All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 439
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NewsLufthansa to take two more A380s and 10 other aircraft
Germany's Lufthansa Group is to acquire another two Airbus A380s as part of an order for 12 new aircraft for the company. They will be part of a package...
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NewsVIDEO: ANA 737 rolled near-inverted after rudder trim blunder
Japanese investigators have detailed the extraordinary in-flight upset involving an All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 which resulted in the aircraft banking to a near-inverted attitude.
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NewsInquiry confirms electrical arcing caused fatal Tu-154 fire
Investigators have attributed the fatal blaze on a parked Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154B at Surgut to electrical arcing in a generator panel mounted in the rear.
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NewsICAO and EU set down global accident reporting platform
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European Commission have agreed to standardise their categorisation of accidents and incidents in order to improve analysis of safety data.
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NewsTu-154 crew battled power loss after switching off fuel pump
Inadvertent deactivation of a pump during fuel transfer sparked the near-complete loss of thrust on a Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 that forced the crew into an erratic emergency landing, during which the jet broke up.
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No survivors reported from Nepalese Beech 1900D crash
No survivors have been reported from a sightseeing aircraft, said to be a Beech 1900D turboprop operated by Nepalese carrier Buddha Air, which crashed near...
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Libya begins effort to rebuild its air transport infrastructure
Libya is working to rebuild its air transport sector in the wake of the ousting of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, as the country's two main airlines assess...
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NewsBA purchases Heathrow slots from struggling BMI
Oneworld alliance member British Airways is to acquire six slot pairs at London Heathrow from struggling Lufthansa Group carrier BMI. The six slots...
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NewsAirbus takes initial look at producing 50 A320s a month
Airbus is taking an initial look at the requirements for increasing A320 production to an extraordinary 50 aircraft per month, as it forecasts a strong increase in demand for single-aisle jets over the next 20 years.
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NewsAirbus new-build freighter outlook consistent with Boeing's
Airbus concentrated heavily on the demand for passenger aircraft in its 2011-30 market forecast, but insisted that this did not indicate a lack of interest in the freighter market.
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NewsAir Berlin to axe fleet further by summer 2012
German carrier Air Berlin is to cut 18 aircraft from its fleet by summer next year, more than double the number it said it would axe as part of a restructuring...
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Airbus studies feasibility of 50 A320s per month
Airbus is taking an initial look at requirements for increasing A320 production to an extraordinary 50 aircraft per month, as it forecasts a strong increase...
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Airbus raises 20-year forecast to almost 28,000 aircraft
Airbus is forecasting a demand for 27,848 new aircraft over the next 20 years, a rise of more than 2,000 airframes against its figure of 25,844 last year.
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NewsBraking force affected ill-fated Yak-42's take-off run: MAK
Investigators probing the Yakovlev Yak-42 crash at Yaroslavl have revealed the presence of an apparent braking force on the aircraft during the take-off...
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Cargolux could seek capacity elsewhere after 747-8F rejection
Cargolux is preparing to source alternative aircraft capacity should the dispute over delivery of its new Boeing 747-8 freighters fail to reach a quick conclusion.
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Reno air race cancelled after fatal P-51 crash
US investigators will send a team from Washington to probe the fatal crash of a North American P-51 Mustang during the National Championship Air Races at...
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Cluster analysis singles out anomalies in flight data
Cluster analysis of the myriad parameters accessible on flight-data recorders could provide a valuable insight into operational performance, with a view to accident prevention, research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) indicates.
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EASA bids to banish fuel exhaustion
New fuel gauge standards aim to reduce the risk of commercial aircraft suffering fuel exhaustion by providing earlier warnings to flight crew about possible starvation.
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Inquiry considers Yak-42 test as crash cause proves elusive
Russian investigators are considering a full-scale experiment to identify the cause of the Yakovlev Yak-42 crash at Yaroslavl, having failed to find an obvious...
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Medvedev seeks more power to ground unsafe carriers
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has ordered new measures to ground airlines in the country which are unable to provide an acceptable level of operational...