All Ops & safety articles – Page 219
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Air China to take six more 777-300ERs
Chinese flag-carrier Air China has reached an agreement to acquire six Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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Air transport safety reached new peak in 2015: Ascend
Air transport operations resulted in a global fatal accident rate of just one in 5 million flights last year, the lowest figure on record.
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Spatial disorientation overwhelmed Kazan 737 crash crew
Spatial disorientation could have led the pilots of an ill-fated Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 to perceive that the aircraft was flying inverted as it dived towards the ground.
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NewsForecasts 2016: What's on approach for the year ahead?
Are we on the cusp of a personal jet age? Is the civil tiltrotor doomed? Do the big Gulf carriers need yet more aircraft? Will Boeing and Northrop Grumman do a takeover tango and can Rolls-Royce carry on as we know it? And, is anybody going to the Moon? Time ...
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EasyJet A319 lands on closed Pisa runway
Italian investigators are looking into an incident involving an EasyJet Airbus A319 which mistakenly landed on a Pisa runway which had not been in operation.
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Poor training among catalogue of failings in Kazan 737 crash
Pilots of a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 had not realised the autopilot had disengaged as they attempted a go-around at Kazan, during which the aircraft entered a steep dive and disintegrated upon striking the ground.
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PICTURE: Tianjin Airlines takes China's first E195s
Tianjin Airlines has taken delivery of two Embraer 195s, the first of the type in China.
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MH370 search to end in June 2016
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the southern Indian Ocean has covered over 80,000 square kilometres, and is likely wind up in June 2016 if the aircraft is not found.
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Turkish authorities probe Sabiha Gokcen explosion
Investigators are probing an apron explosion overnight at Istanbul's secondary Sabiha Gokcen airport which injured two cleaning personnel.
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Qantas A330 take-off weight discrepancy spurs procedural changes
Qantas Airways has changed its loading procedures from Bangkok after an Airbus A330-300 aircraft departed with a 2,785kg load discrepancy owing to a miscommunication among ground staff.
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Panasonic works to expand uptake of new weather app
Panasonic Weather Solutions, part of the global connectivity specialist, is working to secure a launch customer for its new 4DAero weather app for electronic flightbags.
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Fire-damaged BA 777 to be repaired
British Airways is to repair and return to service the Boeing 777-200ER badly damaged during an engine fire in Las Vegas.
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Airbus delays first A320neo delivery to IndiGo
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is unlikely to receive its first Airbus A320neo this year, following an unspecified delay in the delivery schedule.
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Lufthansa trials UAV at Frankfurt
Lufthansa has flight-tested an unmanned air vehicle at Frankfurt airport as the airline plans to employ the technology for aerial surveillance purposes for third-party customers.
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China Postal Airlines signs for 10 737-800BCFs
China Postal Airlines has signed with Boeing for 10 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters, although the programme has yet to be launched.
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Egyptian probe claims no evidence yet for A321 bombing
Egyptian investigators insist they have no evidence that an explosive device destroyed a Russian-operated Airbus A321 over Sinai with the loss of all on board.
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Boeing stresses need for capacity control in India
Boeing says overcapacity and the fare wars that go with it continue to be the biggest challenges in the Indian market.