All Ops & safety articles – Page 18
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NewsUnited Airlines cancels 270 flights due to Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding
United Airlines, the world’s biggest operator of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft with 79 examples in its fleet, is keeping all of its airframes of the type grounded pending inspections mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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NewsTokyo Haneda to resume operations on runway closed after A350-Dash 8 collision
Operations on Tokyo Haneda’s runway 34R/16L are to resume on 8 January, six days after the fatal collision involving a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 and a coast guard turboprop. The collision with the De Havilland Dash 8-300, which occurred near the 34R threshold, spread debris along the runway and the ...
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NewsEASA adopts FAA directive against 737 Max 9
European safety regulators have followed the US FAA in taking action against the Boeing 737 Max 9, after the Alaska Airlines depressurisation incident, although the effect is likely to be limited. The FAA ordered a temporary grounding of the Max 9 after a mid-cabin door detached from the Alaska aircraft ...
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NewsUS NTSB asks for public’s help in locating Alaska Max 9 burst door plug
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is asking for the public’s assistance in the investigation of the door plug blow-out of an Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 9 over Portland, Oregon.
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AnalysisExperts point at Boeing as investigation into Alaska 737 Max incident gets underway
Though the investigation into the 5 January fuselage failure of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 is just getting underway, Boeing is already in the crosshairs.
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NewsCopa and Aeromexico ground Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft
Latin American carriers Copa Airlines and Aeromexico have together grounded about 40 Boeing 737 Max 9s after an Alaska Airlines aircraft of the same type suffered a depressurisation incident.
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NewsFAA releases emergency order to ground some 737 Max 9s
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring the immediate inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9s equipped with emergency exit door “plugs”.
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NewsUnited Airlines grounds some Max 9s as impact of latest safety scare spreads
United Airlines has grounded at least 46 of its 79 Boeing 737 Max 9s after an Alaska Airlines jet of the same model suffered a serious inflight pressurisation failure on 5 January.
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NewsFAA grounds ‘certain’ Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines depressurisation incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the “temporary” grounding of “certain” Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft after an incident in which a window and parts of the fuselage were blown out of an Alaska Airlines aircraft while in flight.
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NewsEffect of Alaska incident on Max 9 fleet unclear as NTSB sends ‘go team’ to Portland
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent a “go team” to Portland to investigate a dramatic incident that left a gaping hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9.
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NewsAir-ground communications capture Alaska 737 Max depressurisation emergency
Air-ground communications show that the depressurisation which affected an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 occurred just after it was transferred to Seattle en route air traffic centre while climbing out of Portland. The aircraft had been climbing to 15,000ft when it contacted Seattle controllers for clearance to a higher ...
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NewsAlaska grounds 737 Max 9s after window blow-out incident
Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9s hours after one such aircraft suffered a window blow-out after take-off.
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NewsAlaska 737 Max suffers ‘pressurisation issue’ after window blow-out
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 suffered a “pressurisation issue” after a window and parts of the fuselage blew out shortly after take-off.
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NewsCoast Guard Dash 8 not cleared for take off before collision with JAL A350, transcript shows
The Japan Coast Guard turboprop that collided with a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 at Tokyo’s Haneda airport had been asked to hold short of the runway, and did not receive permission to take off by air traffic controllers, according to a transcript released by Japanese officials.
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NewsPolice probe Salt Lake City fatality after finding unconscious man inside engine of Delta A220
Police in Utah have detailed a fatal event during which an individual accessed the apron at Salt Lake City airport and was found inside an operating aircraft engine. The incident occurred late on 1 January. “We just had an aircraft depart 34L, they’re off the departure end, but on their ...
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NewsJAL A350 was cleared to land before runway collision
The Japan Airlines Airbus A350 involved in a fatal collision with a Japan Coast Guard turboprop had received permission to land, the airline confirms, as investigations get underway.
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NewsTokyo Haneda operating in mixed mode at time of JAL A350 landing collision
Tokyo’s Haneda airport was operating in mixed mode – with both departures and arrivals on the same runway – at the time of the collision involving a landing Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900. But the circumstances of the accident, in which the A350 struck a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8-300 ...
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NewsJAL A350-900 in major fire after Haneda landing
A Japan Airlines A350-900 has suffered a major accident at Tokyo Haneda airport, bursting into flames during landing.
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NewsYeti ATR 72 fatally stalled after pilot inadvertently feathered both propellers
Nepalese investigators believe an instructor captain inadvertently moved the propeller condition levers, instead of the flap selector, during an ATR 72-500’s approach to Pokhara, causing the propellers to feather and the aircraft to stall fatally. The instructor had been supervising another captain, the flying pilot, during the Yeti Airlines service ...
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NewsInvestigators probe Polar An-24’s landing on frozen Siberian river
All the occupants of an Antonov An-24 have survived after the aircraft landed on an icy lake while stopping at the Siberian town of Zyryanka. The Polar Airlines aircraft (RA-47821) landed on the Kolyma river running to the right of the runway, at around 11:45 local time on 28 December. ...