All Safety News – Page 235
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ANALYSIS: Air travel is safer than ever, but safety today is not all about accidents
In the whole of 2015 – the safest year on record by almost all measures - there were no fatal accidents involving jet airliners, but in the first six months of this year there have been three.
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Cebu Pacific orders more A330s
Philippines-based carrier Cebu Pacific is ordering another pair of Airbus A330-300s.
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IAG enthusiastic about A321LR potential
IAG is enthusiastic about the potential offered by Airbus’s longer-range version of the A321neo in the Aer Lingus fleet.
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JetBlue adds 30 A321s to order backlog
JetBlue Airways has added orders for 30 Airbus A321s, raising the US low-cost carrier's total backlog to 116 single-aisles.
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PICTURE: First Thai A350 starts flight tests
Thai Airways International’s first Airbus A350-900 is set to be delivered at the end of the third quarter of this year.
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Search for MH370 to suspend after completion of search area
Australia, China and Malaysia will suspend the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after it has combed the 120,000km² search area.
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EasyJet stays upbeat in uncertain operating environment
Budget carrier EasyJet is unsure about its fourth-quarter performance following the events in France and Turkey, which have undermined consumer confidence already shaken by the impact of the UK’s vote to exit the European Union.
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Inquiry finds engine fault after fatal An-12 overrun
Russian investigators have disclosed findings of a technical problem in one of the engines on a Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 which crashed on take-off in Afghanistan.
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PICTURE: ATSB examining possible MH370 wing part
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) have sent a large piece of aircraft debris found in Tanzania to Canberra for further examination, as the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 grinds on.
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ANALYSIS: UK aerospace ponders Brexit unknowns
While politicians, citizens and business people digest the shock of the UK’s 23 June referendum vote to leave the EU, one word crops up repeatedly in any attempt to anticipate the implications: uncertainty.
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ATSB investigating Emirates A380 landing incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating an incident where an Emirates Airline Airbus A380 descended below minimum assigned altitude while on approach to land at Melbourne Tullamarine International airport.
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Fire mentioned in cockpit before EgyptAir A320 crash
Investigators have disclosed that the existence of a fire was discussed in the cockpit of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 which crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing transactions total 182 jets
Boeing disclosed orders and commitments for 182 commercial aircraft during the Farnborough air show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Show pushes Airbus net total to 380
Airbus has increased net orders this year to 380 aircraft following the close of business at the Farnborough air show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Norwegian converts to long-range A321neo
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to take the long-range version of the Airbus A321neo, by converting 30 previously-ordered aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Wizz selects P&W engines for A321neos
Central European budget carrier Wizz has signed a deal to buy as many as 432 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.
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FARNBOROUGH: Honeywell and Safran halt electric taxi project
Honeywell and Safran have pulled the plug on their jointly conceived electric taxiing system, while rival developer WheelTug aims to enter service with its system in 2018.
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FARNBOROUGH: Air Europa revealed as 737 Max customer
Spanish carrier Air Europa has emerged as the customer behind a previously-unattributed order for 20 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets.
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ANALYSIS: Can airlines tap efficiency gains from connectivity?
The airline industry has yet to fully articulate its vision for the connected aircraft, but the current focus on in-flight connectivity for passengers provides the impetus to establish a robust broadband pipe to the aircraft, creating future opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
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FBI calls off hunt for 727 hijacker 'DB Cooper'
Investigators from the FBI have suspended the effort to identify the hijacker who, in 1971, parachuted from the rear air-stair of an airborne Northwest Orient Boeing 727 after securing a $200,000 ransom.