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Boeing has a new arrow in its quiver of international fighter offerings: a stealthy F-15 they are calling the F-15SE or Silent Eagle.
What's new in this configuration are features that may reduce the aircraft's radar signature relative to earlier model F-15s. The most obvious external change is the new conformal fuel tanks that can carry weapons like the AIM-9 and AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, or, ground attack payloads such as the JDAM and small diameter bomb. The munitions are carried inside the tanks hidden from radar. This according to Boeing in its announcement of the new product.
There has been a plane crash of a FedEx cargo jet while landing at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Early Monday morning, March 23, 2009, local time, a FedEx Boeing MD-11 (registration unknown) aircraft arriving from China crashed on landing at Narita. The aircraft burst into flames and burned. The fate of the crew is not known as we go to press.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is sending a team of investigators to Japan to assist in the investigation of the accident.
Airline News - Video of US Airways crash in the Hudson River in New York.
The crash took place just after the aircraft took off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C.
Some published reports indicate the pilot told air traffic controllers there had been a double bird strike which resulted in a loss of power in both of the airliner's jet engines.
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Officials have confirmed that the airplane flown by Steve Fossett, as well as pieces of identifying personal property, have been found by hikers in the Mammoth Lakes area of California.
His body has not been located. (See update 10/2/2008 below.)
Steve Fossett has been missing since September 2007.
The Bellanca 8KCAB (N240R) has been missing since September 3, 2007, when Fossett departed Yerington, Nevada for a local flight, according to the NTSB.
The Safety Board also said that the wreckage was located at about 10,000 feet of elevation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes, California.
UPDATE 10/2/2008: Human Remains Found Near Wreckage.
Airline News - Video of the Spanair MD-82 plane crash in Madrid shows the aircraft barely getting off the ground, then skidding and erupting in fire and smoke.
The crash took place just as the aircraft began to lift off and it appears failure to deploy the flaps may be the primary cause, according to published and broadcast accounts.
The plane was operating as Flight JK5022 and bound for the Canary Islands.
Airline News - Authorities are beginning the investigation into the catastrophic plane crash at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. More than 150 deaths are reported.
The crash of the Spanair MD-82 took place just as the aircraft began to lift off, according to published and broadcast accounts.
The plane was operating as Flight JK5022 and bound for the Canary Islands.
Airline News - A Spanair MD-82 has crashed at Madrid's Barajas International Airport with the loss of at least 153 lives. The plane was heading for the Canary Islands and had just departed when the accident occurred.
The plane crash is reported to be the worst in Spain in 25 years. Initial reports indicate some 19 people have survived the crash of Flight JK5022. Spanair is owned entirely by Scandinavian Airlines, though it is based in Spain.
