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  • CS-TJL-c-Olivier Cabaret Creative Commons
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    Latent damage to fire-button pin triggered A321neo uncommanded engine shutdown

    2024-12-23T08:46:00Z

    Investigators believe a damaged retaining pin within the overhead fire-control panel on a TAP Portugal Airbus A321neo led to an uncommanded in-flight engine shutdown, when it released a fire push-button during turbulence. Portuguese investigation authority GPIAAF says the aircraft (CS-TJL) had been cruising at 37,000ft en route from Milan to ...

  • Swiftair 737 wreckage-c-Lithuanian prosecutor's office
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    No evidence of interference prior to fatal Swiftair 737 freighter crash: inquiry

    2024-12-20T15:36:00Z

    Flight-recorder information indicates no evidence of unauthorised interference with the operation of a Swiftair Boeing 737-400 freighter before it crashed on approach to Vilnius last month. The aircraft came down north of the airport on 25 November, while attempting to land on runway 19 after arriving from Leipzig. Lithuania’s transport ...

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    No injuries as Norwegian 737 overruns in snowy weather at Molde

    2024-12-20T14:11:00Z

    Norwegian investigators have initiated an inquiry after a Boeing 737-800 overran the runway at the coastal Molde airport during landing. The aircraft, arriving from Oslo as DY430 on 19 December, came to a halt partially off runway 25, which is 2,220m in length. Norwegian safety investigation authority SHK says the ...

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    Malaysia provisionally agrees to permit renewed search for missing flight MH370

    2024-12-20T13:27:00Z

    Malaysia’s government has provisionally agreed to permit a new search effort intended to locate the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which disappeared over the Indian Ocean a decade ago. Contact with the aircraft and its crew, operating flight MH370, was lost over the As the aircraft was operating the MH370 service ...

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    Airbus clarifies engine restart procedures after LATAM A320 dual flame-out in hail

    2024-12-20T07:45:00Z

    Airbus has enhanced operational documentation to provide greater clarity on engine-relight procedures after severe hail extinguished both powerplants on a LATAM A320 two years ago. Such was the storm’s intensity that it “significantly exceeded” engine design and certification criteria, according to the airframer, with water and ice content twice the ...

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    NASA completes first ever aircraft accident investigation on another planet

    2024-12-19T18:50:00Z

    The US space agency and manufacturer AeroVironment will soon release a detailed review of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight, which came at the end of three years of operations that saw 72 sorties and 2h of flight on the Red Planet.

  • Iraqi 737 Max day-c-Iraqi Airways
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    Iraqi civil aviation regulator still facing ‘challenges’ in oversight resources

    2024-12-18T10:54:00Z

    Iraq’s civil aviation regulator has postponed a planned on-site assessment by European safety authorities until at least the third quarter of next year. The country’s flag-carrier, Iraqi Airways, remains on the European Commission blacklist to which it was added in December 2015. Iraqi Airways has been striving to secure the ...

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    Nigerian investigators probe Hawker 900XP dual-engine power loss

    2024-12-18T09:08:00Z

    Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...

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    ‘Safety margin’ reduced in Singapore 787 runway incursion: investigators

    2024-12-18T07:33:00Z

    Investigators have found that the “safety margin” was reduced in a runway incursion incident between two Boeing 787-9s at Singapore’s Changi airport. 

  • Air Tanzania A220-c-Airbus
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    Flight-training programme among concerns behind Air Tanzania blacklisting

    2024-12-17T08:50:00Z

    Air Tanzania’s blacklisting by the European Commission centres particularly on failure to maintain adequate control of its flight-training programme, and inability to understand the root causes behind safety deficiencies. The carrier, whose fleet includes some of the latest aircraft types, applied for third-country operator authorisation from the European Union Aviation ...

  • Nolinor 737-400-c-Nolinor
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    Gear-collapse 737-400 had diverted to Mirabel after flap issue

    2024-12-16T08:12:00Z

    Canadian investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737-400 crew had been experiencing a flap problem before the aircraft suffered a main landing-gear collapse at Montreal. The Nolinor twinjet had been operating from Quebec City to Bagotville air base – about 95nm to the north – on 27 November. But Transportation ...

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    Air Tanzania banned in latest revision to European blacklist

    2024-12-13T19:48:00Z

    Air Tanzania has been formally blacklisted by the European Commission, following safety concerns identified at the flag-carrier. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has also denied third-country operator authorisation to the airline, a prerequisite for conducting services to European destinations. “We strongly urge Air Tanzania to take swift and decisive ...

  • 727 ILS collision-c-DIACC
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    Investigators raise tailwind take-off concerns after Aerosucre 727 antenna collision

    2024-12-12T09:36:00Z

    Colombian investigators are recommending prohibition of an improved take-off climb procedure if tailwind conditions are likely, following the accident involving a departing Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 freighter at Bogota. The aircraft’s prolonged take-off run from runway 14L resulted in its striking the ILS localiser antenna, some 300m beyond the runway end, ...

  • Allied 737 excursion-c-Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau
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    Investigation opens as Allied 737 freighter damaged in Nigerian runway excursion

    2024-12-11T16:29:00Z

    Nigerian investigators have opened an inquiry after a Boeing 737-400 freighter suffered a runway excursion while landing at Abuja. The twinjet – operated by Allied Air – had been arriving from Lagos at around 10:06 on 11 December. It skidded off the right-hand side of runway 22 and came to ...

  • Challenger 650-c-Bombardier
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    Challenger wheel fire followed crew's attempt to burn excess fuel while braking

    2024-12-11T11:25:00Z

    US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...

  • GTF Advantage-c-Airbus Pratt & Whitney
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    GTF Advantage engine ‘on track’ for certification after securing FAA go-around thrust approval

    2024-12-11T09:43:00Z

    Pratt & Whitney remains on track to secure certification of its GTF Advantage version of the PW1100G geared-fan engine in the first half of 2025, after being granted US relief from strict compliance with certain go-around thrust requirements.

  • A Southwest 737 and Diamond DA40 were involved in a runway incursion at Long Beach on 19 October 2024
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    Southwest 737 and small aircraft involved in runway incursion at Long Beach

    2024-12-10T23:07:00Z

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating another runway incursion, this one involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 and a single-engined Diamond DA40 at Long Beach on 19 October.

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    Yak-40 suffers runway excursion at snowy Siberian airport

    2024-12-10T14:28:00Z

    Russian investigators are probing a runway excursion involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 at Siberia’s Olekminsk airport. The trijet had been inbound from Bratsk on 10 December, says the East Siberian transport prosecutor’s office. While landing at around 12:00, it states, the aircraft “skidded off the runway”. “There were no casualties,” the ...

  • Swiftair 737 wreckage-c-Lithuanian prosecutor's office
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    Analysis of recorder data commences after Vilnius 737 freighter crash

    2024-12-09T17:35:00Z

    Lithuanian investigators have commenced analysis of flight-recorder information following the Swiftair Boeing 737 freighter crash outside Vilnius on 25 November. German authorities extracted the data from the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders, according to the Lithuanian prosecutor general’s office. The office is leading a pre-trial investigation – conducted by the criminal ...

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    Pilot errors caused 2023 Challenger 300 upset that killed one passenger: NTSB

    2024-12-06T16:19:00Z

    Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.