All Safety News – Page 1261
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FAA satellite programme investigated
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) has launched a Congressionally requested investigation into the US Federal Aviation Administration's satellite navigation programme following concerns about the agency's plans to move from a ground-based to a satellite-based navigation system. The GAO expects to report next spring. The study follows an investigation ...
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NASA selects projects to pave way to future technologies
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A massive cargo airship, a flying-wing airliner and a low-cost supersonic engine are the three projects chosen by NASA to jump-start a new programme to accelerate development of promising new aeronautical technologies. The Revolutionary Concepts (RevCon) programme will fund early flight testing of advanced technologies using ...
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Eurocontrol training goes to FANS
FANS Information Services has been contracted by Eurocontrol to develop an online training course for pilots, air traffic controllers and airline operational staff on procedures to be followed for 8.33kHz channel-spacing. Seven European countries - France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg - are due to introduce ...
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Mind games
Twenty months into one of the most controversial accident investigations of the decade, SilkAir has told the world that a pilot who apparently intended to kill himself and 103 others was "by the best standards of the industry-fit to fly". To put it charitably, this demonstrates a disturbing readiness ...
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Modified A319 gets basic European certification
Airbus has won basic European certification for its A319 Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) as two are delivered for interior fitting. The changes to the A319 airliner certificate include installing up to six auxiliary fuel tanks (ACTs) to provide a range of up to 11,700km (6,300nm). The $40 million ACJ is approved ...
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FlightSim 2000 upgrade on test
Dave Higdon/WICHITA FlightSafety International has begun testing Microsoft's new flight-simulation software programme, FlightSim 2000, as an enhancement to its airline ab initio training programme at Vero Beach, Florida. Microsoft says the FlightSim 2000 upgrade includes improvements to the graphics, functionality and versatility of the flight simulation software programme. ...
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CAL crash raises fresh fears
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The crash on 22 August of a China Airlines (CAL)Boeing MD-11 at Hong Kong International Airport has placed both the airline and the airport authority on the defensive. In a bad week for Asia-Pacific air safety, the crash was followed days later by a ...
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ARINC kicks off next classic upgrade talks
ARINC is talking to two flight management system (FMS) suppliers about the next stage of its cockpit upgrade programme for classic aircraft. The move follows recent US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification (STC) for phase one of the communication upgrade for Boeing 747 Classic aircraft. The first phase ...
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European wrangle looms over EASA's powers
A special committee of European member states and the European Commission (EC) has finished preparing a draft convention for the planned European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The document is due to be sent to relevant European aviation bodies for comment this month. A battle is expected between aviation organisations ...
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Boeing-GE 777X deal sparks EC probe into exclusivity
Chris Jasper/LONDON The European Commission (EC) is poised to launch an investigation into airframe-engine exclusivity deals following the sole supplier agreement between Boeing and General Electric on the Seattle giant's planned ultra-long-range 777X. Outgoing EC competition chief Karel Van Miert ordered that a file be opened on exclusivity deals ...
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Airports
Brussels Zaventem Airport is planning to spend BFr1 billion ($26 million) to build a new air traffic control tower. This has become necessary because the view of one of the runways from the existing tower will be obstructed when terminal construction work is completed. The new 75m (246ft)-high tower will ...
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Dasa presses case for Hamburg assembly of A3XX
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) is stepping up its campaign for A3XX final assembly to be located at its Hamburg Airbus plant with claims that Aerospatiale Matra's proposals for Toulouse production would load the programme with "unnecessary" transport and production costs. Dasa's bid hinges on what it considers to be a ...
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FedEx deal condemned
The UK has granted fifth freedom rights from Prestwick Airport to US carrier FedEx, allowing it to load freight at the Scottish terminal for delivery to third countries. Although a similar application for London Stansted was rejected, the move has been branded a "sell-out" by UK cargo carriers seeking improved ...
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AAIC calls police in SilkAir 'suicide' crash
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indonesian accident investigators say they have contacted police after formally confirming that a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 may have been deliberately crashed by one of the crew in December 1997, near Palembang, Sumatra. All 104 passengers and crew on board the 737, which was operating flight MI185 ...
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Pan Am Academy orders RJ-85 and Saab 340 devices
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is continuing its expansion by ordering from CAE Electronics new British Aerospace RJ-85 and Saab 340 full flight simulators. The Level D-standard Saab 340 simulator, equipped with a 180°-wide CAE MaxVue Plus visual system, will be delivered soon to PAIFA's new training centre ...
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SAirGroup the latest to suffer slump
SAirGroup is blaming a 29% fall in first-half operating profits on an "accelerating deterioration in yields" in its airline operations, coupled with air traffic control (ATC) restrictions caused in part by the Kosovo conflict. It has become the latest major European airline group to report a slump in profits, ...
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Regional aid ruled illegal
The long and bitter dispute between Brazil and Canada over government subsidies for regional jet sales has been settled by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which has upheld earlier rulings that such activities are illegal. An appeal panel's investigation found that original WTO rulings were correct and ordered that ...
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China's fortunes improve
Nicholas Ionides SINGAPORE The Chinese Government is claiming success in its struggle to turn the country's unprofitable airlines around, but has warned that the industry is not out of the woods yet. The state-run China Daily newspaper says total losses by the country's 30-plus airlines in the first half of ...
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US carriers gripe over China routes
David Knibb SEATTLE All three US carriers that have been tentatively awarded new rights to China have asked the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for more flights than they have received. Of the 17 new weekly flights allowed under the China-US bilateral between now and next April, the DoT ...
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KLM, Alitalia produce the goods with cargo deal
Peter Conway LONDON Airline alliances tend to generate much rhetoric about cargo partnerships, but little action. However, the tie-up between KLM and Alitalia, announced in July, looks set to be different. Cargo departments within the two carriers have already gone further in their planning than KLM's long-running tie-up with Northwest. ...