As the Copenhagen climate change summit kicked off, a UK parliament transport committee published a report warning that the European Union's emissions-trading scheme might do little to promote low-carbon air transport, noting that so far the scheme has not cut emissions "beyond what would have occurred anyway". The committee added: "We are concerned that the [emissions-trading scheme] has an appalling track record."
Source: Flight International
Colombian investigators are probing a serious incident during which an Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 freighter struck part of the ILS array on take-off from Bogota. The aircraft (HK-5216) was departing El Dorado airport’s runway 14L on 10 November, according to the Colombian regulator Aerocivil. Upon lift-off it struck one of the ...
Australian investigators have opened a probe into an engine failure incident on a Qantas Boeing 737-800 that was flying from Sydney to Brisbane.
Investigators analysing the fatal loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 are recommending a review of cockpit firefighting procedures – particularly regarding oxygen-fuelled fires – and believe greater research is needed on alternative extinguishing agents to halon. The Egyptian air accident investigation commission’s recommendations draw on analysis by French counterpart BEA ...
