All Safety News – Page 226
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Over 90 on board crashed Russian military Tu-154
Ninety-one personnel are on board a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 which crashed while en route to Syria.
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Passengers and crew released from hijacked Afriqiyah A320
Malta's prime minister Joseph Muscat has confirmed that all passengers and crew have been released from a hijacked Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 which landed in the country earlier today.
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Over 100 passengers on hijacked Afriqiyah A320
Security services in Malta have started an operation to handle the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 diverted to the island during an apparent hijack.
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NewsFESTIVE QUIZ: Can you outsmart Uncle Roger?
The holiday season is nigh - which means Uncle Roger’s Festive Quiz!
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VIDEO: Aerosucre 727 freighter crashes in Colombia
Media reports from Colombia indicate that a Boeing 727-200 freighter operated by Aerosucre has crashed.
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EASA to order seal checks on Trent 1000s
Operators of Boeing 787s with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will be ordered to carry out repetitive inspections of rotor seals following a recent aborted take-off.
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Experts define additional MH370 search area
Officials who reassessed evidence from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have designated an additional 25,000km² search area north of the area so far investigated.
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Investigation into EgyptAir crash uncovers traces of explosives
Traces of explosives have been detected on human remains recovered from the crash site of an EgyptAir Airbus A320, the Egyptian civil aviation ministry has indicated.
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FlightStats Announces 8th Annual “Best of the Best” Awards Finalists
December 14, 2016, Portland, OR – FlightStats, Inc, part of FlightGlobal, the leader in global flight information services, has released the finalists for the 8th Annual Airline On-time Performance Service Awards.
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Jetstar 787 engine shutdown caused by known issue
A mid-air engine shutdown aboard a Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8 aircraft has been attributed to a known issue with the transfer gearbox (TGB) of the General Electric GENx-1B turbofan.
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Distorted PA slowed response to Dash 8 depressurisation
A distorted public address message on a Skippers Aviation Bombardier Dash 8-100 meant that cabin crew were not able to respond quickly to a depressurisation incident that occurred off the coast of Western Australia on 7 August.
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CRJ crash: Display behaviour absent from operator manuals
Swedish investigators have found that operating manuals used by West Atlantic did not describe crucial aspects of the behaviour of primary cockpit displays in the event of an in-flight upset.
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Q400 and 777 in loss of separation incident over Sydney airport
An investigation is underway into a loss off separation incident that involved a QantasLink-operated Bombardier Q400 and an Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200ER over Sydney airport on 9 December.
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CRJ crash probe highlights ineffective crew communication
Swedish investigators believe a Bombardier CRJ200 freighter entered a fatal descent after its crew reacted to a sudden, but inaccurate, indication of a change in attitude.
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MH370 search down to one ship
The Chinese search ship Dong Hai Jiu 101 will return to Shanghai after spending most of 2016 searching for MH370 in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean.
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Sustained safety effort pulled Kazakhstan off EU blacklist
Kazakhstan’s removal from European Commission blacklisting has followed a sustained effort to modernise and revamp its air safety oversight.
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UK investigators reveal further serious drone encounters
UK investigators have revealed another two serious drone encounters with commercial aircraft took place in the same week as three previously-disclosed incidents.
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PIA ATRs grounded for inspection
Pakistan International Airlines’ remaining fleet of ATR aircraft will be suspended pending inspections by the country’s aviation authorities following a recent accident.
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NewsBolivia arrests DGAC official and LAMIA Bolivia CEO
Bolivia's public prosecutor general has arrested a civil aviation authority official and ordered a raid of the agency's offices, as an investigation into the fatal 28 November LAMIA Bolivia crash continues.
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EASA submits foundation for new pilot mental-fitness rules
Europe’s air transport safety authority has put forward a formal proposal to support mental fitness of pilots in the wake of last year’s Germanwings Airbus A320 crash.