All Safety News – Page 1351
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TWA crash hearing helps to clarify policy on fuel tanks
The public hearing on the 1996 Trans World Airlines flight 800 fatal crash ended in Baltimore on 12 December without the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) coming any nearer to discovering the cause, although it can claim to have clarified potential safety policies. Measures to reduce the risk ...
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Air France president Spinetta lays plans for competitiveness
Julian Moxon/Paris Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta has unveiled the main elements in his plans to solve the "persistent competitiveness problems" which he says continue to plague the airline. Pilots' unions have objected to the plan, however. The strategy centres on a Fr40 billion ($6.7 billion) investment in ...
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PIA chairman begins mission to restore 'financial discipline'
New Pakistan International Airlines(PIA) chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has set about a clean sweep of the carrier's finances, taking heavy write-offs in the latest 1996/7 accounts and pledging to "restore operational and financial discipline". The accounts, which show a heavy Rs4.8 billion ($110 million)net loss in the year to ...
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Hidden turmoil
There is something vaguely ironic about Boeing outlining continuing production delays and, in the same breath, of the need to shed production staff. The irony is, however, a reflection of the underlying turmoil in the civil airframe industry - a turmoil which has to some extent been hidden by the ...
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Rocky Mountain high
Guy Norris/VANCOUVER We pull out of a 3g turn over Garibaldi Lake and fly towards the Black Tusk rock. The immense flanks of the mountain rear up in front and, for a moment, it seems as if my flight with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic display team is about ...
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747-400IGW gets go-ahead
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The Boeing board has given its civil-aircraft sales team authority to offer a growth version of the 747-400 with a maximum take-off weight of 413,140kg and a range of up to 14,245km (7,700nm). The decision is the first significant growth step for the aircraft since the ...
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P&W considers new rival for CFM56
Guy Norris/EAST HARTFORD Pratt & Whitney has begun studies of an advanced-technology geared-fan engine in an initiative to re-enter the narrowbody market and challenge the dominance of CFM International. The study outlines an initial series of engines for the 107-156kN (24,000-35,000lb)-thrust range, and is based around the use ...
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Yak-42 crashes
An Air Ukraine Yakovlev Yak-42 chartered by Kiev-based AeroSvit has crashed near Thessaloniki, northern Greece, with 62 passengers and eight crew on board. The aircraft (UR-42334) disappeared at about 21:15 local time on 17 December after the crew, inbound from Odessa, had made two unsuccessful night approaches to land, in ...
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APS seeks Level D standard for Runway Performance software
Aviation Performance Systems is seeking Level D status under the Do178B software standard for its Runway Performance computer software. The system can be run on desktop personal computers, or hand-held devices - such as the Psion 3 or 5 series - or new hand-held devices running Microsoft Windows CE. ...
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Psychiatrists have too big a say in the selection of pilots
What is the best way to decide who should sit in the flightd Sir - I greatly agree with Mr Julian Ticehurst's letter (Flight International, 26 November -2 December) about "Fliers who lose their way" (Flight International, 5-11 November), but have something to add. The scenario depicted by the US ...
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BA pioneers global monitoring
Ian Sheppard/LONDON British Airways is using an aircraft visual-tracking system which allows it to monitor the position of aircraft and immediately react to unforeseen events which cause flights to be diverted. Previously a diversion decision by a flightcrew would require "a call to tech-dispatch and manual calculation of ...
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Snecma lands in full control of Messier-Dowty as TI sells out
Snecma plans to take full control of the Messier-Dowty landing-gear business just three years after the Anglo-French joint venture was founded in a 50/50 partnership, together with the TI Group. The company now plans to create a major landing-systems business, including its Messier-Bugatti brakes unit. Under the terms of ...
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LTU dismisses managers as 767 cracks show poor maintenance
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH German charter operator LTU has sacked three senior managers after the discovery of a series of maintenance deficiencies in the fleet of Munich-based sister airline LTU Süd. LTU says that it is unable to name the managers concerned for legal reasons, but they included one of two ...
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Fairchild rolls out first 328JET
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has unveiled the first 328JET prototype at Oberpfaffenhoffen, and is to begin trials this month. The aircraft has been created by the conversion of the second Dornier 328 turboprop prototype. Its first flight is due on 20 January, weather permitting, says Fairchild Dornier president ...
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MAS warns Boeing to raise 777X tempo
Paul Lewis/LANGKAWI Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has reiterated that it is still interested in launching the proposed ultra-long-haul Boeing 777-200X, but in the wake of the recent slowdown in the programme, the carrier is warning that there is a limit to its patience. In March, the Malaysian carrier signed ...
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Airbus aids new A320 training in Singapore
Airbus Industrie is to assist Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation (APTS) to establish a new A320 simulator training capability in Singapore, in an effort to improve support for the growing number of regional operators of the aircraft. Singapore-based APTS has ordered a single A320 full-flight simulator from Reflectone, equipped with ...
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Six Star Alliance Airlines to form cargo partnership
Six airlines already in the Star Alliance have agreed to extend their partnership by forming a global cargo alliance. The move follows a two-day meeting in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, of the carriers involved. Air Canada Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo, Thai Airways International, United Airlines Worldwide Cargo and Varig Brazil ...
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European ministers agree to set up safety body
European Union (EU) transport ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed that a new European Air Safety Authority (EASA) involving the Union and its member states in a treaty with other European states wishing to join, is the preferable route to set up an aviation safety authority to take over the ...
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Delta pushes to expand services to Latin America from Atlanta
Delta Air Lines is planning to expand services into Central and South America in a bid to turn its Atlanta, Georgia, hub into a major gateway for Latin America. The USA's third-largest airline will begin daily non-stop service on 5 April between Atlanta and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala ...
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Air UK F27 slews off runway at Guernsey
AN Air UK Fokker F27 Mk 500 (G-BNCY) overran when landing at Guernsey in the Channel Islands on 7 December, after a flight from Southampton. All 49 passengers and four crew escaped, with minor injuries. A problem occurred immediately after the touchdown, and the starboard landing gear collapsed. Source: Flight ...