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• A380 evacuation: as unreal as it gets

  Published: May 1, 2007, 3:54 pm

  Tags: Airplanes, Civil Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Multi Engine Jet, Aviation News, Aviation Technology

  I will let you guys decide for yourselves but I think this evacuation is not realistic enough. If there were 873 soldiers aboard I can imagine them being that organized to evacuate but can you imagine children, freaked-out drunks, pregnant women and the elderly in that mix?

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• Aeroflot is considering the purchase of ten A330s from Airbus

  Published: December 13, 2006, 4:59 pm

  Tags: Airplanes, Military Aviation, Civil Aviation, Multi Engine Jet, Aviation News, Aviation Technology

  stock go higher, pay less in civilian aircraft, save on maintenance and fuel, help fund an “independent” GPS network and partially pay for that 5% purchase, which in the long run will have been free. Don’t these Russians know how to get more bang for their buck? Source: AFX News via

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• Audit of U.N.'s Sudan Mission Finds Tens of Millions in Waste

  Published: February 10, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Audit, U N S, Sudan, Mission, Finds, Tens, Millions, Waste, United Nations, Brent Albiston, Khartoum, New Zealand, Darfur, Jan Ottens, Africa, Compass Group Plc, The Washington Post Company, African Union, Cyprus, Eritrea, Ethiopia, International Civil Aviation Organiza

  UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has wasted tens of millions of dollars in its peacekeeping operations in Sudan over the past three years, according to the findings of U.N. auditors examining the financial practices of the global body's overseas missions.

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