State to acquire third jet for Air Montenegro

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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.

State to acquire third jet for Air Montenegro

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The Montenegrin government has confirmed plans it will acquire an Embraer E195 aircraft for state carrier Air Montenegro. The jet, registered 40-AOC owned by the Brazilian BNDS bank, was previously operated by the now defunct Montenegro Airlines. The aircraft has been grounded since December 26, 2020. Initially, Air Montenegro was to acquire the jet itself, however, informed the state last month it did not have sufficient finances. Air Montenegro plans to dry lease a larger jet, from either the Airbus A320-family or the Boeing 737 family this April, at the earliest. The carrier currently boasts a fleet of two Embraer E195s.

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Anonymous13:08
Wow is this even allowed?
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Anonymous13:10
Montenegro keeps winning!
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Anonymous15:58
Unbelievable achievements!! Well done Crna Gora!
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Traveler16:23
If dry lease,who will maintain and fly them?
They do not have a time to perform necessary training.
Wet lease, must probable
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Anonymous10:10
Buy the plane from the airline for enormous money to pump it up into that airline, then lease it back for far below market rates. This way circumvent EU regulations preventing heavy subsidizing state owned airlines.
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