All Ops & safety articles – Page 115
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Boeing cuts production to 42 737s monthly and forms safety panel
Boeing will cut 737 production to 42 aircraft monthly amid the 737 Max grounding and has formed an internal committee to review how it designs and builds aircraft, says Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg.
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Ethiopian crew struggled with manual trim at overspeed
Pilots of the ill-fated Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8 allowed the aircraft to fly beyond its maximum operating limit speed, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced with attempts to trim the aircraft.
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Ethiopian preliminary report 'very thorough': NTSB chairman
The chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash was "very thorough", even as he cautions that information could well change following the release of the initial findings.
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Full transfer of flights from Ataturk to new Istanbul hub begins
A two-day process to transfer all commercial flights from Ataturk airport to a new hub in Istanbul is underway..
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ATC centres start ADS-B surveillance trial for Atlantic flights
Air traffic controllers in Canada, Iceland and the UK have begun trial operations to monitor aircraft crossing the North Atlantic – an area largely without conventional radar coverage – via satellite-based surveillance technology.
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NewsEthiopian Max probe yet to explain crucial sensor failure
Investigators have yet to explain the reason why an angle-of-attack sensor on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 suddenly started exhibiting wildly fluctuating readings as the jet lifted off from Addis Ababa.
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Airbus tweaks ECAM alerts after 2015 A320 incident near Perth
Airbus is to change the priority that certain safety alerts display on the A320’s electronic centralised alert monitoring (ECAM) system following a 12 September 2015 serious incident involving a Virgin Australia Regional Airlines jet.
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Ethiopian crash probe details pilots' 737 Max experience
Investigators have disclosed that the captain of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max had logged a total of 103h on the type, while the first officer had 56h.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing takes 'responsibility' for eliminating MCAS risk: CEO
Boeing's chief executive has acknowledged the company's responsibility to address risk posed by 737 Max software issues, which he calls one "link" in an event chain preceding two crashes that killed a combined 346 people.
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NewsTrim cut-out puzzle emerges from Ethiopian crash probe
Preliminary information from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash indicates the crew initially successfully engaged the stabiliser trim cut-out in response to automatic nose-down commands.
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Ethiopian inquiry underlines investigators' independence
Ethiopian accident investigators have stressed that they are acting independently in the probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max on 10 March.
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Ethiopian crash pilots 'repeatedly' attempted recovery
Preliminary findings from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash inquiry reveal that the crew was unable to control the aircraft despite repeatedly performing required recovery procedures.
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Macau A320 accident highlights bounced landing dangers
Beijing Capital Airlines has beefed up training related to bounced landings following a serious incident involving one of its Airbus A320s landing at Macau last year.
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Osaka-bound Jetstar 787 lost thrust in both engines
Japanese investigators are proving a loss of thrust in both engines on a Jetstar Boeing 787-8 during its approach to Osaka’s Kansai airport.
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Flybe blames cancellations on pilot shortage and base rejig
UK regional operator Flybe is attributing cancellation of multiple domestic and international flights from various airports to several factors, including a shortage of pilots and restructuring of bases.
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NewsJet Airways groundings grow by further 15 aircraft
Jet Airways has been forced to ground a further 15 aircraft for defaulting on lease payments, just over a week after it indicated that it would receive a funding lifeline from its lenders that would allow it to return some of its jets to service.
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Senate probes whether poor FAA training affected 737 Max review
A Senate committee has launched an investigation related to allegations that inadequate training of Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors caused the agency to improperly evaluate software new to the Boeing 737 Max.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus offers ab initio training
Airbus is taking a bottom-up approach to filling a looming airline pilot shortage – by expanding its own training system to include ab-initio schooling. By starting with raw beginners, Airbus hopes to help meet the expected demand for more than 540,000 new pilots – including some 94,000 in Europe – ...
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Two SIA 787s grounded owing to Trent 1000 TEN HPT issue
Singapore Airlines has grounded a pair of Boeing 787-10s owing to premature wear on the high pressure turbine (HPT) blades in their Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines.
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S7 Group chief's Epic LT involved in previous accident
Russian investigators have disclosed that the Epic LT aircraft which crashed killing S7 Group chief Nataliya Fileva was an 11-year old airframe operated by a company identified as Globus.