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• Meg Godlewski
A Purdue University-led research team has reached the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro after a five-day boat journey to investigate the “Taraia Object,” a possible clue to Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra. The expedition is examining a site where researchers believe the aircraft may have landed after Earhart disappeared in 1937.
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A Purdue University-led research team has reached the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro after a five-day boat journey to investigate the “Taraia Object,” a possible clue to Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra. The expedition is examining a site where researchers believe the aircraft may have landed after Earhart disappeared in 1937.
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Two German Air Force Eurofighters scrambled after a Corendon Airlines Europe Boeing 737-800 flying from Corfu to Nuremberg transmitted a hijacking or emergency code. The aircraft landed safely; the airline attributed the alert to a radio malfunction, and authorities found no danger after a temporary suspension of airport operations.
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Israeli security services evacuated passengers from a Delta Air Lines A330-900neo at Ben Gurion Airport on Oct. 13 after an anonymous threat claimed explosives were onboard. Authorities isolated the aircraft and conducted a security inspection; reports said no credible threat was found.
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Israel’s new rules barring some dual nationals from serving on flights to or over the country have already forced an Ethiopian Airlines cargo 737 to turn back after an Indonesian pilot was found on its crew list. The restrictions follow a separate Flydubai cockpit attack that UAE authorities say was intended to end in a crash at Tel Aviv airport.
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A Melbourne Islamic center leader says he never met the flydubai co-pilot accused by UAE prosecutors of attacking the aircraft’s captain in an alleged hijacking attempt. Prosecutors have linked the co-pilot to the center; the imam denies any association and says he has consistently preached peace.
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A Boeing 767 Freighter operated by 21 Air for Amazon landed long and fast after an approach to Runway 30 at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6. The article examines a wind check that was not made before the overrun, against a backdrop of facts established in the weeks after the event.
The Army’s investigation found that broken communications, erroneous altimeter readings, inadequate training and monitoring, and bright local lighting contributed to the UH-60L helicopter’s collision with a commercial airplane in the Washington area. The report identifies failures across operations and oversight, rather than a single cause.
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