All Ops & safety articles – Page 25
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NewsFAA hands out $121m to improve airport infrastructure
The Federal Aviation Administration is handing out $121 million to improve infrastructure at several US airports.
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NewsEmirates A380 crew heard ‘abnormal noise’ on approach before slat damage found
French investigators have yet to ascertain the cause of damage to an Airbus A380’s slat assembly, discovered after the aircraft arrived at Nice. The A380, operated by Emirates, had been conducting an approach to Nice’s runway 04L following a service from Dubai on 18 August. Investigation authority BEA states that ...
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NewsAlaska Airlines jet damaged upon landing in Santa Ana during storm
An Alaska Airlines jet was heavily damaged upon landing in Santa Ana, California during a tropical storm.
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NewsUnited 767 fuselage wrinkled as nose-gear bounced during Houston landing
US investigators have disclosed that a United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER sustained substantial upper fuselage damage while landing in Houston, after its nose-wheel bounced heavily on the runway. The twinjet’s fuselage crown was wrinkled as a result of the 29 July accident, as the aircraft arrived from Newark. Preliminary inquiries reveal ...
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NewsG150 overran after unstable approach as crew ‘raced’ to destination
US investigators have revealed the pilots of a Gulfstream G150 acted as if they were engaged in a race to beat another aircraft to their destination, before an unstable approach at excessive speed resulted in an overrun that badly damaged the jet. The aircraft (N22ST) was heading for Ridgeland in ...
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NewsMalaysia starts probe of fatal business jet highway crash
Malaysian officials have located the flight recorders of a Beechcraft Premier I business jet that crashed into a highway while attempting to land at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang airport.
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NewsA320 triggered altitude alarm after missing runway axis during night visual approach
French investigators believe an Airbus A320 pilot manually flew a visual approach with too much bank, and lost sight of the airport, before descending on a flightpath which was far offset from the runway centreline in Guadeloupe. The Air France aircraft was inbound from Martinique at night on 11 February ...
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NewsCirrus updates SF50 Vision Jet with ‘Auto Radar’ and data-tracking package
Fifteen years after Cirrus’ SF50 Vision Jet made its maiden flight, and seven years after the first delivery, the company has rolled out upgrades it promises will reduce pilot workload and improve safety.
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NewsRunaway Dash 8 collides with fence after parking-brake fails during start-up
Canadian investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland Dash 8-300 sustained collision damage after a parking-brake failure caused it to roll forward during engine start-up. The Perimeter Aviation turboprop had been preparing for a service to Winnipeg from the remote Lansdowne House airport in Ontario on 10 August. According to ...
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NewsGerman air force accelerates A340 retirement after technical fault scuppers ministry trip
Germany’s air force is to withdraw two Airbus A340s used for governmental flights after a recurring technical incident forced the cancellation of a high-level foreign ministry visit.
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NewsFuel starvation suspected after test-pilot school Cessna 414 force-lands in field
Canadian investigators have pointed to fuel starvation after a Cessna 414 was forced to land in a field while en route to a test-pilot training institution. The aircraft (C-FIYQ) had been newly purchased by the London, Ontario-based International Test Pilots School. It was being ferried to the school from Montreal ...
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NewsEtna eruption brings further disruption to Catania airport
Just nine days after restoring normal operations in the aftermath of a terminal building fire, Sicily’s Catania airport has been forced to close owing to a volcanic eruption. The airport had experienced a three-week closure of Terminal A, causing substantial flight disruption during the busy summer period, after a fire ...
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NewsLearjet crashed during simulated engine-out exercise at German military base
German investigators have disclosed that the pilots of a Learjet 35A were training for a simulated engine failure at take-off when the aircraft fatally crashed at the Hohn military airfield. The jet was the third of a group of six Learjets departing the airfield almost simultaneously for various flight activities ...
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NewsChallenger fatally stalled as pilot tried to salvage unstable circle-to-land approach
US investigators have determined that a Bombardier Challenger 605 first officer’s attempt to rescue an unstable approach, after a series of crew lapses, caused the executive jet to stall and roll into a rapid fatal descent. The crew had been attempting a circle-to-land approach to runway 11 at California’s Truckee ...
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News787 approach deviations in Hong Kong linked to autopilot flight-director issues
Hong Kong investigators have found that a software issue in a number of Boeing 787 autopilot flight-director systems led to a series of flightpath deviations in 2019.
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NewsUS NTSB attributes Maui near-crash to ‘miscommunication’ in United cockpit
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has attributed a near-accident off the coast of an Hawaiian island late last year to flightcrew miscommunication.
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NewsUS airlines modify schedules, evacuate people from Hawaii’s Maui as brush fires rage
US airlines have modified their operations and begun evacuating residents and tourists from a Hawaiian island as brush fires there have killed at least three dozen.
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News737 Max awaits engine inlet design fix to avert risk of severe damage from anti-ice
Boeing is undertaking design modification of the 737 Max engine inlet after discovering that use of engine anti-ice in certain operating conditions can result in failure of the inlet’s inner barrel and substantial cowl damage. Operators must revise the aircraft’s flight manual to instruct pilots not to use engine anti-ice ...
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NewsNiger airspace closes as political unrest continues
Authorities in Niger have closed the country’s airspace, as the African state experiences continuing political unrest. The closure has been confirmed in a NOTAM for the Niamey flight information region which took effect on 6 August. It states that the republic’s airspace is “closed for all flights”, from the ground ...
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NewsCatania airport restores fire-hit terminal to operation after three weeks
Sicily’s Catania airport has resumed operations at Terminal A, three weeks after a fire forced its closure and led to substantial disruption to flights. The airport’s operator says the terminal re-opened on 5 August, with the arrival of an EasyJet flight from Milan Malpensa in the late evening marking the ...