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NEWS New appointment to the Qantas board

Qantas Chairman Leigh Clifford has announced the appointment of Todd Sampson as a non-executive director to the Board of Qantas Airways Limited, with effect from 25 February 2015.

NEWS Philippines buys 2 C-130 transport planes from US Navy for estimated $55 milllion – @inquirerdotnet

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ALERT Indonesian searchers believe the fuselage of crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 has been detected by sonar, official says – @STForeignDesk

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ALERT Strong signals are coming from the black boxes of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea, officials say – @STForeignDesk

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ALERT Black box for AirAsia flight 8501 may have been found, AirAsia CEO says – @tonyfernandes

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ALERT Editor's note: More on WestJet flight: NORAD says it monitored WestJet flight 2154 but did not launch fighters. NORAD called the situation a 'false alarm.' WestJet says the plane's captain confirmed by phone that the plane had safely landed at its destination and the crew did not transmit a hijack signal. – Jimmy

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ALERT Editor's note: We have deleted a previous post about a possible hijacking of a WestJet flight bound for Puerto Vallarta after WestJet confirmed via Twitter that flight 2154 was experiencing no abnormal behavior. The flight has reportedly arrived safely in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, as scheduled. – Jimmy

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ALERT Flight delays possible at Dulles International Airport due to earlier fire alarm in control tower; No smoke or fire, tower operations anticipated to resume soon – @Dulles_Airport

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VIDEO First landing of Qatar A350-900 at Heathrow today

Filmed by @planemadblog

VIDEO Winds force plane to land almost sideways at Leeds Airport

NEWS Cyprus Airways closes after EU ruling

Cyprus’ national carrier has ceased operations following after being ordered to repay over £50m in illegal state aid by the EU Commission, according to reports.

ALERT Leading Investigator Nurcayho says he thinks it's unlikely black box is still in AirAsia flight's tail – @JackBoard

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