All Safety News – Page 1377
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American MD-83 landing accident blamed on crew
Failure to maintain glide-path profile is blamed for American MD-83 accident THE FLIGHT CREW'S failure to maintain the required glide-path profile until visual references were identifiable and the runway in sight was responsible for the 12 November 1995 American Airlines MD-83 landing accident at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport, ...
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Beech accident at Quincy airfield
Collision at Runway Intersection A UNITED EXPRESS Beech 1900C-1 (N87GL) commuter aircraft, landing at an uncontrolled regional airfield near Quincy, Illinois, USA, was hit as it passed across the runway intersection by a Beech King Air A90 (N1127D) which was taking off on the other runway, according to a ...
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Australia specifies Twin Otter crash cause
The fatal crash of a de Havilland Twin Otter in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in July 1995 has been attributed to leakage of kerosene carried in passenger baggage in the aircraft's aft hold, probably ignited by faulty or age-deteriorated electrical wiring. The aircraft crashed shortly after take-off when ...
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Koreans are close to agreement on FIRs
SOUTH AND NORTH Korea are expected finally to conclude an agreement before the end of the month which , for the first time, will allow commercial air traffic to move between the two countries' Flight Information Regions (FIR). The two sides are scheduled to meet again, together with ...
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Aero Peru crash prompts NTSB action
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC COVERS USED to protect aircraft static vents during maintenance should incorporate conspicuous warning flags, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. This is a reaction to reports from the Peruvian authorities that an Aero Peru Boeing 757 crashed because its static ...
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A virtual threat
USAir orders up to 400 Airbuses; American Airlines takes 103 Boeings now, with up to 630 in total in the next 22 years; Continental, 90 Boeings; GECAS, 45 Airbuses; Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, 25 Boeings- Is the air-transport industry showing robust and welcome signs of recovery, or unhealthy and unwelcome ...
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Air transport industry serves notice on 'dangerous' Africa
David Learmount/LONDON The world's two leading aviation agencies, have come out in support of an International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA), claim that severely inadequate air-traffic control (ATC) in three-quarters of Africa's airspace, combined with massive increases in air traffic over the continent, pose a serious ...
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Collision inquiry grinds into action
NEITHER THE FLIGHT data recorder (FDR) nor cockpit-voice recorder (CVR) of either of the airliners which collided on 12 November near New Delhi, India has been downloaded because the Court of Inquiry has yet to convene. A decision on the arrangements for information downloading will be the Court's ...
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Rudder result
Boeing says that 2,000 737s, representing two-thirds of the world's fleet, have passed tests of their rudder-control units. The rudder power control unit (PCU) inspection was ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration after Boeing engineers concluded that the PCU can jam under extreme conditions. Loss of rudder control is ...
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American signs Boeing for fleet replacement
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AMERICAN AIRLINES has placed firm orders for 103 Boeings as part of a deal which could see it buying a total of 630 aircraft over the next 20 years. Based on Boeing's list prices, the firm order is valued at $6.6 billion, ...
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China builds presence on 757
China's aerospace industry is further expanding its share of production of major sub-assemblies for Boeing aircraft. Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) is preparing to begin manufacturing 757 empennages from early-1997. The company is close to completing a new production site at its Chengdu plant, at which it will build the ...
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Fokker wins N-250 fatigue-testing contract from IPTN
Fokker Control Systems has been selected by IPTN to supply a rig for fatigue testing of the N-250 commuter aircraft. Indonesia's state-owned test laboratory, LUK, will be responsible for integrating the equipment and carrying out the tests. LUK will perform an accelerated-flight-cycle programme on an N-250 test airframe, ...
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Why make changes to UK licensing?
Sir - It was understood that the purpose of harmonisation of flightcrew licensing (FCL) within the European Union (EU) was to ensure a common technical standard and to issue pilots of all member states with the same European (not national) licence. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's policy is ...
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Poor safety monitoring
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given several Caribbean states poor marks for monitoring aviation safety. These are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and St Kitts and Nevis. Only limited operations to the USA are permitted until improvements are made. ...
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EC supports compromise over status of JAA and Eurocontrol
Kevin O'Toole/Brussels THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) says that it is supporting a compromise deal to establish the region's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and Eurocontrol as official international bodies, but which stops short of creating single European authorities. Proposals for a reformed JAA are due to be ...
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Kiwi International rescue is in doubt, while ValuJet sees red
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of Kiwi International Airlines remains in doubt and liquidation of the low-fare US airline entrant is a distinct possibility as a rescue effort turns sour. Kiwi, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 30 September and suspended its scheduled flight ...
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Pedigree preserved
Peter Henley/LUTON By the time British Aerospace sold its corporate-jets business to Raytheon in 1993, the BAe 125 8-14 passenger twinjet had gained a formidable reputation. Since 1962, when the original de Havilland DH 125 was first flown, 850 customers from more than 40 countries had purchased various ...
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Collins
A demonstration flight in Rockwell-Collins' Sabreliner testbed, equipped with a prototype of its Pro Line 21 display for the Raytheon Premier I, illustrates the progress made since the system was launched a year ago. The first impression of the display is of solid colours and crisp symbols against a smooth ...
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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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Blanc insists on fleet mixture
Julian Moxon/Paris Air France president Christian Blanc has made it clear to the French Government that he wants to order a mix of Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s as part of the flag carrier's fleet-renewal programme. Up to ten of each type are likely to be ...