All Safety News – Page 232
-
News
UK investigators reveal further serious drone encounters
UK investigators have revealed another two serious drone encounters with commercial aircraft took place in the same week as three previously-disclosed incidents.
-
News
PIA ATRs grounded for inspection
Pakistan International Airlines’ remaining fleet of ATR aircraft will be suspended pending inspections by the country’s aviation authorities following a recent accident.
-
NewsBolivia arrests DGAC official and LAMIA Bolivia CEO
Bolivia's public prosecutor general has arrested a civil aviation authority official and ordered a raid of the agency's offices, as an investigation into the fatal 28 November LAMIA Bolivia crash continues.
-
News
EASA submits foundation for new pilot mental-fitness rules
Europe’s air transport safety authority has put forward a formal proposal to support mental fitness of pilots in the wake of last year’s Germanwings Airbus A320 crash.
-
News
Philippine Airlines firms order for five Q400s
Philippine Airlines has firmed an order for five Bombardier Q400 turboprops, with purchase rights for an additional seven aircraft.
-
News
Emirates set to take Trent-powered A380 this month
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is set to receive its first Rolls-Royce-powered Airbus A380 on 16 December, after resolving last-minute technical hitches.
-
News
PIA pilot reported engine failure before ATR 42 crash
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) says that the flight crew of the crashed ATR 42-500 had reported the "engine failure of one of its engines" before it went down.
-
News
ATR crash is PIA's tenth hull loss since 2000
The fatal crash of a Pakistan International Airlines ATR 42-500 aircraft operating flight PK661 on 7 December is the company’s tenth total aircraft loss since 2000.
-
News
PIA confirms PK661 crash location and aircraft occupancy
Pakistan International Airlines has detailed the occupancy of the ATR 42 turboprop that crashed today while operating flight PK661 from Chitral to Islamabad.
-
News
PIA confirms loss of contact with ATR 42
Pakistan International Airlines has confirmed loss of contact with an ATR 42 operating domestic flight PK661 from Chitral to Islamabad.
-
News
PIA aircraft reportedly missing
Unconfirmed reports are claiming that a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft is missing following departure on a service to Islamabad.
-
News
Boeing sees demand for 248,000 new pilots in Asia-Pacific
Boeing projects that more than 500,000 new pilots and technicians will be needed for the Asia-Pacific region, over the next 20 years.
-
News
Virgin Australia 737 veers off runway in Darwin
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has started an investigation into how a Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 veered off the runway during landing at Darwin International airport on 6 December.
-
News
Air Berlin sells Niki as Etihad approves new leisure airline
Air Berlin Group has agreed to sell its shareholding in low-cost Austrian operator Niki to the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Aviation Group as part of a scheme to create a new European airline.
-
News
CSeries steep approach certification pushed into 2017
Efforts to certificate the Bombardier CSeries for London City airport’s steep approach will be delayed by about two months.
-
News
Bolivia suspends LAMIA Bolivia's AOC
The Bolivian government has temporarily suspended charter carrier LAMIA Bolivia's air operator certificate and the top officials of the country's aviation regulators, following the fatal LAMIA Bolivia crash in Colombia on 28 November.
-
News
Air France takes delivery of first 787
Air France has taken delivery of its first Boeing Dreamliner, a 787-9 on long-term lease from AerCap.
-
NewsFuel emergency reported by Bolivian Avro RJ85 before fatal crash
The flight crew of the Bolivian British Aerospace Avro RJ85 that crashed in Colombia had declared a fuel emergency while waiting to land at Medellin airport in Rionegro, according to an air traffic control recording.
-
NewsRecorders found from crashed Avro RJ in Colombia
Colombia's civil aviation authority Aerocivil has confirmed that both recorders of the LAMIA Bolivia British Aerospace Avro RJ85 that crashed near Medellin have been recovered, and were found in "good condition".
-
NewsPICTURES: UK investigators deployed to Colombia Avro RJ crash
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has deployed a team of three investigators to Medellin in Colombia, following the crash of a British Aerospace Avro RJ85 operated by charter carrier LAMIA Bolivia.