All Ops & safety articles – Page 798
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Video: News channel airs footage of 10 May Northwest A319 / DC-9 runway collision, as NTSB releases report
US television news programme ABC's Eyewitness News has aired the airport surveillance footage from the 10 May Northwest Airlines runway collision, as US aviation safety investigators release their preliminary report.
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PIA Fokker F27 crashes after take-off in Pakistan
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Fokker F27 has crashed soon after take-off but details on casualties have yet to be confirmed.
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Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 crashes at Irkutsk - at least 120 dead
Aircraft bursts into flames after over-running runway
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Picture: James Bond film Casino Royale features modified Boeing 747
Details are emerging of the aircraft to be used in the new James Bond film, which include a specially-modified former British Airways Boeing 747-200.
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Video: Airbus A380 evacuation trial infra-red sequence released into public domain
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has released the first publicly-available video clip of Airbus's A380 evacuation trial that took place at its Finkenwerder facility outside Hamburg, Germany on 26 March.
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BAE springs audit on Airbus to decide on 20% stake disposal
BAE Systems is to carry out an audit of Airbus in order to assist in deciding whether to proceed with disposing of its 20% shareholding of the European airframer.
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Tunisair to increase range of Airbus A319 fleet
Tunisian flag-carrier Tunisair has ordered an extended-range Airbus A319 and is to modify up to another three A319s in its fleet to the same higher-range configuration.
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Australian aviation safety board slams Emirates for 'recurrence' of non-compliance with air traffic control instructions
A spate of incidents in which Emirates aircraft failed to comply with Australian air traffic control has caught the attention of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
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Pilot unions link across EU borders with pan-European support for Easyjet crews
The European Cockpit Association (ECA) has set up a system for representing pilots’ interests across multiple-base pan-European airlines. This has already been arranged for EasyJet crews, says the British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA), and the organisation has set its sights on doing the same for Ryanair pilots.
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Canada: ‘Old data’ led to October 2004 crash on take-off of MK Airlines 747 freighter
Canadian investigators are recommending the installation of systems to warn crews of inadequate take-off performance following the fatal loss of an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 freighter during departure from Halifax nearly two years ago.
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China crisis
China’s well-documented pilot shortage has sparked a huge demand for training. But can the schools fill the cockpits of the country’s rapidly expanding jet fleet?
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Fuel cell team targets certification
Researchers open talks with EASA as efforts continue to reduce size and weight of proposed aircraft power system