All Safety News – Page 246
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China Eastern signs for 35 A350s and 787-9s
China Eastern Airlines has signed for 20 Airbus A350-900s and 15 Boeing 787-9s as part of a long-haul fleet modernisation programme.
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SAS expects first A320neo in September
SAS Group is expecting to receive its first Airbus A320neo in September, the initial aircraft in a batch of 30.
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LAM crash inquiry lends support to flight-tracking case
Controllers failed to notice the disappearance of a LAM Embraer 190 lost over Namibia and damage to its emergency locator transmitter contributed to a long delay in reaching the crash site.
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Xiamen Airlines signs for 10 737-800s
Xiamen Airlines has finalised an order with Boeing for 10 737-800s.
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Opinion
OPINION: Accident reports must acknowledge pilot pressures
French investigation authority BEA’s final analysis of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash last year contains 20 mentions of the word “suicide” including, notably, in the primary conclusion over probable cause.
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PICTURES: Canada releases details of EVAS Beechcraft 1900 crash
Canadian authorities have released more details about the EVAS Air Charters Beech 1900 D that crashed at Gander the evening of 20 April.
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Opinion
OPINION: The unknown impact of UAV collisions
If a recent report is to be believed, the 137 crew and passengers of British Airways flight 727 on 17 April were among the unluckiest people on the planet. It appears their Airbus A320 collided with a small drone on approach to London Heathrow airport from Geneva. The exact circumstances ...
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Poor flight planning led to fatal DC-3 terrain collision
Colombian investigators believe a Douglas DC-3 crew’s failure to verify minimum safe altitudes during an unscheduled commercial domestic flight led to a fatal collision with high terrain.
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Object involved in BA A320 collision unconfirmed: minister
Doubts have emerged over the nature of the object which apparently collided with a British Airways Airbus A320 near London Heathrow.
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PICTURES: A330 emerges in Air Serbia colours
Air Serbia has shown off the first Airbus A330 to be painted in the Balkan carrier’s colours, ahead of its initiation of long-haul services.
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Flydubai crash: Stabiliser shift commanded from yoke trim switch
Russian investigators have revealed that substantial nose-down trim on the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 was applied through the manual trim switches on the pilot’s control column.
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A320 collision heightens UAV safety concerns
Fresh concerns over the potential danger of operating unmanned air vehicles in the vicinity of manned aircraft have been sparked by the collision of a British Airways Airbus A320 with a UAV at London Heathrow on 17 April.
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PICTURES: Comair 737 arrives at new St Helena airport
South African carrier Comair has carried out the first large passenger jet landing at the new St Helena airport.
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Garuda confirms 14 A330neos to replace A330 order
Garuda Indonesia is taking 14 Airbus A330neo twinjets in place of seven A330-300s cancelled by the carrier.
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LAM and Germanwings inquiries contrast in medical scope
Investigators have not made any explicit safety recommendations relating to medical checks following the inquiry into the deliberate LAM Embraer 190 crash in Namibia in November 2013.
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ATSB outlines analysis process for MH370 debris
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) relied on markings and fasteners to determine that two pieces of debris that washed up on African shores are "almost certainly" from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that was operating the fateful MH370 flight.
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PICTURE: Saudia unveils plan for low-cost carrier
Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia is to establish a new airline division for low-cost air transport in the kingdom.
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A350 thrust-reversers modified after lock flaw
Airbus has modified the thrust-reverser actuation system of production A350-900s after a failure of a locking mechanism on an in-service aircraft.
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BA A320 suffers suspected drone collision
UK police are investigating after a British Airways Airbus A320 suffered a suspected collision with an unmanned air vehicle while inbound to London Heathrow.
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Tail-strike damage found after Corendon 737 diversion
Turkish investigators are looking into a serious incident involving a Boeing 737-800 which suffered a tail-strike on departure from Billund.