All Ops & safety articles – Page 157
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737 Max angle-of-attack sensor subject of Boeing bulletin
Boeing has issued an operations manual bulletin to 737 Max operators, covering air data sensors, following investigations into the crash of Lion Air flight JT610.
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PICTURE: Lucky Air takes its first 737 Max 8
Lucky Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8, bringing it to a fleet of 53 aircraft.
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Indonesia conducts special audit on Lion Air
Indonesia's transport ministry has begun conducting a special audit on Lion Air, following the crash to one of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft on 29 October.
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Hainan Airlines to connect Chongqing, Shenzhen to Paris
Hainan Airlines will launch two more direct services to Paris in December, adding on to its Xian-Paris route.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fuel appears to take first toll on traffic growth
Global passenger and freight traffic rose at a slower pace in September than the trend seen in recent months, according to the latest IATA figures.
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Qatar Airways set to go live with Aireon flight-tracker
Qatar Airways is set for live operations with a new flight-tracking service developed using Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance capabilities.
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NTSC finds signs that Lion 737 had faulty airspeed indicator
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee believes that the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed on 29 October had been operating with a faulty airspeed indicator for its last four flights.
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VietJet awards Leap-1B engine support deal to manufacturer
VietJet Air has signed a memorandum of understanding with engine maker CFM International, covering long-term support of the Leap-1Bs that will power the 100 high-density Boeing 737 Max 200 jets that the low-cost carrier has on order.
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United Aircraft concentrating on customer service: chief
Russia’s United Aircraft plans to enhance its customer service capabilities for the Superjet 100, and make customer service a priority for the Irkut MC-21 and CRAIC CR929 programmes.
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Lion 737's recovered engine had been functioning normally: NTSC
Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee believes that the engine recovered from a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed on 29 October had been functioning normally at the time of the accident.
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Omitted pin led MD-11F to shed nose-wheel at Buenos Aires
Argentinean investigators have concluded that omission of a pin following a Boeing MD-11F nose-wheel replacement led the aircraft to shed the wheel upon landing at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport.
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Lion 737 recorder memory unit recovered
Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (NTSC) has taken possession of a crash survivable memory unit believed to be from the Lion Air 737 Max 8 that crashed shortly after take-off on 29 October.
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SpiceJet participates in TaxiBot trial in Delhi
Israel Aerospace Industries has started a trial of its semi-robotic TaxiBot tow-tractor at Delhi airport in co-operation with SpiceJet.
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Garuda picks Inmarsat's GX Aviation for in-flight wi-fi
Inmarsat's GX Aviation in-flight broadband service has been selected by Garuda Indonesia for its fleet of Airbus A330s.
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Divers recover one recorder from crashed Lion 737
Indonesian navy divers have recovered a recorder device from the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October.
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Searchers zero in on crashed Lion 737 Max 8
Indonesia's national search and rescue agency Basarnas has identified the possible location of the wreckage of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October.
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Jakarta suspends Lion Air's technical director
Indonesian transport minister Budi Karya Sumadi has ordered the temporary suspension of Lion Air technical director Muhammad Asif, following the fatal crash of one of its Boeing 737 Max 8 jets on 29 October.
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Investigators obtain ATC audio recordings of crashed Lion 737
Investigators from Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (NTSC) have obtained audio recordings of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October from air navigation service provider AirNav Indonesia.
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Virgin Australia to open pilot training centre in Tamworth
Virgin Australia has been selected as the preferred airline group to open a pilot training centre at Tamworth Regional airport.
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Latin America heading toward infrastructure crisis: IATA
IATA is warning Latin America is heading towards an infrastructure crisis unless governments in the region taking action now to tackle looming airport capacity and airspace issues.