The US Federal Aviation Administration has appointed Christopher Hart to a new post of assistant administrator for system safety. Hart will have overall responsibility for the FAA's safety programmes. Hart was formerly deputy administrator at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Source: Flight International
Brazil’s government has declared that the flood-hit Porto Alegre airport will be re-opened to commercial flights from 21 October.
Brazilian investigators have recovered both flight recorders from the Voepass ATR 72-500 which crashed in the vicinity of Sao Paulo, with no survivors among the 62 occupants. Air accident investigation authority CENIPA, part of the Brazilian air force, says it is “already in possession” of the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders ...
Brazilian carrier Voepass has confirmed that one of its ATR 72 turboprops has been involved in an accident while operating to Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport. The aircraft had been conducting flight 2Z2283 from Cascavel on 9 August. Voepass says the aircraft came down in the vinicity of Vinhedo, to the ...
