All Ops & safety articles – Page 112
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Rescuers reached burning Superjet within time limit: airport
Moscow Sheremetyevo firefighters reached a blazing Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 within the required response time, and extinguished the fire in about 16min, according to the airport operator.
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PICTURES: Myanmar National E190 lands without nose-gear
A Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) Embraer 190 regional jet has been forced to make an emergency landing without its nose-gear in Mandalay.
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PICTURES: Fuel truck hits Jazz Dash 8 in Toronto
Several people were hospitalised after fuel truck struck a Jazz Bombardier Dash 8-300 at Toronto Pearson International airport early on 10 May.
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OpinionWhy ADS-B technology could drive air traffic revolution
There is a revolution under way in civil aviation – and it has nothing to do with new engines, supersonics, ultra-long-haul or in-flight wi-fi. What is about to save time, fuel and lives is an invisible knitting together of existing technologies into an air traffic management system fit for the 21st century.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: High-tech radar hunts for missing A380 fan debris
French investigators have detailed the extensive efforts to hunt for engine fragments which fell from an Air France Airbus A380 over southern Greenland nearly 20 months ago.
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CAAS, EASA enter new maintenance pact
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have entered a new working arrangement on aviation maintenance (WA-AM).
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Superjet fire puts focus on evacuation threat
Survivability analysis of the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 accident at Moscow will inevitably examine the effect of passengers’ stopping to retrieve cabin luggage during evacuation.
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FAA requires 787 power control unit checks due to lightning risk
The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines to inspect Boeing 787 ailerons and elevator power control units due to risk that lightning strikes could make the aircraft difficult to control.
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PICTURE: Biman Q400 overruns Myanmar runway during heavy rain
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bombardier Q400 turboprop overran the runway at Myanmar’s Yangon International airport while landing during heavy rain on the evening of 8 May, according the Yangon airport.
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French strike and ATC restrictions to disrupt European flights
Airlines across Europe are bracing for another summer of flight disruption, as French air traffic controllers prepare to strike for the first time this summer later today and operators face restrictions related to ATC capacity issues.
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Superjet lost radio contact after lightning strike: regulator
Russian air transport regulators have stated that the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 involved in the landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo had suffered a lightning strike at 6,900ft.
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Sheremetyevo restores runway capacity after Superjet accident
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport is restoring normal traffic capacity after the removal of wreckage from the Aeroflot aircraft which suffered a landing accident on 5 May.
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Ground worker killed in Kuwait 777 towing accident
Kuwait Airways has disclosed that a ground-support worker was killed during a towing accident at the company’s base airport on 6 May.
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VIDEO: Recorders recovered from Aeroflot Superjet wreckage
Russian investigators have retrieved the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders from the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 involved in a landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo.
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Superjet blaze probe to examine rapid spread of fire
Central to the probe into the fatal Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo will be the speed of the emergency response and analysis of the way the fire spread to the aft fuselage.
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Boeing bosses unaware of 737 Max AOA glitch before Lion crash
After deliveries of the 737 Max commenced in 2017, Boeing discovered a software issue prevented the angle-of-attack (AOA) Disagree alert from working if customers had not chosen the optional AOA indicator.
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Video indicates ill-fated Superjet bounced before hard impact
Surveillance camera images purporting to show the landing accident involving an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 indicate the aircraft bounced before touching down hard and catching fire.
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At least 13 fatalities in Aeroflot Superjet blaze
Investigators have disclosed that at least 13 fatalities have resulted from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 landing accident at Moscow Sheremetyevo.
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Aeroflot indicates Superjet engines caught fire on landing
Aeroflot has confirmed casualties from the Murmansk-bound aircraft which returned to Moscow Sheremetyevo to conduct an emergency landing.
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Aeroflot Superjet accident spurs safety review
Moscow prosecutors are to hold a review of safety compliance following the accident involving an Aeroflot aircraft at Moscow Sheremetyevo.