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EFIS looks to be key to Crossair crash
David Learmount/LONDON Electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) failure is the main possibility under investigation by the Swiss Federal Accident Investigation Bureau (BEAA) as it examines the wreckage of the Crossair Saab 340 which crashed on 10 January, says the bureau's Basle headquarters (Flight International, 18-24 January). Investigators have eliminated ...
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Crew drills highlighted at Little Rock crash hearing
On its fatal 2 June, 1999, night approach to Little Rock Airport, Arkansas, the crew of American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Flight 1420 had difficulty lining up with the runway, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has revealed. Released at a US National Transportation Safety Board public hearing, the CVR ...
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Virgin deal raises doubts over SIA's role within Star
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Sir Richard Branson, newly knighted in the UK's millennial honours list, calls the deal between his Virgin Atlantic group and Singapore Airlines (SIA) a "marriage made in heaven", but Star alliance members in Australasia are having heartburn over its implications. The codeshare access that SIA gains ...
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Finding a new deal
Airline Business looks at the state of finance markets as carriers continue to find innovative ways to keep aircraft liabilities off the balance sheet. A new survey also covers the world's major operating lease companies, including a ranking of the Top 40 groups by fleet value. JACK SELLSBY ...
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In the right direction
The virtuous trend towards capacity constraint with which the industry ended last year appear to be holding steady. Kevin O'Toole and Chris Tarry of Commerzbank look for early signs. A couple of months into the new decade and it seems that the industry's resolve is holding. Towards the end ...
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Seoul issues KAL maintenance directive
The South Korean Government has issued a directive ordering Korean Air (KAL) to enhance maintenance at airports outside South Korea. The order follows the 22 December crash of a Boeing 747-200F freighter at London Stansted Airport in the UK. A faulty attitude director indicator is believed to have contributed to ...
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High power
The world's largest commercial communications satellite is in orbit Tim Furniss/LONDON Galaxy XI, the world's biggest commercial communications satellite, has been operating for PanAmSat in geostationary orbit (GEO) following its launch in December aboard an Ariane booster. Its purpose is to carry video and telcommunications services to North America and ...
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key to listings
Licensed engineers numbers of licensed airframe/ engine/avionics engineers. Specialisation maintenance specialisations - airframes or engines. Approvals approval from major airworthiness authorities to conduct overhaul, repair, maintenance or modification work is indicated by the abbreviations: CAA UK Civil Aviation Authority; CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China; FAA US Federal Aviation ...
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Wreckage salvaged
The wreckage of the first stage engine of the H-2 booster that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during an aborted launch in November has been salvaged from the seabed, 380km (235 miles) north west of the Ogasawara Islands. Source: Flight International
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what's on...
what's on Cargo Industry Conference10-11 February San Francisco, CaliforniaContact Caroll EverestTel +44 (1892) 515364Fax +44 (1892) 538170E-mail everest@mistral.co.uk Liberalisation of Ground Handling Services 200014-15 February Brussels, BelgiumContact Ashley Glover, SMiTel +44 (20) 7827 6034Fax +44 (20) 7827 6035 Aviation Accident Investigation Workshop (co-organised with US NTSB)14-18 February SingaporeContact Singapore Aviation ...
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1990s safety milestones
The 1990s milestones in the new industry safety standards system include: 1992: the US Federal Aviation Administration set up its International Aviation Safety Assessment programme, checking states with which the USA has bilateral aviation treaties for their civil aviation authority safety oversight programmes. The International Civil Aviation Organisation ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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Let L-410 crashes just after take-off
Just after take-off from Tobias Bolanos Airport at San Juan, Costa Rica, on 15 January, a Taxi Aereo Centroamericano Let L-410 crashed into a house, killing four people among the three crew and 17 passengers on board and injuring 14. Although there were three people in the house, none was ...
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Cathay seeks more aircraft as it revives growth plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy and lease more aircraft this year as it revives plans to double its passenger traffic as the economic situation improves in Asia. The airline confirms statements made to the Hong Kong press by Cathay chairman James Hughes-Hallett, and to an aerospace industry ...
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IATA proposes airline membership safety audits scheme
David Learmount/LONDON The "IATA" logo used in airline marketing may become a sign of quality and, particularly, safety - if an audit scheme proposed by the International Air Transport Association for applicant airlines goes ahead. At present, although IATA has a standards scheme for approved travel agents, it does ...
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Airports
More than 10 groups are preparing to deliver detailed proposals to acquire a 41.33% stake in SAGAT, which runs Turin Caselle Airport. The identity of the bidders has not been disclosed, but sources suggest they include the main Italian airport operators, such as Milan and Rome, along with some private ...
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Comment by Stuart Matthews, Flight Safety Foundation President and Chief Executive
"Rapid air traffic growth in the 1990s was spurred by liberalisation, reduction in fare levels, the collapse of the former Soviet Union and economic expansion. Fly-by-wire systems are common; more powerful and reliable engines have made extended-range twin-engine operations commonplace, and regional jets are revolutionising short-haul services. Increased ...
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Comment by Pierre Jeanniot, Director General, IATA
"For the 21st century, the most critical question is whether - given the increasing technical sophistication of our industry and the expectations of the public - ICAO's 185 sovereign member states will all develop the individual competence and financial means to provide effective safety oversight and "state-of-the-art" infrastructure. A ...
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Crossair crash update
Preliminary analysis of the cockpit voice and flight data recorders (FDR) from the Crossair Saab 340 which crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich on 10 January has failed to yield any clues as to the cause of the accident. Swiss investigators say the crew did not discuss any technical problems, ...
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Reasons to be fearful
The downward trend of fatality numbers continues, but worries remain over differences in regional safety standards David Learmount/LONDON All is not well with airline safety. Despite fewer fatalities in 1999, accident numbers equalled those in 1998, and some significant international airlines - most notably a few key carriers in the ...