All Ops & safety articles – Page 342
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4D operations focus of new technical committee
A technical committee under the auspices of RTCA will begin working in March to update and refine the airspace and avionics specifications needed to perform...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: American talk stokes alliance fires
Delta's rumoured interest in making a run for Oneworld airline group AMR could turn the joint ventures forged in the past few years among the big three alliance...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Asia leads returning appetite for equity markets
After an adverse year, equity markets may be receptive again to airlines that want to raise capital. The most optimistic is Japan Airlines (JAL), which...
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NewsA330 sharklets study follows good results on A320 tests
Airbus is looking at the potential of adapting its sharklet wing-tips to the A330 following good results from initial flight tests of the modification on the A320.
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Gulf academy ties up with Irish school for pilot training
Gulf Aviation Academy has launched a scheme to propel young Bahrainis into careers as pilots, along with Irish-based flying school PTC. The academy,...
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NewsEASA orders wing checks on 20 A380s
European safety regulators have ordered inspection of 20 Airbus A380s to check for wing rib-foot damage, following the discovery of two different forms of cracks in the structure.
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NewsFirst Air to order flight and safety tracking tools
Canadian passenger, cargo and charter carrier First Air has ordered 19 automated flight information reporting systems (AFIRS) from Calgary-based AeroMechanical...
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NewsBoeing locks out 747-8 tail fuel tanks on flutter concerns
In order to meet certification requirements ahead of its first delivery, Boeing will lock out the 12,500l (3,300gal) horizontal stabiliser tail fuel tanks...
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EASA outlines proposed flight time limitation rules
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has made concessions to airlines and pilots in publishing its much-anticipated proposed flight time limitation...
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Pilot error probable cause of Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash
Ethiopian Airlines has angrily dismissed Lebanese investigators' conclusions over the fatal Boeing 737-800 crash off Beirut, sticking to its position that an unidentified problem, even sabotage, could have brought down the jet.
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NewsAirbus traces A380 wing cracks to manufacturing process
Airbus has traced the source of the cracking in A380 wing structures to unexpected additional stresses imparted by the manufacturing process, and is confident that its original flight loading calculations for the type are accurate.
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ATSB moves into final stage of QF32 investigations
Australian investigators have finished collecting data for an investigation into the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas Airways...
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US NTSB cites ATC errors in Gulfport near-miss
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded an operational error by an air traffic controller caused a near-miss between a Cessna and...
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UK CAA to study pilot monitoring techniques
A new study of what pilots monitor on the flightdeck, how they do it and how they react to what they see has been commissioned by the UK Civil Aviation Authority,...
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Airbus hints at sharklets for the A330
Airbus is considering adapting its new 'sharklet' wing-tip for the A330 twinjet, a decision which could extend the life of the programme as the airframer...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Bahrain's Gulf Aviation Academy prepares for a 'defining year in terms of growth'
Gulf Aviation Academy will announce an expansion to its facility next to Bahrain's international airport at the show, kicking off what chief executive Tim Shattock calls a "defining year in terms of growth" for the former Gulf Air training department.
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Queensland’s Lockyer Valley to build regional airport
A new regional airport, Lockyer Valley Regional, will be built in south east Australia's Queensland state, to meet the growing demand for aviation in the...
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Ultrasound camera may be key to easy composites inspection
A two-dimensional bar code reader capable of seeing through paint may prove to be the foundation of a handheld three-dimensional ultrasound camera that it is hoped will vastly facilitate the non-destructive inspection of composite aerostructures.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Accident reports published July-December 2011
Pilots should be instructed in the science and practice of tailwind landings, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendation from its study of the 22 December 2009 American Airlines Boeing 737-800 runway overrun at Kingston, Jamaica.
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NewsIN FOCUS: 2011 global airline safety performance
Fatal accidents rose in frequency last year, yet the global fatalities total was relatively low. What trends lay behind figures that made 2011 "a good year" in the eyes of experts?