All Ops & safety articles – Page 62
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NewsUnderwater robotic vessels to search Russian lake for sunken Mi-8
Robotic underwater vessels are to be deployed in the recovery operation for a Mil Mi-8T helicopter which crashed into a lake which operating a tour flight in eastern Russia. The wreckage of the helicopter has been located about 700m from the shore of lake Kuril, on the Kamchatka peninsula. But ...
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NewsLufthansa launches 787 flight-training device from L3Harris
German flag-carrier Lufthansa’s training division has emerged as the launch customer for a Boeing 787 fixed flight-training device designed to complement full-flight simulator activity. Lufthansa Aviation Training is acquiring the device from L3Harris Technologies, and is ordering a 787 full-flight simulator as part of the agreement. Both the flight-training device ...
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NewsDivers search for survivors after tourist Mi-8 sinks in Russian lake
Divers are assisting Russian emergency services to locate survivors after a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operating a tourism service crashed and sank in Kuril crater lake, in the southern Kamchatka peninsula. Sixteen occupants, including 13 passengers and three crew members, were on board the aircraft which was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on ...
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NewsCargo 747's unauthorised runway entry forced A330 to abort Hong Kong take-off
Investigators in Hong Kong have found that a taxi instruction to a Boeing 747-400SF was misconstrued by its crew to include a runway crossing clearance, resulting in an Airbus A330-300’s having to abort its take-off roll when the 747 entered the active runway. The Air Cargo Global 747 had landed ...
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NewsUS Senate confirms Homendy as next NTSB Chair
Aviation lobby groups have welcomed the US Senate’s confirmation of Jennifer Homendy as the next and 15th chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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NewsQatar pursues contentious plan to establish own airspace
Qatar’s government is advancing a plan to establish its own separate airspace, aiming to withdraw from the long-standing arrangement under which Bahrain oversees much of the emirate’s air traffic. Its proposal would split the Bahrain flight information region – which stretches along much of the western Persian Gulf from the ...
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NewsFAA order addresses risk of fire suppression problem in 737 cargo compartments
Concern about fire suppression has led the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit airlines from carrying cargo in the aft holds of Boeing 737s that have failed air conditioning airflow systems.
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NewsFatal paragliding accident inquiry warns over helicopter wake strength
French investigators have warned that the wake turbulence from helicopters can be worse than that from similar-sized aircraft, following the probe into a fatal accident involving a paraglider. The Airbus Helicopters EC135, with a medical crew of four, had been called on 11 May 2019 to assist an injured person ...
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NewsHydroplaning and crew error caused 2019 Miami Air 737 overrun at Jacksonville
Loss of braking due to hydroplaning, shortcomings by Miami Air International and errors by one of its captains caused a Boeing 737-800 to overrun a Jacksonville runway on 3 May 2019. That is according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which released its final accident report on 4 August.
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NewsPost-Brexit exclusion frustrates UK pilots as carriers seek EASA-licensed crews
Frustrated UK cockpit representatives are urging the government to redress the licence-recognition imbalance with the European Union, as Ryanair’s Maltese carrier Lauda Europe’s recruitment for a London Stansted base lays down a requirement for European-licensed pilots. With the UK no longer a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, ...
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NewsAir France 777 crew strayed close to volcano while trying to avoid storms
French investigators believe the crew of an Air France Boeing 777-200ER misinterpreted weather radar information while trying to avoid thunderstorms, losing awareness of the jet’s position before it strayed into close proximity with an African volcanic peak. It was operating in darkness from Malabo, in Equatorial Guinea, to Douala in ...
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NewsCanadian investigators take over probe into Air Baltic A220 engine incident
Canadian investigators are to probe an engine-control incident involving an Air Baltic Airbus A220-300 during which both powerplants shut down after the aircraft touched down in Copenhagen. Danish authorities have delegated the investigation into the 11 July incident to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The board says the twinjet ...
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NewsAttempt to steer with reverse-thrust preceded Taiga DHC-6 excursion
Investigators have determined that a Russian-operated Viking Air DHC-6-400 suffered a runway excursion after the crew lost directional control while attempting to use engine power to steer. Operating for regional carrier Taiga on 6 June, the aircraft (RA-67264) had touched down on runway 22, at Nogliki in the Sakhalin region, ...
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NewsIcing emerges as prime suspect in An-28 double-engine failure accident
Russian investigators are focusing on icing in relation to the dual-engine failure which resulted in a PZL-Mielec An-28’s having to make an emergency landing in a swampy field, where it flipped over and suffered extensive damage. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia states that accident occurred shortly after the An-28, operated ...
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NewsBoeing integrates Superjet data into its flight-performance calculation tool
Boeing is integrating aircraft capability data for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 into the US airframer’s performance tool platform to enable improvement to the type’s take-off and landing operations.
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NewsAsymmetric braking cited after Pegas Fly 767 excursion at Simferopol
Russian investigators have determined that pilots of a Pegas Fly Boeing 767-300ER lost directional control of the aircraft on landing at Simferopol after applying asymmetric braking on a wet runway in a crosswind. The aircraft (VP-BMC), with the first officer flying, touched down on runway 19 – which has a ...
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NewsInvestigators probe double engine failure before An-28 crash
Dual engine failure preceded the crash of an PZL-Mielec An-28 in the Tomsk region of Russia, investigators have disclosed. Flight-recorder information is being extracted to assist the probe into the 16 July accident which all 18 occupants survived, although some sustained injuries – including the captain, who suffered fractures. The ...
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NewsAirbus develops mobile interactive A320 cockpit for pilot training
Airbus has developed a cockpit-training platform for the A320 family which is designed to support initial and recurrent training for pilots through mobile devices and cloud technology. It is planning to extend this capability – known as ‘MATe Suite’, for Mobile Airbus Training experience – to the A350 and A330 ...
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NewsEasyJet crew urged United 787-10 abort after side-step approach error
French investigators have disclosed that an EasyJet Airbus A320 captain intervened to urge a United Airlines Boeing 787-10 crew to execute a go-around, after he saw the 787 had shifted its approach to the wrong runway at Paris Charles de Gaulle. The EasyJet aircraft had been cleared to line up ...
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NewsBA to accelerate 787 nose-gear modifications after retraction incident
British Airways is to speed implementation of a fix to prevent a repeat of the nose-gear retraction incident that damaged one of the carrier’s Boeing 787-8s on the ground at London Heathrow, in the aftermath of two similar events in the previous five years. UK investigators have yet to complete ...