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  Saudi Jet Makes Emergency Landing; On Video, Trail Of Flame Along Runway

  The Saudia aircraft was travelling from the Muslim holy city of Medina to Dhaka with 151 people on board, but had to be diverted to Jeddah late Monday after it suffered a malfunction in the hydraulic system, the kingdom's Aviation Investigation Bureau said.

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  'Cam Force One': UK Prime Minister to Get Own Jet

  Britain is to spend up to 10 million pound($15 million, 14 million euros) converting a military plane for official use by Prime Minister David Cameron and senior ministers, according to British media today.

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  4 Large Parts of Crashed AirAsia Jet Found on Sea Floor

  Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Saturday.

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  Indonesia Queries AirAsia Licence, as Large Objects Found Underwater

  Ships searching for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on-board have pinpointed two "big objects" on the sea floor, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said today.

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  AirAsia Flight Has Parallels With 2009 Ocean Crash

  The jet dropped from the sky swiftly, without a mayday call. It was quickly swallowed up by the waves.

• Flight Bans Show Skittishness Over Trouble Spots

  When US and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week's downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.

• Airbus Launches New A330neo Jet at Farnborough

  European planemaker Airbus on Monday launched the eagerly-awaited upgrade to its long-haul A330 passenger jet - the A330neo - which boasts more fuel-efficient engines.

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  Airbus Poised to Revamp A330 With Rolls-Royce

  Airbus is set to upgrade its A330 with engines provided exclusively by Rolls-Royce, setting the stage for a bitter new phase in a battle for wide-body jet orders with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, people familiar with the matter said.

• Plane Engine Sucks in Bird in Brazil

  An Airbus A330 passenger jet was forced to return to Brasilia's international airport after a bird was sucked into one of the engines minutes after takeoff, the Portuguese airliner TAP said today.

• Mariners plane forced to land due to emergency in Australia

  A Qantas Airbus A330 jet with players from A-League side the Central Coast Mariners among its 253 passengers made an emergency landing at Adelaide airport on Friday after a warning light indicated smoke in the cargo area.

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  Math wizards stand ready to join Malaysia Airlines search

  Math wizards who pinpointed the final resting place of a doomed Air France jet deep beneath the Atlantic stand ready to do so again for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

• Etihad jet makes mayday call after instrument failure

  An Etihad Airways passenger jet made an emergency landing in Brisbane on Thursday after issuing a mayday call following a flight deck instrument failure.

• Gupta family apologises over wedding jet scandal

  A wealthy Indian family in South Africa apologised on Saturday for a diplomatic scandal over the use of a military air base to land a private jet flying their guests to a wedding this week.

• Jet Airways seeks government nod to lease two Airbus A330s

  Private carrier Jet Airways today said it has sought government's permission to lease two Airbus 330-300s to deploy them on the Mumbai-Newark (US) route as part of its A330s fleet replacement plans.