Munich - Eurocopter has won a major order from Brazil for 50 aircraft, the EADS helicopter division said in Germany Tuesday.
Lutz Bertling, chief executive of the division, did not disclose the value of the contract to supply the EC 725 transport helicopters, but said they are to be assembled in Brazil beginning in 2010.
The factory at Donauwoerth in the state of Bavaria is owned by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).
Los Angeles - Investigators on Monday began measuring the trail of a passenger plane carrying more than 100 people that skidded off the runway and caught fire in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday evening, the Denver Post reported.
Dozens of people were injured in the accident that occurred before take-off. with 38 people taken to hospital. All but five were released on Sunday, said Robert Sumwalt, a National Transportation Safety Board member leading the investigation team.
Mexico City - The death toll rose to two on Sunday in a small plane crash in northern Mexico a day earlier.
Two passengers died of their injuries and three others were also severely injured when the Cessna crashed and caught on fire less than half a kilometre from the airstrip at the Ramos Arizpe airport in Coahuila state, officials said.
The occupants, reporters and provincial government officials, suffered severe burns and were brought to a clinic in San Diego, California. One of the journalists was practically unhurt.
Washington - A passenger plane carrying more than 100 people skidded off the runway and caught fire in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday evening.
Dozens of people were injured in the accident that occurred before take-off at 6:18 pm (0118 GMT), with 38 people taken to hospital, an airport spokeswoman said in a broadcast news conference.
Most of the hospitalized had broken bones.
However, there were no fatalities and none of the injuries were critical, the spokeswoman said. The airport remained open.
The Boeing 737 operated by Continental Airlines was carrying 107 passengers and five crew members headed to Houston.
During take-off, the plane skidded off the runway and landed in a ditch.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's main airline Cathay Pacific said Sunday it had been swamped with more than 1,600 requests for unpaid leave next year from cabin crew and pilots.
The airline said it had received requests for more than 55,000 days off after making the controversial offer at the end of November of unsalaried time off to combat the economic downturn.
Cabin crew have applied for a total of more than 50,000 days of unpaid leave in 2009 - almost a full week for every flight attendant - while pilots had applied for more than
Budapest - Talks between management of Budapest Ferihegy International Airport and the representatives of striking workers ended in acrimony Friday, with both sides accusing the other of unlawful conduct.
Despite the ongoing strike, the airport had returned to near normal level of service by Thursday, albeit only through one of three passenger terminals, as many union members have gone back to work, and foreign temporary staff have been brought in.
Munich - Eurocopter has won a major order from Brazil for 50 aircraft, the EADS helicopter division said in Germany Tuesday.
Mexico City - The death toll rose to two on Sunday in a small plane crash in northern Mexico a day earlier.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's main airline Cathay Pacific said Sunday it had been swamped with more than 1,600 requests for unpaid leave next year from cabin crew and pilots.
Budapest - Talks between management of Budapest Ferihegy International Airport and the representatives of striking workers ended in acrimony Friday, with both sides accusing the other of unlawful conduct.
