All articles by David Learmount – Page 49
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Probe asks why Airbus A320 could not stop
sector author name location Probe asks why A320 could not stop Although the runway is short it was technically long enough, so investigators...
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Details of Congonhas airport and the accident aircraft
The airport, the runway and the aircraft São Paulo Congonhas airport ...
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Reducing risk for students
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch report concludes that the student pilot had been "presented with a situation beyond his experience", and although...
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Student pilot dies trying to follow ATC instructions
Sixteen-year old Southampton victim of fatal Cessna 150 crash thought to be UK's youngest pilot fatality
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European pilot licence fails to improve general aviation pilot safety
General aviation pilot safety standards have not improved since the European Joint Aviation Authorities introduced more stringent pilot licence revalidation...
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The factors behind the Armavia crash
France's BEA says "the dysfunctions noted in the crew's performance are too significant for them to be merely circumstantialIt would be desirable to widen...
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NewsFrench investigators want further study following Armavia crash report
More detailed study into the factors behind the 3 May 2006 Armavia Airlines Airbus A320 crash near Sochi,...
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So far....So good. World airline safety
Worldwide airline safety has been better, statistically, in the first six months of 2007 than it has ever been for the same period. Although the number of...
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Poorest performers can improve
countries Poorest performers can improve Recent history shows that states which, like Indonesia, have had a consistently bad safety record compared...
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Europe agrees draft proposals for ADS-B surveillance programme
Europe has agreed on the objectives of a programme to introduce automatic...
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2007 so far is safest year in airline history
Airline fatal accidents have hit a historical low in the first half of 2007, according to Flight International's analysis of the year to 30 June. There...
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New operations room enables Eurocontrol flow management to be collaborative
A new integrated operations room at Eurocontrol's central flow management...
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No system for coordinating different rescue and aeromedical resources
At the base of the RAeS's concern is the fact that available UK helicopter assets are owned and controlled by different agencies, and the scene of any given...
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NewsUK unprepared to co-ordinate helicopter resources in large scale emergency
Widespread concern about the lack of a UK system for enabling inter-agency co-ordination in a major national emergency was voiced at a Royal...
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German air ambulance system upgrades pilot training with new simulators
The helicopter emergency medical services wing of...
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Business aircraft in runway intersection near-collision on take-off from Teterboro
A near-collision between two business aircraft at a runway intersection on an airport new New York is under investigation by the US National Transportation...
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Biggest European pilot trainers link up
Europe's biggest type rating training organisation GECAT Flight Academy is expected, within the next two weeks, to take...
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NewsVIDEO: Black Hawk crash inquiry hears flight should not have been authorised
An Australian Defence Forces board of inquiry into the November 2006 crash of an army helicopter on an...
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Biggest European pilot trainers link up
Europe's biggest type rating training organisation GECAT Flight Academy is expected, within the next two weeks, to take...