All Ops & safety articles – Page 128
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Lion founder Rusdi Kirana wants to cut Boeing ties
Lion Air founder Rusdi Kirana is furious with Boeing over how it handled the airline's recent 737 Max 8 crash, and says he is determined to cancel the group's massive order for the type, even if it means going to court.
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Gatwick drone disruption 'deliberate': police
Law enforcement officials have described the severe disruption of flight operations at London Gatwick by drones as deliberate, but not related to terrorism.
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A330neo engine secures 330min ETOPS clearance
Rolls-Royce has secured approval for 330min extended twin-engined operations (ETOPS) for the Trent 7000 engine which powers the Airbus A330neo.
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Flights badly disrupted as drones force Gatwick closure
London Gatwick operations have been severely disrupted by the decision to close the airport as a result of drone activity.
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Landing mode changes snared 777 go-around pilots
German investigators’ findings from the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER excursion at Munich, showing the crew was snared by landing mode logic, indicate parallels with the Emirates 777-300 accident at Dubai five years later.
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SIA 777 excursion at Munich sparked by ILS interference
Interference from a departing aircraft disrupted the ILS signal moments before a landing Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER veered off the runway at Munich.
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Virgin Australia ATR suffered flameouts in both engines
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating an incident in which a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 suffered non-simultaneous flameouts in both engines during the same flight.
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Lion Air charters ship to search for JT610 recorder
Lion Air has chartered a ship from a Dutch company to assist in the search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of JT610, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October.
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Emirates to use A380 for Glasgow when Dubai runway shuts
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to offset capacity disruption caused by Dubai runway closure by deploying Airbus A380s on its Glasgow route.
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Wizz Air UK taking Luton-based fleet to 11 next year
Wizz Air is to expand its UK operation with another pair of Airbus A321s next year, supporting a network expansion from London Luton.
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UK to detail airspace modernisation strategy
UK authorities are set to unveil plans to overhaul the country’s airspace through a modernisation programme intended to take advantage of air traffic management technology.
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Canadian investigators urge regulators to address aircraft icing
Canada's aviation safety agency is urging regulators to address icing-related risks that may have contributed to the deadly crash of an ATR turboprop in northern Canada one year ago.
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News2018 IN REVIEW: Horizon Q400 theft focuses minds
The August theft of a Q400 from Seattle-Tacoma airport turns attention to mental health
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INTERVIEW: BOAC captain who had great success racing sportscars
Hugh Dibley joined BOAC during its heyday in the 1950s and enjoyed a colourful life balancing his career as an airline pilot along while also being a very successful amateur racing driver
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NTSB to hold hearing into 2017 MD-83 runway excursion
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold an investigation hearing on 15 January to determine the cause of a 2017 runway excursion involving a Boeing MD-83 with a jammed elevator.
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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2018
Long-time readers of Flight International will know that while our dear friend Uncle Roger gives the impression of having retired to a life of leisure, this is just a cover – he actually spends all of his time hard at work preparing a fiendishly difficult quiz challenge for this annual ...
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Air Canada 777-300ER suffers Hong Kong tail-strike
One of Air Canada’s Boeing 777-300ER has sustained damage during a hard landing and tail-strike at Hong Kong.
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Tigerair Australia pilots vote to take industrial action
Tigerair Australia pilots will impose some work bans between 21 and 24 December over a pay dispute with the carrier, which may result in some flight delays during the lead-up to Christmas.
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China lays out plan to become aviation powerhouse
China’s aviation regulator has put out an action plan targeted at building the country into an aviation powerhouse.