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Air France A350 deviates after takeoff at LAX, closing to about 400 feet from American A321：On November 7 at about 08:15 UTC, Air France flight AF28, an Airbus A350-900 registered F-HUVK, departed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)'s runway 24L bound for Papeete. About a minute later, American Airlines flight AA1660, an Airbus A321-200 registered N191UW, departed runway 25R bound for Dallas/Fort Worth. AF28 had been cleared to fly the SUMMR2 standard instrument departure, but shortly after takeoff it made an unexpected left turn off its assigned procedure and toward AA1660's departure path. AA1660 was at 2,000 feet and climbing toward 5,000 feet when controllers told it to maintain 2,000 feet; initial reports citing flight-tracking information put the vertical separation between the two aircraft at about 400 feet (121 meters). Air France A350 deviates after

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Second batch of three Taiwan F-16V Block 70 fighters arrives in Taitung：Taiwan's Air Force Command said on November 8 that the second batch of three F-16V (Block 70) fighters purchased from the United States, serials 6729, 6731 and 6732, arrived at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on the morning of November 8, following the first batch of two aircraft that returned on October 2. The Air Force said it will proceed with unit conversion training as planned, working toward initial operational capability. Second batch of three Taiwan F-16V

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Air Canada replaces Boeing 787s with Airbus A321XLRs on some routes, redeploying Dreamliners to new long-haul destinations：Air Canada will pull the Boeing 787 from 11 routes in the coming months: Calgary–London, Ottawa–London, Montreal–Toulouse, Montreal–Porto, Montreal–Copenhagen, Montreal–Paris, Montreal–Edinburgh, Montreal–Casablanca, Montreal–Berlin, Toronto–Zurich and Toronto–Venice. Six of those services will see the Airbus A321XLR on some or all frequencies, while some routes will instead see the Boeing 777 or Airbus A330. The changes coincide with the airline's planned expansion for the 2026/2027 winter season and the 2027 summer season, and the XLRs were also ordered to further optimize its transatlantic network. Air Canada replaces Boeing 787s with

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Aviation briefs: US fines Air France and KLM for Delta Air Lines codeshare flights below 32,000 feet above Iraq; British Airways Boeing 787 Grounded in Pittsburgh for 2 Months After Vehicle Damage：2 independent aviation updates. Aviation briefs US fines Air France

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