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Paris - The search for the victims of the crash of an Airbus A320 in the Mediterranean Sea resumed early Friday off the French coast, with searchers holding out no hope of finding any survivors. Seven people are believed dead in the crash, which occurred Thursday afternoon near the city of Perpignan, where the aircraft was being overhauled.
Two bodies were recovered from the waters on Thursday before the search was called off because of heavy rains and high waves. The continuing bad weather was hampering search efforts on Friday as well.
The plane belonged to Air New Zealand and had been leased to the German carrier XL Airways for the last two years. It was to have been returned in the coming days to Air New Zealand following completion of the maintenance work, a spokesman for XL Airways said.
The aircraft disappeared from radar screens as it was returning to Perpignan after a two-hour test flight, having been repainted in Air New Zealand colours prior to being flown back to its homeland.
Two German pilots, a pilot and three engineers employed by Air New Zealand as well as an inspector from New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority were aboard the aircraft.
An investigation has been opened into the cause of the accident. The daily Le Figaro reported Friday that both French and German aviation experts were involved in the inquiry. (dpa)

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USAF 100th Air Refuelling Wing pics and detail

The 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe Third Air Force. It is stationed at RAF Mildenhall, England. It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall.

The 100 ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in the European theater. The wing provides the critical air refueling "bridge" that allows the Expeditionary Air Force to deploy around the globe on a moment's notice.

During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was a Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF Thorpe Abbotts. Flying over 300 combat missions, the group earned two Distinguished Unit Citations (Regensburg, 17 August 1943; Berlin, 4/6/8 March 1944). The group suffered tremendous losses in combat, with 177 Aircraft MIA, flying its last mission on 20 April 1945.

The 100th Air Refueling Wing has been bestowed with the lineage, honors, and history of the 100th Bombardment Group. One of these honors is that it is the only modern USAF operational wing allowed to display on its assigned aircraft the tail code (Square-D) of its World War II predecessor.
Units

USAFE's only KC-135 air refueling wing composed of 15 permanently assigned aircraft, and is responsible for U.S. aerial refueling operations conducted throughout the European theater. The unit supports some 16,000 personnel, including Third Air Force, four geographically separated units, and 15 associated units.

100th Operations Group (100 OG)

* 351st Air Refueling Squadron (351 ARS)
* 100th Operations Support Squadron (100 OSS)

100th Maintenance Group (100 MXG)

* 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (100 AMXS)
* 100th Maintenance Squadron (100 MXS)
* 100th Maintenance Operations Squadron (100 MOS)

100th Mission Support Group (100 MSG)

* 100th Civil Engineer Squadron (100 CES)
* 100th Communications Squadron (100 CS)
* 100th Contracting Squadron (100 CONS)
* 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (100 LRS)
* 100th Mission Support Squadron (100 MSS)
* 100th Security Forces Squadron (100 SFS)
* 100th Services Squadron (100 SVS)

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The Boston Globe newspaper had an in-depth story Thursday on problems discovered in Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet. Here's the link. Below is an excerpt from the article. A mechanism inside the wings of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, manufactured by Boeing Co. , is wearing out prematurely, prompting the Navy to order the company to make changes in the plane's production as well as retrofit several hundred planes already operating off the decks of Navy aircraft carriers, according to a Navy official. Officials stressed that they are not considering whether to ground the workhorse jet, because the problem does not affect its operation. Still, the "fatigue life issue," if uncorrected, would drastically shorten the $50 million aircraft's life span from 6,000 flight hours to 3,000 hours, the documents warn. "Through testing of Super Hornets they discovered there is a fatigue issue on part of the inside of one of the wings," a Navy official confirmed in a statement yesterday. "From here on out every aircraft will be made so they don't have the problem." The official said at least 193 planes now in service will be retrofitted beginning in 2010. The plane was introduced in 1999.

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An Airbus A-310 that had landed in Khartoum, Sudan veered off the runway and caught fire on June, 10th. The flight had originated in Damascus, Syria with stops in Amman and Port Sudan Airport in the Red Sea. The accident killed at least 29 people (14 remain unaccounted for), while 171 passengers escaped, including the entire flight crew.

The A-310 is similar to the more popular A-300, but has a shorter body length (such as the one shown in picture above). Passengers reported to the press that the aircraft had a very rough landing and that this was followed by an impact a few seconds later. A passenger sitting by the right wing claimed the engine burst into flames.

The weather at the time is still unclear from reports, but a thunderstorm may have been in the area. The airport was also hit by a sandstorm six hours earlier, although this in all probability has very little to do with the accident.

Official reports emitted by various government entities to the press vary greatly from “weather was a factor” to “the plane had technical problems”. Sudan has a very poor safety record and there have been various accidents there.

Investigating the accident are Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority, Airbus officials, and France’s Inquiry and Analysis Bureau or BEA (by its French initials).

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