All Ops & safety articles – Page 233
-
News
ATSB investigates 737 descent below safe altitude incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating an incident where a Boeing 737-300 freighter flew below the lowest safe altitude while attempting to land at Launceston on 17 June.
-
News
Crashed EgyptAir A320's cockpit recorder retrieved
Recovery teams have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 which crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-May.
-
News
French probe VIP 777 wing-strike at Le Bourget
French investigators have detailed a serious incident involving a Boeing 777-200ER which suffered a wing-strike and tail contact while attempting to land at Le Bourget airport outside Paris.
-
News
ATSB warns of “catastrophic” potential of ATR pitch disconnect
The Australian Transportation Safety Board (ATSB) has revealed that opposite control column inputs caused a “pitch disconnect” on a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600, resulting in overstress damage to the aircraft’s horizontal stabiliser.
-
News
Network glitch forces western Norwegian airspace closure
Norwegian authorities are expecting knock-on delays after a technical problem in air traffic systems which forced the closure of airspace in the west of the country.
-
News
EgyptAir probe predicts cut-off point for recorder signals
Egyptian investigators believe the transmission from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320’s flight recorders will continue until 24 June.
-
News
Azerbaijan to firm MC-21 lease once flight-tests start
Azerbaijan Airlines has tentatively signed to lease 10 Irkut MC-21-300s from Russia’s Ilyushin Finance.
-
News
Boeing 737 damaged in hangar blaze: Prague airport
Prague airport’s operator has confirmed that a Boeing 737 was damaged during a hangar fire on 9 June.
-
InterviewINTERVIEW: AirAsia X CEO ready to renew growth
AirAsia X has a dream: to build a network covering the globe and a fleet that rivals even the largest of Gulf carriers.
-
News
Flybe rejigs Republic Q400 deal over 'cautious' forecasts
UK operator Flybe Group is restructuring its previous agreement to take 24 Bombardier Q400s from US carrier Republic Airways, opting instead to take 15 of the turboprops.
-
News
Airbus backlog revision features 75 more A320s
Airbus has newly added 75 A320-family jets to its backlog figures, with two firm agreements with undisclosed customers.
-
News
UPS freighter suffers nose wheel collapse at Seoul Incheon
A Boeing MD-11 freighter operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) experienced the collapse of its nose wheel during a failed takeoff from Seoul Incheon airport.
-
News
MH17: Missile exhaust displayed as prosecutor builds case
Dutch prosecutors have displayed a large missile component, the exhaust of a Buk surface-to-air weapon, as they work to build a criminal case over the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
-
News
Sichuan Airlines signs for 15 A320s
Sichuan Airlines has signed a purchase agreement for 15 Airbus A320 family jets, in a deal worth CNY9 billion ($1.37 billion).
-
News
IATA: A4E presses case for action to mitigate ATC strike impact
Europe’s new airline lobby group established by the big five carriers will call for the European Commission to investigate the feasibility of enabling ATC service providers from neighbouring countries to help limit disruption caused by strikes in individual countries.
-
News
ILA: Emirates returns to ILA as tensions rise between Lufthansa and Gulf carriers
Emirates has returned to ILA with its Airbus A380, as tensions continue between Lufthansa and Gulf carriers over access to slots at German airports.
-
News
EgyptAir crash: French vessel detects possible locator signal
Search teams hunting for the flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320 in the Mediterranean Sea have detected a possible locator signal.
-
News
IATA: Adapting safety focus as operating environment changes
IATA has always taken safety and security seriously, but the emphasis has to alter subtly from time to time to take account of changes in the global operating environment. A quick glance at recent airline safety performance shows accidents are down, but disasters have still occurred and the terrorist threat ...
-
News
IATA: Tyler corrals troops to champion carbon-offset deal
IATA director general Tony Tyler is delighted his members are congregating in Dublin this year, heralding Ireland as a great example of a country that embraces commercial aviation. And as he makes his last appearance as the association’s boss, Tyler acknowledges that 2016 is a crunch time for the world’s ...
-
News
ATSB: poor weather updating caused 737 low-fuel landings
A failure to update flight crews about deteriorating weather conditions at Adelaide resulted in two Boeing 737 aircraft landing at Mildura in foggy conditions with fuel below the fixed reserve.