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...Still, when making auxiliary plans, it is critical not to inflate threats. For example, China has yet to build a functioning aircraft carrier. Ironically, Beijing’s emphasis on obtaining its rivals’ technological secrets, rather than innovating, places it at a permanent disadvantage. Admittedly, China has a disincentive to represent its capabilities, but reports also indicate America spends ten times more than China on defense, enough to prevail in a limited conflict...
...hidden fire onboard is among the ultimate nightmare scenarios for pilots, and the 1998 tragedy of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed off the coast of Canada after flammable material in the aircraft structure allowed a fire to spread unbeknownst to the crew, remains vivid in the minds of many aviation-safety experts. "[The Swissair flight] rattled a lot of cages in the industry," says Learmount. "A lot of things have changed since that time, but there's still one thing that hasn't changed, and that is, for all the sophistication of today's airplanes, if a fire starts onboard...
...Airbus 330 is a top-of-the-line aircraft, says Learmount, and one of the safest in the world. "We're talking about the aviation equivalent of the modern, expensive, very sophisticated car," he says. "It just never goes wrong, and if it does, it self-diagnoses and sends messages back to base." But despite all these technological advances, progress can still be made in dealing with fire detection, he says. "[Since the Swissair flight] there were loads of people in the industry saying it is just not acceptable to have modern airplanes being churned out with the most amazing...
...Janeiro to Paris. After leaving the range of Brazilian radar controllers, the plane encountered stormy weather over the Atlantic Ocean, French officials said, and then suffered an unknown failure possibly caused by a short circuit. Speaking to France Info radio, the French government minister supervising the search for the aircraft, Jean-Louis Borloo, said, "We must seriously imagine the most tragic scenario...
...Clearly there has been a failure in the aircraft, and we can say without a doubt this is an air catastrophe," Gourgeon said, adding that he "shares in the mourning of passengers' relatives." On Monday afternoon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with families and friends of the missing passengers at Charles de Gaulle airport. "I told them the truth: that the chances of finding survivors are very small," he said. An Air France manager in Brazil said the passengers included 80 Brazilians, 73 French citizens, 18 Germans, nine Italians and six U.S. citizens as well as citizens of 17 other...