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AIRCRAFT

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2015
Mitsubishi Regional Jet may debut on ANA route from Nagoya
ANA Holdings Inc. is considering flying the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the nation's first indigenously built small jet, on a domestic route to and from Chubu Centrair International Airport, a source at the airline group said Tuesday. The airport serves Nagoya city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2015
Papua search for crashed, aging turboprop plane gets underway
Search and rescue teams prepared to scour mountainous, heavily forested terrain on Monday in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua where a passenger plane with 54 people on board crashed, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2015
Reducing military jet noise
The government should pay heed to the plight of local residents and explore negotiations with the U.S. for measures to reduce noise from its military aircraft using Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2015
Mitsubishi Aircraft opens U.S. facility, aims for 2,500 jets globally
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. opened a U.S. facility Monday to advance the development of its regional jet, Japan's first indigenously built small jet, by facilitating flight testing and analysis, starting next year.
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2015
Lessons of plane crash in Chofu
The July 26 airplane crash in Chofu, western Tokyo, demonstrates the need for tighter rules governing small airports and the pilots and companies that use them.
WORLD
Jul 30, 2015
Smoke in cabin prompts H.K.-LA Cathay flight to make emergency landing at Aleutian base
A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles with nearly 300 people on board diverted to a remote U.S. military airport in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Wednesday due to smoke in the aircraft, airline officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 20, 2015
Mitsubishi MRJ jet marketing push takes off in U.S.
At an annual convention of the Regional Airline Association in Cleveland earlier this month, top Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. officials were eager to promote its Mitsubishi Regional Jet ahead of its maiden flight in Japan this fall.
JAPAN
May 6, 2015
Asiana pilot may have attempted to climb at time of Hiroshima mishap
The pilot of an Asiana Airlines aircraft that made a botched landing at Hiroshima Airport last month, slightly injuring passengers, may have attempted to climb back up to land again, transport safety board sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2015
Asiana resumes Hiroshima flights after hard landing incident
Asiana Airlines on Thursday resumed service from Incheon near Seoul to Hiroshima Airport, more than two weeks after one of its airliners skidded off the runway after a hard landing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 23, 2015
SkyWest cabin pressure emergency spurs FAA probe
U.S. investigators are looking into why a SkyWest Inc. airplane with 75 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2015
Engine damage found in Asiana jet that skidded off runway in Hiroshima
Investigators have found engine turbine blades of an Asiana Airlines jet that skidded off the runway after a hard landing at Hiroshima Airport last week were severely damaged, possibly because the jetliner approached too low and clipped an instrument landing system antenna array, the Japan Transport...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2015
Asiana boss apologizes for botched jet landing
Asiana Airlines Vice President Akiyoshi Yamamura apologized Thursday to passengers and their families over Tuesdays's botched landing at Hiroshima Airport.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2015
Seoul orders Asiana pilots to undergo more training after second crash in two years
Asiana Airlines Inc. was ordered to give pilots more training after its second accident in two years raised concerns about the carrier's safety standards.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015
Landing gear problem prompts JAL 787 to return to Moscow
A Japan Airlines passenger aircraft, a Boeing 787 service bound for Tokyo, returned to a Moscow airport and made an emergency landing Monday just after taking off because of a landing gear problem, RIA Novosti news agency said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Lufthansa flight school knew about Lubitz's depression
The German pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people, told officials at a Lufthansa training school in 2009 that he had gone through a period of severe depression, the airline said on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2015
Family, friends of suspected Japanese plane crash victims hold on to hope
News reports that two Japanese citizens are believed to be among the passengers of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps have left friends and relatives in shock, with some holding on to hope that the two might somehow still be alive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
Cockpit voice tape studied in Airbus crash; NYT says pilot was locked out
Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that crashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
Cockpit voice tape hoped to unravel Germanwings Airbus crash riddle
Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that smashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, and they expect a preliminary read-out of their content in days, an official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015
MSDF commissions its biggest helicopter carrier yet
The Maritime Self-Defense Force commissions its largest-ever helicopter carrier as officials deny that the massive vessel could be used as a conventional aircraft carrier or represents a prototype for one in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2015
Crash experts face mystery of eight-minute drop without a mayday; black box found
Investigators probing the crash of a Germanwings jetliner in the foothills of the French Alps will seek to determine why the aircraft made a rapid descent spanning eight minutes without a single mayday call.

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