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The article highlights that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has approved the night landing facility at Kalaburagi Airport in Karnataka, amending the Aerodrome License from Visual Flight Rules to Instrument Flight Rules thereby enabling all-weather operations.

The article focuses on Sarah Witt who is working partner at aviation firm Textron Aviation crouched beneath Cessna CJ4 jet and explained trouble shooting she had been doing and mentions removal of pieces of electrical puzzle near aircraft's wheel.

The article discuses the development of advanced carbon components for aircraft in relation to the work of researcher Chun Wang. Topics include problems with aluminum alloy, the corrosion resistant aspects of carbon fibre reinforced composite materials, and efforts to develop lightweight carbon fibre wheels for aircraft.

The article informs that two Nigerian planes have crashed due to failure of landing gears which resulted in over 160 deaths.

The article reports on the test that will be conducted by Boeing Co. to its 787 passenger aircraft at University of California's Department of Transportation seismic response modification device testing facility in San Diego. It reveals that the test will focus on evaluating the aircrafts landing gear braces from Messier-Dowty. The company plans for the aircraft to operate on June 30, 2009.

The article reports on the resumption of normal operating schedule of American Airlines on April 13, 2008 after a period of turmoil linked to safety inspections on its MD-80 aircraft. More than 3,000 flights have been canceled by the carrier when it grounded the MD-80s after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) claimed that the wiring in the wheel wells was not arranged properly. The agency's investigation began after it found fatigue cracks in six Boeing 737 airplanes of Southwest Airlines Co.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a safety alert on landing-gear in 2008. Such issuance followed more than 300 instances of unapproved parts shipped by an AAR Corp. unit for use in Boeing aircraft, the article says. The FAA confirms that such landing-gear parts are non-compliant with maintenance manuals and safety directives. It further urges all AAR customers to inspect their landing-gear for safety matters.

The article reports on the improper connection of wiring to the main landing gear in three Airbus A320 aircraft of United Airlines. The firm and U.S. federal government officials believe that the miswiring caused the two nonfatal runway accidents of the airline. A spokeswoman of United Airlines said that company officials are collaborating with federal investigators by assessing the effectiveness of the antiskid functional test developed by Airbus and informing its mechanics and pilots on corrective steps to such incidents.

The article reports on the plan of Airbus to build the frame of its planned A350 model from advanced composite materials instead of metal. Among the advantages of the lighter structure are reduction in fuel consumption, increase of the plane's range and durability of key parts such as landing gear. The company intends to complete its designs for the A350 in late 2008 and deliver the first A350 in 2013. Airbus is renaming the proposed plane the A350 XWB, which stands for extra-wide body.

The article reports that about hundreds of flights in Europe and North America have been canceled as several airlines are examining landing gear on about 60 Bombardier regional airliners from Bombardier Inc. for defects. Bombardier has asked airlines to remove the Bombardier Q400 from service that have gone through at least 10,000 landings and takeoffs.

Deals with the recommended inspection rules that was issued by the United States National Transportation Safety Board about the landing gear of Cessna 170 and similar light aircraft.

Discusses why the merger of B.F. Goodrich and Coltec Industries has not taken place as of April 14, 1999. Price of the deal that would give the combined firm a majority market in the landing-gear business; Firms that are trying to stop the deal from going through; Investigation by the United States Federal Trade Commission; When the US Defense Department cleared the deal.

Reports on the partial collapse of the landing gear of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 747 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its landing at Kennedy International Airport.