All Safety News – Page 444
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News
IndiGo’s engine choice holds clues for Leap-X and GTF battle
IndiGo's engine selection for the 150 A320neos it plans to order could set a precedent for how CFM International and Pratt & Whitney divide market share for the 4,000 aircraft Airbus intends to build.
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NTSB frets about emergency locator transmitter malfunction
A fatal general aviation accident in which four badly injured survivors' lives were put at risk by the failure of the aircraft's emergency locator transmitter has worried the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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NTSB: Thrust reverser lag in Jackson Hole 757 overrun
NTSB investigators say pilots of an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 that overran the runway on landing at the Jackson Hole airport on 29 December did not...
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Inquiry details Swiss Saab's fuel crisis after eight years
Eight years after a Swiss Saab 2000 was written off while landing at a German air base, investigators have detailed the extraordinary circumstances that led the crew to divert five times to escape surrounding storms.
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EasyJet investigates over-fuelling incident
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet is investigating how one of its Airbus A319 aircraft was so heavily over-fuelled at Birmingham Airport that more than 30 passengers...
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Transmile to sell four MD-11 freighters to FedEx
Financially troubled Malaysian cargo carrier Transmile Air Services has agreed to sell four Boeing MD-11 freighter aircraft to FedEx for $68 million to help...
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December snow disruption cost BAA £24m
Last month's severe winter weather in the UK cost airports operator BAA £24 million ($37.6 million) and saw passenger numbers nosedive by 10.9%.
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NewsEtihad extends wet-lease contract with Maximus Air Cargo
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has extended its wet-lease contracts with Maximus Air Cargo for two Airbus A300-600 regional freighters until August 2012.
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NewsIndiGo’s potential A320neo order heats up engine competition
Engine selection by Indian carrier IndiGo for its potential A320neo order is under heavy scrutiny as it could usher in one of the first competitive campaigns...
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NewsFatigue decompression prompts extensive 757 inspections
Metal fatigue in certain skin sections of two Boeing 757s, including one that experienced rapid decompression at 31,000ft (9,450m), has spurred the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate repetitive inspections of the US-registered fleet.
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Kuching airport to reopen following AirAsia A320 incident
An AirAsia Airbus A320 that skidded off the runway while landing at Malaysia's Kuching International Airport last night has been removed from the runway,...
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BMI, Lufthansa queue up for snow compensation from BAA
UK carrier BMI and parent company Lufthansa expect to be compensated by airports operator BAA for the losses incurred as a result of runway closures at London...
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AirAsia A320 skids off runway at Kuching; closes airport
An AirAsia A320 skidded off the runway while landing at Malaysia's Kuching International Airport last night, resulting in the closure of the airport as workers...
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NewsQantas to resume A380 flights to Los Angeles on 16 Jan
Qantas Airways will resume operating the Airbus A380 to Los Angeles on 16 January, after it stopped operating the superjumbo jet on trans-Pacific routes...
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Opinion
Comment: The airline safety gap is growing
Airline safety performance has just recorded its eighth year in a row in which accident numbers and rates have resolutely failed to fall. But why should...
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Both recorders retrieved from Iran Air 727 crash site
Recovery personnel at the site of yesterday's Iran Air Boeing 727-200 crash have retrieved both flight recorders from the wreckage.
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NewsInquiry opens into fatal Iran Air 727 crash
Iranian investigators have set up several working groups to probe yesterday's fatal Iran Air Boeing 727-200 accident at Urmia. The aircraft is a 37-year...
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NewsEvidence of Tu-154 power fault day before fatal fire: MAK
Russian investigators have discovered evidence of an electrical fault on the burned-out Tupolev Tu-154 at Surgut, which showed up the day before fire destroyed...
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EU's Clean Sky project looks to SMEs for research
One of Clean Sky's aims is to increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises involved in the aviation industry, and so more than one-third of the topics - which are meant to contribute to the elaboration of the demonstrators - were won by SMEs.