All Ops & safety articles – Page 107
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News
Qantas taps seaside town for second pilot academy
Qantas has selected Mackay, Queensland as the site of its second pilot academy, citing clear weather and access to airspace.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: An-148 pilots' opposing inputs during fatal dive
Analysis of the crew actions during a fatal Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 flight last year shows the two pilots applied opposite inputs to the control column after a ground-proximity warning sounded.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: The passions of a professional pilot
Meredith Bell discovered a love of flying at the age of 13, and gained her private pilot’s licence just four years later. Now she is a captain on British Airways 787s, and also a type rating instructor and examiner
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News
Loganair Saab 340 restores commercial flights at Carlisle
Scottish operator Loganair has commenced services from Carlisle Lake District airport, the first commercial flights from the north-west UK airport in over a quarter of a century.
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PICTURES: Air Madagascar uses Hi Fly A380 to cover A340 flights
Air Madagascar chartered Hi Fly's Airbus A380 on 30 June and 1 July to cover for unexpected maintenance of its A340s.
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Vienna airport trials panel structure to reduce wake vortices
Austrian air navigation service provider Austro Control and German aerospace research centre DLR are testing at Vienna airport specially erected panels near a runway threshold as part of an effort to reduce aircraft wake vortices and shorten separation between arriving flights.
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News
PICTURE: BA A350-1000 performs first flight
British Airways' first Airbus A350-1000, one of 18 on order, has conducted its maiden flight from Toulouse.
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Regional Express slams ‘malicious’ allegations of safety lapses
Australian carrier Regional Express (Rex) has fired back at what it called “anonymous malicious attacks” on its safety record.
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NewsSpiceJet 737 suffers runway excursion in rainy Mumbai
Another SpiceJet aircraft suffered a runway excursion, the second such incident in two days.
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Garuda's LCC Citilink to start long-haul flights with A330neos
Garuda Indonesia's low-cost arm Citilink is preparing to launch long-haul services in the fourth quarter of 2019 with Airbus A330-900s.
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News
PICTURES: A380 engine parts found under Greenland snow
Investigators searching snow-covered areas of Greenland for crucial engine parts from an Air France Airbus A380 have managed to recover some of the missing components.
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An-148 crash a consequence of slack safety culture: probe
Russian investigators have revealed that sloppy procedures and a poor safety culture pervaded Saratov Airlines before the fatal Antonov An-148 crash outside Moscow early last year.
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SpiceJet Q400 overshoots runway in India
A SpiceJet De Havilland Dash 8 Q400 carrying 43 passengers and 4 crew members suffered a runway excursion while landing.
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Air India Express 737 in Mangalore taxiway excursion
An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 was involved in a taxiway excursion at Mangalore International airport on 30 June.
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Landing-gear repair flaw spurs urgent A320 inspections
Urgent inspections have been ordered on a batch of Airbus A320-family jets after discovery of an incorrect repair to the main landing-gear.
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Air Canada reaches deal to acquire Air Transat parent
The Transat AT board of directors has approved the Air Canada acquisition of its company including tourism airline Air Transat, which along with other Transat brands will remain in Montreal to complement the Air Canada brands including Rouge and its vacation services.
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News
An-24 suffered engine failure before fatal excursion
Preliminary investigation into the fatal Antonov An-24 runway excursion in southern Russia suggests the Angara Airlines aircraft suffered engine failure before landing.
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Two crew fatalities after Angara An-24 landing excursion
Two crew members have been killed in a runway excursion involving an Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 which had attempted an emergency landing at Nizhneangarsk in southern Russia.
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News
Older-variant 737 operators told to modify pitot anti-ice
Early-variant Boeing 737 operators are being instructed to replace pitot anti-icing systems and carry out related modifications, to avoid the possibility of pilots' being presented with false air data.
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Actuator deterioration behind Onur A330 gear-up landing
Investigators have disclosed that an attempt to lower an Airbus A330-200's undercarriage by free-fall failed because the condition of key actuator components had deteriorated.