Ryanair returns to Bosnia with new service

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China Eastern crash intentional

Flight data indicates a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March was intentionally put into a nose-dive. Investigators have so far not found any mechanical or technical faults with the jet, the reports say, citing a preliminary assessment by US officials. The Boeing 737-800 was flying between the southern Chinese cities of Kunming and Guangzhou when it crashed. All 132 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash. "The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit", according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story, citing a person familiar with US officials' preliminary assessment of the cause of the crash. Data from one of the plane's "black box" flight recorders, which was recovered from the crash site, suggested that inputs to the controls pushed the plane into a near-vertical dive, the report said. China Eastern Airlines previously said the three pilots on board were qualified and in good health. The airline separately told the Wall Street Journal that there was no indication that any of the pilots was in financial trouble. Last month, the CAAC said reports that the plane may have been crashed deliberately had "gravely misled the public" and "interfered with accident investigation work". Investigators are still in the process of analysing flight data and the wreckage from the crash, Chinese state media outlet the Global Times reported. It also said the CAAC will continue to "carry out the accident investigation in a scientific, rigorous and orderly manner". The Chinese embassy in Washington, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and plane maker Boeing declined to comment on the Wall Street Journal's report, due to guidelines set out by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization.

Ryanair returns to Bosnia with new service

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Low cost carrier Ryanair resumed operations to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s second largest city yesterday following a seven-month hiatus by inaugurating flights between Gothenburg and Banja Luka. The service will run twice per week, despite most citizens from Bosnia and Herzegovina being unable to enter Sweden, which has prolonged its entry ban for non-EU citizens and residents until December 22. “It is extremely gratifying that Ryanair has chosen to continue investing in [Gothenburg] Landvetter Airport with a new nonstop service to Bosnia and Herzegovina and has recognised this new opportunity on the market at such a difficult time", the head of Gothenburg Airport, Anna Stromwall, said. All other Ryanair flights to Banja Luka have been postponed until next March.

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Anonymous10:35
Bravo Banja Luka! New FR Base soon?
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Anonymous11:00
some are posponed until March, some are in limbo
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Anonymous11:30
I think this will be a smashing success because there are A LOT of Croats there as well. Smart move by FR.
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Anonymous13:46
great news
I hope it will last in these winter times when everyone closes everything again
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