IPTN plans to cut its 16,000-strong workforce by 40% by hiving off non-core activities. Aside from the its ancillary support and security operations, the Indonesian manufacturer is seeking a buyer for its small-engine Universal Maintenance Centre.
Source: Flight International
Boeing 757 operators are being strongly advised to ensure flexible hydraulic hoses in the landing-gear are maintained and regularly replaced, after instances of hydraulic failure. The US FAA, in a newly-issued airworthiness bulletin, refers to “multiple events” in which the left-hand hydraulic system has been lost as a result of ...
UK investigators have disclosed that a trailing-edge panel shed by a One Air Boeing 747-400 freighter was discovered adjacent to runway 27L at London Heathrow two months later. The 1m-long panel, normally located on the upper left wing surface next to the high-speed aileron, was found to be missing after ...
Investigators analysing a depressurisation incident involving a transatlantic Avianca Boeing 787-8 have disclosed that an air-conditioning system was misassembled during maintenance work a few days before. Avianca’s AV46 service from Bogota to Madrid Barajas on 31 October last year was the third flight for the twinjet (N785AV) since this maintenance ...
