All Safety News – Page 1449
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Environmental issues
Sir - The train is hardly "more environmentally friendly" in densely populated areas of Western Europe and E F Chase (Letters, 12-18 July, P54) ignores the staunch opposition from environmental groups against the European high-speed transport (TGV). I agree that trains are safe, but the BFr170 billion ($6 ...
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R-R solves RB.211-524H combustor problem
David Learmount/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE HAS introduced modifications and additional inspection procedures to the RB.211-524H turbofan following an in-flight incident in which a core fairing just aft of the combustion chamber burned through. A UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report of an incident involving a British Airways ...
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Euraviation nears base-station deals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EURAVIATION IS close to signing agreements with the first four base stations which will operate the single-turboprop ST-50 under its Time Sharing Consortium (TSC) programme. The Geneva, Switzerland-based company plans to have ten TSC stations in place by the time ST-50 deliveries begin in July 1996. ...
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Airlines finalise Stuttgart plans
EUROPE'S AIRLINES are finalising their plans for maintaining services to Stuttgart Airport, Germany, ahead of the partial closure of the airport at the end of July. British Aerospace 146s and Avro International Aerospace Avroliners will be the only jet-powered passenger aircraft able to be operated to and from ...
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European ground-handling controversy intensifies
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Parliament has come under conflicting pressures from aviation bodies over the liberalisation of ground handling at European airports. At stake is the entire range of air- and land-side ground-handling operations, ranging from ramp, baggage and passenger handling, through to aircraft servicing and ...
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Door falls from American Eagle ATR 72
INVESTIGATORS ARE examining a cabin door which fell from an American Eagle ATR 72 shortly after take-off from Chicago O'Hare International airport on 10 July. A flight attendant sitting in the jump seat beside the door was saved by a passenger who grabbed her arm. Other passengers then ...
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FAA completes Cat III GPS flight-tests
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has completed flight-tests to determine the feasibility of Category IIIb automatic landings using the global-positioning system (GPS). Results from flight-tests by E-Systems and Wilcox, in June and April, respectively, are being analysed. The results are expected to be released by September. The tests ...
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USAir wage plans hit trouble
USAIR'S GOAL of gaining $2.5 billion in wage concessions from employees over the next five years has had a setback, with 8,300 members of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) voting to reject the concession package negotiated by the union's leaders. The AFA says that rank-and-file members turned ...
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Thinking big
THE 800-SEAT AIRLINER is, it appears, an idea whose time has not yet come. Boeing and the Airbus partners have put the concept on ice, at least for several months, because the airlines have not demonstrated enough enthusiasm to justify proceeding with it. In the short-term, that is probably the ...
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United celebrates successful union
UNITED AIRLINES has hailed as a success its first year of operations as an employee-owned company. The carrier attributes its return to profitability and improved operating performance to the deal struck in July 1994, when United employees traded $4.9 billion in wage and work-rule concessions for a 55% stake in ...
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747X studies go on as VLCT plans are frozen
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS CONTINUING studies of 747 stretch designs, despite the suspension of joint studies with the Airbus partners of a very large commercial transport (VLCT) on the basis of insufficient market potential. The company is concentrating on two design options - the largest able to ...
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FAA and airlines launch next-generation communications
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has joined with industry to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) offering rapid and reliable information exchange, including air-traffic-control instructions and engine-performance data, among pilots, controllers and airline operations worldwide. The deal was struck between the FAA and ...
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Europe to take action on unsafe nations
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPE IS PREPARING to impose sanctions on nations which fail to exercise effective air-transport safety supervision. The UK Department of Transport (DTp) has confirmed that the 31-nation European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) is looking at the possibility of operational sanctions against countries. The action ...
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Harrods Air Service Now!...
Harrods Air Service Now! At Harrods Passenger Service Bureau on the 2nd floor, adjoining the Library Lounge, you can now book for journeys by air with exactly the same ease as you book for travel by sea or land. Air travel is now a proved, safe and established thing, ...
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Atlantis Aerospace and IVEX join study of low-cost FTDs
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ATLANTIS AEROSPACE and IVEX have joined forces with Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) to study the potential use of low-cost flight-training devices (FTDs) to meet pending regulations requiring US regional carriers to use simulators for pilot training. The initiative is a follow on to ...
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Finnair embarks on trials of mobile-telephone detector
FINNAIR HAS BEGUN trials of a system, which can detect mobile-telephone signals inside aircraft cabins. Cabin crew will be equipped with the portable device to catch mobile-phone users, whose calls may interfere with aircraft systems. The carrier says that, despite being alerted to the potential dangers, a small ...
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US regionals balk at FAA proposals
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US REGIONAL-airline industry is trying to water down the US Federal Aviation Administration's programme to bring Part 135 regional carriers up to the same safety and training standards as the Part 121 major long-haul US carriers. The 90-day comment period on ...
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Chek Lap Kok date put back
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE EXPECTED completion date of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport has been pushed back to April 1998, following the signing of a long-awaited agreement with China on the overall financing of the project. The Hong Kong Government has admitted for the ...
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Tailwheel GlaStar kitplane tested
STODDARD-HAMILTON is flight-testing the GlaStar kitplane in tail-wheel configuration, having completed more than 170h flying with tricycle gear. The two-seat GlaStar, is designed to be easily convertible, between tricycle, tail-wheel, float and ski landing gear. The Arlington, Washington based company has begun shipping tail and wing kits. Several ...
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BA urges restraint on open-skies deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall has called on US transportation secretary Federico Pena to resist pressure to force the pace on a UK-US open-skies agreement in the current round of bilateral negotiations. He also cautions against rushing European moves towards an open-skies policy. ...