All Ops & safety articles – Page 139
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Opinion
OPINION: Pilot shortage has no easy solution
As the aviation industry well knows, downturns have unexpected long-term consequences, beyond the immediate downsizing caused by global recession or other major shock to the system, such as 9/11.
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News
Condor A320 received terrain alert during collision avoidance
Greek investigators are probing a terrain-warning incident involving a Condor Airbus A320 which had been executing a collision-avoidance manoeuvre at the time.
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GoAir expects spare engines will get all its A320neos flying
GoAir expects that increased availability of spare leased Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan engines will soon allow it to fully utilise its Airbus A320neos.
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Bangkok Airways details Sukhothai MRO plans
Bangkok Airways plans to increase its MRO capabilities, with a new hangar at Sukhothai that will be able to hold two Airbus A320s.
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Mexico allows Global Air to resume flights after May crash
Mexican charter carrier Global Air has received authorisation to resume flights, three months after a fatal accident involving one of its Boeing 737-200s in Havana on 18 May.
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Air Canada A321 landed despite go-around order
Canadian investigators have disclosed that an Air Canada Airbus A321 proceeded to land at Toronto despite being instructed to execute a go-around.
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Malaysia Airlines changes dispatch process after A330 incident
Malaysia Airlines has put in place procedures on the use and removal of pitot tube covers for aircraft using Brisbane airport, after an 18 July incident that saw one of its Airbus A330-300s return shortly after taking off with the covers still in-place on three probes.
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News
Leap-1A thrust incidents prompt FADEC software update
Operators of CFM International Leap-powered Airbus A320neo-family jets are set to be told to update engine-control software to prevent possible loss of thrust.
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Ural A320 lands on unopened new runway at Ulan-Ude
Russian investigators are probing a Ural Airlines Airbus A320’s landing on Ulan-Ude's newly-built runway, which was not open at the time.
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Capital Airlines A320 damaged in apparent hard landing
An Airbus A320 operated by Capital Airlines diverted to Shenzhen Bao'an International airport after a reported hard landing at Macau International airport on 28 August.
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News
Boeing lowers forecast for global pilot, technician demand
Boeing forecasts that 635,000 new commercial airline pilots will be required globally between 2018 and 2037, down slightly from last year's projection of 637,000.
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SpiceJet operates India's first biofuel flight
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet says it has operated the country's first flight using biofuel on 27 August.
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Fatigue cracking caused 2016 FedEx MD-10F gear failure: NTSB
Corrosion-induced fatigue cracking caused the left main landing gear of a FedEx Boeing MD-10-10 Freighter to collapse at Fort Lauderdale in 2016, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Taiwan authorities investigate Mandarin ATR overrun at Taichung
Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council is investigating a runway excursion involving an ATR 72-600 aircraft operated by Mandarin Airlines.
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Runway debris suspected in Colombian DC-3 excursion
Colombian investigators are recommending that civil aviation authorities conduct an immediate inspection of San Felipe airport to ensure that it complies with safety requirements, after landing accident involving a Douglas DC-3.
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Cockpit recorder parts retrieved from Horizon Q400 crash site
Investigators probing the unauthorised departure, and subsequent crash, of a Bombardier Q400 from Seattle have recovered the remaining parts of the turboprop’s cockpit-voice recorder.
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New Delhi issues draft policy for international route subsidies
The Indian government may extend its Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to international destinations, particularly in Southeast Asia, as it looks to improve international air connectivity.
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PICTURE: LC Peru Q400 involved in gear collapse in Lima
An LC Peru Bombardier Q400 landed with its nose down at Lima on 19 August, returning to the airport after cockpit warnings over the aircraft's landing gear.
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Investigators probe evacuation of Tu-204 at Ufa
Russian investigators are probing a serious incident in which a Tupolev Tu-204 was evacuated after an engine fire on take-off.
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Arcing on 777 traced back to manufacturing defect
A short circuit that sparked a fire on-board an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER last October has been traced back to incorrect routing of a wiring bundle during the manufacture of the aircraft four years earlier.