All Ops & safety articles – Page 22
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NewsFAA moves to require autopilot software updates for thousands of small aircraft
Owners of nearly 6,000 small aircraft in the USA may soon need to update their Garmin autopilot software due to a defect that could cause the autopilots to make uncommanded flight-control inputs.
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NewsNTSB urges steps to prevent DHC-3 Otter stabiliser failures
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging aviation regulators to require De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters be equipped with secondary devices to prevent horizontal stabiliser actuators from separating.
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NewsUK air traffic control failure review to assess balance of cost-sharing
Independent panellists are to consider the balance of cost-sharing between air navigation service NATS and its customers following the air traffic control system failure on 28 August which led to severe disruption to airline operations. This aspect will form part of a review into the incident during which a flight-data ...
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NewsIslander accident likely linked to fuel starvation, improper system usage: ATSB
Australian investigators have found that fuel starvation, likely caused by incorrect fuel system operations, led to the forced landing of a Britten-Norman (B-N) BN-2A Islander.
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NewsPutin reveals 'hand grenade fragments' found in victims of Wagner Embraer crash
Russian president Vladimir Putin has disclosed that investigators discovered fragments of hand grenades during examination of the victims of an Embraer Legacy 600 crash near Moscow. Putin was speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, a high-level conference forum, on 5 October. The Legacy 600 had been carrying ...
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NewsFedEx 757 skids along Chattanooga runway during gear-up landing
A FedEx Boeing 757 Freighter made a gear-up landing and skidded off the runway at Chattanooga Metropolitan airport in Tennessee late on 4 October.
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NewsSupporters of charter airline JSX push back against effort to change charter rules
An online campaign to shore up support for US public charter airline JSX has been launched as US aviation regulators consider changes to charter operations rules.
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NewsCritical misunderstandings preceded LATAM A320neo's fatal runway collision with rescue vehicle
Misunderstandings from poor planning and co-ordination of a rescue exercise preceded the fatal collision involving a departing LATAM Airbus A320neo and a firefighting vehicle which sped onto the runway at Lima. Two of the three emergency personnel in the vehicle were killed after it entered runway 16L and was struck ...
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NewsUral Airlines considering flying stranded A320 out of remote field
Russian carrier Ural Airlines appears to be considering flying a stranded Airbus A320 out of the field on which it conducted an emergency landing during an attempted diversion. The aircraft had been nearing fuel exhaustion as its crew tried to divert to Novosibirsk on 12 September, following a hydraulic system ...
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NewsInquiry suggests air or ice in modified fuel system led PC-12 to ditch during oceanic ferry
US investigators believe a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop with a modified fuel system ditched in the Pacific Ocean after a build-up of ice, or the emergence of air, led to fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.
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NewsAOPA’s Richard McSpadden dies in aircraft accident
Richard McSpadden, executive director of the Air Safety Institue at US general aviation lobby group Aircraft Operators and Pilots’ Association, has died in an aviation accident.
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NewsSevere flooding disrupts air travel around New York City
Severe flash flooding in and around New York City has caused major disruptions at the region’s three major commercial airports.
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NewsEASA cancels stricter fatigue regime for EFW A321 freighters after calculation error
Europe’s safety regulator has cancelled a directive tightening time limits to check Airbus A321 converted freighters for potential fatigue cracks in the centre wing-box area. The 12 September directive had emerged after stress and load calculations for A321 freighters were performed by conversion specialist EFW. These calculations had been prompted ...
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NewsHigh winds jammed MD-87’s elevators prior to 2021 Houston crash: NTSB
Jammed elevators due to high wind prior to flight caused the crash during take-off of a Boeing MD-87 near Houston in October 2021, marking another instance of a known hazard.
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NewsFootage emerges of fiery Il-76 crash in Mali
The Russian-made transport jet that crashed at Gao International airport resulted in a total loss of the aircraft and killed an unknown number of people.
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NewsBoeing report shows aircraft accident rate declined last year but highlights ongoing concerns
The global number of commercial jet aircraft accidents inched higher in 2022 to 25 incidents, including three that killed a combined five people, but last year’s accident rate still declined from 2021.
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NewsCessna 560 crew failed to release parking-brake before fatal take-off overrun
US investigators have determined that the pilots of a Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ failed to release the aircraft’s parking-brake before it overran the runway on take-off, pitching rapidly up before rolling inverted and crashing into a building. None of the four occupants survived the accident which occurred as the jet ...
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NewsUral A320 field-landing crew did not realise undercarriage had failed to retract
Russian investigators believe the crew of a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 did not realise the undercarriage had failed to retract during a diversion to Novosibirsk, forcing the aircraft to land in a field as it ran short on fuel. The A320 had aborted an approach to its original destination, Omsk, ...
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NewsUS NTSB opens investigation into JetBlue turbulance incident that injured eight
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation into a JetBlue Airways flight which experienced severe turbulence, injuring numerous passengers and one crew.
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NewsAllegiant A319 took evasive action on take-off to avoid low-altitude inbound Cessna
US investigators have found that an Airbus A319 had to take evasive action on take-off at St Petersburg in Florida, to avoid climbing into the path of an inbound light aircraft which was flying an abnormal pattern to another runway. The inquiry has determined that an air traffic controller failed ...