All Ops & safety articles – Page 28
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NewsGermany’s ADAC Luftrettung air rescue service to take up to 152 VoloCity aircraft
German air taxi developer Volocopter and ADAC Luftrettung, one of Germany’s largest air rescue organsations, have agreed to customise two VoloCity electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft emergency medical missions, and add up to 150 more later, pending a successful test phase.
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NewsBoeing and CAE join up to offer competency-based training and assessment
Boeing and Canadian aviation training company CAE have partnered on a new pilot training programme that will allow customers to access Boeing’s Competency-based Training and Assessment (CBTA) curriculum – an innovative flight instruction regimen that uses digitally advanced tools and customised data.
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NewsArcher Aviation expects 'hundreds or thousands' of eVTOLs flying over LA Olympics in 2028
Archer Aviation and investor Stellantis are “moving full speed ahead” to begin and ramp-up manufacturing of the air taxi that the pair hope will revolutionise travel later this decade.
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NewsAmerican subsidiary Piedmont fined over fatal E175 ingestion accident
US authorities have imposed a fine of nearly $16,000 on a division of American Airlines, after a fatal engine-ingestion accident at Montgomery airport. The accident occurred on 31 December last year, as an Envoy Air Embraer 175 was parking at the gate after a service from Dallas. One of the ...
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NewsUS House committee approves bill to hike pilot retirement age to 67
A US lawmaking committee has approved a measure that would increase the USA’s mandatory airline-pilot retirement age, spurring criticism from pilot unions and praise from regional airlines.
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NewsThai Airways A330 winglet hits EVA Air jet at Tokyo Haneda
Two Airbus A330s – operated by Thai Airways International and Taiwan’s EVA Air – were involved in a collision incident at Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
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NewsSwedish carrier Vastflyg to use sustainable fuel exclusively on network
Swedish regional carrier Vastflyg is claiming to be the first airline to use sustainable aviation fuel exclusively on its flights. Vastflyg will use a mixture of Neste MY renewable fuel on all services including its scheduled routes from Trollhattan airport to Stockholm Bromma and Visby. Biofuel can contribute a maximum ...
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NewsWest Atlantic reinforces ATR crosswind training after East Midlands excursion
Cargo operator West Atlantic is enhancing its crosswind training for crews after an incident in which an ATR 72-200 freighter swerved from the centreline and hit runway edge lights with its nose-gear while landing at East Midlands in the UK. The turboprop was arriving from Jersey in darkness on 25 ...
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NewsCrew of 757 failed to notify Heathrow control of incomplete parking before 777 collision
UK investigators have determined that an Icelandair Boeing 757-200 crew did not inform London Heathrow ground control that the aircraft was not fully parked, before it was struck by a taxiing Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER. The 757 had arrived at parking stand 241 in darkness – but good visibility – ...
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NewsUK regulator seeks opinions on active carbon monoxide detectors for general aviation
UK safety regulators are seeking opinions from the general aviation community on the use of carbon monoxide detectors – specifically active devices – to help shape strategies on their potential use. While general aviation pilots tend to be aware of the risk posed by carbon monoxide, the UK Civil Aviation ...
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NewsEarly signs of summer disruption emerging as EASA urges safety-risk reviews
Early signs of summer disruption to the European air transport system are already emerging, regulators have warned, and various sectors are being urged to take steps to ensure any operational disarray does not threaten safety. The warning from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency is laid out in a safety ...
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NewsWindshear escape presents potential risk for close-spaced parallel operations: inquiry
French investigators believe the specific circumstances of a strong crosswind during a windshear-escape manoeuvre can undermine the safety case for simultaneous operations on closely-spaced parallel runways. Investigation authority BEA has turned up three similar incidents – two at Paris Charles de Gaulle and one at Toulouse – in the space ...
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NewsCrosswind during go-around pushed Hop E170 into A320’s take-off path
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident which occurred at Paris Charles de Gaulle when an Embraer 170, executing a go-around, drifted into the climb path of an Airbus A320 departing simultaneously from the parallel adjacent runway. While descending to runway 26L on 21 October 2020 – during a ...
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NewsShifting crosswinds preceded Cargolux 747’s double engine pod-strike
Investigators have disclosed that a Cargolux Boeing 747-400ERF experienced shifting winds before suffering a double engine pod-strike during an aborted landing attempt at Luxembourg. The aircraft – arriving from Dubai on 15 April – rolled to the left shortly after touchdown, and both its inboard and outboard left-hand engines struck ...
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NewsUnited Nigeria ERJ-145 suffers excursion during Lagos landing
Nigerian investigators are probing an incident in which an Embraer ERJ-145 suffered a runway excursion during landing at Lagos. The aircraft, operated by United Nigeria Airlines, was arriving on a domestic service from Abakaliki which lies some 280nm (520km) east of the Nigerian hub. United Nigeria says the regional jet ...
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NewsAbsence of information scuppers probe into An-124’s undershot landing at Riyadh
Investigators have disclosed that attempts to probe an Antonov An-124’s short landing at Riyadh reached a dead end owing to an absence of information. The aircraft (UR-ZYD), operating for Ukraine’s Maximus Airlines, had been arriving at the Saudi Arabian capital after a service from Bechar in Algeria on 15 January ...
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NewsAn-12 suffered wing damage a month before fatal in-flight engine fire
Investigators probing the fatal loss of an Antonov An-12 freighter in Greece last July have disclosed that the aircraft sustained wing damage during a ground collision with a lighting mast less than a month before. The An-12 had been taxiing, behind a ‘follow me’ vehicle, to a parking stand at ...
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NewsAsiana passenger reportedly opens A321 emergency exit during approach to Daegu
One of Asiana Airlines’ Airbus A321s has apparently been involved in an in-flight incident during which a passenger exit door was opened just prior to touchdown at Daegu. Video images circulating on social media show passengers seated next to the open exit being subjected to strong airstreams. Korean media reports ...
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NewsAn-124 aborted take-off after pitot-static covers left on
Investigators have determined that an Antonov An-124 aborted its take-off run from Leipzig, after protective covers were inadvertently left on the pitot-static tubes. The Antonov Airlines aircraft was operating a service to East Midlands airport in the UK on 27 December last year. Ukrainian investigation authority NBAAI states, in a ...
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NewsArtificial intelligence engaged in effort to relieve pilots’ NOTAM burden
Artificial intelligence has been mobilised by a collective industry effort to address the long-running issue of NOTAM complexity, and lies at the heart of a model developed to simplify them. NOTAMs contain a variety of information for pilots, including essential safety-critical data. But cockpit representatives are dismayed over the sheer ...