All Safety News – Page 1401
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Oscillations force BA 777 back to Heathrow
Oscillations force BA 777 back to Heathrow The UK air-Accident Investigation Branch is looking into a mysterious in-flight incident involving a British Airways Boeing 777-200A, which was forced to turn back to London Heathrow in October 1996 after suffering uncommanded rudder movement. BA and Boeing have so far ...
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Boeing kicks off flight tests of next-generation 737 family
Boeing's flight-test programme for its next-generation 737 family began smoothly on 9 February, with the 737-700 having a problem-free maiden flight from Renton, Washington. The flight marks the start of an eight-month test effort for the 737-700 which will include 1,200h of flying. Certification is planned in September, ...
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BAe flies its first converted A300B4 freighter
British Aerospace's Filton, UK-based division, BAe Aviation Services, flew its first converted Airbus A300B4 freighter on 23 January, and hopes to be able to secure approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration and UK Civil Aviation Authority approval by the end of March. The conversion of the first ...
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CFMI gears up for bumper year
CFM International (CFMI) is stepping up production of CFM56 engines in response to record orders placed during 1996 for 1,280 powerplants valued at $5.5 billion. CFMI president Gerard Laviec says that the company had planned for only "about 700 orders" for the year. As a result of the ...
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Universal dual-system satnav nears approval
Universal Avionics is on track to win certification of the first satellite-navigation (satnav) receiver capable of using both the US global-positioning system (GPS)and Russian Glonass navigation constellations. The company, best known for its UNS-1 range of flight-management systems, is using a combined GPS/Glonass receiver-processor board provided by US ...
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Indian Airlines seeks compensation for V2500 performance
Indian Airlines is seeking compensation from International Aero Engines (IAE)for the higher-than-expected fuel consumption of the V2500 engines which power its Airbus A320s. IAE, a joint venture including Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, declines to comment on the extent of the shortfall, although it is thought to be ...
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KLM to upgrade 747-200/300s
KLM is to carry out a $53 million upgrade of its Boeing 747-200/300s and keep the aircraft in service well into the next century. KLM is the first airline to commit to an extensive cockpit upgrade of so-called 747 'Classics'. The package includes a major cockpit upgrade, aimed ...
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Crew blamed
The 19 February wheels-up landing of a Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 at Houston International Airport, Texas, was caused by the flightdeck crew's failure to ensure that the landing gear was down, says the US National Transportation Safety Board. Source: Flight International
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New-look BA flies into ten-year profits high
British Airways marked ten years since its privatisation in February 1987 with another record profits performance. BA, which is making a small change in its livery pending a longer-term redesign (see above), posted pre-tax profits of ú113 million ($183 million) for the December quarter, the third in the airline's financial ...
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Mars failure
The commission investigating the failure of the Russian Mars '96 mission (Flight International, 27 November-3 December, 1996) has failed to identify the cause, citing 20 possible scenarios focusing primarily on the fourth stage of the Proton launcher, which failed to fire correctly for a second time after reaching initial parking ...
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IAI's expanding Commodore moves into SabreTech's Miami site
Commodore Aviation, the overhaul subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), is expected to complete a deal acquiring the troubled SabreTech's maintenance operation at Miami International Airport within the next two weeks. The IAI unit, which is based at Miami International, will move into SabreTech's much larger site after ...
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Flying high in the USA
There seems to be no stopping the US airline industry. Passenger traffic has set new highs throughout the past year and there are few signs of the growth slowing down. Profits have been spectacular. On almost any measure, the year-end results from the US majors are the best ...
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Success forces BASIS growth
An Inter-airline safety information exchange (SIE) between users of the British Airways Safety Information System (BASIS) has been so successful that BA may have to subcontract its administration, says the BASIS chief Capt Mike Holtom. The BASIS is an airline-operated personal-computer (PC) database system for recording safety incidents ...
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Resolving African ATS difficulties
Sir - The editorial "Outside control" (Flight International, 8-14 January) raises important issues. Contrary to some assertions, the situation in large areas of the African continent is mainly stable, with air-traffic services (ATS) being provided to a satisfactory level for today's operations. There remain, however, flight ...
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Attitudes need to be shaken up
Sir - I refer to the article "UK CAA insists on stick-shaker for Falcon 2000" (Flight International, 22-28 January). I am particularly concerned with David Antrobus' attitude that "-The CAA [UK Civil Aviation Authority] is in the JAA [European Joint Aviation Authorities] 'club' and in principle it should ...
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747 wiring checks
Precautionary checks are to be carried out on Boeing 747 100/200 wiring conduits to see if there is any chafing on wiring leading to fuel-boost pumps, says a US Federal Aviation Administration alert services bulletin. The bulletin specifies checks within 120 days. The agency confirms that the measure is a ...
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FAA warns on third-party 727 freighter conversions
The US Federal Aviation Administration has asked air-cargo carriers to suggest how best to limit operations of their Boeing 727 freighters, converted by third parties. The aviation agency says that restrictions will be issued because the 727 modifications "-contain design features which apparently do not comply with the Federal Aviation ...
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Japanese firms are cool on Airbus A3XX co-operation plans
Japanese aerospace manufacturers are unenthusiastic about the idea of co-operating with Airbus Industrie to develop the consortium's proposed A3XX high-capacity airliner, despite Boeing's recent decision to shelve its rival 747-500/500X . Airbus has been signalling renewed interest in enlisting Japanese support for the A3XX, this time during a ...
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China raises $250 million
China Eastern Airlines has completed the initial public offering of 32% of its shares on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges, raising about $250 million from the sale. The flotation appears to have been reasonably well received, with the offer 22 times oversubscribed in Hong Kong. ...
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Breaking through
Breaking the monopolistic stranglehold of national carriers in Asia has never been easy and, for Asiana Airlines, playing second fiddle to Korean Air (KAL) for the past eight years has proved to be particularly hard going. This situation may be about to change though, as Asiana embarks on an ambitious ...