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Wing part may help solve flight mystery

A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 since it vanished nearly a year and a half ago, and a tragic but finally solid clue to one of aviation’s most perplexing and expensive mysteries.

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Divers retrieve flight recorder from AirAsia wreck

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Signals heard in Indian Ocean 'consistent with black box'

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Burned 787 battery not overcharged

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Boeing halts Dreamliner deliveries

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Emergency landing sees Boeing 787 fleet grounded in Japan

Pilots ‘insufficiently trained’ to fly doomed Airbus jet

THE crew piloting a doomed Air France jet over the Atlantic did not realise the plane was in a stall, were insufficiently trained in flying manually, and never informed the passengers that anything was wrong before they plunged into the sea.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2011

Autopsies suggest Air France jet broke up in mid-air

Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that – along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic – strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2009

Jet crash bodies clue to tragedy

The ocean location of the Air France plane crash victims could provide answers to whether the doomed jet broke up in the air, experts said.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2009

Broken rail 'caused' Amtrak train crash

Accident investigators believe a broken rail caused the Amtrak passenger train crash that killed one person and injured 96 others.

Tue, 20 Mar, 2001