China censures Emirates airline after 2 safety incidents: Xinhua
China's civil aviation authority has fined Emirates and barred it from adding new destinations and aircraft in China for 6 months after 2 incidents of "unsafe operations", the state news agency Xinhua reported Thursday. The Civil Aviation Administration of China says crew from the airline were responsible for an April 17 incident in which an aircraft flew at a wrong height and another May 18 when a plane temporarily lost contact with air traffic control. Both happened over China's far western region of Xinjiang, it said. CAAC fined Emirates CNY29,000 (US$4,270) and said it had summoned senior officials from the airline for a meeting, Xinhua reported without further details. <br/>
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China censures Emirates airline after 2 safety incidents: Xinhua
China's civil aviation authority has fined Emirates and barred it from adding new destinations and aircraft in China for 6 months after 2 incidents of "unsafe operations", the state news agency Xinhua reported Thursday. The Civil Aviation Administration of China says crew from the airline were responsible for an April 17 incident in which an aircraft flew at a wrong height and another May 18 when a plane temporarily lost contact with air traffic control. Both happened over China's far western region of Xinjiang, it said. CAAC fined Emirates CNY29,000 (US$4,270) and said it had summoned senior officials from the airline for a meeting, Xinhua reported without further details. <br/>
