All Ops & safety articles – Page 234
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HNA Group to take 13% stake in Virgin Australia
HNA Group has agreed to take a 13% stake in Virgin Australia Holdings, becoming its fourth major shareholder.
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EgyptAir crash: French deploy acoustic detection vessel
France’s government is dispatching a specialist naval vessel to support the underwater search for flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320.
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Korean Air 777 evacuated after engine fire
A Boeing 777-300 operated by Korean Air was evacuated via slides after flames were detected in one of the jet's Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engines.
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ANALYSIS: Airline industry set to show it is serious about CO2
Six years of collaboration and planning paid off in February when the first-ever global carbon dioxide efficiency standard for aircraft was agreed and put forward by an ICAO committee. Manufacturers have largely welcomed the proposed standard and say they are already prepared for it, while environmental campaigners believe it could ...
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ANALYSIS: Unshrouding the mystery of open rotors
Ground testing is imminent on the open-rotor engine portion of the European Union’s Clean Sky initiative, with Snecma and partners now putting the finishing touches to assembling the demonstrator. The noise issues that have plagued open-rotor engines in the past appear to have been largely overcome, and the key questions ...
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Dash 8 training exercise continued despite hard-landing damage
Japanese investigators believe a trainee pilot’s excessive nose-down input during landing caused damage to a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200, but that this went undetected until a touch-and-go instruction session had ended.
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Superjet steep-approach approval targeted for 2017
Sukhoi foresees the Superjet 100 being certificated for steep landing approaches at London City airport in 2017.
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Wizz fleet plan shows scale of shift to A321
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air will not configure all of its Airbus A321neos with the maximum 239-seat layout, according to its current fleet plan.
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Norwegian leases 787-9s and firms 737 Max 8 options
Norwegian has again adjusted its fleet plans to take an additional two Boeing 787-9s by 2020.
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Authorities yet to locate main MS804 wreckage
Egyptian authorities are still searching for the main wreckage of the Airbus A320 that operated EgyptAir flight MS804, with a focus on retrieving the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
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ANALYSIS: Jets getting tanked up on alcohol
A specific type of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel recently became the latest kerosene alternative to be approved for use in commercial aviation – a milestone that its only producer hopes will light the touchpaper for the explosion in airline demand needed to economically scale up production.
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Egyptian forces claim to have located EgyptAir debris
Egyptian armed forces are claiming to have located wreckage and other debris from the missing EgyptAir Airbus A320.
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Disappearance a further setback for vulnerable EgyptAir
As inquiries into the loss of a Cairo-bound EgyptAir Airbus A320 continue, Egypt’s beleaguered tourism industry is bracing for the potential effects of the event.
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Mobile battery behind A380 cabin smoke event
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating a recent cabin smoke event on a Qantas-operated Airbus A380, which was traced to a mobile phone battery.
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Search for EgyptAir MS804 continues
The search for EgyptAir flight MS804 is continuing, after a senior airline official retracted an earlier statement that the wreckage of the Airbus A320 had been found.
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EgyptAir A320 wreckage found
Debris from the wreckage of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that went missing over the Mediterranean Sea in the early hours of 19 May has been found, according to the airline, citing government officials.
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Confusion remains over EgyptAir A320 emergency signal
There is still confusion as to whether any transmission was received from the missing EgyptAir Airbus A320.
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Airbus confirms identity of missing EgyptAir A320
Airbus has confirmed the identity of the EgyptAir aircraft which lost contact over the eastern Mediterranean while operating a Paris-Cairo service.
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Weather conditions good at time of EgyptAir A320 disappearance
Weather conditions over the eastern Mediterranean at the time of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 disappearance appear to have been good.
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EgyptAir A320 search focusing on distress beacon signal
Egyptian and Greek authorities are concentrating a search for the missing EgyptAir Airbus A320 after indicating that an emergency signal has been received.