All articles by John Croft – Page 56
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NewsPICTURES: Bird feather from Hudson A320 left engine
A feather is among the evidence found in the left engine of the US Airways A320 that crashed in the Hudson River on 15 January.
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NewsBoeing links Heathrow, Atlanta Trent 895 engine rollbacks
Boeing says "similar factors" were likely at play in two Trent 895 thrust rollback incidents on Boeing 777-200ER aircraft last year.
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Head-up – or head-down?
Though the US and European safety regulators require operators to equip with head-up displays (HUDs) to gain lower approach minimums (aka operational credit)...
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NewsSikorsky twirls X2 pusher prop
Sikorsky has successfully ground tested the six-bladed pusher propeller behind its high-speed X2 advancing blade concept (ABC) technology demonstrator.
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See-and-avoid lapse cited by NTSB in helicopter mid-air collision
Pilots of two electronic news gathering helicopters that collided in July 2007 while reporting a real-time police chase in suburban Phoenix, Arizona failed...
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NTSB: Inadequate Bombardier action on persistent CRJ door problems
A review of pilot reports since 1995 in the Canadian service difficulty system, provided to US investigators by Bombardier, has revealed 823 incidents in...
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NewsNTSB: See-and-avoid lapse in helo mid-air
Pilots of two electronic news gathering (ENG) helicopters that collided in July 2007 while reporting a real-time police chase in suburban Phoenix failed to use required “see and avoid” measures, the US National Transportation Safety Board has ruled.
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NewsCessna releases 2,000 more employees as Textron cuts jet production 20%
Textron chairman and CEO Louis Campbell today said Cessna will cut its 2009 production target by 20%, down from a record high 467 Citation jet deliveries in 2008 to 375 this year.
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NTSB investigates FedEx ATR 42 hull loss
US NTSB officials have been dispatched to Lubbock, Texas, to investigate the 27 January crash of an Empire Airlines ATR 42 twin turboprop flying cargo under...
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Getting control of LOC
FedEx Express is leading efforts to tame the number one killer in the simulator and classroom, and its upset training curriculum may become an industry standard
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NewsFedEx ATR 42 catches fire after runway excursion at Lubbock
FedEx has confirmed that an ATR 42 operated by Idaho-based Empire Airlines and flying for FedEx as a cargo feeder flight was involved in a runway excursion at the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport in Texas after a flight from the Fort Worth-Alliance Airport.
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FAA safety alert sheds light on American 757 electrical emergency
A safety alert for operators (SAFO) recently published by the US FAA warns airlines to ensure that their flight manuals and training "reflect accurate abnormal...
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Ditched A320 crew had full hydraulics and electrical systems
Sources close to the investigation of the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching say the Airbus A320's left engine continued to run at about 35% fan speed (N1)...
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NASA probes shockwaves with F-15s
NASA pilots and engineers are completing flight tests using twin Boeing F-15 supersonic jets to probe the effects of wing lift and exhaust plume shapes on...
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NewsHudson A320: Partial engine power aided textbook ditching
Sources close to the on-going investigation of US Airways Flight 1549 say that the Airbus A320's number 1 (left) engine continued to run at approximately 35% fan speed (N1) during the three-minute window between striking birds at 3,200ft and ditching in the Hudson River on 15 January.