All Safety News – Page 128
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NewsBrussels airport to overhaul second parallel runway
Brussels airport will rejig its departure and arrival configurations next year in order to cope with the closure of one of its main parallel runways for renovation.
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AnalysisEASA concerns show scale of Max challenge
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has outlined that there is “still a lot of work that needs to be performed” before the Boeing 737 Max can return to service.
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Air Antwerp starts operations with London City route
Belgian start-up carrier Air Antwerp has formally started operations on the route to London City, on which it plans to operate 16 times weekly.
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Convair crash pilots unsure which engine was ablaze
South African investigators have revealed that the crew of a Convair 340 were unsure which of the aircraft's two engines had caught fire before it crashed while attempting to return to Wonderboom airport.
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MH17: Dutch fail to keep key witness out of prisoner swap
Dutch prosecutors had the opportunity to interview a person of interest in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 missile attack before a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
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Oman Air fleet harmonisation among transformation targets
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air is embarking on a strategic transformation plan, although the company has given few specific details on the effort.
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BA schedule wrecked as pilots strike
British Airways is cancelling almost all services on 9-10 September owing to the unpredictability caused by a pilot strike.
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French pilots' union to appeal AF447 charge dismissal
French pilot representatives are to appeal a decision to dismiss charges against Airbus over the fatal Air France Airbus A330 accident in the South Atlantic in 2009.
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NewsInquiry doubts ATR crew's claim of failure to notice excursion
Swedish investigators are doubting an ATR 72-200 crew's claims that they did not notice a serious runway excursion during landing at Trollhattan airport, an incident which went unreported by the pilots and was only revealed by the discovery of lighting damage.
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Mesa Airlines agrees to buy up to 100 SpaceJet M100s
US regional carrier Mesa Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding to order up to 100 of Mitsubishi Aircraft's 76-seat SpaceJet M100 regional jet.
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Russian authorities to probe airports' exposure to bird risk
Russian authorities are proposing to assess airports' vulnerability to bird activity, in the wake of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321 landing accident outside Moscow.
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Embattled Aigle Azur starts suspending routes
Troubled French leisure carrier Aigle Azur is to start suspending scheduled services as it seeks investors.
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EU set to extend Brexit air service contingency period
Contingency agreements to maintain basic air connectivity between the UK and the European Union are set to be extended by seven months as uncertainty remains over the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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Emirates' Clark delivers broadside to OEMs on service readiness
Emirates president Tim Clark has run out of patience with the failure of aircraft and powerplant manufacturers to deliver service-ready hardware from day one.
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Wrong-runway landing captain unaware of construction
Investigators probing the landing of an Air India Airbus A320neo on a new Maldives runway which was still under construction have disclosed that the captain was unaware of its existence.
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NewsSerious Norwegian 787 Trent failure traced to blade fracture
Italian investigators believe blade fracture originating in the intermediate pressure turbine triggered the serious engine failure involving a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 departing Rome Fiumicino on 10 August.
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Aeroflot A330 damaged in ground mishap with 777
One of Aeroflot's Airbus A330-300s appears to have suffered substantial wing damage during a ground incident involving a Royal Flight Boeing 777-300ER.
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Russian authorities ponder remote-tower implementation
Russian authorities have indicated interest in introducing remote-tower concepts similar to those being deployed at a number of European airports.
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NewsDC-9 depressurised after impact from unsecured cargo
US investigators have determined that a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 freighter depressurised after sustaining serious damage to a bulkhead from unsecured cargo.
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Tu-134 to serve as Platov emergencies simulator
Rostov-on-Don's Platov airport has taken delivery of a Tupolev Tu-134A which will serve as a simulator for emergency rescue and ground-handling services.