Aeroflot to boost Belgrade 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.

Aeroflot to boost Belgrade service

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Russian carrier Aeroflot plans to increase its service to Belgrade to three per week starting March 30, with two of the weekly rotations to be operated by the 296-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft. An additional weekly flight, to be run by the A321, will be launched on Tuesdays, while the Thursday and Saturday service will be maintained by the widebody jet. Serbian citizens are permitted to enter Russia with a negative PCR test and vice versa, although they must travel on a nonstop service between the two cities. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Aeroflot maintained triple daily flights between the two capitals.

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Anonymous13:48
I guess we will see JU's 4th flight.
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Anonymous13:54
Nordwind is changing its schedule, flights won't be on Sundays but on Tesdays, like SU.

SVO-BEG 13.05-15.00
BEG-SVO 16.00-20.05

Seems like they are here to stay.
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Anonymous14:02
Nadam se da će mo videti i JU-ov A330 na ovoj ruti.
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Anonymous14:19
Wow so 5 weekly A330 out of Belgrade every week in march.

JFK+SVO

LOVE IT!!
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Anonymous14:54
So many current and ex-SU A330s in BEG soon :D
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Anonymous16:59
BEG is the only airport in the region that can sustain multiple weekly widebody aircraft. Respect.
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Anonymous21:24
This new weekly rotation is subject to very strict medical rules that differs from other days - practically it is only for Russian citizens. Travel agents received a detailed instruction who can book these flights.
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