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Today 15 Oct. 2008 BA Open Skies will commence its B757-200W operations between AMS-JFK-AMS. The flight is operated in cooperation with BA and L'Avion:
DAL42, Boeing 757-200, enroute from Cincinnati (KCVG) to Amsterdam (EHAM), declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft diverted to Halifax (CYHZ) with Crash Fire Rescue (CFR) standing by. The aircraft landed at 03:55Z without further incident.
Mentioned Cargolux 747 will be LX-YCV. Also popped in the systems, RRR4706 operated by Herc ZH883, ex Lyneham. Should come in in a few minutes, parking East.
And Jetairfly 767 OO-TUC landing 0930lt for hangar 11..