All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 346
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NewsA320 tweak to prevent computer 'forgetting' sharklets
Operators of Airbus A320s with sharklet wing-tips are being instructed to modify the aircraft to prevent the possibility that flight computers could forget the sharklets are fitted.
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NewsUS carriers banned from Syrian overflights
US carriers have been banned from overflying Syria under a tightening of FAA restrictions on operations in the region.
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NewsIcelandic authority raises volcanic threat level
Icelandic authorities have raised a seismically-active volcano to the second-highest alert level on its aviation warning scale.
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Russia looks to domestic aircraft to counter sanctions
Russia’s government is looking into forming an airline using domestically-built aircraft to circumvent the sanctions which grounded low-cost operator Dobrolet.
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Certification beckons as A350 wraps up route-proving
Airbus has completed the A350’s route-proving runs during which the aircraft travelled 81,700nm in 180h of flights.
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NewsIranian committee begins inquiry into IrAn-140 crash
Iranian investigators have received both flight recorders from the HESA IrAn-140 turboprop which crashed during departure from Tehran.
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NewsPreliminary MH17 report still weeks away
Dutch investigators have indicated that a preliminary report into the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is still several weeks away.
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NewsSwiftair speed decay echoes previous MD-80 episodes
While investigators have yet to ascertain the reason for the loss of control of the Swiftair Boeing MD-83 over Mali, the accident shares several parallels with earlier events in which speed decay in early cruise led MD-80s into a high-altitude stall.
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NewsSwiftair MD-83 lost speed before rapid spiral descent
French investigators have determined that a Swiftair Boeing MD-83 lost over Mali entered a rapid spiral descent from which it failed to recover.
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NewsMH17: Ukraine lifts ceasefire as initial wreck search ends
International investigators are to withdraw temporarily from the site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in Ukraine, with some areas yet to be examined.
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NewsUnidentified A320 order includes 28 re-engined jets
Airbus’s newly-disclosed order for 45 A320-family aircraft, attributed to unidentified customers, includes 28 re-engined models.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus conversions stress shift to larger types
Analysis of Airbus’s single-aisle backlog reveals that the shift towards larger types in new orders has been underpinned by substantial conversion activity within existing agreements.
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NewsAntonov completes fuselage assembly of first An-178
Antonov has completed fuselage assembly of the first An-178, a freighter variant of the An-148 and An-158 regional jet.
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NewsRussian authority hands Rostov radar data to MH17 probe
Russian authorities have provided radar data from a regional air traffic centre to investigators analysing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsDobrolet halts flights as EU sanctions block jet lease
Aeroflot’s budget carrier Dobrolet is suspending operations as a result of the sanctions recently imposed on the airline by the European Union.
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NewsCrashed ATR deviated from non-precision approach
Preliminary information from the investigation into the TransAsia Airways ATR 72 crash in Magong shows that the crew opted for a non-precision approach after initially intending an ILS approach to the airport.
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NewsIAG to firm eight A350s and take eight A330s for Iberia
International Airlines Group is exercising options on eight Airbus A350-900 and will also obtain eight A330-200s for Spanish carrier Iberia.
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NewsANA firms order for 30 A320neo-family jets
Japan's ANA Holdings has firmed its agreement for 30 Airbus A320neo jets, and will become the first operator of the type in the country.
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NewsA320neo conversions necessary to handle backlog: Enders
Airbus expects to entertain further conversions of its A320 family to the re-engined A320neo in order to cope with overbooking in the backlog.
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NewsUkraine presses for 20km safe-zone around MH17
Ukrainian authorities are trying to establish a 20km safe-zone around the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to enable investigators to examine the Boeing 777’s wreckage.