All Safety articles – Page 63

  • Analysis

    US regulators turn gaze on aircraft acquired overseas

    2019-11-11T22:48:00Z

    Whistleblowers at the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US Department of Transportation contend that some aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines that had previously been operated by airlines outside the US remained in service despite having maintenance records that were “alarmingly insufficient,” according to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, ...

  • News

    Envoy Air ERJ-145 slides off icy Chicago runway

    2019-11-11T19:54:00Z

    Video taken from the cabin of an Envoy Air Embraer ERJ-145 shows the moment the aircraft slides off an icy Chicago runway on 11 November.

  • News

    Ramp staff praised for tackling SkyUp 737 gear fire

    2019-11-10T09:05:39Z

    ​Egypt's civil aviation ministry is praising ground personnel for quickly reacting to a landing-gear fire which broke out on a SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Sharm el-Sheikh.

  • News

    American pushes 737 Max service re-entry to March

    2019-11-08T23:39:55Z

    American Airlines has taken the grounded Boeing 737 Max out of its schedule until 5 March 2020. The announcement comes following Southwest Airlines' statement earlier in the day that it too would delay scheduling the aircraft until early March.

  • News

    IAG needs to rationalise its multiple airline brands: Walsh

    2019-11-08T20:22:00Z

    IAG has indicated that it is looking at rationalisation of its multiple airline brands, although it intends to maintain the name of its latest acquisition prospect, Air Europa, at least initially.

  • News

    Jet2 buys Thomas Cook slots at trio of UK airports

    2019-11-08T16:20:13Z

    ​UK budget airline Jet2 has purchased slots previously by defunct leisure operator Thomas Cook at Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted airports.

  • News

    Serious pitch-control issue affected American Eagle E175

    2019-11-08T11:57:00Z

    Captured air-ground radio transmissions reveal that an American Eagle Embraer 175 crew encountered serious pitch-control problems shortly after departing Atlanta on 6 November.

  • News

    EasyJet picks up Thomas Cook slots at UK airports

    2019-11-08T10:54:24Z

    UK budget carrier EasyJet has picked up several slots at London Gatwick and Bristol airports from the liquidators of collapsed leisure firm Thomas Cook Group.

  • News

    IAG's Walsh highlights environmental dilemma over tankering

    2019-11-08T10:38:28Z

    IAG chief Willie Walsh has highlighted the conflict between operational, economic and environmental considerations arising from the policy of tankering fuel.

  • News

    New Swiss airline FlyBAIR launches crowdfunding campaign

    2019-11-08T00:04:22Z

    Initiators of a new regional “peoples’ airline” to be based in Switzerland’s capital Bern, have started a crowdfunding campaign to launch it ahead of the 2020 summer holiday travel season.

  • News

    Azul proposes JV with TAP to shareholders

    2019-11-07T22:40:53Z

    ​Brazil’s low-cost carrier Azul has proposed a joint venture with Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal to its shareholders as it looks to gain a greater foothold in the transatlantic travel market, the company says in its investor update on 7 November.

  • News

    United offers to rebook Max passengers

    2019-11-07T18:22:47Z

    ​United Airlines will offer alternative flights to any passengers uncomfortable with flying on the Boeing 737 Max once the narrowbody returns to the skies.

  • News

    Gear-up 727 captain pressed on with landing despite alerts

    2019-11-07T12:23:26Z

    ​Cockpit-voice recordings from a Boeing 727-200 which landed with its nose-gear retracted in Alabama captured the captain admitting that he should have executed a go-around, after an unsafe gear warning and automated 'pull up' alerts.

  • News

    Rolls-Royce to take £1.4bn charge as Trent 1000 fix delayed

    2019-11-07T10:59:38Z

    ​Rolls-Royce is expecting to take a £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) exceptional charge this year in relation to the continuing Trent 1000 engine problems, after increasing its cost estimate of fixing the problems.

  • News

    Rolls-Royce delays Trent 1000 TEN blade fix to 2021

    2019-11-07T09:02:55Z

    ​Rolls-Royce is to delay introduction of a redesigned high-pressure blade for the Trent 1000 TEN, after discovering that it will not be as durable as initially expected.

  • News

    Social unrest disrupts flights in Latin America

    2019-11-07T07:09:37Z

    Social unrest has been disrupting flights in Chile and continues to result in massive cancellations in Bolivia, as protesters block access to local airports.

  • News

    Schiphol hijack alert is 'false alarm': Air Europa

    2019-11-06T20:35:00Z

    Spanish carrier Air Europa has admitted that a hijack alert which triggered a military police response at Amsterdam Schiphol aiprort was issued inadvertently.

  • A320 stabiliser trim
    News

    Airbus revises A320 logic after touch-and-go accident

    2019-11-05T17:11:00Z

    Airbus is developing a retrofit to reduce the risk of system logic weaknesses that played a role in the SmartLynx A320 touch-and-go accident at Tallinn last year.

  • News

    Crippled SmartLynx A320 nursed home after runway strike

    2019-11-04T13:00:00Z

    Investigators have described the extraordinary effort to control an airborne SmartLynx Airbus A320 using stabiliser trim and thrust from its badly-damaged engines, after the aircraft struck the runway with its engine pods during a failed touch-and-go exercise. The A320 suffered elevator failure as it rolled out after touchdown at Tallinn ...

  • News

    India’s DGCA orders all A320neo PW engines replaced

    2019-11-04T10:44:34Z

    Indian authorities have instructed the country's Airbus A320neo operators to replace the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines on the type with an upgraded version of the powerplant by the end of January 2020.