea, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, after the plane with 28 people on board went missing while preparing to land in Russia's Far East.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2021
Japan and Philippines to hold first joint air force exercises
The exercises will include a Japanese C-130H cargo aircraft and its personnel, which together with Philippine airmen, will simulate delivery of relief goods to isolated areas.

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