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  5. Posted · Edited by Jen Hau Ng · Report reply

    Air New Zealand Airbus with 7 on board crashes off French coast, killing at least 2 people

    By SEPTIME MEUNIER Associated Press Writer

    PARIS November 27, 2008 (AP)

    The Associated Press

     

    An Airbus A320 passenger plane crashed off France's southern coast during a maintenance flight Thursday, killing two people and leaving the five others on board missing, authorities said.

     

    The airplane had undergone checks at the EAS Industries aircraft maintenance center in the French city of Perpignan, near the border with Spain. It was being leased by German charter airline XL Airways and was due to return to service for Air New Zealand next month, officials from those companies said.

     

    The jet plunged into the Mediterranean as it was approaching the Perpignan airport, from which it had taken off on a circular flight an hour earlier, France's civil aviation accident investigation bureau said.

     

    French and German investigators, as well as civil aviation officials and Airbus experts, were heading to the crash site about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) off the coast, it said.

     

    Two bodies were recovered at sea, the local government said, without identifying the victims.

     

    Five boats, two helicopters and a patrol airplane were searching choppy seas for the other five people who were on board, the regional center for Mediterranean rescue operations said.

     

    "The fuselage has been located. The rescue operations will determine if there are any survivors," said First Officer Sandrine Parro, with the center.

     

    The airplane — owned by Air New Zealand — has been operated by XL Airways under a 2006 lease, the German charter company's spokesman Asger Schubert said in Frankfurt. The maintenance checks were part of plans to hand the plane back to its owner.

     

    The crew included two German pilots, Schubert said.

     

    Another pilot and three engineers from Air New Zealand were also on board, as well as an aircraft inspector from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, Air New Zealand's CEO Rob Fyfe said at the company's headquarters in Auckland.

     

    He said the plane had been due to return to Air New Zealand's service next month.

     

    SOURCE : ABC NEWS

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    Well, i am a pilot wannabe. What i am doing now is keep on concentrate on my study, while keep on trying for cadet pilot for MAS , Air Asia, and SIA. We have until age of 26 to try it. If you go on for loan, that is going to kill you. .

     

    If want loan, i think that Agrobank aka Bank Pertanian did give a full RM250k ( if i am not mistaken, correct me if i am wrong )

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    Hi MWingers..

    I am a student who sitting for SPM this year.

    If this thread already have,please do answer my questions as well. :D

    So far,I just got 1 A2 in my trial exam which is English subject...( but i cannot writes well actually )

    The other subjects like Maths - 5C , physics - 3B , bio - 4B , addmaths - 6C , chemis - 5C..

    Is that enough to apply for cadet pilots ? ( MH & AK )

    I am now concentrate more on mathematics.

    I am afraid if I cannot join cadet soon.

    How about private?How to get the loan?

    I heard news about MARA loan and I thought MARA is just for INTELLIGENT students right? :(

    I have planned to join cabin crew after I got my SPM result in March 09..

    If I join cabin crew,am I got a big chances to get involve in cadet soon?Especially MAS..

    Any advises? tips?

     

    Thanks !

    Really appreaciate your responses.

    Pray for me! :)

     

    p/s : sorry for bad grammars :D

     

    Well, from what i remember, minimum for english is A2 for both Air Asia and MAS , while for Math, Physics is either B3/B4, cant remember. . Private, either is FatherMother loan, or get it from bank ( not really good as you will need to pay back around RM500000 if you make a loan of RM250000 )

     

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    Jen Hau, when did you attend your first stage tests? :)

    I heard that the batch went on 19th July is the last batch and Capt Suresh mentioned that second stage test will be conducted next month..so guess the result will be released in one or two weeks time,hopefully :)

    Gavin, you are working as?

    Went there on 8th June .

     

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    I see alot of nervous faces here at the Air Asia Academy on this very wet Saturday afternoon ,

     

    Some armed with physics books , some with parents , some looking through god alone knows what , and the rest , just taking a chill pill

     

    If any of you are one of them , good luck ..

    Gavin, are you working with Air Asia ? And anybody have idea when the result of first stage will come out ?

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