All Safety News – Page 476
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NewsHenan Embraer 190 crashes in China, survivors reported
Initial reports suggest that there are survivors from a landing accident, at Yichun in China, involving a Henan Airlines Embraer 190.
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Henan Airlines aircraft reportedly crashes in northern China
Preliminary reports indicate that a passenger aircraft has crashed in northeastern China. The reports, from the official Chinese news agency, state...
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Opinion
Comment: Pilot licences should be invalid unless accompanied by full training performance records
The Colgan Air accident at Buffalo has certainly shaken up US thinking about what makes - and keeps - an airline pilot competent.
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Tiger tweaks incident reporting procedures after A320 aileron fault
Tiger Airways Australia has revised its incident reporting procedures, after Australian authorities found that the airline failed to report a fault on an...
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This Week briefing
Taipei's Taoyuan International airport is reviewing air traffic control procedures and has suspended several controllers after a 15 July runway incursion in which miscommunication between the pilot of an Antonov Airlines An-124 freighter and controllers resulted in the aircraft entering the runway while a Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 was taking ...
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Rescue operations ongoing at Agni Air Dornier 228 crash site
Search and rescue operations are ongoing at a mountainous region of central Nepal where a Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Nepalese regional carrier Agni...
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Nepalese regional carrier's Dornier 228 reported missing
A Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Nepalese regional carrier Agni Air has gone missing while on a flight to Kathmandu.
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Oman Air: Transitioning from regional to international player
Oman's flag carrier has been reinventing itself to shake off its image as a regional airline
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Opinion
Comment: Time to pay for safety
As last week's fatal crash in Colombia sadly highlights, fast-growing Latin America needs to recognise that failing to invest in airport infrastructure and staff training costs lives
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NewsAirblue A321 crash: No evidence of technical problems
Preliminary inquiries into the fatal Airblue Airbus A321 accident outside Islamabad last month suggest the aircraft suffered no technical problems before...
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Flight International airliner census records minimal fleet growth
This year's Flight International airliner census shows the lowest growth in the numbers of commercial aircraft in recent years, as a slight rise in the fleet of Western-built aircraft is all but offset by a large decline in the Russian types operating.
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Airliner Census 2010 – fleet growth marginal and idle jets at record high
Our annual snapshot of the global airliner fleet reveals that the downturn has had an impact, with more retired and parked aircraft and little growth in overall size
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A320 NEO to have $7-8 million price premium
If Airbus opts to go ahead with an A320 re-engining programme, it will price the so-called A320 family New Engine Option (NEO) with a premium of $7-8 million - or one-half the net present value of the 15% fuel savings the aircraft would deliver over today's generation of A320s and ...
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787 schedule in jeopardy following Trent 1000 testbed failure
Boeing's oft-delayed 787 schedule may again find itself in jeopardy as the airframer and engine-maker Rolls-Royce investigate the failure of a Trent 1000 engine intended to power an early -8 delivery to launch customer All Nippon Airways.
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NewsSaudi Arabia's Sama to suspend all operations
Saudi Arabia budget carrier Sama is to suspend all flight operations from tomorrow, after heavily criticising the restrictive operating regime under which...
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NewsQantasLink grounds five Q400s for main-gear checks
Australian flag-carrier Qantas has grounded five Bombardier Q400 turboprops over concerns centred on the type's main landing-gear.
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Boeing 747-8F nears schedule slip as first 747-8I progresses
Despite strong schedule uncertainty with Boeing's 747-8 freighter, the airframer continues to press on with assembly of its first -8I passenger aircraft.
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NewsPICTURE: WhiteKnight Two landing gear fails
The left rear landing gear on Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two failed during a test flight in the Mojave desert 19 Aug. The quad-engine jet that will...
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ANZ takes Auckland Airport's Queenstown bid to court
Air New Zealand (ANZ) and a Queenstown-based lobby group opposed to Auckland International Airport's (AIA) purchase of a stake in Queenstown Airport have...
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Pan-European trial to study benefit of flight-plan adherence
Eurocontrol is gearing up for a two-day pan-European exercise aimed at improving airspace efficiency through ensuring that all traffic strictly adheres to...