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A wide-bodied Boeing 777 aircraft returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for safety reasons on Sunday around 40 minutes after take-off. The aircraft operated by Dutch airline KLM was en route to Rio de Janeiro and was travelling over Belgium when a technical fault was reported, the ANP news agency reported Dutch air traffic control as saying. The aircraft landed safely and the occupants were not in any danger, a KLM spokesman told the agency. The specific nature of the defect was not disclosed. Jet fuel was dumped over the North Sea before the safe landing, the report said. Rescue teams were...
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A wide-bodied Boeing 777 aircraft returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for safety reasons on Sunday around 40 minutes after take-off. The aircraft operated by Dutch airline KLM was en route to Rio de Janeiro and was travelling over Belgium when a technical fault was reported, the ANP news agency reported Dutch air traffic control as saying. The aircraft landed safely and the occupants were not in any danger, a KLM spokesman told the agency. The specific nature of the defect was not disclosed. Jet fuel was dumped over the North Sea before the safe landing, the report said. Rescue teams were...
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A wide-bodied Boeing 777 aircraft returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for safety reasons on Sunday around 40 minutes after take-off. The aircraft operated by Dutch airline KLM was en route to Rio de Janeiro and was travelling over Belgium when a technical fault was reported, the ANP news agency reported Dutch air traffic control as saying. The aircraft landed safely and the occupants were not in any danger, a KLM spokesman told the agency. The specific nature of the defect was not disclosed. Jet fuel was dumped over the North Sea before the safe landing, the report said. Rescue teams were...
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New York (AFP) - The US Department of Justice is considering a deal with Boeing that would avoid criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant but may appoint a federal supervisor to oversee company progress on safety improvements, The New York Times reported Friday. People familiar with the discussions told the daily that the terms of the possible alternative settlement, known as a deferred prosecution agreement, or DPA, are still subject to change. A DOJ official involved in the case, Glenn Leon, chief of the fraud section criminal division, said in an email to a civil party lawyer seen by AFP...
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Washington (AFP) - Des familles de victimes de crashes du Boeing 737 MAX ont demandé mercredi au ministère de la Justice américain que le constructeur soit sanctionné d'une amende de quelque 24,8 milliards de dollars et que ses responsables soient traduits en justice. La veille, le patron de Boeing Dave Calhoun avait reconnu la "gravité" de la situation concernant la qualité de la production du constructeur, assurant devant une commission d'enquête du Sénat américain, que des progrès avaient d'ores et déjà été effectués. Assis derrière lui dans le public, se trouvaient des proches des victimes...
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Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun on Tuesday apologized to the relatives of the victims of the fatal crashes involving the aircraft maker's 737 airplanes in 2018 and 2019 during a hearing at the US Senate. A total of 346 people lost their lives in the accidents. "We are deeply sorry for your losses," Calhoun said on Tuesday addressing several of the victims' relatives present. "Nothing is more important than the safety of the people who step on board our airplanes. Every day we seek to honor the memory of those lost through a steadfast commitment to safety and quality." The accidents involvi...
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Washington (AFP) - Boeing's CEO acknowledged to a US congressional panel Tuesday that the company's culture was imperfect, but insisted the aviation giant was making progress and committed to improving safety. "Our culture is far from perfect, but we are taking action and making progress," Calhoun said early in the hearing. Calhoun opened his remarks by standing to apologize to family members of victims from two Boeing 737 MAX in 2018 and 2019. The hearing, an examination of "Boeing's Broken Safety Culture," follows an April session of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations featur...
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By Elodie MAZEIN New York (AFP) - Le patron de Boeing, Dave Calhoun, est convoqué mardi devant une commission d'enquête du Sénat américain consacrée à la qualité de la production, une audition très attendue par les familles de victimes des crashes de 2018 et 2019 qui réclament un procès pénal. C'est la première fois que M. Calhoun va être interrogé publiquement par des responsables depuis l'incident du 5 janvier, lorsqu'un 737 MAX 9 livré en octobre à la compagnie Alaska Airlines a perdu en vol une porte-bouchon - opercule condamnant une issue de secours redondante. Selon le rapport préliminai...
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By Sabine COLPART, Mathurin DEREL Nouméa (AFP) - Réouverture en journée de l'aéroport international de Nouméa et des établissements scolaires, permission de sortie jusqu'à 20H00: lundi, la Nouvelle-Calédonie devrait amorcer un "retour progressif à la vie normale" après un mois de violents troubles qui ont fait neuf morts. Dimanche, le Haut-commissariat de la République, représentant de l'Etat français sur l'archipel de 270.000 habitants, "a décidé la réouverture en journée de l'aéroport international de Nouméa–La Tontouta" et "de repousser à 20H00 le début du couvre-feu à compter de lundi", co...
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Nouméa (AFP) - L'aéroport international de Nouméa, fermé le 14 mai en raison des violences meurtrières en Nouvelle-Calédonie, archipel français du Pacifique Sud, rouvrira en journée lundi, ont annoncé dimanche les autorités locales. Le haut-commissariat, qui représente l'Etat français, a également décidé "de repousser à 20H00 (09H00 GMT) le début du couvre-feu à compter de lundi", contre 18H00 jusque-là. Depuis le 13 mai et la constestation d'une loi pour un dégel électoral, des violences ont surgi dans l'archipel du Pacifique sud, faisant neuf morts et de très importants dégâts. Cette décisio...
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