Read more Airbus stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3126/airbus.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:13:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65819/autopilot-safety-under-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne minute Qantas Flight 72 was cruising at a level altitude, autopilot humming. Then suddenly, for no apparent reason, the Airbus A320 went into a nosedive, as the pilots helplessly watched. Eventually, they righted the plane, but not before 115 passengers were injured. Nor was this an isolated incident. Automated...http://www.newser.com/story/65819/autopilot-safety-under-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 9:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63148/youngster-found-alive-in-indian-ocean-after-yemeni-jet-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRescuers have pulled one survivor the wreckage of a Yemeni airliner that went down early today in the Indian Ocean, though officials have issued conflicting details, the AP reports: one says it was a 14-year-old girl, another a 5-year-old boy. Yemenia Air Flight 626 was en route from Yemen to...http://www.newser.com/story/63148/youngster-found-alive-in-indian-ocean-after-yemeni-jet-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 8:26:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62872/airbus-glitches-probed-on-2-new-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal investigators are probing two recent incidents in which speed and altitude sensors malfunctioned on Airbus 330s, USA Today reports. The failures, one on a Northwest Airlines flight and one on Brazil's TAM Airlines, are similar to those being investigated in the crash of an Air France A330 earlier this...http://www.newser.com/story/62872/airbus-glitches-probed-on-2-new-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 3:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62025/boeing-looks-to-old-777-model-in-airbus-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith its 787 Dreamliner delayed, Boeing is turning to its 14-year-old 777 to compete with Airbus’ next plane, Bloomberg reports. At the Paris Air Show today, Boeing said it may make a new wing for the 777 in an effort to boost fuel efficiency, and will also showcase a 777-based...http://www.newser.com/story/62025/boeing-looks-to-old-777-model-in-airbus-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 11:57:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61606/airbus-330-makes-emergency-landing-in-guam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Airbus 330 carrying 203 people has made an emergency landing in Guam after an electrical problem sparked a small fire in the cockpit, airline officials said. There were no injuries. Though it's the same type of plane as the Air France flight that crashed last week in the Atlantic,...http://www.newser.com/story/61606/airbus-330-makes-emergency-landing-in-guam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 9:47:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61407/air-france-union-urges-crews-not-to-fly-airbus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA French airline-workers union has urged Air France crews to boycott long-haul Airbus jets until new speed sensors are installed, the Times of London reports. “To prevent a repeat” of the Flight 447 disaster, the Alter union said, “we call on flight deck and cabin crew to refuse all flights...http://www.newser.com/story/61407/air-france-union-urges-crews-not-to-fly-airbus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:29:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61208/air-france-changes-airbus-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAir France is speeding up the process of replacing sensors on its Airbus planes following the crash of Flight 447, the BBC reports, a process it began in April. In May of last year, Air France said, it observed a “small number” of “incidents of loss of airspeed information during...http://www.newser.com/story/61208/air-france-changes-airbus-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 11:14:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61188/airspeed-woes-have-long-plagued-airbus-a330.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRegulators have warned Airbus for years that speed sensors on its A330 planes were unreliable and made flying unsafe. In the wake of last week's Air France disaster, which killed 228 people when an A330 crashed in an Atlantic storm, Reuters has unearthed regulatory warnings to Airbus. "Lost or erroneous...http://www.newser.com/story/61188/airspeed-woes-have-long-plagued-airbus-a330.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 18:13:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61099/airbus-sends-warning-on-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe maker of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic issued a warning to pilots on how to respond when speed sensors malfunction, buttressing a belief that faulty readings played a role in the disaster, Reuters reports. An Airbus memo also says the company is replacing all such...http://www.newser.com/story/61099/airbus-sends-warning-on-speed-sensors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 13:03:02 CDT