All articles by David Learmount – Page 41
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NewsAirline accidents for the first half of 2008
Fatal airline accident numbers in this year's first half have been well up on those at the same stage in 2007, but most still occur in Africa and Latin America
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Bristow signs S-76 and S-92 order
The Bristow Helicopter Group signed a contract on 14 July at Farnborough with Sikorsky for three S-92 and six S-76C++ helicopters, exercising options already...
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No downturn, says upbeat Sikorsky
Sikorsky is continuing to grow despite the economic downturn. Vice-president commercial programmes Marc Poland says no part of the company's business is...
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Second Kalitta 747-200 in six weeks destroyed in crash landing
All eight people on board a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter that came down near Bogotá airport in Colombia survived the accident, despite the fact that...
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European pilot training industry 'heads for paralysis'
New proposed rules about European flightcrew licencing threaten to throw much of the continent's pilot training industry into chaos, at the same time closing...
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Who would be hit by Europe's new pilot training rules?
Signatories to the joint letter pleading with the European Aviation Safety Agency to change its proposed flightcrew licencing rules reads like a lexicon...
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NewsNTSB chief worried by EMS helicopter collision
A fatal collision between two emergency medical service helicopters in Flagstaff, Arizona has prompted the US National...
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New Single European Sky rules excite some and depress others
Industry has generally welcomed the European...
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What's missing in the new SES rules
The main weakness in the European Commission's "Second Package" of Single European Sky legislation, according to CANSO secretary general Alexander ter Kuile,...
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UK report raises general aviation terrorism concerns
The UK government's independent security consultant Lord Carlile has raised the issue of general aviation aircraft being used as terrorist weapons. In a...
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Ex-flight attendant offloads herself from MAS flight after fume concerns
An Australian former flight attendant offloaded herself from three successive Malaysia Airlines flights on which she was due to depart from London Heathrow...
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Sudan A310 "veered off runway" during landing
Sudan's civil aviation authority SCAA has confirmed that at least 171 occupants survived the fire that gutted a Sudan Airways Airbus A310-300 after it veered...
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London Heathrow airport unveils Tarsier FOD detection system
London Heathrow airport is aiming to reduce the risk from undetected foreign object debris (FOD). The airport has invested in Tarsier, a millimetric-wave...
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Crashes caused by incorrect data
Incorrect information may confuse computers in a fly-by-wire aircraft, leading them to control it according to the data they are given rather than reacting...
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Europe works on business aviation safety improvement
European agencies have identified weaknesses in business aviation operational safety, but say they are working with the European Business Aviation Association...
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Toxic cabin air tests results to be correlated to flight data
Ongoing tests of airline cabin air contamination are in future going to relate the moments of detection of airborne toxins to synchronised information from...