All Safety News – Page 224
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Accident reports published in the second half of 2016
Synopses of accident reports published in the last six months of 2016
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News
Wideroe turns to jets with Embraer 190-E2 order
Scandinavian regional carrier Wideroe is to step up to jet operation, having opted to take up to 15 Embraer 190-E2 re-engined aircraft.
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Kyrgyz prosecutor opens probe into 747F crash
Krygyzstan’s general prosecutor has opened a routine criminal case into the fatal crash at Bishkek involving a Turkish-operated Boeing 747-400F.
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Climbing EgyptAir A300 involved in serious Belgian airprox
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident in which an EgyptAir Airbus A300-600 freighter climbed through its assigned altitude.
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ACT 747F crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Updated: Corrected to reflect correct aircraft registration number, TC-MCL. A previous version of this story erroneously reported the registration as TC-ACJ, and that the aircraft was operated by Turkish Airlines. The aircraft was operated by Turkey's ACT Airlines, which trades under the name MyCargo Airlines.
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EasyJet take-off data incident uncovers software anomaly
Investigations have traced an EasyJet A319 take-off performance incident at Malaga to a software anomaly in a particular electronic flightbag function.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can aviation beat human frailty?
To people who like to fly, perhaps to most people, fear of flying seems such an irrational fear. As our annual report on airline safety shows, accident rates are very low and trending firmly downward.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: World airline accident review 2016
Airline fatal accident figures rose significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year, but the comparison is somewhat misleading because 2015 was the safest year in history by a considerable margin.
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News
Air Lease converts to a dozen A321neos
US lessor Air Lease has become the latest customer to convert to the larger Airbus A321neo, having switched an order for a dozen A320neos.
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Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia seek rights to India
Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia have applied for rights to serve India.
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PICTURE: Iran Air receives first A321
Iran Air has formally taken delivery of an Airbus A321, the first in a batch of 100 jets ordered by the flag-carrier under a landmark fleet-renewal deal with the airframer.
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Airbus aims shortly to 'upsize' stalled Qatar A320neo deal
Airbus is hoping to finalise shortly a rejig of Qatar Airways’ problematic A320neo order, which will include scaling-up to the A321neo.
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Airbus edges ahead of Boeing with 731 net orders
Airbus recorded net orders for 731 aircraft last year, compared with Boeing’s figure of 668.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airports eye carbon-neutral operations
A growing number of pioneering airports are proving that becoming carbon neutral is an achievable, not just an aspirational, goal.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Capt Kate McWilliams, airline captain at 26 years old
Capt Kate McWilliams, Easyjet's youngest airline captain at 26 years old
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Sukhoi progresses on Interjet Superjet repairs
Sukhoi has completed repairs on six Interjet Superjet 100s, allowing the aircraft to return to operations.
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WheelTug reveals timeframe for planned service entry
Electric taxi specialist WheelTug expects its nose wheel drive system to enter service in late 2018.
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Kaliningrad runway swept before A321 accident: airport
Kaliningrad Khrabrovo airport’s operator insists the condition of its runway was suitable to receive the Aeroflot Airbus A321 which subsequently veered off onto muddy ground and lost its nose-gear.
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LAM probes 'impact' to 737 on approach
Investigators in Mozambique are looking into the cause of an in-flight impact to a Boeing 737-700 which occurred on approach to the city of Tete.
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UK pilots urge action over increasing drone encounters
Pilots’ representatives in the UK believe the risk of a drone collision with aircraft is increasing, after claiming a doubling of reported encounters.