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The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast. The aircraft was an Air New Zealand-owned Airbus A320 leased to XL Airways Germany registered D-AXLA (formerly ZK-OJL), and was undertaking a technical flight immediately prior to a scheduled handover back to Air New Zealand. At the time of the ...
The aircraft and cargo were released two days after the incident, but the OVV retained the damaged engine and the "black box" recorders. Longtail Aviation dispatched a replacement engine on another of their 747 freighters to facilitate the repairs necessary for return to service. [ 31 ]
Air New Zealand introduced the Airbus A320-200 in 2003, the first non-Boeing aircraft in its jet fleet since the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was withdrawn in 1982. The A320-200 was introduced to replace the Boeing 767-200ER and Boeing 737-300 on short-haul international routes to eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands.
The collision killed 349 people onboard both aircraft. Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747-237B of Air India crashed 101 seconds after taking off from Sahar Airport killing all 213 occupants onboard. Air India Express Flight 1344, a Boeing 737-8HG(SF) of Air India Express suffered a runway excursion and killed 21 out of the 190 occupants onboard.
New Zealand's flagship carrier expects its earnings before taxation in the first half ending Dec. 31 to be in the range of NZ$120 million ($70.15 million) to NZ$160 million, compared with NZ$185 ...
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E; Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628; Japan Air Lines Flight 123; Japan Air Lines Flight 404; Japan Air Lines food poisoning incident; 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident; Japan Airlines Flight 115
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
Of the two half owners, News Limited was more interested in selling out and investing the proceeds in other industries, while Air New Zealand did not have the funds to spare: with 102 aircraft, nearly 15,000 staff and a turnover of US$2.3 billion (compared with Air New Zealand's 72 aircraft, 9,200 staff and US$1.8 billion turnover) Ansett's ...