All Safety News – Page 144
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NewsCaspian MD-83 blocks highway after landing overrun at Mahshahr
Iranian authorities have dispatched a team of investigators to the scene of a Caspian Airlines Boeing MD-83 accident in which the aircraft suffered a runway overrun. The twinjet came to rest on a highway apparently off the southern end of the 2,400m runway 13 at Mahshahr airport, located near the ...
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NewsEASA warns over misleading visual perception during conflicts
Europe’s safety regulator is concerned that crews are not being given full information on use of collision-avoidance systems to maintain safe separation, to the point where pilots might disregard their instructions. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency says some aircraft flight manuals and operating manuals “do not provide adequate information” ...
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NewsUnexplained Trent 1000 surges spur de-pair order to 787 operators
Rolls-Royce is investigating further operational issues with Trent 1000 engines, after instances of surges involving certain powerplants – a situation which has triggered a de-pairing order from European regulators. Trent 1000s, which are fitted to Boeing 787s, have already been the subject of several regulatory interventions, particularly as a result ...
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NewsSACAA was still conducting smoke probe before Citation crash
Investigators were still conducting an investigation into two smoke incidents involving the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s Cessna Citation II flight-inspection jet before its fatal loss near George. There is no immediate evidence of a connection between the incidents – on 7 and 8 November last year – and the ...
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NewsNo survivors from South African CAA calibration Citation crash
None of the three crew members of a South African Civil Aviation Authority flight-inspection aircraft survived after the aircraft came down shortly after take-off from George airport. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation II, came down in mountainous terrain after departing George at 10:40 on 23 January. It was due to ...
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NewsTransavia 737 inquiry highlights unpredictability of turbulence
French investigators have reiterated that the only strategy to limit injury risk from turbulence is for passengers to keep seat-belts fastened while seated. Investigation authority BEA states that turbulence forecasting is not precise – able to provide only probabilities – and detection of clear-air turbulence is “not possible” with current ...
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NewsAvianca crew hospitalised after A319 diversion
Four occupants of an Avianca Airbus A319 have been hospitalised after an apparent turbulence incident and a diversion to Panama City. The aircraft had been operating the AV693 service from San Jose to Bogota on 23 January, says the carrier. Diversion of the flight, which had been operating at 35,000ft, ...
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NewsEviation Alice prototype damaged by electric fire in Arizona
An electric system fire significantly damaged a prototype of Israeli company Eviation Aircraft’s in-development, all-electric Alice aircraft at an Arizona airport on 22 January.
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NewsTrent-powered A380s to be checked for rotor shaft cracks
Operators of Rolls-Royce-powered Airbus A380s are set to be ordered to inspect the type’s engines for cracking of spacers between intermediate-pressure compressor discs. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency says examination of a Trent 900 rotor shaft revealed a crack in an interstage spacer between the stage two and stage ...
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NewsFAA investigating reports it gave Southwest preferred treatment on Hawaii routes
The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating reports it gave Southwest Airlines “preferential treatment” when it authorised the airline’s routes from the US mainland to Hawaii last year.
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NewsSouth African CAA calibration aircraft involved in accident near George
South Africa’s civil aviation regulator is investigating an accident involving its flight inspection and calibration aircraft, which occurred shortly after it took off from George airport. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says the aircraft went missing shortly after departing the airport, on the south coast, at 10:40 on 23 ...
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NewsLanding ERJ ran over ‘inconspicuous’ dropped towbar at Southend
UK investigators believe a landing Loganair Embraer ERJ-145 ran over a towbar left on a London Southend airport runway because it did not have any markings to increase its visibility to inspectors. The towbar had been inadvertently left attached to the nose-wheel of a Cessna P210N light aircraft which had ...
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News737 Max engine software revised to address icing thrust loss
Boeing 737 Max operators are to be instructed to update engine-control software to address a loss of thrust issue, attributed to icing, on the type’s CFM International Leap-1B powerplants. At least two occurrences have been investigated which Leap-1Bs suffered temporary loss of thrust control as a result of icing in ...
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NewsC-130 tanker crashes during Australian firefighting mission
A Lockheed Martin EC-130Q firefighting aircraft has crashed in the Australian state of New South Wales while combating forest fires, killing three crew members. The commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Shane Fitzsimmons, has confirmed the crash. The accident occurred near the Peak View area, which lies ...
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NewsBoeing plans to restart 737 production ‘months’ before midyear: CEO
Boeing intends to restart 737 Max production several months before midyear and ahead of the Max’s return to service, meaning production could start humming again within three months, Boeing chief executive David Calhoun says on 22 January.
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NewsFlight Safety Foundation considers calling for regional accident investigation bureaus
The Flight Safety Foundation thinks that creating new, regionally based aircraft crash investigation teams could help bring impartiality and expertise to crash probes that might otherwise be hamstrung by politics, bias and technical inexperience.
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NewsFuel indicator flaw led to A319’s single-engine landing
French investigators have disclosed that an Air France Airbus A319 was forced to make a single-engine landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle after an undetected indicator fault resulted in partial fuel exhaustion. Investigation authority BEA – which analysed the 12 March 2014 event – says pilots operating a series of ...
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NewsBritish Airways checks newest A350-1000 after Tel Aviv hard landing
British Airways is expecting to put a four-week old Airbus A350-1000 back into service on 23 January, after precautionary checks following a hard landing at Tel Aviv. The aircraft (G-XWBD) had registered the abnormal landing as the aircraft touched down on runway 12 at about 05:30 on 20 January, following ...
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NewsBek Air defends operations after regulator’s safety accusations
Grounded Kazakh operator Bek Air is continuing to defend its operations and practices after being slated by the country’s regulator in the aftermath of the fatal Fokker 100 accident at Almaty. Bek Air is accusing Kazakhstan’s aviation administration of proving “strained and biased” remarks about the airline’s procedures and safety ...
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NewsBoeing now expects mid-year certification of 737 Max
The FAA says it has set no timeframe for when the certification work will be finished.