All news – Page 3956
-
News
Navaid confusion and CRM failure led to Mahan Air A310’s low approach
Investigators have found that a Mahan Air crew's incorrect interpretation of navigation data, reinforced by poor cockpit communication, led an Airbus A310-300...
-
News
UK signs £90 million deal to fix grounded Chinook helicopters
The UK has finally approved a modification programme that will enable its eight grounded Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC3 transport helicopters to enter use from 2009 ...
-
News
Bird strike on two engines brought down An-12 at Moscow
Bird strikes on the starboard engines of a Russian-operated Antonov An-12 freighter caused the aircraft to lose control and crash just seconds after it took...
-
News
NTSB uses in-house software to find Southwest 737 engine parts
US National Transportation Safety Board engineers have used a home-grown analysis program to narrow the search area for...
-
News
Qantas accidentally pumped nitrogen into aircraft’s oxygen tanks
It has emerged that Qantas was forced to inspect a large portion of its fleet and notify other airlines after an incident last year when engineers at Melbourne...
-
News
PICTURES: Australia's last two Boeing C-17s emerge
The Royal Australian Air Force has accepted its third Boeing C-17, with the strategic transport to arrive at its Queensland base next February ...
-
News
PICTURE: Boeing poised to begin 777F assembly
Assembling the first Boeing 777 Freighter will start soon, after the programme passes the 90% design milestone. Despite 787 production delays, Boeing confirms...
-
News
IAI unlikely to bail out ATG's Javelin VLJ
Israel Aerospace Industries looks unlikely to bail out strategic partner Aviation Technology Group (ATG), which last week halted development of the Javelin...
-
News
India, Russia near critical design review on Multirole Transport Aircraft
The Indian/Russian Multirole Transport Aircraft project will undergo its critical design review early this year, as the nations' governments continue to...
-
News
Boeing expands biofuel strategy
Boeing's biofuel strategy has greatly expanded as the airframer prepares to select a specific fuel source for two demonstration flights scheduled next year. A...
-
News
Turkish air force in major attack on Kurdish camps
The Turkish air force launched one of its largest ever strike missions on 16 December, sending more than 50 aircraft to strike Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq ...
-
News
NTSB: CRJ200 gear collapsed after flawed short landing at Providence
The US National Transportation Safety Board says an Air Wisconsin Bombardier CRJ200 landed "hard" and "porpoised" down the runway at TF Green Airport in...
-
News
Payload shortfall triggers NASA Lunar Lander redesign
NASA is redeveloping its Lunar Lander design after its first crewed Lander was found to be unable to deliver the necessary payload
-
News
Manned Mars mission lander development to start in 2009
NASA is planning to start development work for a manned Mars mission's lander and transfer stage in the fourth quarter of 2009