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• Clement Charpentreau
Two German Air Force Eurofighters scrambled on Oct. 13 after a Corendon Airlines Europe Boeing 737-800 flying from Corfu to Nuremberg transmitted a hijacking or emergency alert. The aircraft landed safely; the airline attributed the alert to a radio malfunction, and police found no danger after a temporary airport shutdown.
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Rosaviatsiya has extended the approved service life of the SaM146-powered Yakovlev Superjet 100 variants RRJ-95B-100 and RRJ-95LR-100 to 20 years, with a limit of 40,000 flight hours. The change applies to those specific variants; the reports provide no further detail on the approval’s operational or maintenance conditions.
Aviation weather guidance emphasizes that student pilots should combine METAR observations, TAF forecasts and interpolation skills when assessing conditions before a solo flight. The aim is to make informed go/no-go decisions rather than rely on a single weather report.
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Two German Air Force Eurofighters scrambled on Oct. 13 after a Corendon Airlines Europe Boeing 737-800 flying from Corfu to Nuremberg transmitted a hijacking or emergency alert. The aircraft landed safely; the airline attributed the alert to a radio malfunction, and police found no danger after a temporary airport shutdown.
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The FAA selected 19 companies for $12 million in drone research and testing projects aimed at safely expanding operations in the National Airspace System. Separately, its three-year eVTOL Integration Pilot Program is moving ahead with eight projects testing aircraft and operational concepts across 26 states.
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Israeli security services evacuated passengers from a Delta Air Lines A330-900neo after it arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport from New York on Oct. 13. Authorities moved the aircraft to an isolated area for inspection; the threat was described in one report as a hoax, but the supplied coverage does not provide inspection findings or details on operational disruption.
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UAE authorities say a Flydubai co-pilot who attacked the captain intended to seize the aircraft and crash it into Tel Aviv’s main airport; two other Flydubai pilots have reportedly been detained, with their roles unclear. Separately, Israel’s new restrictions on crew with dual nationality have forced an Ethiopian cargo 737 to return to Addis Ababa.
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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.
Joby is seeking to overturn a jury award of nearly $117 million to aircraft sensor supplier Aerosonic, denying that it misused the supplier’s trade secrets to develop sensors for its aircraft. The challenge contests a major legal judgment tied to Joby’s development activities.
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