Articles tagged with grounds
Sat, April 28, 2012
Saudi Arabia: bin Laden family let in on humanitarian grounds
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has allowed the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden into the kingdom on humanitarian grounds, state media reported ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Parachute problem grounds some Lockheed F-35 jets
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday said it was temporarily suspending high-speed ground and flight operations of more than 15 Lockheed ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Exclusive: Parachute issue grounds some Lockheed F-35 jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon grounded six Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets at a California air base due to a problem with the parachutes ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Greek state workers take to streets to fight cuts
By Renee Maltezou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Flights were grounded, schools shut and striking Greek workers took to the streets Wednesday in protest against cuts the ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
Australia's Qantas grounds planes as staff strike
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways
Tue, August 23, 2011
Quake grounds flights in NY, Philadelphia, Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major East Coast airports grounded airline flights on Tuesday following a strong earthquake that shook the region, U.S. transportation officials said ...
Sun, July 03, 2011
Australia grounds Singapore's Tiger Airways over safety
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's airline safety regulator has grounded the local operations of Singapore's budget carrier Tiger Airways Holding Ltd
Mon, June 20, 2011
Plane makers ring up orders at bullish airshow
By Matthias Blamont and Kyle Peterson
LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus bagged $14.4 billion of orders, outselling U.S. rival Boeing ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Ship grounds in St Lawrence Seaway, traffic halted
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Navigation was halted on Thursday in a key canal in the St. Lawrence Seaway after a vessel veered ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
Generator failure grounds F-35 fighter fleet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military has grounded its entire fleet of 10 F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp while it investigates a dual ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
United Airlines grounds 96 Boeing 757s
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines said it grounded 96 Boeing 757 aircraft in its fleet to perform unscheduled maintenance on the airplanes' computers, which ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Biting dog grounds Phoenix-bound U.S. Airways flight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small dog jumped out of its cage and bit two people aboard a Phoenix-bound US Airways Group Inc flight on ...
Thu, November 04, 2010
Qantas grounds giant A380s after emergency landing
By Harry Suhartono
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet on Thursday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in ...
Sun, May 16, 2010
Volcanic ash grounds hundreds of European flights
By Caroline Copley
LONDON (Reuters) - Volcanic ash from Iceland caused widespread disruption at airports in Britain and other parts of northern Europe on Monday ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
Ash cloud grounds flights in Scotland and Ireland
By Padraic Halpin and Michael Holden
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - A cloud of abrasive volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland disrupted flights to and from ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Gates in Kabul: dark days ahead but grounds for hope
By Phil Stewart
KABUL (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, cautioned against over-optimism, warning of "dark days" ahead ...
Sat, February 20, 2010
Cross country course cleared on safety grounds
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
WHISTLER (Reuters) - Officials found no grounds for concern following Slovenia's complaint about the "dangerous" condition of the Olympic cross country ...
Sun, January 10, 2010
Cleveland airport power outage grounds flights
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A power outage at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport on Sunday led U.S. airlines including Continental Airlines Inc, Delta Air ...
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