All Ops & safety articles – Page 69
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NewsSatcom radome vibrations prompt A220 ELT antenna checks
Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to check and replace emergency locator transmitter antennas, after incidents in which vortices from a communications radome generated vibrations resulting in antenna failure. One of the incidents resulted in the antenna separating from the aircraft and striking the vertical fin. Investigations have traced the ...
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NewsZig-zag microrelief on wings could reduce stall risk
Russian researchers are testing a wing surface modification with vortex generators aimed at reducing the risk of airflow separation and stall at high angles of attack. The work is being conducted at Moscow’s Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute and centres on surface microrelief featuring a zig-zag of vortex generators manufactured from polymer ...
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NewsEASA rejects Superjet door directive over ‘twisted slides’ concern
Sukhoi Superjet 100s will not be permitted to operate in Europe if power-assist systems for their exits have been de-activated, following concerns that evacuation could be hampered by flight attendants’ inability to open doors quickly. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has chosen not to adopt a series of Russian ...
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NewsIcelandair unconcerned after volcano erupts near Keflavik hub
Icelandair believes a volcanic eruption which commenced near Reykjavik’s Keflavik airport will have only a limited effect on the flag-carrier’s operations. The eruption is close to the Fagradalsfjall peak some 20km south-east of the airport, which serves as Icelandair’s hub. According to the Icelandic Met Office it began on 19 ...
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NewsDid departure delays conspire to single-out shot-down 737?
One hazy aspect of last year’s fatal Iranian missile attack on a Boeing 737-800 centres on the circumstances through which the aircraft was singled out when other flights were also operating from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport. The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation, which investigated the 8 January attack on Ukraine International ...
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NewsUIA 737 shootdown: Simulation supported air defence ‘misalignment’ theory
Judicial investigators carried out a simulation of the air defence system error which, according to an Iranian inquiry, led to the missile launch that destroyed a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 over Tehran. Two air defence units were placed at the same location as the one involved in the shootdown ...
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NewsExtent of initial missile damage to shot-down 737 remains unclear
Few details on the immediate effect of an Iranian surface-to-air missile strike that brought down a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 over Tehran have emerged in the investigators’ final analysis. Although the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has published the flight-data recorder traces from the Ukraine International Airlines jet, shot down on 8 ...
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NewsUkraine sharply criticises Iranian findings over 737 shootdown
Ukrainian authorities submitted dozens of comments to Iranian investigators, many highly critical, regarding multiple aspects of the inquiry into last year’s fatal missile attack on a Boeing 737-800 shortly after take-off from Tehran. The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation has formally attributed the destruction of flight PS752 to the misidentification of ...
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NewsNigeria’s Azman told to suspend 737 operations for safety audit
Nigerian carrier Azman Air has been ordered to suspend Boeing 737 operations in order to undergo a safety audit. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says the measure – which takes effect from 15 March – affects all 737s across the airline’s fleet. It states that the decision follows a “series ...
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NewsSnow-strike 737 crew did not correct altitude for low temperature
Investigators probing a Boeing 737-500’s below-glidepath approach to Usinsk, before the jet struck a snow bank upon landing, have revealed that the crew did not correct the altitude for the freezing air temperature. The Utair jet struck the 1.1m bank of snow, located 32m before the runway, after arriving from ...
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NewsFatalities as military An-26 crashes near Almaty
Kazakhstan’s government has disclosed that four fatalities resulted from a military Antonov An-26 accident at Almaty on 13 March. Radar contact with the aircraft, operating from the capital Nur-Sultan, was lost at 17:22 according to the country’s ministry of emergency situations. The An-26 came down near Almaty airport, it adds. ...
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NewsRotor disc hits workshop after A300 engine fails on take-off
Colombian investigators are probing a serious engine failure involving an Airbus A300B4 on take-off from Bogota. The incident occurred on 11 March, at about 00:30, as the Transcarga International Airways aircraft was departing for the Venezuelan city of Maiquetia. Colombian civil aviation authority Aerocivil says the twinjet (YV560T) aborted its ...
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NewsEthiopian Max crash probe in final stages: investigators
Ethiopia’s aircraft accident investigation bureau says its inquiry into the fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Addis Ababa is in its final stages. The accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 occurred two years ago, on 10 March 2019, five months after a similar loss in Indonesia – prompting civil ...
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NewsPeruvian 737 excursion crew disoriented by lack of centreline lights
Pilots of a Peruvian Boeing 737-300 should have considered a go-around instead of proceeding with a landing in heavy rain and a crosswind at Iquitos where the jet experienced a runway excursion. The aircraft – with 121 passengers and seven crew members – had been cleared for an ILS approach ...
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In depthA timeline of how Boeing 737 Max went from grounding to service return
A timeline of the twists and turns since the type’s grounding two year ago as Boeing, regulators and operators worked to return the Max to service
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In depthWhy the Max grounding challenged principle of mutual recognition
When the Boeing 737 Max was barred from the airspace of several countries by national authorities, a question arose as to whether this amounted to breaching a fundamental principle of ICAO – that of mutual recognition of airworthiness certification. National authorities have the right to act against aircraft on their ...
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NewsPW100 failure highlights danger of maritime corrosion: ATSB
Corrosion related to extensive low-level flying over the ocean led to the failure of a Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW100 engine aboard a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315 operated by Surveillance Australia.
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NewsSpill spurs order to de-activate 777F potable water system
Operators of certain Boeing 777 freighters have been instructed to de-activate potable water systems on the aircraft, over the risk of water intrusion into the forward electronic equipment bay. The US FAA has issued the order after an incident involving a 777F which was receiving potable water servicing on the ...
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NewsBatik Air A320 suffers nose gear incident
A Batik Air Airbus A320 bound for Jakarta suffered a “technical” incident involving its landing gear, which reportedly led to its nose gear rotating 90 degrees sideways.
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NewsFrench business icon Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced the death of Olivier Dassault, the son of Dassault Group’s late chief executive Serge Dassault and grandson of the company’s founder. Olivier Dassault, an entrepreneur and politician who had held roles within the aerospace company, was involved in a helicopter crash in Normandy, northern ...