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The C919, regarded as China's answer to the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320, is expected to make its maiden flight on May 5, according to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). It is China's first domestically-built large passenger jet.

The plane will take off from Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.

Czech airline SmartWings announced it would include an additional two flights to the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini for the summer season of 2017. The two new routes will be Prague – Mykonos, starting from June 9 till October 3 every 10-11 days; and, Prague – Santorini from June 2 till October 6 every 10-11 days. The planes used will be either the Boeing 737-800 or the Airbus A320.

A sabotage attempt on Turkey's most developed submarine has been prevented by an officer in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's Gölcük district. 

Concerns have spread in Europe about a potential nuclear “incident” following a recent report by a French nuclear watchdog agency – the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), the French national public expert in nuclear and radiological risks – that radioactive Iodine-131 had been observed across much of northern and central Europe.

The searches in the Indian Ocean for the Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight have been officially called off after three years.

According to an announcement made by China, Australia and Malaysia, although the most advanced technological equipment were used, the airplane was not located.

Kyrgyzstan on Jan. 17 observed a day of mourning as it recovered the bodies of the dozens of people killed when a Turkish cargo plane crashed into a village outside the capital a day ago.

At least 32 people, including six children, were killed when a Turkish cargo plane, belonging to the ACT Airlines, crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport on Jan. 16.

Iran signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets on Dec. 11 and was said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes to complete what would be the biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.

The world's aviation and defense giants, including Boeing, Airbus and Thyssen-Krupp, are looking into Turkish contractors for cooperation opportunities, according to an executive of an Istanbul-based defense industry umbrella organization. 

A Turkish Airlines plane landed ahead of schedule at Antalya Airport in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya in the early hours of Oct. 12 after the pilot said he could not stand the crying of an ill baby on board, Doğan News Agency has reported.