All Ops & safety articles – Page 75
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NewsUnnecessary A320 evacuation risked passengers’ being injured by engines
Passengers risked being sucked into the operating engine of a Lauda Airbus A320 after commencing an unnecessary evacuation of the aircraft at London Stansted, investigators have determined. The aircraft (OE-LOA) suffered a contained failure of its left-hand CFM International CFM56 powerplant during the take-off roll on 1 March last year. ...
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NewsFAA fines Boeing $1.25m for ODA violations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed fining Boeing a total of $1.25 million in civil penalties for several violations of rules that allow aircraft manufacturers to perform some FAA functions.
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NewsJu 52 probe yields enough evidence to explain fatal Alps crash
Swiss investigators believe they have sufficient evidence to explain the accident sequence which resulted in the fatal crash of a Junkers Ju 52 during a pleasure flight in the Alps two years ago. The aircraft had entered a valley basin near Piz Segnas, entering a left turn at the northern ...
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NewsTrigana 737F captain dismissed go-around call before hard-landing accident
Indonesian investigators have determined that a Trigana Air Service Boeing 737-300F captain dismissed go-around suggestions during a visual approach in poor weather, before a hard landing that destroyed the aircraft’s undercarriage and caused it to veer off the runway. The twinjet (PK-YSY) was conducting a visual approach to Wamena airport’s ...
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NewsFAA proposes four design changes to 737 Max in new AD
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has suggested four key design changes to the beleaguered Boeing 737 Max in order to address safety issues that led to its almost 17-month grounding following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.
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NewsUN An-74 badly damaged in Mali landing accident
One of Utair Group’s freighter aircraft, an Antonov An-74 TK-100, has been substantially damaged in an accident at Gao in eastern Mali. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali – known as MINUSMA – says the aircraft was landing at Gao after arriving from the capital, Bamako, at ...
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NewsUncoordinated government response to coronavirus hinders recovery: experts
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, air passengers have become accustomed to social distancing rules and other safety measures, but industry experts say uncoordinated government responses continue to prevent the industry from meaningful recovery.
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News777 pilot’s confusion led to Sydney airprox incident with ATR
A United Airlines pilot flying from Sydney to San Francisco did not expect a change in departure procedures out of the Australian airport, and incorrectly adjusted his flight management system (FMS). As a result, the departing Boeing 777-300ER, registered N2333U, encountered a loss of separation incident with a ...
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NewsRussian regulator underscores storm risk after Khabarovsk An-24 incidents
Eastern Russian authorities are urging operators to improve their awareness of adverse weather operations after two serious thunderstorm-related incidents in the space of three days involving Khabarovsk Airlines Antonov An-24s. One aircraft unintentionally flew into a heavy hailstorm at 17,000ft while operating a Tynda-Khabarovsk service on 17 July. The aircraft ...
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NewsSmartwings 737 inquiry recommends psychological appraisal of captain
Czech investigators probing the incident in which a Boeing 737-800 proceeded to its destination without diverting, despite suffering engine failure early in the flight, have recommended that its captain should undergo psychological assessment. Investigation authority UZPLN says the unusual recommendation for a psychological examination at the Czech Institute of Aviation ...
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NewsSmartwings 737 captain 'hid' engine failure to continue flight to Prague
Czech investigators have revealed that a Boeing 737-800 captain misled air traffic control over a serious engine failure and ignored the first officer’s urging a diversion, in order to press on to Prague, the flight’s original destination. Investigation authority UZPLN states that the captain’s poor decision-making – disregarding several crucial ...
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NewsPandemic interrupts UK charges row over space-based ADS-B
Full resolution of a dispute over a new UK airspace charges, intended to pay for controversial space-based oceanic surveillance, has been deferred after the coronavirus crisis interrupted the effort to settle the clash. The dispute between en route navigation provider NERL and the Civil Aviation Authority – which has been ...
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NewsUS lawmakers request FAA safety culture survey results
Two US lawmakers have asked the FAA for results of an employee survey about the regulator’s safety culture as part of its investigation into the design, development and certification of the troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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NewsIcelandair orders pilots to take over after dismissing all its cabin crew
Icelandair Group is dismissing its entire cabin crew corps and placing the responsibility for on-board safety with Icelandair’s pilots, after efforts to reach a new collective bargaining agreement failed. Cabin crew members with the FFI union rejected a tentative agreement on 8 July and Icelandair Group says subsequent talks have ...
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NewsMC-21 undergoes series of water-ingestion tests
Russian airframer Irkut has commenced water ingestion tests of the MC-21-300 twinjet on a runway at Ulyanovsk. The tests involve creating a pool of water 70m in length and some 20m wide, with a depth in line with international certification criteria. Irkut states that one of the MC-21 test aircraft ...
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NewsAirbus arm signs carriers to new aircraft-derived runway-condition monitor
Airbus’s specialist flight-operations division, Navblue, has unveiled a new runway contamination reporting system which uses the aircraft as a condition sensor during landing roll-out. Over 10 carriers have signed up for the system, designated RunwaySense, covering a total of more than 880 aircraft. Airbus had signalled to FlightGlobal more than ...
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NewsUnstable approach rate rose sharply as air transport crisis unfolded
Analysis of flight operations data during the downturn in air transport activity has revealed a sharp increase in the proportion of unstable approaches. The number of unstable approaches per 1,000 operations increased to around 28 in April and 37 in May, two months in which air transport was badly affected ...
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NewsFAA bans Pakistan-based carriers from US airports
The Federal Aviation Administration has banned airlines from Pakistan from flying to US airports due to safety concerns.
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NewsAirline Business podcast: Challenges as airlines return to skies
As airlines begin to ramp up operations, Graham and Lewis discuss the demand situation and the possible pitfalls ahead.