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Missing plane sent 24 error messages

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Air France Flight 447 sent out 24 automated error messages — including one saying the aircraft’s autopilot had disengaged — before it vanished with 228 people on board, aviation investigators said Saturday. But even as they analyzed the error messages …

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British and French nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic

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HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant are understood to have both been severely damaged in the underwater accident earlier this month. Both are fitted with state-of-the-art technology aimed at detecting other submarines, but it apparently failed completely. Although both France and …

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High winds kill 10 in Spain and France

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MADRID: At least 10 people, including four children, were killed as high winds struck Spain and France on Saturday, tearing roofs from buildings, blowing down trees and power lines and whipping up huge waves. The Spanish authorities said the four …

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Chaos as bad weather strikes

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EIGHTY thousand homes were without electricity this morning and two people have died after bad weather hit across France. Heavy snowfall continues to affect the Massif Central and severe downpours have hit the south east. Four departments will remain under …

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Divers recover Airbus cockpit box

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French search divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Airbus plane that crashed in the Mediterranean killing all seven people on board. The black box was to be dried out in Paris before data was retrieved, said Air …

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