All Safety News – Page 117

  • News

    Copa expedites E190 retirements as it eagerly awaits Max return

    2019-11-14T18:10:00Z

    Copa Airlines will be phasing out its Embraer E190 aircraft and moving to a Boeing-only fleet faster than originally expected, while eagerly awaiting the Boeing 737 Max’s return to service, the Panama-based carrier tells analysts in the airline’s quarterly earnings call.

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    Intercepted calls indicate high-level Russian ties in MH17

    2019-11-14T12:22:00Z

    Investigators pursuing the criminal prosecution of individuals over the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have revealed evidence of close links between high-ranking Russian officials and the leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine.

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    Fog rendered Jet2 737 'invisible' before taxi collision

    2019-11-14T11:53:00Z

    Fog enshrouding East Midlands airport prevented tower controllers from realising that a parking stand was occupied by a Jet2 Boeing 737-300, before the jet was struck by a Ryanair 737-800 taxiing past it.

  • News

    FAA expands Boeing 737NG crack inspections

    2019-11-13T22:27:00Z

    The US Federal Aviation Administration mandates that airlines with Boeing 737NG aircraft that have completed a high rate of flight cycles must re-inspect hardware known as “pickle forks” that connect a wing to a fuselage.

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    Hawaiian-JAL JV expands scope to include Russia and India

    2019-11-13T20:39:00Z

    Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Air Lines have expanded the geographic scope of their proposed joint venture to include numerous additional connections across Asia and the Pacific beyond direct Japan-Hawaii flights, as well as current and future service to India and Russia, in an attempt to show additional public benefits of ...

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    Wizz chief derides airline rivals' zero-carbon pledges

    2019-11-13T19:57:00Z

    Wizz Air chief Jozsef Varadi has scorned the pledges of airlines which are committing to becoming carbon-neutral in several decades’ time.

  • News

    Armenia's Taron-Avia ceases operations

    2019-11-13T10:32:00Z

    Armenia’s civil aviation regulator has cancelled the air operator’s certificate of local carrier Taron-Avia.

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    Hawaiian responds to US DOT for JAL joint venture

    2019-11-13T04:26:08Z

    Hawaiian Airlines has submitted further detailed information to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) in support of its proposed joint venture with Japan Air Lines, as it strives to gain antitrust immunity for the transpacific alliance.

  • News

    Wrong speed, wind change caused ATR bad landing

    2019-11-13T04:15:49Z

    An incorrect landing speed coupled with a sudden change in wind direction caused the hard landing of a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600, causing substantial aircraft damage, say investigators in a final report on the incident.

  • News

    Boeing's orders slipped in October as airlines swap 737 Max

    2019-11-12T19:29:18Z

    Boeing's total number of commercial aircraft orders received in 2019 dropped by 11 during October as at least one customer swapped orders for the 737 Max to the 787.

  • News

    Silverstone ordered to suspend Dash 8 flights after audit

    2019-11-12T12:43:59Z

    ​Kenyan regional carrier Silverstone Air Services has suspended operations of its Bombardier Dash 8 fleet following an audit from the country's civil aviation regulator.

  • News

    Tailwind and poor braking present before ERJ-145 excursion

    2019-11-12T09:53:50Z

    ​Preliminary indications suggest the Envoy Air Embraer ERJ-145 which suffered a runway excursion at Chicago O'Hare had landed with a tailwind in gusting conditions.

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    Door of Qantas A380 damaged during maintenance

    2019-11-12T09:15:33Z

    A door on a Qantas A380 was damaged as the aircraft was undergoing scheduled maintenance in Sydney.

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    South Korea grounds 13 737NGs with 'pickle fork' cracks

    2019-11-12T09:02:38Z

    South Korea is the latest country to ground a number of Boeing 737NG found to have structural cracks, following worldwide inspections of the popular narrowbody.

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    Kuala Lumpur vows change after FAA downgrade

    2019-11-12T02:29:01Z

    Malaysia’s civil aviation authority has requested a reassessment from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), as it vows to make “serious changes” to address apparent shortcomings.

  • Analysis

    US regulators turn gaze on aircraft acquired overseas

    2019-11-11T22:48:00Z

    Whistleblowers at the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US Department of Transportation contend that some aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines that had previously been operated by airlines outside the US remained in service despite having maintenance records that were “alarmingly insufficient,” according to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, ...

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    Envoy Air ERJ-145 slides off icy Chicago runway

    2019-11-11T19:54:00Z

    Video taken from the cabin of an Envoy Air Embraer ERJ-145 shows the moment the aircraft slides off an icy Chicago runway on 11 November.

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    Ramp staff praised for tackling SkyUp 737 gear fire

    2019-11-10T09:05:39Z

    ​Egypt's civil aviation ministry is praising ground personnel for quickly reacting to a landing-gear fire which broke out on a SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Sharm el-Sheikh.

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    American pushes 737 Max service re-entry to March

    2019-11-08T23:39:55Z

    American Airlines has taken the grounded Boeing 737 Max out of its schedule until 5 March 2020. The announcement comes following Southwest Airlines' statement earlier in the day that it too would delay scheduling the aircraft until early March.

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    IAG needs to rationalise its multiple airline brands: Walsh

    2019-11-08T20:22:00Z

    IAG has indicated that it is looking at rationalisation of its multiple airline brands, although it intends to maintain the name of its latest acquisition prospect, Air Europa, at least initially.