All Ops & safety articles – Page 78
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NewsEASA completes 737 Max test flights
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has completed its test flights of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft ahead of its possible recertification and return to service later this year.
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NewsCrew’s late escape from icing preceded serious ATR 72 upset
Norwegian investigators have disclosed that an ATR 72-600 suffered a serious loss of control, with excessive wing bank, as its crew belatedly attempted to escape from icing conditions during a domestic Bergen-Alesund service. The inquiry into the incident – involving a Jet Time flight for SAS on 14 November 2016 ...
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NewsRAM 737 carried out long, high-speed take-off after call-out hitch
UK investigators have found that a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 lifted off from London Gatwick at nearly 200kt, and close to the end of the runway, after the crew did not receive automatic speed call-outs during the take-off roll. The crew of the aircraft (CN-RGJ), bound for Casablanca on ...
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NewsLanding A320 hit edge lights after drifting from Kozhikode centreline
Several runway lights were damaged by an Etihad Airways Airbus A320 after it drifted from the centreline during an approach in darkness and poor weather to Kozhikode airport in India. The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority says the crew had already executed a go-around during the initial approach ...
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NewsHow the traffic collapse has improved European flight efficiency
Analysis of flight operations in Europe has given an insight into a fringe benefit of the air transport crisis – the improvement in flightpath efficiency in all three spatial dimensions. Eurocontrol has been monitoring the airspace situation in detail since the onset of the crisis, and assessing the effect of ...
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NewsExperienced crew struggled with instrument flight after 737 lost autopilots
Spanish investigators have detailed an unusual incident in which a Boeing 737-500 crew struggled to control the aircraft after the autopilots failed, even though all the instruments needed to operate the flight remained fully functional. Operated by Lithuanian carrier Klasjet, the aircraft had departed Madrid Barajas for Kaunas on 5 ...
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NewsFAA launches probe into 787 production issues
The US Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into manufacturing issues that could affect some Boeing 787s, as ANA confirms that Boeing asked it to ground one 787-10. “The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating manufacturing flaws affecting certain Boeing 787 jetliners,” says the FAA. “The agency continues to ...
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NewsA220 operators told to protect avionics against rainfall
Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to modify drain tubing after an incident in which rainwater dripped into the avionics bay and tripped a circuit breaker during taxi, causing an engine to shut down. Rain had entered the aircraft through the main cabin entry door while it was open, according ...
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NewsAirbus redesigns A350 control panel to resist liquid spillage
Airbus has developed a new liquid-resistant integrated control panel for the A350, designed to avoid the risk to engine systems from accidental drink spillage in the cockpit. Its development follows two incidents, in November last year and January this year, in which A350-900s diverted as a result of uncommanded engine ...
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NewsDisorderly evacuation followed fuel truck collision with Dash 8
Investigators have revealed passengers on a Jazz Bombardier Dash 8-300 suffered injuries by opening and jumping from exits before any evacuation was ordered, after the turboprop was hit by a fuel truck at Toronto. The inquiry into the accident, on 10 May last year, has highlighted passengers’ behaviour in the ...
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NewsMysterious flying man alarms pilots approaching Los Angeles
Two pilots in two different aircraft reported seeing a man in a jetpack near the approach path of landing aircraft at Los Angeles International airport on 30 August, the Federal Aviation Administration says.
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NewsAbysmal approach and long touchdown preceded Caspian MD-83 overrun
Iranian investigators probing a Caspian Airlines Boeing MD-83 overrun at Mahshahr have determined the aircraft touched down nearly two-thirds of the way along the runway, after a highly-unstable approach and breaches of operating procedures – including omitting the landing checklist. The aircraft, arriving from Tehran Mehrabad on 27 January, landed ...
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NewsDC-3 crashed after accidental lever nudge cut fuel to engines
Canadian investigators believe one of the pilots of a modified Douglas DC-3 inadvertently moved the aircraft’s fuel-condition levers while raising the undercarriage, cutting off the fuel flow to both engines. The North Star Air aircraft (C-FKGL) came down after take-off from Fort Hope airport in Ontario, while carrying out ferrying ...
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NewsOmni 767 suffers gear collapse on landing at Bucharest
Investigators in Romania are set to probe the partial collapse of a Boeing 767-300ER’s main landing-gear shortly after the twinjet touched down at Bucharest Baneasa airport. Video images captured of the landing indicate a normal touchdown – some 700m from the threshold – as the aircraft arrived on runway 07 ...
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NewsEASA sets date to begin flight-testing 737 Max
European validation testing of the Boeing 737 Max is set to commence in early September, with flights conducted in Canada. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency states that it will begin simulator testing from 1 September at a facility in London Gatwick. Flight-testing of the aircraft under EASA oversight will ...
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NewsColombian investigators probe DC-3 landing excursion
Colombian investigators are probing a runway excursion during landing involving a Douglas DC-3 operated by the local carrier Aerolineas Andinas Aliansa. The aircraft (HK-2006) had been arriving at San Jose del Guaviare airport, which has a single runway around 1,400m in length, having flown from Pacua some 320km to the ...
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NewsMC-21 developers refine unusual-attitude protection criteria
Russian analysts have been refining the flight-control system of the Irkut MC-21-300 to establish protection criteria for avoiding unusual attitudes. The twinjet has a limiter subsystem within its integrated control system which is responsible for preventing the aircraft from entering “difficult situations”, says the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. It says the ...
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NewsArgentina to use pension funds to restart development of IA-100 ‘Malvina’
Argentina, which defaulted on its national debt in May, has decided to dip into its military pension and retirement fund to restart the development of its new trainer aircraft, the IA-100. The country sees its pension funds a means to develop other projects in the future.
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OpinionBoeing’s challenge to address the reputational crisis around Max brand
Seattle’s marketing strategy is in the spotlight amid renewed speculation about its commitment to the name. But is a rebrand the right solution?
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NewsVueling revises go-around training after Birmingham approach incident
Spanish carrier Vueling has amended simulator training to include high-energy approaches and go-arounds, after investigators probed an Airbus A320 incident at Birmingham which involved two aborted approaches and triggering of angle-of-attack protection. The crew had struggled to reduce the aircraft’s speed after commencing the final stages of the area navigation ...