All Safety News – Page 1393
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ValuJet misses 23 August target date for service resumption
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has failed to resume flights by the 23 August start-up target, which it had set earlier in the month. The carrier says that "proving runs" were to take place on 20-21 August for the benefit of US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. ...
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Explosion located
Investigators of the 17 July Trans World Airlines Boeing 747 crash near Long Island, New York, say that they are now certain that the explosion which brought the aircraft down took place "in the centre-tank area" of the fuselage. The US National Transportation Safety Board says, however, that the cause ...
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ATC Lasham/Wynnwith
In a new contract with the Farnborough International '96 organisers, ATC Lasham and Wynnwith Engineering have joined forces to provide aircraft engineering support at the show. With a ground crew of over 40 personnel, the joint team has responsibility for moving aircraft from the runway-section of the static park before ...
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Farnborough International TV and Radio '96
This year's show will mark the first appearance of Farnborough International Television (FITV). The service, produced by Surrey-based Aerospace Communication Services, is designed to provide exhibitors and visitors alike with a comprehensive news and information service throughout the duration of the show. FITV will include interviews with prominent ...
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EMB-145 brake system is Crane's
Sir - While the EMB-145 flight-test "Basic appeal" (Flight International, 3-9 July, P29) was very good, there was an error. The discussion of the brake-control system incorrectly lists the anti-skid unit as a Maxaret system. It is actually a MkV digital brake-by-wire control system manufactured by Hydro-Air/Crane in Burbank, California. ...
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Planar advance
Planar Advance, in partnership with dpiX, will unveil full-military specification active-matrix liquid-crystal-displays (AMLCDs) for fast jets and other cockpit applications. The initial product measures 125 x 125mm and has a 480 x 480 pixel colour display. The company says that a 160 x 160mm display is among larger, higher-resolution displays, ...
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DM Aerospace
DM Aerospace will be launching FlightVu, which consists of a range of video-camera equipment designed for use on commercial aircraft. The FV-0100 is a monochrome video camera for mounting externally on an aircraft, and is heated, sealed and easily maintainable. The FV-0300 performs a similar function, but uses a colour ...
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Rush to hush
Different approaches to hushkits exist in Europe and the USA. Andrew Doyle/LONDON HUSHKIT SALES are booming, but the US domestic market is eclipsing that of Europe, highlighting the radically different approaches being taken by the airlines and airports of the two regions. The major passenger ...
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Ageing-airliner census 1996
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THIS YEAR's Flight International census of ageing airliners shows a growth of 6% (to some 8,200) in the number of jet-powered and turboprop aircraft more than 15 years old in active service at 1 January, 1996. The number of jet-airliners in existence, which ...
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Longer-lasting light hydraulic fluid is set to shave fuel bills
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA A FIRE-RESISTANT hydraulic fluid able to operate for longer at higher temperatures will be available early in 1997. US petrochemical group Monsanto says that it is now commercialising its Skydrol 5 fluid after successful in-service tests. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has already approved the fluid ...
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Southwest selects E&S visual for 737
US CARRIER Southwest Airlines has selected the Evans & Sutherland (E&S) ESIG-3350 visual system for a Boeing 737-700 full-flight simulator which is on order from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level C simulator is to enter service at the end of 1997, when 737-700 launch customer Southwest receives the ...
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FlightSafety studies PC training power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) is moving to exploit the power of personal computers (PCs) for pilot training. The US training company has signed agreements enabling it to create "virtual classrooms" for customers and to improve and adapt Microsoft's popular Flight Simulator software for PCs. FSI ...
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The phase-out rules in Europe and the USA
NON-STAGE 3 aircraft will be banned from operating in European Union member states from 1 April, 2002, unless specific waivers are granted for up to an additional three years. Any Stage 2 aircraft, which reaches 25 years of age before the final cut-off date, must be removed from service immediately. ...
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Aerospace groups attack customer finance warning
Doug Cameron/LONDON BLEAK WARNINGS from a leading US credit-rating agency that aerospace manufacturers are heading for a funding crisis over mushrooming customer finance obligations have raised anger within the industry. The report from Moody's Investors Service claims that the exposure of civil manufacturers has risen ...
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Astra SPX business jet enters USA
PAINT MANUFACTURER Sherwin-Williams has become the first US operator of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra SPX business jet. The Mach 0.87 SPX has joined an Astra SP, based at the company's flight department and is expected to be flown for 400-500h a year. The Cleveland, Ohio-based paint ...
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Broderick says NTSB's ATR 72 verdict is wrong
AN INFLUENTIAL former US Federal Aviation Administration safety chief has radically challenged the National Transportation Safety Board's controversial verdict on the crash of a Simmons/American Eagle ATR 72 near Roselawn, Indiana, on 31 October 1994. Anthony Broderick, who resigned as the US Federal Aviation Administration's associate administrator for ...
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Delays loom for advanced European ATC systems
Julian Moxon/PARIS FINLAND AND SWEDEN are facing major delays in the introduction of their pioneering new air-traffic-control (ATC) systems, because of serious software-development problems being experienced by prime contractor Siemens Plessey. Both countries are upgrading their ATC centres (ATCCs) in line with the latest Eurocontrol ...
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Europe is urged to act over 'unsafe' foreign carriers-
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPEAN UNION (EU) nations have been urged to take immediate action against unsafe foreign airlines which operate into EU airports. Action at national level, sanctioned by the European Council of Ministers, is a precursor to a united EU policy to be implemented in December. ...
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The politics of safety
Tony Broderick talks on politics, safety and the need for a new funding regime. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS TONY BRODERICK understands better than most the perils which political intervention can put in the path of effective aviation-safety oversight. After nearly two decades at the US Federal Aviation ...
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ValuJet warns over debt covenants
VALUJET HAS warned that it may begin to run into problems with debt covenants by the end of September because of its grounding, which has been in place since mid-June in the wake of the Florida crash. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the ...