All Ops & safety articles – Page 219
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Second recorder retrieved from 747 wreckage
Recovery personnel have located a second flight recorder from the ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400F which crashed near Bishkek.
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Flight Ascend Consultancy named Appraiser of the Year for sixth time
Flight Ascend Consultancy, FlightGlobal’s consultancy arm, has once again been crowned appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 Awards. This is the sixth time in seven years that Flight Ascend Consultancy has been honored with this award.
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Qantas grounds 10 Q400s over missed inspections
Qantas has had to temporarily ground 10 of its Bombardier Q400s after it discovered that they had missed an inspection required by the manufacturer.
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Three-year search for MH370 comes to an end
The search for MH370 has been suspended with the last vessel departing from the 120,000km² search area in the Indian Ocean.
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717 took abnormal taxi path before colliding with Fokker 100
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found that the captain of a Boeing 717's decision to use a non-standard taxi path with the help of an engineer led to a ground collision with a Fokker 100 at Paraburdoo airport in Western Australia.
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Oil line crack caused Emirates 777 engine shutdown
A fractured weld joint in an oil line was the cause of an engine problem on an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER that was forced to make an in-flight engine shutdown and diversion on 7 September 2016.
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ACT highlights 747F crew's experience
ACT Airlines has given figures for the total hours logged by the pilots of a Boeing 747-400F that crashed in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
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Flight recorder retrieved from 747 crash debris
Investigators have retrieved the first flight recorder from the wreckage of a Boeing 747-400F which crashed in the vicinity of Bishkek Manas airport.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Accident reports published in the second half of 2016
Synopses of accident reports published in the last six months of 2016
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Wideroe turns to jets with Embraer 190-E2 order
Scandinavian regional carrier Wideroe is to step up to jet operation, having opted to take up to 15 Embraer 190-E2 re-engined aircraft.
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Kyrgyz prosecutor opens probe into 747F crash
Krygyzstan’s general prosecutor has opened a routine criminal case into the fatal crash at Bishkek involving a Turkish-operated Boeing 747-400F.
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Climbing EgyptAir A300 involved in serious Belgian airprox
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident in which an EgyptAir Airbus A300-600 freighter climbed through its assigned altitude.
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ACT 747F crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Updated: Corrected to reflect correct aircraft registration number, TC-MCL. A previous version of this story erroneously reported the registration as TC-ACJ, and that the aircraft was operated by Turkish Airlines. The aircraft was operated by Turkey's ACT Airlines, which trades under the name MyCargo Airlines.
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EasyJet take-off data incident uncovers software anomaly
Investigations have traced an EasyJet A319 take-off performance incident at Malaga to a software anomaly in a particular electronic flightbag function.
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Opinion
OPINION: Can aviation beat human frailty?
To people who like to fly, perhaps to most people, fear of flying seems such an irrational fear. As our annual report on airline safety shows, accident rates are very low and trending firmly downward.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: World airline accident review 2016
Airline fatal accident figures rose significantly in 2016 compared with the previous year, but the comparison is somewhat misleading because 2015 was the safest year in history by a considerable margin.
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Air Lease converts to a dozen A321neos
US lessor Air Lease has become the latest customer to convert to the larger Airbus A321neo, having switched an order for a dozen A320neos.
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Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia seek rights to India
Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia have applied for rights to serve India.
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PICTURE: Iran Air receives first A321
Iran Air has formally taken delivery of an Airbus A321, the first in a batch of 100 jets ordered by the flag-carrier under a landmark fleet-renewal deal with the airframer.
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Airbus aims shortly to 'upsize' stalled Qatar A320neo deal
Airbus is hoping to finalise shortly a rejig of Qatar Airways’ problematic A320neo order, which will include scaling-up to the A321neo.