All Ops & safety articles – Page 99
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Airline BusinessVietnam Airlines chief executive Duong Tri Thanh
In a corner of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport is a derelict Ilyushin IL-18 in the livery of Vietnam Airways, a forerunner to the Vietnam Airlines of today. The Cold War icon sits on flat tires, corrosion all but obscuring its blue and white livery. It rests in clear sight of Hanoi’s two parallel runways, a silent witness to the revolution taking place within Vietnam’s airline sector – and the major changes in Vietnam Airlines itself.
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US DOT fines JAL $300,000 for excessive tarmac delay
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Japan Airlines (JAL) $300,000 for two incidents in which the airline forced passengers to wait more than 4h on the tarmac before being given an opportunity to deplane.
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Colombian ATR damaged by hard landing and tail-strike
Preliminary information from Colombian investigators indicate that an ATR 72-600 suddenly sank in the moments before touchdown, leading to hard landing and tail-strike.
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Two fatalities confirmed in Toledo Convair 440 crash
Two fatalities resulted from the Convair 440 crash near Toledo Express airport on 11 September.
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NewsCoffee spill forced A330 diversion after radio failures
UK investigators have revealed that reluctance to use a cockpit cup-holder resulted in coffee being spilled over control panels on a Condor Airbus A330, causing substantial radio communications problems and forcing a diversion.
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Cuban probe details balance errors behind fatal 737 crash
Cuban investigators have detailed the gross errors in weight and balance which preceded the departure of a Boeing 737-200 which subsequently stalled as it attempted to climb away from Havana.
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LATAM’s Cueto to step down in March
LATAM Airlines Group’s chief executive Enrique Cueto will step down from his position on 31 March after spending 25 years at the airline.
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Major passenger pain at San Francisco due to closure of 28L
More than 1,100 flights have been delayed or cancelled at San Francisco International airport since the airport closed its busiest and second-longest runway, 28L, to construct a new base layer below the runway surface.
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NewsCrashed Convair came down about 1km from runway
Details are still emerging from the Convair freighter crash outside Toledo Express airport but the impact site appears to be about 1,000m from the threshold of runway 25.
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Cargo aircraft reportedly crashes near Toledo airport
Preliminary reports indicate that a freighter aircraft has crashed near Ohio's Toledo Express airport.
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NewsMax Air 747-400 suffered pod-strike during Minna landing
Nigerian accident investigators have indicated that a landing incident involving a Max Air Boeing 747-400 at Minna resulted in a pod-strike of an outboard engine.
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Engine problem suspected in BA A321 evacuation incident
Spanish investigators have disclosed that there was no fire on board the British Airways Airbus A321 evacuated at Valencia after an emergency landing with thick haze in its passenger cabin.
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One-Two-Go ex-chief sentenced over MD-82 crash
Defunct Thai carrier One-Two-Go's former chief executive has been sentenced in absentia to a prison term of four years and a hefty fine by French authorities, more than a decade after a fatal Boeing MD-80 crash.
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Depressurisation should prompt Trent 1000 checks: EASA
Operators of Boeing 787s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines are set to be instructed to conduct engine checks after cabin depressurisation events.
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Electrical failure on 737 highlights risks of defect deferral
Freight operator West Atlantic is overhauling its approach to deferred defects after a serious incident in which a Boeing 737-400 suffered substantial electrical failure and the loss or degradation of several systems.
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NewsBrussels airport to overhaul second parallel runway
Brussels airport will rejig its departure and arrival configurations next year in order to cope with the closure of one of its main parallel runways for renovation.
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AnalysisEASA concerns show scale of Max challenge
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has outlined that there is “still a lot of work that needs to be performed” before the Boeing 737 Max can return to service.
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Air Antwerp starts operations with London City route
Belgian start-up carrier Air Antwerp has formally started operations on the route to London City, on which it plans to operate 16 times weekly.
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Convair crash pilots unsure which engine was ablaze
South African investigators have revealed that the crew of a Convair 340 were unsure which of the aircraft's two engines had caught fire before it crashed while attempting to return to Wonderboom airport.
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MH17: Dutch fail to keep key witness out of prisoner swap
Dutch prosecutors had the opportunity to interview a person of interest in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 missile attack before a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.