All Safety News – Page 1410
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TCAS for Ansett
Ansett Australia has selected Honeywell's TCAS 2000 traffic-alert and collision-avoidance-system for its Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and 767 and British Aerospace 146 fleets. The first of 64 ship sets is due to be installed around mid-1997. Source: Flight International
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Early work stations
Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management has delivered initial next-generation controller workstations ten months ahead of schedule to the Seattle air-route traffic-control centre (ARTCC). Seattle is the first of 21 sites, which will receive the Display System Replacement (DSR) air-traffic-control (ATC) equipment. The workstation replaces aging ATC hardware. The early delivery ...
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Boeing looks to increase 777IGW take-off weight
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing a further increase in the 777-200IGW's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) as an interim step towards a new ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet. The US manufacturer is considering offering a 777-200IGW+ version for entry into commercial service from 1998 onwards, says ...
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First A330-200 enters production
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Components for the first Airbus A330-200 are being fabricated at plants around Europe, with final assembly scheduled to begin at Toulouse in March 1997. The 256-seat, 11,800km (6,400nm)-range derivative was launched in November 1995. Thirty-one orders have been announced to date. The first wingset ...
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Alpi Eagles grounded over maintenance irregularities
Alpi Eagles has been temporarily grounded by the RAI, Italy's civil-aviation authority, after irregularities were discovered in the regional carrier's maintenance records during a routine aircraft inspection. The RAIfound "informal" aircraft technical logs, where malfunctions were being recorded be- fore being entered into the official log book. The civil-aviation authority ...
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CFM56-7B passes final blade-out examination
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full blade-out test was successfully completed on CFM International's CFM56-7B turbofan at Villaroche, France, on 2 December, just six days before the unveiling of the first of the next-generation Boeing 737 series for which the engine is designed. The engine was ...
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Oil leak is blamed for Delta accident
The loss of one of Europe's few remaining airworthy Douglas DC-3s off the Netherlands on 25 September was caused by an engine-oil leak, say Dutch aviation authorities. The DC-3 was owned by the Dutch Dakota Association. The pilot was unable to feather the propeller of the failing engine ...
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Flight engineers call for world drive to improve flight safety
Andrezj Jeziorski/MUNICH The International Flight Engineers Organisation (IFEO) has highlighted six areas in which it considers that action must be taken to counter spiralling air-accident fatalities. At its 1996 general assembly in Munich, the organisation expressed "regret and dismay" at the increasing number of fatalities ...
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EC puts pressure on Belgian CAA
The Belgian civil-aviation authority is coming under pressure from the European Commission (EC) to comply with rules which oblige all member states to accept and revalidate pilot licences wherever they are issued within the European Union. The issue is being pressed by a Belgian national who trained as ...
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Finnair vacates hotel business
Finnair is flying away from its hotels and restaurants Finnair is selling control of its hotel and restaurant business as part of a broader restructuring of the group which has seen its airline profits virtually halved over the past six months. The bulk of the ...
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German Government turns up heat on Airbus restructuring
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German Government is linking the provision of further aeronautics-research funding to the restructuring of Airbus Industrie and the launch of the A3XX, putting further pressure on the Airbus partners to reach agreement on the establishment of a new commercial structure for the consortium. ...
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Malaysia profits remain steady
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) just managed to hold profits steady over the first half of its 1996/7 financial year, but the group promises to emerge "stronger and leaner" in 1997 as restructuring continues. The group's net profit over the six months to the end of September dipped slightly ...
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Inmarsat D provides two-way messaging for GPS receivers
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Hand-held global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers incorporating two-way short-messaging capabilities will be available to general-aviation pilots from the third quarter of 1997, according to international mobile satellite-communications provider Inmarsat. Technology is being developed to take advantage of the new Inmarsat D service, launched on 3 December. ...
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MD-87 certificated with PATS tanks
MD-87 certificated with PATS tanks US Fuel-tank manufacturer PATS has gained a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for its long-range auxiliary fuel system for the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 twinjet. The PATS system consists of ten auxiliary fuel tanks located in the aircraft's lower ...
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TAAL stakes claim to corporate aircraft niche
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL) has launched what is believed to be India's first fractional-ownership scheme aimed at the corporate-aviation market. The company, a subsidiary of engineering company Indian Seamless, has set up the Netair scheme based on three of its own P68s - built locally under licence ...
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ADC grounded
Nigerian airline ADC has been grounded by the authorities following the 7 November Boeing 727-200 crash near Lagos in which 141 people were killed (Flight International, 13-19 November, P6). The Aviation Ministry says that grounding is necessary because continued operation would hinder the accident investigation. Source: ...
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Ansett
Ansett has appointed Capt. Trevor Jensen, to take up a newly created position as general manager operations. He will head its flight operations, general operations, safety, and security. The move is the latest in a series of changes following recommendations of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation's report on a ...
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Enigma variations
American Regional Aircraft Industries (AMRAI) is urging IPTN to focus all of its efforts on certificating the N250 turboprop, warning that any re-engining of the aircraft with a turbofan will serve only to delay the programme further. The Indonesian firm launched a study into re-engineing the planned stretched ...
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AMRAI opposes IPTN plans for jet-powered N250
American Regional Aircraft Industries (AMRAI) is urging IPTN to focus all of its efforts on certificating the N250 turboprop, warning that any re-engining of the aircraft with a turbofan will serve only to delay the programme further. The Indonesian firm launched a study into re-engineing the planned stretched N270 soon ...
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Unions get extension for rescue
Canadian Airlines president Kevin Benson has given unions further time to back a financial rescue package rather than risk the ailing carrier entering bankruptcy. Benson had set a 27 November deadline for the unions to accept a 10% wage cut as part of an austerity package aimed ...