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According to this San Antonio Express-News report, witnesses saw a Mexican military helicopter cross over the Rio Grande and into Texas on Tuesday. The aircraft, believed to have a Mexican navy insignia on it, traveled at least 1 mile into U.S. territory near the town of Falcon Village.
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There was a bomb scare on a Delhi to Bangalore Indigo Airlines flight today. Press Trust of India (PTI) reports that Delhi airport police received information that a bomb was on board the plane. Once it landed at Bangalore's Bengaluru International Airport the plane was evacuated and searched. Police told PTI that no explosives were found.
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The Union representing British Airways flight attendants announced on Friday (3/12) its intention to strike over two consecutive weekends in March.
Unite says that walkouts are planned March 20 - 23, and March 27 - 30. And that future labor action could be taken after April 14.
It is being reported that Unite's decision has forced British Airways has withdraw its latest compromise proposal.
From the article:
Guardian.co.uk - "BA's move means strikes are certain to go ahead next Friday unless the tentative lines of communication between both sides, described as "slender" by one source close to the talks, yield a new compromise."
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Christine Fox, director of the Defense Department's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office, testified Thursday before the Senate Armed Services committee and told senators that the DOD's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is expected to breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits by greater than fifty percent when measured against the original acquisition program baseline (APB) established in 2001.
Fox's prepared statement can be found on the Senate Armed Services website here (89 KB PDF).
From the article:
AirForceTimes.com - "The Defense Department's latest estimates predict that each of the jets slated to be purchased will carry a price tag of between $80 million and $95 million in 2002 dollars. That's $95 million and $113 million in 2009 dollars, respectively."
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TSA - "The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...announced [on March 9] that James P. Schear has been named Federal Security Director (FSD) for Colorado Springs (Colo.) Municipal Airport (COS). He will assume his duties in mid-April."
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two Marine Corps pilots Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. after the pair were forced to eject from their F/A-18D Hornet approximately 35-miles off the coast of St. Helena Sound, South Carolina.
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It is being reported that a US Airways flight that had just taken off from Rochester airport in New York Thursday morning was forced to return to the airport after striking a number of geese at 2,000 feet. The plane, which was en route to Charlotte, NC, was able to land safely.
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The Times (UK) - "A British Airways employee arrested last month in a police raid on one of the airline’s offices has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack and raising money for terrorists."
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