Just hours before President Bush was to leave Ataturk, Turkey
Tuesday, a small package exploded on board a Turkish Airlines
aircraft, injuring three members of the cleaning crew.
Commandos rushed into place Wednesday at India's Indira Gandhi
International Airport, after at least two hijacking threats against
flights from New Delhi to Hyderabad.
A Freebird Airlines A320 was forced to return to Munich shortly
after take-off Tuesday night when a Turkish man waiving a cell
phone said he had a bomb and threatened to destroy the
aircraft.
Executives at Russia's UTair have not ruled out the possibility
that one of their Mi-8 (file photo of type, below) helicopters was
hit by a missile before it crashed in Sierra Leone Tuesday.
Two aircraft collided as they were preparing for take-off at
Manchester Airport (NH) Wednesday. There were no injuries, but both
planes took a beating.
The Boeing Company Wednesday said it is selling to BAE Systems
North America its Commercial Electronics unit based in Irving (TX).
The Commercial Electronics business will become part of BAE
Systems' Platform Solutions Sector, which provides a broad range of
capabilities and products for commercial and military aircraft.