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Air France jet crash: Terror link?

Air France jet crash: Terror link?

Rediff.com11 Jun 2009

The possibility of a terror link in the crash of the Air France jet into the Atlantic emerged on Wednesday night with a leading TV channel reporting that two of the passengers had shared names with some terror suspects, but the French police appeared to downplay it.

Crash: No effect on Kingfisher's Airbus order

Crash: No effect on Kingfisher's Airbus order

Rediff.com4 Jun 2009

Kingfisher has five A330-200s currently operating in its fleet, which ply between India and the United Kingdom. Deliveries are pending for another 15. Contacted by Business Standard, a company spokesperson said the airline did not ". . .envisage making any changes to the order book at this time".