All Ops & safety articles – Page 236
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Korea investigates KAL A330 runway incursion
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is investigating an incident in which a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER was forced to abort its takeoff roll owing to a reported runway incursion.
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Cebu A320 inspection showed evidence of tree strike
Investigators are looking into an incident in which a Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 apparently struck trees while landing at Sibulan airport in the Philippines.
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Lufthansa Group cuts first-quarter loss despite revenue slip
Lufthansa Group is maintaining its full-year earnings forecast after reducing its operating losses for the first quarter, despite a decline in revenues.
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IAG confident on full year after strong first quarter
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG is expecting to increase operating profits by a level similar to last year, despite adjusting short-term capacity growth.
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China Eastern signs for 35 A350s and 787-9s
China Eastern Airlines has signed for 20 Airbus A350-900s and 15 Boeing 787-9s as part of a long-haul fleet modernisation programme.
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SAS expects first A320neo in September
SAS Group is expecting to receive its first Airbus A320neo in September, the initial aircraft in a batch of 30.
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LAM crash inquiry lends support to flight-tracking case
Controllers failed to notice the disappearance of a LAM Embraer 190 lost over Namibia and damage to its emergency locator transmitter contributed to a long delay in reaching the crash site.
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Xiamen Airlines signs for 10 737-800s
Xiamen Airlines has finalised an order with Boeing for 10 737-800s.
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OPINION: Accident reports must acknowledge pilot pressures
French investigation authority BEA’s final analysis of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash last year contains 20 mentions of the word “suicide” including, notably, in the primary conclusion over probable cause.
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PICTURES: Canada releases details of EVAS Beechcraft 1900 crash
Canadian authorities have released more details about the EVAS Air Charters Beech 1900 D that crashed at Gander the evening of 20 April.
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OPINION: The unknown impact of UAV collisions
If a recent report is to be believed, the 137 crew and passengers of British Airways flight 727 on 17 April were among the unluckiest people on the planet. It appears their Airbus A320 collided with a small drone on approach to London Heathrow airport from Geneva. The exact circumstances ...
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Poor flight planning led to fatal DC-3 terrain collision
Colombian investigators believe a Douglas DC-3 crew’s failure to verify minimum safe altitudes during an unscheduled commercial domestic flight led to a fatal collision with high terrain.
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Object involved in BA A320 collision unconfirmed: minister
Doubts have emerged over the nature of the object which apparently collided with a British Airways Airbus A320 near London Heathrow.
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PICTURES: A330 emerges in Air Serbia colours
Air Serbia has shown off the first Airbus A330 to be painted in the Balkan carrier’s colours, ahead of its initiation of long-haul services.
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Flydubai crash: Stabiliser shift commanded from yoke trim switch
Russian investigators have revealed that substantial nose-down trim on the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 was applied through the manual trim switches on the pilot’s control column.
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NewsA320 collision heightens UAV safety concerns
Fresh concerns over the potential danger of operating unmanned air vehicles in the vicinity of manned aircraft have been sparked by the collision of a British Airways Airbus A320 with a UAV at London Heathrow on 17 April.
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PICTURES: Comair 737 arrives at new St Helena airport
South African carrier Comair has carried out the first large passenger jet landing at the new St Helena airport.
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Garuda confirms 14 A330neos to replace A330 order
Garuda Indonesia is taking 14 Airbus A330neo twinjets in place of seven A330-300s cancelled by the carrier.
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LAM and Germanwings inquiries contrast in medical scope
Investigators have not made any explicit safety recommendations relating to medical checks following the inquiry into the deliberate LAM Embraer 190 crash in Namibia in November 2013.
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ATSB outlines analysis process for MH370 debris
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) relied on markings and fasteners to determine that two pieces of debris that washed up on African shores are "almost certainly" from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that was operating the fateful MH370 flight.