All Ops & safety articles – Page 542
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Opinion
Comment: Remote control for life
Historically the skies have been a safe haven, one of the few places where we are quite literally out of reach. Not any more. As we become increasingly dependent on devices like the iPhone, how long will it be before onboard connectivity becomes the norm?
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News
Cessna: New and improved SkyCatcher certification nears
Cessna is pushing ahead for certification of its 162 SkyCatcher after modifications to rectify spin recovery problems Cessna...
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Opinion
COMMENT: Pilot training is the key to recovering airline safety
Airline safety advance has stalled. Pilot training looks like the key, and it is high time the regulators and airlines reviewed how recurrent training is done for modern aircraft
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News
Summary of accident reports published in the first six months of 2009
INVESTIGATION David Learmount, London Summaries of reports published in the first six months of 2009 These are short summaries of some interim...
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News
Airline accident review for first six months of 2009
Disquiet arising from the operation of highly automated aircraft is adding to anxiety that airline safety may have stopped improving and, at best, has flattened out
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News
EASA issues ATR cockpit window alert
EASA today issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) calling on operators of ATR 42 and ATR 72 turboprops to inspect or replace within 10 days cockpit...
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News
Taiwan hopes for Strait gains
Chinese and Taiwanese carriers are hoping for major benefits from the further loosening in restrictions on flights between the two, under which the first scheduled non-stop flights will begin.
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News
EASA orders A310 checks after in-flight wing-fence losses
European safety regulators have ordered Airbus A310 operators to check the type after at least three carriers suffered in-flight loss of wing fences.
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News
Moscow CRJ crash inquiry blames wing icing again
Russian investigators have again blamed icing for the crash of a corporate Bombardier CRJ regional jet during departure from Moscow Vnukovo
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News
American 767 damaged at its Alliance maintenance base
American Airlines says the nose gear on a 767-300 retracted on the ground at its base at the Alliance Fort Worth Airport on 15 July while the aircraft was...
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News
BA: Too early to gauge bookings on London City flights
British Airways is choosing not to disclose bookings for its new London City-New York flights scheduled to start 29 September, reasoning at this point the...
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News
Wind conditions, handling flagged in Continental 737 Denver accident
The US NTSB today released factual details, including wind conditions and aircraft handling, in the 20 December runway excursion of a Continental 737 in Denver
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News
BA explores options for selling majority share in OpenSkies
British Airways is gearing up to sell control of its OpenSkies premium transatlantic operation, although it intends to retain a degree of interest in the...
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PICTURES: NTSB releases Southwest 737-300 fuselage pictures
The US NTSB has released two pictures showing the internal and external damage to a Southwest Airlines 737-300 that experienced a rapid decompression on 13 July
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News
Latest IATA data show murky picture in revival of demand
A potential bottoming out in travel demand is growing harder to predict as IATA's latest examination of travel statistics for the month of May indicates...
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News
EASA orders A310 checks after in-flight wing-fence losses
European safety regulators have ordered Airbus A310 operators to check the type after at least three carriers suffered in-flight loss of wing fences.
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United flight diverts after captain and flight attendant argue
United Airlines is conducting an internal investigation after one of its captains diverted a flight to deplane a senior flight attendant who he argued with. Flight...
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American CEO Arpey cites economic struggles with 757s
American Airlines is giving serious consideration to the role its Boeing 757s will play in its long-term fleet plan as the carrier's chief executive says...