All Safety News – Page 72
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NewsZagros A320 terrain alert spurs scrutiny of Tehran height thresholds
Iranian investigators believe an issue with minimum height thresholds in the vicinity of Tehran’s Mehrabad airport contributed to an incident in which an Airbus A320 crew responded to a ground-proximity warning on approach. The Zagros Airlines aircraft was operating from Ahvaz on 10 January this year, and cleared for the ...
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NewsStabiliser chain found separated after 737-400 in-flight trim incident
German investigators are trying to understand why the chain for controlling a Boeing 737-400SF’s horizontal stabiliser trim was not attached to its gear mechanism, after an incident in which the crew experienced trim problems while in cruise. Investigation authority BFU says the ASL Airlines twinjet (EI-STM) had undergone a variety ...
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NewsAn-26 crash crew turned onto flightpath below minimum safe altitude
Russian investigators have disclosed that an Antonov An-26 crew was cleared to carry out a turn at a height below the minimum safe altitude in the area before it crashed into a forested mountain ridge outside of Khabarovsk. The LPS An-26 had been conducting a flight check of radio systems ...
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NewsAir Astana to introduce Kazakhstan’s first full-flight simulator
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana is to acquire its first full-flight simulator through an agreement for an Airbus A320 device manufactured by L3Harris. The simulator is scheduled to be delivered to the airline in the second half of next year. It will support a new pilot-training centre for the carrier – and ...
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NewsJazz CRJ900 hard landing injured cabin crew: investigators
Canadian investigators have disclosed that two flight attendants were injured, one of them seriously, during a hard landing by a Bombardier CRJ900 at Vancouver last month. The Jazz aircraft had been arriving from Edmonton on 27 August carrying 58 passengers and four crew members. Transportation Safety Board of Canada states, ...
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NewsAirbus Helicopters tests battery power for emergency landings
Airbus Helicopters has begun flight tests of a battery-based electric back-up system (EBS), which will boost safety in light-single helicopters by providing up to 30s of power in the event of an engine failure.
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NewsTaliban urges airlines to restore flights to ‘fully operational’ Kabul airport
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government is urging airlines to restore services to the Central Asian state, insisting that the main international airport at Kabul is open. Foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi, through his official social media feed, states that the airport is “fully operational for domestic and international flights”, and problems ...
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NewsAir Macau signs pilot training agreement with CAAC
Air Macau will for the first time send pilots to the Chinese mainland for training, after it inked a training agreement with Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC).
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NewsDelta and union call for shared ‘no-fly’ passenger list in bid to combat ‘air rage’
Delta Air Lines and at least one airline union are calling for creation of a wider “no-fly list” for “unruly” passengers, a move aimed at countering a spike in the number of passenger-related in-flight disturbances.
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NewsAmsterdam Schiphol to test foraging pigs’ suitability as bird deterrent
Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s operator is to carry out a bird-control trial which centres on the use of pigs. It will take place on a plot of land, with an area of about 2ha, situated between runways 18R and 18C. This plot was used to harvest sugar beets. But crop residue ...
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NewsCaptain of dual-engine failure An-28 saw icing on cockpit windows
Investigators have found that the captain of an Antonov An-28 observed ice formation on the cockpit as the aircraft climbed, before a dual engine failure that preceded a forced landing in central Russia. The aircraft, operated by Siberian carrier SiLA, had departed Kedrovy for Tomsk on 16 July and had ...
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NewsRevised design proposal aims to cut helicopter hoist accident fatalities
Europe’s aviation safety regulator has put forward proposals to revise certification requirements for helicopter hoist design, arguing that design improvements would potentially mitigate a number of accidents and reduce fatalities. Analysis by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency found that at least 39 serious hoist-related accidents – resulting in 62 ...
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NewsNo survivors found as rescuers reach An-26 mountain crash site
None of those on board an Antonov An-26 which disappeared during a flight in the Khabarovsk region of Russia survived after the aircraft came down near a mountain known as Khrebtovaya. Wreckage had been located on the mountain – which rises to over 900m – by the crew of a ...
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NewsEasyJet crew’s forced emergency stop averted taxi collision with SAS jet
Dutch investigators have disclosed that an EasyJet Airbus A320 crew was forced to make an emergency stop to prevent a taxiing collision at Amsterdam Schiphol, after an SAS A320neo failed to give way at a junction. The EasyJet aircraft had landed on runway 18R and the SAS jet on the ...
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NewsSearchers locate wreckage after flight-check An-26 disappears near Khabarovsk
Russian authorities have located wreckage in the search for an Antonov An-26 which disappeared during a flight in the vicinity of Khabarovsk airport. The aircraft was being operated by specialist LPS – a flight systems inspection and calibration service – and had six crew members on board. Russia’s federal Investigative ...
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NewsAn-124 damaged during Milan tail-strike: investigators
Ukrainian investigators have disclosed that an Antonov An-124 outsize freight transporter was damaged by a tail-strike at Milan last month. The aircraft (UR-82027), a 1990 airframe, is part of the Antonov Airlines fleet. It was operating from Nacala, on the coast of northern Mozambique, to Milan on 17 August. During ...
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NewsWrong turn took student's PA-28 into approach path of 737
South African investigators have found that the student pilot of a Piper PA-28 turned in the wrong direction after an air traffic control instruction, flying just 100ft directly above a Boeing 737-400 on approach to East London airport. The student was conducting a solo navigation flight on 25 August, from ...
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NewsEasyJet focuses on zero-emission aircraft to meet 2050 climate goals
EasyJet is stressing the development of zero-emission aircraft as the solution for the narrowbody airliner of the future to meet its commitment of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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NewsAirbus and Air France launch trials under efficient flight initiative
Airbus, Air France and French air navigation services provider DSNA have carried out their inaugural demonstration flight today under an initiative aimed at evaluating technica and operational innovations to operate the most energy efficient flights.
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NewsCRJ200 carried out closed-tower take-off despite warning of opposite inbound flight
South African investigators have disclosed that a CemAir Bombardier CRJ200 crew departed from George airport before the control tower opened, despite being aware of an inbound Airlink Embraer ERJ-135 on approach to the same runway from the opposite direction. Preliminary inquiries into the 23 August incident – classified as serious ...