All Ops & safety articles – Page 158
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Yakutia banned from international routes in safety crackdown
Russian carrier Yakutia is to be banned from operating international services next week, under restrictions aimed at addressing safety standards at the Siberian airline.
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Helicopters, ships scour sea for lost Lion 737 Max 8
Indonesia will deploy three helicopters and 14 ships over the next two days to aid in the search and recovery of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October.
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Major search operation underway for JT610
Search operations related to the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October are underway.
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Swift Air 737 landed long before wet-runway overrun
Czech investigators have disclosed that a Swift Air Boeing 737-800 touched down long at Pardubice airport before it overran the wet runway.
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Lion 737 Max 8 crash the second worst in Indonesian history
The fatal crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 on 29 October is the second worst air disaster in Indonesian history.
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Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash confirmed, 189 dead
Indonesia's national search and rescue agency Basarnas confirms that a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 operating the Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang route has crashed.
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Contact lost with Lion Air 737 Max 8
Flight tracking web sites indicate that contact has been lost with a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 operating the Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang route.
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Arcing observed before Icelandair 757 windshield incident
Investigators have disclosed that electrical arcing was observed in the cockpit of an Icelandair Boeing 757-200 it diverted to the Canadian air force base at Bagotville with a badly damaged windscreen.
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IATA calls for Brexit backstop to avoid air connectivity 'chaos'
The UK and the European Union must take "urgent action" to plan for the continuation of air services in the event of the two parties failing to reach a deal on their future relationship, in the view of IATA.
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Thai frets about reputational damage from grounded 787s
Thai Airways International is concerned about the reputational damage caused by persistent engine issues with its Boeing 787-8 fleet.
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Cathay Pacific in major passenger data breach
Cathay Pacific has suffered a data breach that has compromised the personal information of 9.4 million passengers.
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CRJ900 hydroplaned and spun on Turku runway slush
Investigators have determined that a CityJet-operated Bombardier CRJ900 landed in a tailwind on a contaminated runway, on which it hydroplaned and spun more than 180° before coming to rest.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines must act now to hit emissions targets
A decade on from the setting of three key goals to reduce climate-change impact, the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) says the sector is "tracking ahead" of the short-term objective to improve fuel efficiency by 1.5% a year from 2009 until 2020.
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ANALYSIS: Can expanded Heathrow keep within air-quality limits?
When the UK government announced in June that members of parliament had voted in favour of building a third runway at London Heathrow, it threw in the caveat that final development consent would be granted only if the expansion could be delivered within the country's existing air-quality obligations.
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Opinion
OPINION: Aviation's climate of change
Between local air pollution and greenhouse gas, aviation is under fire. As our environment report illustrates, airports are air quality health hazards. And while aviation today is a relatively small source of CO2 emissions, it is destined to become a major driver of global warming as other activities, less reliant ...
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Drone missed Heathrow-bound 787's engine by 10ft
UK investigators have disclosed that an unmanned aerial vehicle was flown within 10ft of a Boeing 787 on approach to London Heathrow.
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VIDEO: KLM 747-400 hits loader while under tow
Video images have emerged purportedly showing the moment that a KLM Boeing 747-400 under tow collided with ground support equipment at Amsterdam Schiphol.
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NTSB calls for 25h cockpit voice recorder duration
Following several recent aviation safety incidents, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging regulators to extend significantly the required recording duration of cockpit voice recorders (CVRs).
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Astana A320 excursion probe supported by German authority
German investigators are supporting a probe into a runway excursion at Astana earlier this year which damaged an Air Astana Airbus A320.
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Asia-Pacific airlines can expect profitable 2018: AAPA
The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) forecasts another profitable year for the region’s airlines, but sees a number of challenges in the way of continued growth.