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	Air China flight 129 - Definition, explanation
		Air China flight 129 (CCA129, CA129) is a flight from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China to Gimhae International Airport, Busan, South Korea.
		Among the 155 passengers, 135 were from Korea, 19 from China and 1 from Uzbekistan.
		Two days after the accident, another 767 served as flight 129 and safely carried 106 passengers from Beijing to Pusan, although the flight was delayed for 10 hours and 10 minutes due to bad weather.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/ai/air_china_flight_129.php (619 words)

	Air China Flight 129 Information
		The flight crew of flight 129 performed the circling approach, not being aware of the weather minima of wide-body aircraft (B767-200) for landing, and in the approach briefing, did not include the missed approach, etc., among the items specified in Air China’s operations and training manuals.
		The flight crew exercised poor crew resource management and lost situational awareness during the circling approach to runway 18R, which led them to fly outside of the circling approach area, delaying the base turn, contrary to the captain’s intention to make a timely base turn.
		Two days after the accident, another 767 served as flight 129 and safely carried 106 passengers from Beijing to Busan, although the flight was delayed for 10 hours and 10 minutes due to bad weather.
	www.bookrags.com /Flight_CA129 (500 words)

	Fatal Boeing 737 Events
		One of those 20 infected passengers, one of the five from that flight that eventually died, infected a passenger on a Bangkok to Beijing flight on 23 March 2003 and caused two passengers on that flight to become infected.
		The aircraft was scheduled domestic flight from Herat to Kabul and was diverted from landing at Kabul due to the effects of a severe snowstorm.
		The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Medan to Jakarta.
	www.airsafe.com /events/models/b737.htm (4413 words)

	ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 767-2J6ER B-2552 - Pusan-Kimhae Airport (PUS)
		Air China flight 129 departed Beijing at 08:37 on a scheduled flight to Pusan-Gimhae in South Korea.
		Two minutes later the approach controller radioed: "Air China 129, turn left heading 030 cleared for ILS DME runway 36L, then circle to runway 18 right, report field in sight." At 11:17 they captured the ILS and were cleared further down to the circling altitude of 700 feet.
		The flight crew of flight 129 performed the circling approach, not being aware of the weather minima of wide-body aircraft (B767-200) for landing, and in the approach briefing, did not include the missed approach, etc., among the items specified in Air China's operations and training manuals.
	aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=20020415-0 (703 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/China Airlines Flight 611
		China Airlines Flight 611 Callsign: Dynasty 611 (CAL611, CI611) was a regularly scheduled flight from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taoyuan to Hong Kong International Airport in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
		The flight data recorder from Flight 611 shows that the plane began gaining altitude at a significantly faster rate in the 27 seconds before the plane broke apart, although the extra gain in altitude was well within the plane's design limits.
		This accident was similar to the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident in Tokyo on August 12 1985, which also involved a Boeing 747-SR aircraft with faulty repair work done after a tail strike many years before the final demise of the aircraft.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/China_Airlines_flight_611 (970 words)

	Air China at Business Crawler
		In March 2005, Air China was in talks with Swire Group, the largest shareholder of Cathay Pacific, for merger talks about Air China acquiring Cathay Pacific, and Cathay Pacific acquiring a majority stake of Dragonair, in return for the Swire Group becoming the largest individual shareholder of Air China's parent company.
		On September 11, 2001, an Air China Boeing 747 from Beijing to San Francisco was escorted by two US F-15's onto the north runway at Vancouver International Airport during Operation Yellow Ribbon, purely due to communication problems.
		On April 15, 2002, Air China flight 129, a Boeing 767-200ER jet from Beijing to Busan, crashed into a hill while trying to land at Gimhae International Airport during inclement weather, killing 128 of the 166 people on board.
	www.businesscrawler.net /business/air-china.html (799 words)

	CNN.com - Pilot survives South Korea crash - April 15, 2002
		SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Investigators are ready to begin examining the flight data recorders recovered from Air China Flight 129, a day after it crashed into a mountain near the southern port city of Busan.
		A number of other international flights were turned back from the airport Monday morning because of poor visibility caused by the weather.
		China's official news agency, Xinhua, said 135 of the passengers were Korean, 19 were Chinese and one was Uzbek.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/15/skorea.crash (547 words)

	Air China - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft, April 15, Airline, Beijing, ...
		Air China (Chinese: 中国国际航空公司 literally "Chinese International Aviation Company", abbreviated 国航) is the People's Republic of China's state owned and largest commercial airline (not to be confused with China Airlines, which is the Republic of China on Taiwan's state airline).
		On April 15, 2002, a Boeing 767-200ER jet, operating as Air China flight 129 from Beijing to Pusan, crashed into a hill while trying to land at Gimhae International Airport during inclement weather, killing 128 of the 166 people on board.
		Air China's fleet is predominantly sourced from Boeing although some airliners have been acquired from Airbus, including examples of the long range A340.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Air_China.html (359 words)

	CNN.com - Crash survivors speak of final moments - April 16, 2002
		Survivors said Flight CA-129 crashed shortly after passengers were told to buckle their seat belts and prepare for landing.
		The nonstop flight from Beijing was headed for nearby Kimhae Airport, but was being diverted to Seoul, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which is helping in the probe.
		China has ordered domestic airlines to inspect their fleets, while South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has urged a careful follow-up to the crash, just six weeks before the country co-hosts the soccer World Cup.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/16/skorea.crash.0900/index.html (835 words)

	SPACE.com -- China Launch Won't Ignite New Space Race, Analysts Say
		China's entry into the exclusive club of spacefaring nations comes as the U.S. is questioning the value of human space flight in light of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy.
		However, Stokes said the Chinese human space flight program is part and parcel of the nation's broader ambitions in space that have very clear implications for U.S. national security ten to 20 years in the future.
		Stokes said he is less concerned about China joining the human space flight club then he is about China's efforts to develop a robust network of military satellites of its own, while at the same time researching ways to take out the other's satellites in the event of a conflict.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/china_reaction_031014a.html (894 words)

	easyJet Flight News - Cheapflights.co.uk
		A total of 29 flights are to be cancelled, with destinations of Berlin, Rome and Nice among those affected, the BBC reports.
		Flights can only be switched for departures leaving on the same day and passengers must still arrive at least half an hour before the plane is due to leave.
		Pat Freeth was on a flight from Edinburgh to Bristol in January 2002 when the cabin crew member dropped two cups of hot tea on her, resulting in burns to six per cent of her body.
	news.cheapflights.co.uk /flights/easyjet (8121 words)

	About the Frontiers of Flight Museum - Dallas, Texas
		Also, in the collection is a china service from the "Graf Zeppelin I", structural components and fittings from the U.S. Navy airship "Akron", and propellers from the U.S.S. "Shenandoah", and "Los Angeles".
		The Frontiers of Flight Museum was founded in November, 1988, by Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jan Collmer, and William E. Cooper.
		Their initial intent was to exhibit at Dallas Love Field the priceless artifacts, documents and photographs of the History of Aviation Collection donated to The University of Texas at Dallas by the legendary aviation historian George E. Haddaway.
	www.flightmuseum.com /about.htm (888 words)

	Inbuilt Flaws in big single-engined Cessna Commuter Planes?
		Before the crash of Air China Flight 129 in Busan, Korea (see "Circling Traps," B/CA, September 2002, page 90), there was reportedly an MSAW alert displayed to the military controller that was not relayed to the civil ATC controller or the crew.
		This is a classic "fl hole approach." Most of the errant flights were saved by EGPWS alerts, but not one crew was advised by Tucson controllers that their aircraft was on a velocity vector that could take them into the mountains northwest of the field.
		Coincidentally during 1984-1986, runway arrival and departure capacity at some U.S. air carrier airports was being sorely taxed by the growth of hub systems that launched and recovered "banks of flights" at about the same time to allow for maximum passenger connections.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/Safety_Issues/FAA_Inaction/msaw.html (2072 words)

	ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 767-2J6ER B-2552 - Pusan-Kimhae Airport (PUS)
		Air China flight 129 departed Beijing at 08:37 on a scheduled flight to Pusan-Gimhae in South Korea.
		Two minutes later the approach controller radioed: "Air China 129, turn left heading 030 cleared for ILS DME runway 36L, then circle to runway 18 right, report field in sight." At 11:17 they captured the ILS and were cleared further down to the circling altitude of 700 feet.
		He slowly began a widening turn, causing the first officer to urge him: "turn quickly, not too late." Meanwhile the flight was cleared to land.
	www.aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=20020415-0 (703 words)

	Chinese Passenger Jet Crash Kills 121 in South Korea - 2002-04-15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Air traffic control officials believe the disaster was the result of pilot error.
		Air China Flight CA 129 from Beijing to Busan was on approach to the airport when it hit the fog-shrouded mountain, killing most of the 166 people on board.
		Officials say there are no more survivors or bodies left in the mangled remains of the aircraft and they have expanded their search to find those who may have been thrown far away from the impact of the crash.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2002-04/a-2002-04-15-11-Chinese.cfm (516 words)

	Southern Digest - 112 Feared Dead in Plane Crash Off Coast of China (Beijing) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Tuesday's crash deals another setback to China's aviation industry, which has tried hard to improve its image after a string of accidents in the 1980s and '90s.
		Experts say safety has improved as China's domestic airlines upgraded their fleets and strengthened pilot training, but the two recent crashes are likely to spur greater efforts to increase safety in a country where air travel, for business and leisure, is booming.
		China's worst air disaster occurred in 1994, when an airliner exploded minutes after takeoff, killing 160 people.
	www.southerndigest.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=970acc2e-5bae-4c60-a849-2f0ab2642d7a (575 words)

	Air China Plane Crashes in South Korea
		The death toll from Monday's crash of an Air China passenger plane was finally confirmed at 122 Thursday, with six still missing, the South Korean Construction and Transportation Ministry announced at a press conference in Pusan.
		The death toll from Monday's crash of an Air China passenger plane stood at 126 as of 9:00 a.m.
		An Air China Boeing 767 crashed in South Korea on Monday and all 155 passengers and 11 crew members were feared dead, a transportation official said.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /zhuanti/Zhuanti_254.html (886 words)

	US Air Safety Officials Arrive in South Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Five air safety officials from the United States have arrived in South Korea to help investigate the crash of Air China Flight CA-129 Monday.
		Officials from China also have joined the investigation into the disaster, thought to be the first in the airline's history.
		The flight, which was en route from Beijing to Busan shortly before noon Monday, was approaching Kimhae Airport when it hit a fog-shrouded mountain.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2002-04/a-2002-04-17-6-US.cfm (394 words)

	MALÉV - MALÉV - THE GREAT LEAP INTO CHINA
		The Hungarian national carrier and China's fourth largest domestic airline, Hainan Airlines Company Ltd. (HNA), concluded an agreement on launching the non-stop flight between Hungary and China on 17 February 2004.
		Flight MA 6070/6071 is operated by Hainan Airlines using its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
		The primary objectives of developing even closer cooperation between the two airlines are, on the one hand, for Malév to strengthen its position in China and the Far East, and on the other hand for HNA to boost its business share in Hungary and other countries of Europe.
	www.malev.hu /BP/ENG/I_NEWS_ENG/2004-0629-2047-19YGSR.asp (726 words)

	Seoul Searching: Pilot Survives -- TIME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		As rescue workers and investigators piece through the wreckage of an Air China passenger plane that smashed into a mountain near the Korean port city of Busan Monday morning, the cause of the crash remains uncertain.
		The scene at the wooded crash sight was one of devastation: chunks of still-smoking fuselage, charred metals and pummeled trees littered the mountainside.
		It was the first crash for China's flagship carrier Air China since it started flying in 1988 and the worst aviation disaster in Asia since the Oct. 30, 2000, crash of a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 at Taipei Airport.
	www.time.com /time/world/article/0,8599,230765,00.html (671 words)

	Airplane Disasters, Aviation Disasters: Fear of Flying Site
		About 30 minutes into an America West flight from Phoenix to Atlanta, the man approached the boy, sat down next to him (the boy's parents were seated elsewhere in the plane), and began to fondle the boy.
		1997: When the flight attendant refused to continue to serve her drinks after one bloody mary, a woman passenger attacked the attendant and tried to wrestle her to the floor.
		Note: The penalty for assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member is a felony punishable by a maximum ten-year prison sentence as well as a fine.
	www.celebratetoday.com /airdis.html (22366 words)

	Airplane crashes - BunzWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		The best airlines have nearly flawless records: the odds of being on a flight resulting in at least one fatality are 1 in 3,720,000; the odds of being the passenger killed on any given flight are 1 in 7,710,000.
		In first world domestic aircraft, the chances of dying are 1 in 8,000,000 - that figure drops to 1 in 500,000 for third world domestic aircraft.
		Planes have dropped from the sky because of mistakes by air traffic controllers, design flaws, hitting a bird, sabotage, a fire in the cargo hold or cabin, hijacking, lightning, pilot incapactation, and plain old running out of gas.
	www.amanita.net /writings/Airplane_crashes (669 words)

	China Airlines catering and inflight meal reviews @ AIRLINEMEALS.NET
		But due to flight to Europe missed some cold cut, cheese and dark bread as welcome to Europe.
		Comments: China air's food looks pretty but tastes pretty bad...
		Comments: China Airlines have a very nice F dinner service, but snacks are quite limited for the almost 13-hour flight.
	www.airlinemeals.net /meals/ChinaAirlines111150.htm (1639 words)

	Soutwest Airlines
		Passenger aircraft with fewer than 20 passenger seats are called commuter aircraft or air taxis, depending on their size, and engine and seating configurations (the Beechcraft 1900, for example, has only 19 seats so that it will not qualify as an airliner and may be operated under less strict requirements in most countries).
		While piston engines were common on propliners like the Douglas DC-3 until the beginning of the jet age, nearly all modern airliners are powered by turbine engines, either turbofans or turboprops, since they operate efficiently at much higher altitudes.
		There may be variants developed for air freight, military or luxury corporate use....
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/189/soutwest-airlines.html (714 words)

	Jiang Zemin Expresses Condolence Over Victims of Air China Crash
		Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Monday expressed condolence over the losses of lives in the crash of the Air China Flight 129 in the South Korean city of Busan, and asked relevant departments to properly deal with the aftermath of the accident.
		Jiang, who is on a state visit to Nigeria, demanded relevant authorities make all-out rescue efforts and extended deep sympathy to families of the victims.
		An Air China Boeing 767-200 passenger plane, with 166 people on board, crashed into an apartment building Monday near Pusan airport amid foggy weather and poor visibility.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200204/15/eng20020415_94110.shtml (303 words)

	MALÉV - BEIJING FLIGHT TAKES OFF
		This member of staff will thus be at the service of Hungarian passengers and able to provide useful general assistance during the flight thanks to skills gained on Malév's long-haul routes.
		Two films are screened per flight; a recently released feature film and a 30-minute documentary on Hungary commissioned by the Hungarian National Tourist Office.
		Under the terms of the agreement, aircraft belonging to the Chinese partner will fly the scheduled service, although there is an opportunity for aircraft of the Hungarian airline to alternate with the Hainan fleet at a later stage.
	www.malev.hu /BP/ENG/I_NEWS_ENG/2004-0805-1231-45UWKW.asp (864 words)

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