All Ops & safety articles – Page 100
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Oman Air fleet harmonisation among transformation targets
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air is embarking on a strategic transformation plan, although the company has given few specific details on the effort.
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BA schedule wrecked as pilots strike
British Airways is cancelling almost all services on 9-10 September owing to the unpredictability caused by a pilot strike.
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French pilots' union to appeal AF447 charge dismissal
French pilot representatives are to appeal a decision to dismiss charges against Airbus over the fatal Air France Airbus A330 accident in the South Atlantic in 2009.
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NewsInquiry doubts ATR crew's claim of failure to notice excursion
Swedish investigators are doubting an ATR 72-200 crew's claims that they did not notice a serious runway excursion during landing at Trollhattan airport, an incident which went unreported by the pilots and was only revealed by the discovery of lighting damage.
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Mesa Airlines agrees to buy up to 100 SpaceJet M100s
US regional carrier Mesa Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding to order up to 100 of Mitsubishi Aircraft's 76-seat SpaceJet M100 regional jet.
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Russian authorities to probe airports' exposure to bird risk
Russian authorities are proposing to assess airports' vulnerability to bird activity, in the wake of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321 landing accident outside Moscow.
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Embattled Aigle Azur starts suspending routes
Troubled French leisure carrier Aigle Azur is to start suspending scheduled services as it seeks investors.
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EU set to extend Brexit air service contingency period
Contingency agreements to maintain basic air connectivity between the UK and the European Union are set to be extended by seven months as uncertainty remains over the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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Emirates' Clark delivers broadside to OEMs on service readiness
Emirates president Tim Clark has run out of patience with the failure of aircraft and powerplant manufacturers to deliver service-ready hardware from day one.
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Wrong-runway landing captain unaware of construction
Investigators probing the landing of an Air India Airbus A320neo on a new Maldives runway which was still under construction have disclosed that the captain was unaware of its existence.
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NewsSerious Norwegian 787 Trent failure traced to blade fracture
Italian investigators believe blade fracture originating in the intermediate pressure turbine triggered the serious engine failure involving a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 departing Rome Fiumicino on 10 August.
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Aeroflot A330 damaged in ground mishap with 777
One of Aeroflot's Airbus A330-300s appears to have suffered substantial wing damage during a ground incident involving a Royal Flight Boeing 777-300ER.
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Russian authorities ponder remote-tower implementation
Russian authorities have indicated interest in introducing remote-tower concepts similar to those being deployed at a number of European airports.
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NewsDC-9 depressurised after impact from unsecured cargo
US investigators have determined that a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 freighter depressurised after sustaining serious damage to a bulkhead from unsecured cargo.
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Tu-134 to serve as Platov emergencies simulator
Rostov-on-Don's Platov airport has taken delivery of a Tupolev Tu-134A which will serve as a simulator for emergency rescue and ground-handling services.
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Police prepare to counter Heathrow drone disruption
London's Metropolitan Police has vowed to "do everything in its power to prevent and stop" any attempt to disrupt operations at Heathrow, after reports that climate-change activists planned to fly drones within the UK airport's restricted airspace on 13 September.
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Taxiing 737 twice returned to gate after fuel spills
Pilots of a Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737-800 twice returned to the gate to deal with fuel spills during taxiing ahead of a service from Portugal's Faro airport.
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Uncommanded pitch affects Air Inuit 737-200 in cruise
Investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737-200 experienced two instances of uncontrolled pitch while in cruise during a domestic Canadian service.
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Spanish pilot union calls five-day Ryanair strike
Ryanair is facing intensified industrial action in Spain as the SEPLA pilot union has announced strike dates for 19, 20, 22, 27 and 29 September.
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Fire-damaged Air China A330 moved to remote stand
Images circulating on social media indicate that the Air China Airbus A330-300 badly damaged during a ground fire at Beijing Capital airport has been moved to a remote stand and de-identified.