Posts Tagged ‘ Air France ’

Well it’s about time airline passengers leave WITH the trash they carried on-board!

July 7, 2011
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Finally, an airline gets it! Well sort of. I’ve written this up to my carrier more than a few times suggesting trash and recyclable containers be positioned in the jetway available to passengers as they exit the aircraft. The Flight Purser would simply make a suggestive ‘environmentally friendly’ announcement (I know, another ignored announcement) requesting passengers to “please drop off all disposable and recyclable items brought on board with you in the receptacles on the way out. Thanks for doing...

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Two Years After Crash, Air France Wreckage Discovered in Atlantic

April 3, 2011
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Investigators Find Parts of Downed Air France Jet From Niki Cook, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — French investigators said Sunday that they have found pieces of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people on board. Air France Flight 447 disappeared after taking off from Rio de Janeiro on its way to Paris. France’s air accident investigation agency, the BEA, said that a team — led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...

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Continental Airlines Guilty of Manslaughter in Air France Concorde Crash

December 6, 2010
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CONTINENTAL Airlines was today found guilty of manslaughter over the Concorde crash which killed 113 people a decade ago. The disaster, which happened minutes after take-off from Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris, effectively ended the era of supersonic air travel. The victims of the accident — 109 on board the plane and four on the ground — were mostly German tourists. Prosecutors at a French court claimed the New York-bound plane was brought down by a strip of...

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Verdict Expected Monday in July 2000 Fatal Air France Concorde Crash

December 5, 2010
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French court to rule on fatal Concorde crash in 2000 By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris A Paris court is set to give its verdict in a trial to determine any criminal responsibility in the crash of a Concorde supersonic jet 10 years ago. US airline Continental is accused of involuntary homicide after a report found a piece of metal from one of its planes caused a tyre-burst in the jet. The jet caught fire shortly after take off...

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Beginning Thursday, French Airline Passengers Should Expect Disruptions

November 2, 2010
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French airlines plan 5-day strike French airline passengers face up to five days of travel disruptions as unions have planned to stage walkouts against government reforms. Six trade unions have called on airline and airport workers to go on strike to protest at President Nicholas Sarkozy’s pension reform bill on Thursday, November 4. The national society of airline pilots, or SNPL, and the SNPNC flight attendant union have called for a four-day walkout starting on November 5 and ending...

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