Aircraft News - Africa / Middle East.Nov 6, 2006 ADC Airlines Aviation Development Company, or ADC Airlines, was an airline based in Calabar, Nigeria. It operated domestic scheduled services and regional charter flights. It had applied to be designated on international routes. , Boeing US National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team of investigators to Nigeria to assist in determining the cause of Sunday's ADC Airlines 737-200 crash in Abuja that reportedly killed 98 of 106 on board and one farmer on the ground. Abuja's Daily Trust reported yesterday that the aircraft's pilots were told not to take off because of poor weather but insisted on doing so. Citing three ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. staff who declined to be identified, the newspaper said the Abuja Airport control tower sent instructions shortly before the crash "suspending flights from either landing or taking off from the airport" due to "very bad weather emanating from a heavy rainstorm in Abuja." The pilot chose to take off and was not stopped by the airline. Flight 53 originated in Lagos and stopped in Abuja before departing to final destination Sokoto. The aircraft crashed and burned in a cornfield near Abuja Airport immediately after takeoff. According the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network, the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A-powered aircraft, registered 5N-BFK, made its first flight in September 1983. The crash is the third commercial air disaster, and fourth overall, in Nigeria in fewer than 13 months, collectively killing more than 300 passengers. ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. said the latest crash marks ADC's fifth hull-loss accident since launching operations in 1991. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its website, ADC operated four dash 200s. Eight passengers reportedly survived Sunday's crash. Oct 31, 2006 Airbus, ALAFCO ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company (Kuwait) Kuwait's ALAFCO Buys Six Airbus A320s. Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) said on Wednesday it had acquired six Airbus A320 aircraft for USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $300 million. Nov 3, 2006 Airbus, Emirates Emirates cancels A340 order, sends auditors to assess A380. Emirates Airlines has canceled an order for 10 A340-600 airliners and will instead fly Boeing 777s, Executive Vice Chairman Maurice Flanagan says. The airline is also sending auditors to assess Nov 3, 2006 Airbus, Emirates Emirates President Tim Clark reinforced the push for a major revision of the A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) first revealed last week, telling media that "Airbus would have to go beyond the current design of the A350 if it wants to win the order," Reuters reported. Clark was addressing media at the opening of the airline's new A380 gates at London Heathrow and added, "It has to be better than the current A350 XWB." Oct 31, 2006 Airbus, Emirates Emirates appears to have confirmed speculation that it will cancel its order for 10 A340-600s plus 10 options. President Tim Clark told reporters at London Heathrow that EK is unhappy with the aircraft and that the order has been taken up by a third party, according to AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. , while AFX AFX atypical fibroxanthoma. News quoted an EK spokesperson as saying the A340-600 "didn't deliver what it set out to deliver in the blueprint. It was far heavier than the original spec had been...That was part of it and other aircraft had come in its place that were far more economic." Oct 30, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 30, 2006 |
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