All Ops & safety articles – Page 76
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NewsFAA to work with pilots of ‘varying’ experience when setting pilot training standards
The Federal Aviation Administration will now consider the actual real-world skills of US and foreign airline pilots when developing aircraft-specific pilot-training standards.
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NewsHop ERJ take-off disrupted autoland approach for trailing 717
French investigators believe an Embraer ERJ-145 crew’s premature acceptance of take-off clearance disrupted the landing of a Boeing 717 on low-visibility approach to the same Strasbourg runway. Investigation authority BEA says Cat III conditions prevailed at the time. The crew of the Hop ERJ-145, bound for Amsterdam, had accepted an ...
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NewsFAA decision frees some helicopter operations from 5G prohibitions
Helicopter lobby group Helicopter Association International (HAI) says it achieved a partial victory for members as it strives to keep medical air transports flying after cellular phone companies introduce new fifth-generation (5G) networks next week.
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NewsA319 pitot blockage after prolonged storage led to post-V1 take-off abort
UK investigators have found that a pitot-tube blockage generating unreliable airspeed data spurred an EasyJet Airbus A319 crew to abort take-off at high speed at London Luton. The A319 (G-EZBD) was conducting a ferry flight to Edinburgh on 13 July last year, its first operation after a month in storage. ...
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NewsCrew of 737 freighter taxied over towbar left by distracted ground-handlers
Ground crews at the UK’s East Midlands airport failed to complete their tasks before a Boeing 737-400 freighter taxied over a towbar shortly after pushback for a flight to Vitoria in Spain. The Swiftair aircraft (EC-MIE) suffered damage to two main landing-gear tyres which had to be replaced, causing a ...
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NewsA320neo computer modification aims to detect consistent erroneous airspeeds
Airbus has developed a modification for A320neo-family jets which aims to detect multiple consistent erroneous airspeed indications, and prevent take-off with misleading air data. A320neo operators had been told last year to emphasise to pilots the need for airspeed checks during the take-off roll, to check for potential unreliability, after ...
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NewsFAA briefly halted western-US airport operations on 10 January, reason unclear
The Federal Aviation Administration declines to say why it briefly stopped aircraft movements in the western USA on 10 January.
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NewsAir Arabia A320 overran on take-off after wrong-runway error
United Arab Emirates investigators have disclosed that an Air Arabia Airbus A320 lifted off beyond the end of a Sharjah runway, after the captain opted to continue a take-off despite the jet’s turning onto the wrong runway for departure. The aircraft – bound for the Omani city of Salalah, with ...
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NewsFurther A380 wing-drain fix necessary to reduce risk from fuel leaks
Airbus has developed a further modification for A380 wing spars intended to block a potential path for fuel to leak onto hot main landing-gear components. This follows an earlier discovery, during a walk-round of one aircraft, of fuel leaking from the root of the right-hand wing. Analysis found that fuel ...
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NewsTu-204 freighter destroyed in ground fire at Hangzhou
One of Russian carrier Aviastar-Tu’s Tupolev Tu-204C freighters has been destroyed in an accident in China, apparently as a result of a ground fire. The aircraft has been captured in photographs, circulated on social media, burning at Hangzhou airport, surrounded by firefighting vehicles and other emergency attendants. It appears to ...
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NewsPakistan optimistic over restoring PIA’s European access after safety audit
Pakistan’s government is hoping to restore airline links with Europe after signalling that it has resolved safety concerns with ICAO. The country’s flag-carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, had its European third-country operator approval rescinded in mid-2020, in the aftermath of a fatal accident involving a PIA Airbus A320, and the subsequent ...
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NewsDetails emerge of second Air Canada 737 Max load imbalance incident
Canadian investigators have disclosed details of a second Air Canada Boeing 737 Max load and balance mishap within three weeks, this time involving an aircraft departing Los Angeles. The incident occurred on 4 January as the aircraft (C-FTJV) rotated for take-off on a service to Vancouver. According to Transportation Safety ...
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NewsPassengers evacuate Caspian 737 after main-gear failure during landing
Passengers of a Caspian Airlines Boeing 737-400 have evacuated the aircraft by slides after it suffered a landing-gear accident at Isfahan. Video images circulating on social media purportedly show the aircraft (EP-CAP) apparently rolling out without an extended left-hand main gear. Passengers are seen exiting the 737 via evacuations slides ...
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NewsBird-struck Airlink Jetstream’s propeller blade penetrates passenger cabin
South African investigators are probing an accident involving a chartered British Aerospace Jetstream 41, during which a propeller blade apparently penetrated the fuselage. Regional operator Airlink says the aircraft suffered “substantial damage” after experiencing a bird-strike while landing at Venetia airfield on 3 January. Venetia is located in the north-east ...
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NewsIndicted former 737 Max technical pilot seeks dismissal, judge again delays trial
A US judge has pushed back the trial of indicted former Boeing 737 Max technical pilot Mark Forkner by one month, to a 7 March start, giving Forkner’s legal team more time to prepare.
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NewsTamarack challenges NTSB’s finding that Atlas winglet failure caused 2018 Cessna crash
Tamarack Aerospace has challenged the conclusion of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that the failure of one of the company’s aftermarket winglets caused the deadly 2018 crash of a Cessna Citation 525A jet.
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NewsAT&T and Verizon agree to two-week 5G delay but dispute remains unsettled
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay their launch of so-called 5G wireless transmissions for two weeks beyond 5 January, diffusing a showdown with the US aviation industry and the US Department of Transportation.
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NewsEASA seeks new techniques to detect air-data failure and control-law errors
Europe’s safety authority is initiating research efforts aimed at developing new methods to detect multiple air-data probe failures, as well detect errors in the flight-control laws of fly-by-wire systems. While checks and comparisons on air-data probes are part of modern aircraft logic – and can result in data rejection – ...
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NewsTask saturation, distractions contributed to 2018 Air Canada 777 tail-strike in HK
Investigators probing an Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER tail-strike at Hong Kong have found that the “sudden onset” of oscillations took pilots by surprise, causing an unstable approach and delaying their decision to perform a go-around.
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NewsUS regulators tussle over 5G, warn of flight cancellations ahead of 5 January launch
The US telecommunications industry appears set to begin “5G” wireless transmissions on 5 January, even as the Federal Aviation Administration warns doing so could prompt widespread flight cancellations.