All Safety News – Page 881
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PIA first class 'mutiny' flight delayed due to VVIP flight in Islamabad
Further details have emerged of an incident last week when several economy class passengers stormed the first class cabin of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 747 as a protest of a long delay.
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Video: Canadian low cost carrier WestJet explains just how required navigation performance works
A video produced by Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet with help from its partners like Boeing, Smiths Aerospace and Naverus uses a combination of real-life footage and animation to explain nicely how RNP works.
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NewsFirst fully-furnished Airbus A380 to make simulated 5h trip with 474 passengers this week
Airbus expects to undertake a 5h “virtual first flight” of the cabin installed on A380 MSN002 in Hamburg this week, as it prepares to begin the first passenger flight trials of the ultra-large aircraft.
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NewsArmavia A320 crashes on second approach to Sochi
Improved weather reports persuaded crew to abandon diversion and attempt landing
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Convair crash down to pilot error
NTSB makes recommendations after highlighting captain’s failure to monitor the fuel crossfeed operation
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Blow for emissions trading
Carbon contract losses may stall European Commission’s efforts to include aviation
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Giant effort: Airbus's Hamburg makeover
Airbus’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant has undergone a complete makeover and expansion as it gears up for its major role in building the ultra-large A380 airliner
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Lufthansa may establish 'Asianwings' pilot training business in Asia
Lufthansa is planning to capitalise on the skills shortage in Asia’s aviation sector by offering training services in the region under the name Asianwings.
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Search teams battle to raise Armavia A320 recorders from Black Sea crash
Search teams are still assessing the Black Sea site of last week’s Armavia Airbus A320 crash in a bid to ascertain the location of the aircraft’s flight recorders and whether further assistance will be needed to retrieve them.
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NewsPictures: Airbus begins flight testing first Singapore Airlines' A380
The first Airbus A380 for launch operator Singapore Airlines (SIA) completed its maiden flight from Toulouse yesterday.
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NewsAirline criticism of Airbus A350 forces airframer to make radical changes to fuselage, wing and engines
Airbus is working on a dramatic redesign of its planned A350 long-range widebody twin that is aimed at an all-new aircraft family capable of leapfrogging the rival Boeing 787 as well as the 777.
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African aid flight ends in tragedy as An-74 crashes
Twinjet had previously been employed by Ukrainian production plant as demonstrator
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Pictures: Probe begins into Sabena Technics hangar fire
Sabena Technics believes the fire that burned down one of its maintenance hangars at Brussels airport, destroying four aircraft, will have only a minor effect on its operations as investigations begin into the cause of the blaze.
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NewsPictures: SUV manufacturer uses in-car SatNav to guide Lockheed Hercules on French flight
UK automotive company Land Rover has released a commercial in the USA showing a Lockheed L-100 Commercial Hercules navigated by the car's satellite navigation (SatNav) system on an domestic French flight.