All Safety News – Page 1452
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NASA tests Pathfinder airbag
NASA LEWIS RESEARCH Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, is conducting tests of an airbag landing-gear system which will provide the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft with a soft, upright landing when it lands on the rugged terrain of Mars in 1997. The Mars Pathfinder is the first ...
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Atlas to deal second ACE after crash
ATLAS AVIATION is to build an improved ACE turboprop trainer following the crash of the prototype in February. The new ACE II, is scheduled to be flown, in the second half of 1996. The aircraft will differ from the original principally in its use of the more powerful ...
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Row delays FedEx Subic Bay opening
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FEDEX HAS DELAYED by 30 days the scheduled 3 July opening of its Subic Bay, Philippines, hub because of a bilateral-air-services dispute between the USA and Japan After a hiatus in talks between the two nations over Japan's refusal to let FedEx ...
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ValuJet adds four more
DC-9s to fleet US LOW-FARE operator ValuJet Airlines has purchased four additional McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s. The total cost of the aircraft, including installation of hushkits and completion of ValuJet and federal-mandated modifications, is expected to be about $18 million. The previous operators were Alitalia and ...
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FAA seeks windshear-detector change software
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration, is proposing that, new software be introduced for Honeywell-made airborne wind-shear detectors. The proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which follows a US National Transportation Safety Board recommendation, would require new software which eliminates delays in the warning systems of the Honeywell standard wind-shear-detection and ...
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Lufthansa Expands
Lufthansa has extended its network in the CIS with the introduction of passenger and cargo flights to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo, have begun operating a joint twice weekly Airbus A320 service, from Frankfurt to Baku. Source: Flight International
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EC moves nearer to open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT ministers meeting in Luxembourg have signaled their tentative support to giving the European Union (EU) the power to negotiate open-skies deals on behalf of its members. The 15 EU states have asked the European Commission (EC) to fine-tune its preliminary open-skies ...
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Transavia gains, misses targets
TRANSAVIA AIRLINES blames declining fares and rising costs outside its control for failing meet its profit targets in the year to 31 March. Net profits were Dfl23.5 million ($16.5 million), just 0.7% ahead of the 1993/4 figure and well below the 15% margin targeted by the airline. Transavia ...
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FAA approves FANS-1 package
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has issued a formal type certificate for Boeing's future air-navigation system (FANS-1) installation package for Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 747-400s. The system provides for automatic position reporting and other operational communication by satellite from anywhere in the world. The FANS-1 incorporates a comprehensive flight-management-system ...
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IATA forecasts record airline profits
Kevin O'Toole/GENEVA THE international airline industry could be on course to turn in the highest profits in its history if over-capacity continues to decline, according to predictions from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA estimates that its members made a net profit of $1.8 ...
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Slow progress
Progress towards achieving a US/Russian bilateral airworthiness agreement remains slow. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE USA AND RUSSIA will break no speed records in their marathon efforts to complete a bilateral airworthiness agreement, say US aviation officials involved in the negotiations. While some progress is reported ...
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No substitute for 'airmanship'
Sir -With reference to correspondence regarding training and modern aircraft, I would like, having myself flown, trained, checked and examined on various types of aircraft including currently the A320, to add some comments. all aircraft are flown the same way, are subject to the same conditions/elements and all ...
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United trials ERS
For One-Step FANS UNITED AIRLINES has begun a six-month evaluation of a computer-based electronic-resource system (ERS), developed by Minnesota-based Computing Devices International, on 5 June. The ERS, fitted to a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, is "basically the pilot's interface to the FANS [Future Air Navigation System]," says ...
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Hughes rethinks Canadian ATC project
HUGHES AIRCRAFT and the Canadian Department of Transport have agreed to revise the terms of a C$659 million ($478 million) programme to modernise the country's air-traffic-control (ATC) system after the project ran into technical, budgetary and scheduling difficulties. The new deal essentially pays Hughes more to deliver ...
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BATA claims UK capacity sufficient
RUNWAY CAPACITY at the UK's two prime international airports, London Heathrow and Gatwick, is "close to gridlock", according to a capacity index published by the British Air Transport Association (BATA). BATA chairman David Hopkins says that the figures give a warning to BAA, the operator of London's three ...
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FAA to address rule changes for commuter flights
THE US Federal Aviation Administration is to host a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 June to discuss proposed commuter aircraft rule changes, which it estimates could cost the industry $275 million over the next ten years. The proposed rule change will require Part 135 commuter ...
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Fokker will challenge Avro's jet monopoly at London City
Andrew Doyle/LONDON DUTCH MANUFACTURER Fokker is working on airframe and avionics modifications to its JetLine family of Fokker 100 regional jets, to allow them to be operated at London City Airport, threatening Avro International Aerospace's long-standing monopoly on jet operations at the airport. Fokker's move ...
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United studies 727 life-extension
UNITED AIRLINES IS examining the possibility of extending the lives of its Boeing 727s in an effort to reduce fleet-renewal costs. The carrier's work on head-up displays (HUDs) and enhanced-vision systems (EVS) has helped move it towards a life-extension decision. United has been increasingly voluble in its questioning ...
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GE confident of fan blade answer
Graham Warwick/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines has developed a solution to the fan-blade failure which has grounded GE90-powered Boeing 777 flight-test aircraft (Flight International, 14-20 June, P4). GE has until mid-July to restage the 3.6kg birdstrike test successfully, if Boeing is to deliver the first GE90-powered 777 ...
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Another 777 suffers depressurisation
THE FOURTH FLIGHT-test Boeing 777, returning from the Paris air show, suffered a pressurisation failure while en route from Washington DC to Seattle on 14 June. The incident was a less-serious recurrence of the loose duct-clamps, which caused pressurisation losses on two other 777s. The aircraft had not ...