All Ops & safety articles – Page 263
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NewsMissing MH370 flew in westerly direction for several hours
Malaysian authorities have confirmed that the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER deviated from its flight path on 8 March and that the aircraft last made satellite contact at 08:11 local time, about seven hours after it disappeared from secondary air traffic control (ATC) radar.
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NewsInmarsat confirms automated signals from MH370
Inmarsat has confirmed that signals from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were registered by its satellite network.
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NewsNot enough MH370 data to relocate search: minister
Malaysia's government is not yet prepared to commit its search effort for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 away from the original site off the eastern coast.
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NewsIndian MH370 effort pushes search far to the west
As uncertainty reigns over the fate of a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, India's defence forces have stepped in to commit extensive assets to the search for the missing flight.
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NewsUS Airways A320 nose gear collapses on takeoff from Philadelphia
The nose gear on a US Airways Airbus A320 collapsed during takeoff from Philadelphia International airport today.
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NewsAuthorities dismiss MH370 engine data reports
A search by Malaysian authorities of an area of the South China Sea, in which Chinese satellite pictures appeared to show floating debris, has yielded no further clues into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 six days ago.
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Biman reissues 777 C-check tender
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reissued a tender for C-checks on two of its Boeing 777-300ERs.
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US MROs have chance to add more widebody work: Team SAI
US-based MRO firms will have more opportunities to ramp up widebody modifications as labour rates in the Asia-Pacific region rise and slots become harder to come by as that region takes care of its own maintenance needs, says aviation consultancy Team SAI.
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ANALYSIS: Airlines spoilt for choice for debt financings
Strong investor demand is encouraging attractive deals in both the capital and banking markets for debt financing
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MH370 probe attempts to identify Malacca Strait radar target
Malaysia's air force has yet to identify the source of a contact picked up by radar over the Straits of Malacca, about 45min after the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.
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VIDEO: Flightglobal's David Learmount looks at MH370 questions
Flightglobal's operations and safety editor David Learmount has put together a video briefing on the background to the 8 March disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, its passengers and crew
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No answers as MAS 777 remains missing
Malaysia Authorities say it has identified one of two passengers who boarded MH370 using fake passports, and that the suspect is unlikely to have had any terrorist intent.
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NewsMalaysian officials non-committal on MH370 ACARS transmissions
Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER are tight-lipped about Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) data reported by the aircraft.
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Search area expands for missing Malaysia 777
Rescue authorities are preparing to expand the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 on both sides of the Malay peninsula.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sabotage most common factor in en-route accidents
More than a third of all fatal accidents that have occurred to jet airliners while en-route are caused by some form of deliberate action. But a significant number of other factors can also come into play.
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MH370 not 'security threat': Malaysia defence minister
As search and rescue efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 look set to enter into the fourth day, Malaysia says it has not tightened security across its airports as it does not see the MH370 case as a "security threat".
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NewsSearch teams still unable to locate missing 777
More than 60 hours after the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Boeing 777-200 lost contact with air traffic control, Malaysia says it has yet to locate the aircraft, or recover any possible debris from the jet.
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Technology of limited use in search for missing 777
Amid conflicting reports about whether the wreckage of a missing Boeing 777-200 has been spotted, an expert in airborne search and rescue at sea highlights the challenging task facing the aerial armada searching for the aircraft.
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Interpol confirms stolen passports used on MH370 flight
International crime investigation body Interpol has confirmed that one Austrian and one Italian passport used by passengers boarding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were on its record of stolen travel documents.
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NewsSearch for missing MAS 777 set to enter third day
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines 777-200 has grown to include over 20 aircraft and 30 ships as the second day of the operation comes to a close.