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A Romanian and a Turkish plane nearly collided Wednesday night at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel, when the Turkish plane attempted to take off as a Romanian approached the same runway to land, ynetnews.com reported Thursday.

Romanian low-cost airliner Blue Air is negotiating the acquisition of ten Boeing 737 Next Generation airships, whose costs might exceed $1 billion based on their catalog value, the company announced Friday.

Some 220 employees of Romanian plane maker IAR Ghimbav reentered technical unemployment Monday, and the representatives of employees plan to meet with economy minister Adriean Videanu at the end of the week.

The United States and NATO will unfold air patrol missions throughout the NATO summit, planes involved including F15 Strike Eagle fighters stationed in Grat Britain and F16 fighters from the Aviano base in Italy, security sources told MEDIAFAX.

The Board of Directors of Romania’s flag carrier Tarom approved the sale of the company’s two A-310, which it put out of use four years ago and included in a repair program.