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The Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 which made an emergency landing is seen parked at the terminal at Changi International airport in Singapore in the early morning of November 6, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft sits on the tarmac of the Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire, on July 18, 2010. Aerospace giant Boeing said July 15, 2010 that it might delay to 2011 the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled at the end of this year.

Passengers from the Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 plane talk ground crew while waiting to collect their luggage at the Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

Passengers from the Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 which made an emergency landing exit after collecting their luggage at the Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft does a flyby at the Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire, on July 18, 2010. Aerospace giant Boeing said July 15, 2010 that it might delay to 2011 the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled at the end of this year.

The Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 which made an emergency landing is seen parked at the terminal at Changi International airport in Singapore in the early morning of November 6, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

A visitor walks pass a group of Boeing plane models on display at an aviation exhibition during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

A US Airforce Boeing C17 transport aircraft, flies past some Ibises, at the Africa Aeronautics and Defence (AAD) Airshow, on September 24, 2010, at Ysterplaat Airforce Base in Cape Town. The airshow follows the AAD Expo, which showcases a variety of military equipment for sale.

A US Airforce Boeing C17 transport aircraft, flies past some Ibises, at the Africa Aeronautics and Defence (AAD) Airshow, on September 24, 2010, at Ysterplaat Airforce Base in Cape Town. The airshow follows the AAD Expo, which showcases a variety of military equipment for sale.

A Qantas Boeing 747-400 with passengers from the troubled Qantas Airbus A380 plane is seen taking off at Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Qantas Airways' chief executive said the failure of a Rolls-Royce designed engine on one of its flagship Airbus A380 superjumbos may have been caused by a design fault.

Three Boeing 747 China Airlines passenger jets are parked on the tarmac at Taoyuan International airport on September 28, 2010. US authorities said that Taiwan's China Airlines agreed to plead guilty to participating in an international price-fixing conspiracy and to pay a 40-million-dollar criminal fine.

The tails of three Boeing 747 China Airlines are seen at Taoyuan International airport on September 28, 2010. US authorities said that Taiwan's China Airlines agreed to plead guilty to participating in an international price-fixing conspiracy and to pay a 40-million-dollar criminal fine.

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 stands on the tarmac at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

A US Airforce Boeing C17 transport aircraft, flies past some Ibises, at the Africa Aeronautics and Defence (AAD) Airshow, on September 24, 2010, at Ysterplaat Airforce Base in Cape Town. The airshow follows the AAD Expo, which showcases a variety of military equipment for sale.

A Qantas Boeing 747-400, carrying passengers from the troubled Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft which made an emergency landing on November 4, takes off at Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Another Qantas plane made an emergency landing in Singapore November after experiencing an engine issue, an airline spokeswoman told.

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 stands on the tarmac at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (C-back) looks on as (from L-R) Marlin Dailey and Jim Albaugh of Boeing company, Stanley Motta of Copa Holdings and Pedro Heilbron of Copa Airlines sign documents during a ceremony for the Boeing sale of 20 737-800 aircraft to Panama's Copa airlines at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2010.

Ground staff guide passengers from the Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 at the Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

Sri Lankan-born Australian national Ranjan Sivagnanasumdaram, a passenger on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 which made an emergency landing, talks to media at the Changi International airport in Singapore on November 5, 2010. Passengers on board the Qantas Boeing 747-400 jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore on November 5 said they heard a bang and saw flames 'coming out' of the aircraft's engine minutes after takeoff. It was the second Qantas jet in two days to be forced to return to the airport after take-off with engine trouble.

A model of the new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft that will be in service from 2013 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Long Beach on September 16, 2010. The plane which will seat between 270 and 350, will compete with the Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft.

Airbus employee Shannon Patin shows a model of their new A350 XWB aircraft that will be in service from 2013 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Long Beach on September 16, 2010. The plane which will seat between 270 and 350, will compete with the Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft.

Journalists and photographers stand on top of a hill with the view of a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 as it stands on the tarmac at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

US President Barack Obama (2R) is watched by Indian industrialist Anil Ambani (L) and General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt (2L) and President Boeing Military Aircraft Christopher Chadwick (R) as he speaks at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai on November 6, 2010, during the US-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit. President Barack Obama will announce major reforms of US controls on high tech exports to India in a move to promote trade ties with the Asian giant, a senior US official said. The moves, to be detailed on the first day of Obama's state visit to India, aim to make US firms more competitive in the booming Indian market and ease some export restrictions introduced after New Delhi's nuclear test in 1998.

Pakistani Air Force's Xiao Long FC-1 fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

A helicopter model is displayed at an aviation exhibition during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

Fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

Fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

Journalists stand on top of a hill with the view of a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 as it stands on the tarmac at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

The police operation manager Stefan Radman is interviewed by the local media after a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Toronto to Karachi made an emergency landing in Sweden following a bomb threat at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010.

US President Barack Obama speaks at the President�s Export Council meeting September 16, 2010 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. From left are : Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Jim McNerney, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, Ursula Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

An interior view of the C919 prototype is seen at an aviation exhibition during the Zhuhai Airshow, in south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. The C919 prototype unveiled on November 16, a single-aisle jet that can seat up to 190 passengers, is China's first large homegrown passenger jet, and is seen as a potential competitor to the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737.

Pakistani Air Force's Xiao Long FC-1 fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

Pakistani Air Force's Xiao Long FC-1 fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

A group of helicopter models are displayed at an aviation exhibition during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

An American Red Eagle aircraft performs during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

An American Red Eagle aircraft performs during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Jim McNerney, President and CEO of the Boeing Company, at a meeting with the President's Export Council at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC December 9, 2010.

Jim McNerney, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, appears before reporters outside of the West Wing after attending the President�s Export Council meeting September 16, 2010 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

Jim McNerney, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, appears before reporters outside of the West Wing after attending the President�s Export Council meeting September 16, 2010 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

EDITORS NOTE --- CROPPED VERSION --- Two anti-terrorist policemen (C) secure one of the passengers as a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 is evacuated at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

A fuel truck is seen next to a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 as it stands on the tarmac at Stockholm Arlanda International airport on September 25, 2010. The aircraft, en route from Toronto to Karachi, was diverted to Stockholm after Canadian police received a tipoff that a passenger could be carrying explosives.

Smoke rises from the the crash scene of a cargo plane owned by US courier United Parcel Service (UPS) at a military base in Dubai, late on September 3, 2010. The Boeing 747-400 caught fire shortly after take-off and crashed, killing both crew members, civil aviation authorities said.

The sun sets behind a Chinese airliner being inspected on the tarmac of the airport in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on November 2, 2010. Boeing said it expects China's civil aircraft fleet to triple over the next 20 years and is aiming to control more than half of the market, the world's second largest after the United States.

An Airbus A380 passenger jet sits on a runway at the 2007 Dubai air show, 11 November 2007. 850 ?exhibitors from 50 countries participated today in the worlds biggest air show in the ?wealthy gulf emirate of Dubai where Airbus overshadowed its US rival Boeing, winning ?orders from Emirates worth more than 20 billion dollars.

An Airbus A380 seen parked as airasia plane prepares to land at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, 31 August 2007. The world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, arrived in Bangkok 31 August the first leg of its four-city Asian tour, as the European aero giant aimed to expand growth against competitor Boeing.

An interior view of the C919 prototype is seen at an aviation exhibition during the Zhuhai Airshow, in south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. The C919 prototype unveiled on November 16, a single-aisle jet that can seat up to 190 passengers, is China's first large homegrown passenger jet, and is seen as a potential competitor to the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737.

China's J-10 fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

China's J-10 fighter jets perfom during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 16, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

A Pakistani Air Force Xiao Long FC-1 fighter jet performs during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.

A visitor attends an aviation exhibition during the Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangzhou province on November 17, 2010. China on November 16 won orders for 100 of its large, domestically built passenger jets, challenging industry giants Airbus and Boeing in what will soon become the world's largest aviation market. Airshow China 2010 takes place from November 16 to 21.