International Business News - Plane http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Identification of the badly charred bodies of 14 foreign tourists who died in a plane crash near Mount Everest has been delayed by a shortage of experts and lack of equipment, a Nepalese doctor said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/nepal-struggling-to-identify-plane-crash-victims.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:16:06 EDT Qantas Airways said Thursday it will financially compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring dozens. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/qantas-to-reimburse-passengers-after-plane-plunge.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:29:30 EDT A small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people, including 16 tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/official-says-plane-crash-in-nepal-kills-17.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:36:51 EDT Iran forced an aircraft carrying Hungarian military officials to land after it entered its airspace, Hungary's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The plane was allowed to continue to Afghanistan after it was determined the entry was accidental. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/iran-forces-western-aircraft-to-land.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:14:22 EDT France's defense minister says the French government is discussing possible financial penalties against Airbus over delays to its delivery of the A400M military transport plane. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/france-considering-penalties-for-a400m-delays.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:46:09 EDT Two people are dead in Alaska's largest city after a small plane clipped a building, then crashed on a street and burned. Anchorage Deputy Fire Chief Michelle Weston says both victims were in a Cessna that crashed Wednesday morning near a small airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/small-plane-crashes-in-anchorage-street-2-dead.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:08:01 EDT Officials at the Denver airport say a passenger is in custody after claiming to have explosives on a Northwest Airlines plane. Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon says no explosives were found Saturday after the plane was towed away from the terminal and the man arrested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/man-arrested-at-denver-airport-after-bomb-threat.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:26:29 EDT Authorities say no bomb was found after a threat forced nearly 100 passengers from a Northwest Airlines jet waiting for takeoff from Detroit. Transportation Safety Administration spokesman Christopher White says dogs searched the plane and luggage after the threat Friday. No arrests have been made. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/northwest-flight-evacuated-at-detroit-airport.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:36:03 EDT Russia's aviation authority has suspended all flights aboard Boeing 737s until the airplanes' pilots receive additional training after a recent deadly crash in the Ural Mountains city of Perm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/russia-suspends-boeing-737-flights-after-crash.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:55:56 EDT A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month's plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran photos of clothes and personal effects still strewn on the ground there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/spanish-judge-orders-plane-crash-site-cleanup.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:54:46 EDT Russia's aviation authority has suspended flights of Boeing 737s until their pilots receive additional training after a recent deadly crash. All 88 people aboard a Boeing 737-500 died when the plane operated by the Russian Aeroflot-Nord crashed Sept. 14 while preparing to land in the city of Perm in the Ural Mountains area. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/russia-suspends-boeing-737-flights-after-crash.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:22 EDT EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, said Thursday it has indefinitely postponed the first flight of its A400M military transport plane because its engines are not ready. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/first-flight-of-eads-a400m-transporter-postponed.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:33:29 EDT An Israeli airliner that received a fighter jet escort after a bomb threat landed safely Wednesday at an airport outside Tel Aviv, authorities said. No bomb was found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/fighter-jets-accompany-israeli-jet-after-threat.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:10:57 EDT Authorities believe wreckage found on a mountainside in the San Bernardino National Forest is the remains of a plane missing for seven years. The disappearance of 24-year-old pilot Daniel Katz on June 3, 2001, spurred one of the most extensive and high-tech searches in the area's history. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/wreckage-believed-to-be-plane-missing-since-2001.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:09:16 EDT A Northwest Airlines flight traveling from Orlando to Detroit was diverted to Atlanta after a warning light indicated a mechanical problem. Northwest spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo Shannon said in a statement that Flight 423 landed without incident Monday afternoon and was being inspected by mechanics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/orlando-to-detroit-flight-diverted-to-atlanta.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:39:55 EDT Airport security video of last month's plane crash in Madrid shows the aircraft just barely getting off the ground, then skidding and erupting in a ball of fire and column of black smoke. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/spain-video-shows-plane-barely-lifting-off.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:47:56 EDT Investigators on Thursday ruled out engine failure as causing the weekend plane crash in Russia that killed all 88 people on board. The Interstate Aviation Committee said both engines on the Boeing 737-500 were working when it crashed Sunday while preparing to land in the Ural Mountains city of Perm. The plane belonged to the Russian carrier Aeroflot-Nord. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/engine-failure-ruled-out-in-russian-airline-crash.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:32:13 EDT The wreckage of a plane carrying Mexican and U.S. officials checking on border-area flooding was found Wednesday in a mountainous area two days after it disappeared, and officials said all four people aboard were killed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/plane-carrying-ibwc-officials-found-in-mexico.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:41:07 EDT The airline involved in the crash that killed 154 people last month defended its preflight equipment checks Wednesday after investigators said the plane that crashed had tried to take off without extending its wing flaps. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/spanair-defends-its-preflight-safety-procedures.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:18:51 EDT Russian airline Aeroflot says prosecutors are inspecting its Moscow headquarters and the offices of two subsidiaries following the weekend crash of a Boeing jet that killed 88. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/aeroflot-offices-inspected-after-plane-crash.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:52:23 EDT