All Ops & safety articles – Page 69
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NewsUS lawmaker urges authorities to place rioters on national no-fly list
A US lawmaker has asked aviation security and law enforcement authorities to place customers who have been identified as committing crimes during the 6 January riot in Washington, DC on the national “no-fly” list.
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NewsAviation union warns of safety onboard aircraft after Washington, DC riots
A US airline flight attendants’ union says its members are afraid for their safety onboard aircraft after an angry mob of rioters breached the US Capitol building in Washington, DC earlier in the day. The mob was attempting to stop the certification of the election of Joe Biden as president of the USA.
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NewsAvianca A319 arrives at Bogota entangled in ‘balloon’ debris
Colombian investigators are probing an incident in which an Avianca Airbus A319 arrived at Bogota trailing a large quantity of entangled ribbon-like debris from its wings, stabiliser and fin. The airline says flight AV29 from Orlando to Bogota on 31 December was “hit by a hot-air balloon” during its landing ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr starts restoring An-124 fleet to operation
Russian outsize freight specialist Volga-Dnepr is resuming commercial operations with its Antonov An-124 fleet, a month after suspending use of the type. The operator temporarily withdrew the cargo transporter from service after the 13 November accident at Novosibirsk in which one of its An-124-100s suffered an uncontained engine failure and, ...
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NewsFAA publishes new rules on drone operations
The Federal Aviation Administration has published two new rules for drone operations that it says will increase safety in the fastest-growing sector of the aviation industry today.
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NewsAir Canada Boeing 737 Max suffers engine issue on ferry flight
Air Canada says that one of its reactivated Boeing 737 Max experienced an engine issue during a repositioning flight, bringing renewed scrutiny to the beleaguered type just weeks after it was re-certificated following a 20-month grounding.
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NewsEASA embarks on comprehensive project to examine cabin-air toxicity risk
Europe’s air safety authority is initiating a project intended to address concerns about cabin air contamination, which will characterise chemical compounds entering the environmental control system from engine oil leakage or dislodged deposits. The three-year project – being put out to tender by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency – ...
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NewsLion Air 737 in runway excursion after landing
A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER suffered a runway excursion after landing during a heavy rainstorm at Lampung airport.
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InterviewSenate probe: 737 Max test pilots ‘coached’ to fit assumptions on MCAS reaction time
US Senate committee investigators believe Boeing and the US FAA tried to re-affirm controversial assumptions over pilot response times during 737 Max recertification, by pre-determining the outcome of tests on crew reactions to a runaway stabiliser. The Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation has found that Boeing “inappropriately coached” ...
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NewsUK pilots seek post-Brexit rethink of flight-duty limitations
UK cockpit representatives are intending to press for a rethink on flight-duty times for pilots once the UK withdraws completely from the European Union. Flight-duty regulations were established by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. After the UK left the EU on 31 January, and entered a transition period, it ...
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NewsProbe traces ATR terrain alert to wrong airport's weather data
Canadian investigators have traced an unexpected ground-proximity warning on a domestically-operated ATR 42-300 to an altimeter setting error triggered by an incorrect weather-data transmission. The First Air aircraft (C-GSRR) had been operating a service from Iqaluit to Pangnirtung on 9 December, according to Transportation Safety Board of Canada. While en ...
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NewsVirgin Australia ATR 72 in 2019 runway incursion at Canberra
Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have urged flight crew to familiarise themselves with the varying layouts of airports, especially those with unique designs, and ensure “effective flight crew coordination is employed”.
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NewsEuropean safety authority yet to rescind ban on PIA services
European safety regulators have refused to lift an operational ban on Pakistan International Airlines imposed at the end of June. While the airline does not feature on the European Commission’s blacklist of banned carriers – which was revised on 2 December – it has not been reinstated on the list ...
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NewsCommission draws up emergency measures to maintain UK-EU air transport
European Commission regulators are preparing contingency measures for air transport in the increasingly-likely event of the UK’s failing to reach an agreement on a future relationship with the remaining European Union member states. While the UK formally left the EU earlier this year, a transition period – during which the ...
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NewsCessna CJ1+ rolled 75° left after Tamarack Atlas failure
UK investigators have detailed the terrifying moment the pilot of a Cessna Citation CJ1+ fought to control the aircraft after a Tamarack active winglet malfunctioned in flight and caused the jet to roll left at a bank angle of 75°. In the wake of the 13 April 2019 incident regulators ...
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NewsExtensive restructuring takes effect in western Russian airspace
Russian air navigation services have completed a transition to a new airspace structure in the Moscow zone, an extensive re-organisation which affects much of the European area of the country. The switch to the new structure took place at 03:00 Moscow time on 3 December. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia ...
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NewsNo more emotional-support peacocks inside the cabin: DOT
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) says airlines may ban almost all so-called “emotional support animals” (ESAs) inside the aircraft cabin, putting an end to passengers bringing unusual and sometimes intimidating creatures with them on their travels.
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NewsUK government invites views to shape long-term night-flight policies
UK government regulators are to explore the options for developing a long-term night-flights policy for London’s main airports, as part of a consultation which also seeks views on extending the current regime. The air transport crisis, and the uncertainty over knock-on effects, has spurred the government to propose extending current ...
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NewsAir Djibouti 737-500 suffers landing accident at Somali airport
Air Djibouti has disclosed that a Boeing 737-500 has suffered an accident upon landing in north-eastern Somalia. The aircraft (EY-560) experienced a “tyre problem” during the landing at Garowe Puntland airport on 2 December, the airline states. As a result the twinjet “left the runway”, it adds, although there were ...
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NewsCrews frequently fail to comply with collision-avoidance advisories: analysis
Analysis of airborne conflicts in core European airspace has revealed that a substantial proportion of collision-avoidance manoeuvres are not flown correctly after on-board systems issue resolution instructions. Eurocontrol has published the findings of an assessment covering 12 months of operations and examining 1,184 resolution advisories – automated orders to pilots ...