All articles by David Learmount – Page 44
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Tobacco road
At present the commercial air transport industry - including the manufacturers - are where the tobacco industry was in the 1970s and 1980s when it was officially...
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New Eurocontrol chief sets out priorities
Eurocontrol's new director general, David McMillan, says 2008...
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Engine oil may be cabin air culprit
The UK Department for Transport has been carrying out exploratory tests to decide the best methods for detecting chemicals that are present in cabin air...
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FAA finalises MU-2 safety programme
The US Federal Aviation Administration has implemented a Special Federal Aviation...
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UK aerotoxic inquiry may head down the wrong path
The UK Department for Transport has been carrying out exploratory tests to decide...
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Bombardier completes Challenger trim control modifications
Bombardier has completed modifications to the horizontal stabiliser trim control units (HSTCU) of all 366 Challenger ...
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Thales predicts arrival of helicopter terrain warning systems
Thales predicts that a standard for helicopter terrain avoidance warning systems...
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Flight instruments 'not good enough for RNP approaches', says IFALPA
Existing primary flight instrumentation "is no longer adequate and safe for the developing RNP [required navigation performance] environment", says the International...
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NewsEurocopter has announced record orders of €6.6 billion
Eurocopter has announced record orders and turnover for 2007. At a total of €6.6 billion ($9.5 billion), orders...
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British Airways 777 crash landing at Heathrow
Engine power loss appears to have been the cause of an accident at the UK's London Heathrow airport, in which a British Airways Boeing 777 landed just inside...
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NewsPICTURES: BA Boeing 777 Heathrow crash evidence
Close-up photographs of the fan blades in the port (No 1) and starboard (No 2) engines show dramatically different damage patterns. The considerable damage...
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What pilots are saying about the BA 777 accident
Pilots who know British Airways and the Boeing 777 tell Flight International they believe that whatever happened to reduce the engine power occurred in the...
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NewsPower loss caused BA 777 crash landing at Heathrow
All 136 passengers from a British Airways Boeing 777-200 were evacuated, three of them suffering minor injuries, when the aircraft was badly damaged by landing...
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Business aviation sees healthy growth in Europe
Business aviation in Europe is the fastest expanding air transport sector apart from the low-cost scheduled airlines, according to both Eurocontrol and the...
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Eastern Europe leads Eurocontrol traffic surge
Traffic in the Eurocontrol region increased 5.3% on average during 2007, with...
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Lufthansa announces Class II EFB solution across its fleet
Lufthansa Systems has announced it is working with the airline to develop a "next generation" Class II electronic flight bag (EFB) that will be compatible...
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Buried metal linked to London City aircraft compass deviations
Metal structures beneath the holding area for runway 28 at London City Airport ...
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Inquiry reveals Challenger 604 design flaw
A just-released report reveals that a popular upper-range business jet had a potentially fatal design flaw which could disable both channels of a pitch control...
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Analysis of world airline accidents and incidents in 2007
Global figures for commercial aviation crashes in 2007 show an all-time low of 23 fatal accidents. Even the number of fatal casualties, at 597, was well...