All Safety News – Page 1314
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Single minded
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The economic shackles are steadily being removed from the single-engined turboprop market as international aviation authorities reverse their longstanding prohibition on single-engined instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for commercial flights. The impressive safety record of Pratt &Whitney Canada PT6 turbine-powered aircraft has contributed a great deal to the ...
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MD-11 crashes after smoke fills cockpit
David Learmount/LONDON The crew of Swissair's Boeing MD-11 flight SR111 made a "Pan" emergency call to Canada's Moncton air traffic control centre (ATCC), reporting smoke in the cockpit. Sixteen minutes later the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing all 215 passengers and 14 crew on board, according to a ...
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Airbus plans A300/A310 update while replacement is sought
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie has begun making presentations to airlines operating the A300/A310 on a range of proposed performance improvements and configuration changes in an effort to modernise and extend the family's market life until a replacement can be developed. The European consortium has told airlines that, given ...
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BMW R-R focuses on core as BR715 is approved
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH BMWRolls-Royce will begin testing a complete Engine 3E core, incorporating the company's new experimental staged combustion chamber, early next year. The core could eventually update its BR715 engine, certificated in late August. The Engine 3E ("Environment, Efficiency, Economy") programme involves BMW R-R and rival German engine manufacturer MTU ...
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Aerostar shows off upgraded MiG-21bis
Romanian aerospace company Aerostar is taking the wraps off an upgraded Mikoyan MiG-21bis at the show. The company has been working privately on the aircraft in response to interest from potential customers. The upgrade follows on from a $300 million programme being undertaken by Aerostar with Elbit of Israel ...
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TT&S reveals clutch of simulator orders
Thomson Training & Simulation (TT&S) has revealed a series of contracts to supply full flight simulators to Alaska Airlines and Air France and manufacturer Airbus Industrie. For Alaska Airlines, the French company will produce its first Boeing 737-700/900 simulator as part of a contract covering a range of integrated ...
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TCAS for Qantas
Qantas and National Jet System have selected the Rockwell Collins Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance system (TCAS 2) for their regional aircraft fleets. Qantas affiliate carriers Sunstate Airlines, Southern Australia Airlines and Eastern Australian Airlines will fit the TDR-94D mode S system to their four Shorts SD3-60s and 15 Bombardier ...
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Airbag system holds hope for crash survival
They are commonplace in many cars, but airbags might soon be making the transition from protecting motorists to safeguarding airline passengers. US seatbelt manufacturer AmSafe is using Farnborough to promote its new airbag restraint system, which it says could dramatically reduce the number of lives lost in certain types ...
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Swissair flight recorder blank for last six minutes
The flight data recorder (FDR) from the Swissair Boeing MD-11 which crashed off Nova Scotia last week carries only illegible information below 10,000ft (3,000m), specialists from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board have revealed. Experts had hoped that the FDR, which was recovered on Sunday, would give some clue why ...
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Bombardier bursts into 90-seat regional market
Alan Peaford Bombardier is taking on the 90-seat regional jet market. At Farnborough yesterday the Canadian firm revealed its new 90-seat BRJ-X. The aircraft will have five-abreast seating, which will allow the series to range from 80 to 110 passengers. Laurent Beaudoin, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer's chairman ...
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Air Canada hopes to end pilot strike
Air Canada appears to be upbeat about the chances of resolving its dispute with striking pilots as the parties resumed formal negotiations in Montreal yesterday. Talks with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) broke off on 1 September amid much acrimony, leading to the now week-long strike. Relations ...
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White House observer to attend Northwest strike talks
Northwest Airlines and the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) were due to be joined by a representative of US President Bill Clinton yesterday as negotiations resumed to resolve the dispute between the carrier and its striking pilots. After a break for the Labour Day holiday, the federally mediated ...
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Air safety data shared over Internet
Flying should be plain sailing for flight safety officers making use of AVSiS, a new air safety information package being showcased at Farnborough. Created by computer software designers AvSoft, it enables officers to log safety events and share that information to "trusted" colleagues over the Internet. "AVSiS allows ...
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Mongolia takes Raytheon Autotrac system
Steve Nichols Raytheon has announced that its Autotrac 2100 system has passed site acceptance tests for the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia. The system provides communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) services. The total contract, worth $12 million, is for a satellite-based, en-route, air traffic control system ...
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SA Express picks SAS Flight Academy
South African Express Airways has signed a two-year deal with SAS Flight Academy for the dry-lease of a full flight simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. SAS Flight Academy assistant sales manger Berit Boijort says the deal with the South African regional is "open volume," meaning that ...
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Eagle flies with massive Embraer order
Karen Walker A massive $2 billion order for 75 firm and 75 option Embraer ERJ-135 regional jets was announced yesterday by US carrier American Eagle. Bill Kostel, director of fleet planning at American Eagle, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, said he expects deliveries of the 37-seat -135 ...
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Chek Lap Kok inquiry highlights computer fiasco
Surprise details have begun to emerge from a public inquiry set up to investigate the controversial opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok. A select committee set up by the Legislative Council to probe the handling of the airport yesterday heard director of civil aviation Richard ...
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GLS to debut on Continental flight
Steve Nichols Honeywell will claim a world first later this month when a Continental Airlines MD-83 flight becomes the first revenue service to land using a GPS landing system (GLS). On 21 September, the aircraft will fly two approaches into New York Newark and Minneapolis-St Paul using the ...
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Airbus promises efficiencies and comfort with A318
Mike Martin The planned Airbus Industrie 100-seat A318 will deliver greater operating efficiencies and passenger comfort, the company said yesterday. The list price is expected to be $36 million, compared with the expected $33 million for the rival 100-seat Boeing 717. Airbus believes there is a market ...