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Mitsubishi Heavy to provide ¥220 billion to aid struggling aircraft unit
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it will provide ¥220 billion ($1.94 billion) to its struggling aircraft subsidiary to bolster its capital and help its long-delayed development of a regional passenger jet. Mitsubishi Heavy said it will increase the capital of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. by ...
The United States indicted 10 Chinese, including two intelligence officers, over a five-year scheme to steal technology from U.S. and French aerospace firms by hacking into their computers. The indictments came 20 days after the Department of Justice obtained the unprecedented extradition of a senior ...
Young Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero
An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so that he could guide a passenger jet safely off the ground. Twenty-one-year-old Anthonius Gunawan Agung was on duty in the air traffic control ...
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars, enlisting companies including Uber and Airbus to join a public-private panel tasked with making airborne vehicles a reality in the next decade.
The government asks 20 companies to staff a panel that will brainstorm ideas to help Japan catch up to its rivals in the new aviation race.
Seattle airport worker who stole, crashed plane remembered as quiet and friendly
Co-workers said the 29-year-old airport worker nicknamed "Beebo" who commandeered an empty passenger plane from Seattle's main airport, then crashed it into an island in Puget Sound, was "quiet" and "very friendly." The local sheriff described Horizon Air employee Richard Russell as "suicidal" when he ...
Swiss police say all 20 aboard vintage plane that crashed near-vertically on mountain died
A vintage propeller plane crashed near-vertically at high speed into a Swiss mountain on Saturday, killing all 20 people on board, police said Sunday. The Junkers Ju-52 plane, operated by the Swiss company Ju-Air, went down Saturday on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Alpine ...
Narita International Airport shuts runway after Air Canada plane enters wrong taxiway
Narita International Airport closed one of its two runways for several hours Monday after an Air Canada plane entered the wrong taxiway after landing. It took more than five hours before passengers were able to begin disembarking the Boeing 787 aircraft from Montreal's Trudeau International ...
Cockroach 'bots' and rugged delivery drones wow at U.K.'s biggest air show
Boffins at U.K. engineering giant Rolls-Royce proudly displayed an array of miniature robots at this year's Farnborough air show, best known as a major marketplace for passenger planes but also a test bed for the aviation industry's wilder imaginings. Designed to speed up engine overhauls, ...
If you want to fly premium, the best route around the globe is via Singapore. Travelers voted Singapore Airlines Ltd. the best carrier in the world, according to SkyTrax, which surveys more than 20 million fliers every year. It was also named the best in ...
ANA cancels another 176 domestic flights for engine inspections, with more to come
ANA Holdings Inc. will cancel another 176 domestic flights between Friday and July 22 to inspect Rolls-Royce engines on Boeing 787 aircraft after already calling off 113 flights for the same reason. The cancellations, due to the need to check the Trent 1000 engine made ...
Negative net worth of Mitsubishi Heavy's aircraft unit balloons to ¥110 billion
The negative net worth of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s aircraft unit more than doubled to ¥110 billion at the end of March, weighed down by ballooning development costs for its passenger jet, according to its earnings report Friday. The delivery schedule for Mitsubishi Regional Jet ...
