All Safety articles – Page 65
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FAA administrator: 737 Max will be made safe
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is giving no clue about when his agency might clear Boeing's 737 Max to fly.
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Nordica stops own-brand flights but subsidiary to expand
Estonian carrier Nordica has suspended operations carried out from Tallinn under its own brand, owing to cost pressures.
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Shift of 737 Max costs cuts Icelandair full-year loss forecast
Icelandair Group has slashed its forecast full-year losses, partly owing to its extending the suspension of Boeing 737 Max services.
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Brazil government pro-aviation stance pushed air transport growth
The Brazilian government and local airline industry are using this year's ALTA Airline Leaders Forum to stress the country's recent pro-aviation advancements and the resulting boom in commercial aviation growth.
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Copa chief says three-way JV behind schedule
The paperwork for anti-trust immunity for a joint venture between United Airlines, Panama's Copa Airlines and Colombia's Avianca will likely not be filed with regulators until next year, thus pushing back a potential start for the project to 2021 at the earliest, Copa's chief executive Pedro Heilbron said at the ...
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Boeing's MCAS test did not simulate other cockpit effects
Post-crash analysis of the fatal Lion Air Boeing 737 Max flight from Jakarta sharply illustrated the contrast between a real-world cockpit and the scenario Boeing used when testing crew response to the aircraft's Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System.
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Ill-fated 737 Max crew left 'unaware' of prior flight's problems
Pilots of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max which crashed shortly after departing Jakarta last October had been unaware of the control problems experienced by the crew of the same aircraft on the inbound service, investigators have disclosed.
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Lion Air probe advises rethink of pilot skill assumptions
Commercial aircraft designers need to rethink fundamental assumptions that pilots have sufficient knowledge, training and skill to cope with failures, the inquiry into the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max accident has concluded.
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Boeing wrongly assumed pilots would quickly trim out MCAS
Boeing incorrectly predicted the manner in which 737 Max pilots would respond to the activation of the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System, by assuming they would initially pull back on the control column and then trim out the force to maintain level flight.
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Lion 737 Max crew not alerted to sensor misalignment
Pilots of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed after take-off from Jakarta last year would not have received an alert regarding the disagreement between the angle-of-attack sensors, because the carrier had not selected an optional angle-of-attack indicator for its aircraft.
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Lion 737 Max inquiry uncertain over swapped sensor test
Investigators have been unable to conclude whether a replacement angle-of-attack sensor was properly tested after being fitted to the ill-fated Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed shortly after departure from Jakarta last year.
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Opinion
Can Qantas go the distance with Project Sunrise?
On paper, it shouldn’t work. Nonstop flight between the UK and Australia was certainly once a “holy grail” of air transport, and even that was an improvement on being a ludicrous prospect when antipodean travel was an endurance feat involving days in transit and a multitude of refuelling points.
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A220 excursion at Riga traced to asymmetric braking
Latvian investigators believe differential braking during a touchdown in gusting winds resulted in an Airbus A220-300 experiencing a runway excursion and a burst tyre at Riga.
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Boeing stresses 737 Max changes ahead of Lion crash report
Boeing has outlined some of the changes it is developing for the 737 Max ahead of the formal disclosure of investigators' final report on the crash of Lion Air flight 610.
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Jazeera terminal attracting third-party airline interest
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is claiming interest from other carriers in using its newly-developed dedicated terminal at its Kuwait City airport base.
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Inquiry probes 737's extended flight after engine failure
Czech investigators have detailed a serious incident in which a Smartwings Boeing 737-800 departing the Greek island of Samos continued its flight to Prague despite an engine failure as the aircraft reached cruise altitude.
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South African MRO checks affected over 40 aircraft
Over 40 aircraft were affected by the South African civil aviation regulator's order to conduct verification checks following an audit of South African Airways' maintenance division.
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South Africa bans Air Zimbabwe over debts
Air Zimbabwe has been barred from operating to South African airports owing to failure to pay debts relating to aeronautical charges.
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Southwest takes $210m Max hit in Q3, expects another knock in Q4
Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines says it lost $210 million in revenue during the third quarter as a result of the Boeing 737 Max grounding since March, and expects the loss to be higher in the fourth quarter due to the reshuffling of aircraft and schedule for traditional holiday season-related travel.
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Inquiry links fatal L-410 crash in fog to mis-set altimeter
Investigators claim a mis-set altimeter combined with heavy fog led to the fatal crash of a Let L-410 turboprop during an attempt to land at Yirol in South Sudan.