All Safety News – Page 144
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NewsTRAINING: Civil simulator market update
Recently updated information shows that just over 1,350 devices designed to simulate commercial airliners are currently in use around the world. This total comes to about 80 more simulators than were accounted for at the same point last year.
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Landing A350's wake suspected in Dubai DA62 crash
Investigators believe wake turbulence from a landing Airbus A350-900 may have contributed to the fatal crash of a light aircraft at Dubai earlier this month.
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PICTURES: SAA A340s join presidential inauguration flypast
Two South African Airways Airbus A340-600s have taken part in a large flypast to mark the 25 May inauguration of president Cyril Ramaphosa.
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InterviewEngineering a great start to an aviation career
Being curious about how aircraft work spurred Tsungi Maruta to join the apprenticeship scheme for mechanics at British Airways, where she is also an ambassador, representing the carrier’s public face
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Avianca Brazil grounded by regulator
Brazil’s civil aviation authority ANAC has suspended the operations of Avianca Brazil, dealing what could be the final blow to the airline which has operated under bankruptcy protection since December 2018.
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Analysis‘Differences training’ under scrutiny after 737 Max crashes
The recent pair of fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes has cast a light on pilots’ type rating training
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lauda's darkest day echoes in 737 Max crisis
Late motor-racing champion Niki Lauda will be associated not just with his airline entrepreneurship but with an investigation which resulted in scrutiny of design assumptions, and the adequacy of testing and certification methods, similar to that now being given to the Boeing 737 Max.
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Chinese airlines count the cost of 737 Max grounding
The grounding of the troubled Boeing 737 Max will rack up losses of CNY4 billion ($579 million) for Chinese carriers by the end of June.
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ATSB seeks improvements to design of ATR control systems
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has recommended that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and ATR improve design tolerances for inadvertent dual-control inputs by pilots following its investigation into an accident involving a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600.
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PICTURES: Albatross inspires Airbus flexible-tip demonstrator
Airbus has commenced testing of a scale model demonstrator intended to explore the benefits of hinged wing-tips to alleviate gust loads and consequently reduce aircraft structural weight.
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Turkish Airlines 777 suffers wing damage at Istanbul airport
A Turkish Airlines’ Boeing 777-300ER was damaged after it clipped its right on a lighting pole at the new Istanbul Airport this morning.
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Chinese carriers ask Boeing for 737 Max compensation
The three largest Chinese airlines have formally asked for compensation from Boeing over the grounding of the troubled 737 Max.
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NewsSAS pairs with Airbus on hybrid-power airport research
Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a preliminary agreement with Airbus covering hybrid electrical ecosystem research.
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US airlines see record summer travel despite 737 Max grounding
The Airlines for America trade group estimates the grounding of 737 Max aircraft results in a loss of 35,000 seats for the 2019 summer travel season.
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Alrosa to transfer last Tu-134 to museum
Russian carrier Alrosa is set to operate its final flight with a Tupolev Tu-134 on 22 May, as it transfers its single example to Novosibirsk.
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NewsAmerican seeks to stop alleged slowdown by mechanics
American Airlines claims that the unions representing its mechanics are promoting an illegal work slowdown, adding to the series of operational woes it already faces this year.
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Airbus hikes maximum take-off weight for A220
Airbus has increased the maximum take-off weight of the A220 by 2.2t.
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Taiwan’s FAT cuts some flights as it hits regulatory limit
Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) has cancelled some international flights after it was found to be hitting its maximum 1,350 flight hours per month limit set by Taiwan’s civil aviation regulator.
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WestJet ratifies agreement with dispatchers
WestJet today has ratified a three-year agreement with its flight dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA), continuing a wave of unionization at the airline.
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Crashed Superjet's pitch fluctuated before fatal touchdown
Russian investigators have disclosed that the Sukhoi Superjet 100 involved in a fatal accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo was 1.6t over its maximum landing weight, and experienced two impacts in excess of 5g as it bounced on landing.