All articles by David Learmount – Page 50
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Controller retrained after San Francisco near-collision
It has emerged that two Embraer regional aircraft came close to colliding at a San Francisco International airport runway intersection due to an air traffic...
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ARINC launches common-use wireless gatelink system
Arinc is launching what it claims is the first common-use high-capacity wireless gatelink system . Airlines are expected increasingly to use wireless...
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Recent US ruway incursion incidents
Recent US runway incursion incidents include: 6 May 2007, Los Angeles International airport: a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600 carrying 172 passengers...
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Pictures: Near-miss at San Francisco runway intersection
A controller's error led two aircraft at San Francisco International airport - one landing and one taking off - to come within an estimated 9m (30ft) of...
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Pilot and controller anti-collision tools can clash
Near-simultaneous operation of pilot and air traffic controller collision warning systems in the event of a conflict can produce a reaction that degrades...
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Simulated environment gets real
Full-flight simulation with a realistic air traffic control environment on the ground and in the air is becoming a reality following a link-up between CAE...
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The twin safety net problem
The pilots' airborne collision avoidance system is a transponder-based system that communicates with similar devices on aircraft in the vicinity. In the...
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Lufthansa Services EFB trials on A340
Within a few months Lufthansa Systems says it expects to have certificated an advanced Class 2 electronic...
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Proposed CAA rules pose security questions for business aviation
Proposed action by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to publish...
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Eurocontrol pushes surveillance by multilateration
Eurocontrol is pushing air traffic management surveillance by multilateration as one of the future's safest and most accurate alternatives to radar and automatic...
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Brazilian pilots indicted
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) says it is "astounded" by the decision of Judge Murilo Mendes of the Brazilian...
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Mixed mode hope for Heathrow
The world's most congested two-runway airport shelves proposals for time-based separation procedures
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How airport development could help the UK
Last year the UK undersecretary of state for transport Derek Twigg made a statement to parliament describing the state of the government's plans for "examining...