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  Uncontained engine failure on 747 photos

  Posted by Guy Norris 7:57 PM on Oct 31, 2011

  Photos have emerged of an uncontained engine failure suffered by a Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 last week en-route from Detroit to Tokyo’s Narita airport in Japan. The engin... Read More >>

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  Boeing 787 second passenger flight - return to Japan

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:43 AM on Oct 28, 2011

  While waiting for my flight back to the US on Oct. 27 I had the chance to watch NH7872, ANA's return 787 flight to Japan, taxi and take-off from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Internatio... Read More >>

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  Boeing 787 first passenger flight photos and video

  Posted by Guy Norris 10:25 PM on Oct 26, 2011

  Images and a video clip from the Oct 26 first commercial flight of ANA's Boeing 787 from Narita, Japan to Hong Kong. Early in the morning JA801A awaits its first day of duty at Nar... Read More >>

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  Ready for ANA's big 787 day

  Posted by Guy Norris 12:41 PM on Oct 25, 2011

  Finally arrived here in Tokyo in time for an early morning bus ride tomorrow to Narita airport and the historic departure of ANA's flight NH7871 to Hong Kong - the f... Read More >>

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  Fedex Narita Crash: Runway A Reopened

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 1:30 PM on Mar 24, 2009

  Asahi Shimbun reports flight ops won't completely return to normal at Tokyo Narita until Wednesday. And it quotes an unnamed safety source: According to a safety board source, the ... Read More >>

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  FedEx Flight 80 Narita Crash Update

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 9:50 PM on Mar 23, 2009

  There's not too much new information on the crash of a FedEx MD-11 at Tokyo Narita airport. The video below shows the now-familiar crash sequence and was brodcast by New York City-... Read More >>

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  FedEx Narita Airport Crash: Video

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 12:02 PM on Mar 23, 2009

  An airport camera caught the crash of the FedEx MD-11 that crashed on landing at Tokyo Narita, killing two pilots. Below the video is a link to an English-language video report fro... Read More >>

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  NTSB Aiding Japan Probe of FedEx MD-11 Narita Crash

  Posted by Frances Fiorino 2:59 AM on Mar 23, 2009

  The NTSB dispatched a Go-Team the evening of Mar. 22 from Washington to Japanto help in the investigation of the crash of a FedEx MD-11 on approach to Narita International Airport ... Read More >>

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  Delta "Investor Day" Leftovers: Frequent Flyers, Narita And Integration

  Posted by Andrew Compart 11:25 PM on Dec 12, 2008

  Delta had plenty to say on "Investor Day," some of which you can read about here (AWIN First subscriber-only story) and in a prior blog postings here and here. But e... Read More >>

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