All articles by David Learmount – Page 10
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NewsEngine flameouts preceded EC135 crash in Glasgow
UK investigators have determined that the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 engines on an Airbus Helicopters EC135T2 that crashed through the roof of a pub in Glasgow had flamed out despite the presence of fuel in the system.
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NewsAlgerian C-130 crashed short of ILS intercept
Military authorities have confirmed that there was a sole survivor among the 74 passengers and four crew on board an Algerian air force C-130 that crashed on 11 February.
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NewsAlgerian military C-130 in fatal crash
An Algerian military Lockheed C-130 tactical transport has crashed in northeast Algeria with the loss of all 103 people on board, according to an on-site reporter from Agence France-Presse, quoting local officials.
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ANALYSIS: Pilots fight new Norwegian employment model
European and US pilot associations have met with Norwegian and US authorities in Oslo to discuss issues arising from the continuing efforts by Norwegian Air Shuttle to set up an innovative corporate model for a new subsidiary airline.
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NewsFAA attacks GA safety weaknesses
The prevention of weather-related general aviation accidents will be the top priority for the US Federal Aviation Administration in its ongoing campaign to improve GA safety, according to administrator Michael Huerta.
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Martin-Baker vows to learn lessons from fatal Red Arrows accident
The coroner’s report on the death of UK Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team pilot, Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, blamed ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker for failures of communication that allowed a maintenance error by the RAF. As a result, said the coroner, the seat detonated unexpectedly on the ground ...
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NewsVIDEO: NTSB reports on fatal Aspen crash
The private Bombardier CL600 business jet which crashed at Aspen-Pitkin county airport, Colorado, on 5 January landed with a high, gusting tailwind, bounced and turned over, killing one of the pilots and seriously injuring the sole passenger and the other pilot.
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Safety review 2013: Matter of survival
Last year, the world’s airlines proved that they could not maintain safety at the all-time high level they achieved in 2012. To put that in context, however, the 2012 figures had broken safety records by such a big margin that Flight International predicted at the time the figures would probably ...
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European Cockpit Association slams multicrew pilot licence
Flightcrew representatives have criticised the relatively new multicrew pilot licence (MPL) and its practical implementation by regulators, flight training organisations and the air transport industry.
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NewsCitation crashes in Germany
A private Cessna Citation 501 business jet (N452TS) crashed on final approach to runway 22 at Trier-Föhren airport, Germany on 12 January.
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Number of fatal airline accidents rises slightly in 2013
In 2013, the world's airlines maintained the gentle safety improvement trend that has been visible for the last 10 years, but did not match the best-ever annual figure for the lowest number of fatal accidents.
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Survey highlights belief in improving safety standards
Almost two-thirds of industry personnel believe aviation safety is improving, according the results of an extensive survey.
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ANALYSIS: Pilots becoming redundant
Pilotless – or remotely piloted – airliners are inevitable according to industry consensus. The only argument is about how long it will take to get there, most experts believing it will take a generation or more before the necessary technical integrity brings societal acceptance.
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NewsFAA issues airworthiness bulletin for Hawker midsize business jet operators
Operators of Hawker midsize business jets have been warned by the US Federal Aviation Administration that failure to maintain aileron control systems correctly could lead to wing and aileron oscillations that have the potential to cause structural fatigue.
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Australia tightens rules for helicopter night flying
Australia is continuing the process of tightening the rules governing helicopter flights in the wake of the fatal 18 August 2011 crash of a Eurocopter AS355F2 Twin Squirrel at Lake Eyre in South Australia.
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NewsVIDEO: Kazan crash captured on airport cameras
The last moments of the ill-fated Tatarstan Air Boeing 737-500 appear to have been captured on Kazan airport's security cameras.
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Fuel selection forced search and rescue aircraft to crash-land
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch reveals that a Pilatus Britten Norman Islander coastal search and rescue aircraft was forced to crash-land at night in fields on the British island of Jersey, and fuel starvation to the engines appears to have been the cause.
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UK prepares to simplify GA rules
More than 270 separate proposals to simplify the regulation of UK general aviation have been received by the Civil Aviation Authority since it launched its "Red Tape Challenge" initiative.
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Rockwell Collins launches UK simulation base
Rockwell Collins has launched its new simulation centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Burgess Hill, UK.
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NewsSumburgh Super Puma crashed in vortex ring state
A second interim factual report on the 23 August fatal crash of a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma on approach to Sumburgh, Scotland confirms that no technical faults were involved.