http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335279/faa-pulls-14-year-old-proposed-flight-time-rest-rule.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335279/faa-pulls-14-year-old-proposed-flight-time-rest-rule.html The FAA on Monday will officially withdraw a proposed crew flight time limitation and rest rule that languished since its introduction in December 1995 as...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335286/air-berlin-secures-approval-for-satellite-based-cat-i-approaches.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335286/air-berlin-secures-approval-for-satellite-based-cat-i-approaches.html German carrier Air Berlin has secured approval to conduct Category I satellite-based approaches following trials which the airline began last year. Air...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335284/faa-proposes-ice-detection-rules-for-commuter-aircraft.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/20/335284/faa-proposes-ice-detection-rules-for-commuter-aircraft.html The FAA on Monday will propose a new rule that would require airlines operating aircraft with maximum take off weight (MTOW) of less than 60,000lb (27,216kg)...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:38 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335245/congolese-md-82-badly-damaged-in-goma-overrun.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335245/congolese-md-82-badly-damaged-in-goma-overrun.html One of the Boeing MD-82 aircraft operated by Congolese carrier Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA) has been badly damaged in an apparent runway overrun...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:20:31 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335244/faa-codifies-cooling-off-rule-for-former-inspectors.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335244/faa-codifies-cooling-off-rule-for-former-inspectors.html The US FAA is proposing formal rules that would prevent airlines and fractional ownership programs from hiring former air safety inspectors (ASIs) or their...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:07:22 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335211/faa-grounds-two-amd-factory-built-light-sports-aircraft.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335211/faa-grounds-two-amd-factory-built-light-sports-aircraft.htmlSeven months after being asked by the US National Transportation Safety Board to do so, the Federal...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335200/australian-medivac-aircraft-ditches-into-sea-those-on-board-safe.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/19/335200/australian-medivac-aircraft-ditches-into-sea-those-on-board-safe.html A jet aircraft operated by Regional Express’ (Rex) Pel-Air made an emergency landing on water late yesterday off the coast of Norfolk Island. The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Westwind jet operated by Pel-Air was doing a flight from Apia in Samoa to Melbourne and was scheduled to make a fuel stop in the evening at Norfolk Island, says Pel-Air. The pilot “encountered deteriorating weather conditions” and “after several unsuccessful approaches and with diminishing fuel, the pilot-in-command Capt Dominic James, made the decision to carry out a controlled landing onto the water off the coast of Norfolk Island.” Pel-Air says the aircraft was on a medical evacuation flight and that the landing on water was successful enough that those on board - namely the patient, their accompanying spouse, two medical crew and pilots - evacuated safely. A boat rescued them and brought them to shore and the patient was sent to Norfolk Island hospital for observation, it adds. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:08:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335196/airlink-suffers-again-as-jetstream-veers-off-runway.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335196/airlink-suffers-again-as-jetstream-veers-off-runway.html South African carrier Airlink has suffered another British Aerospace Jetstream incident, less than two months after a fatal crash in Durban. The airline's...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:49:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335187/qantas-a330-upset-inquiry-considers-cosmic-particle-strike.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335187/qantas-a330-upset-inquiry-considers-cosmic-particle-strike.html Australian investigators are to examine whether cosmic radiation played a role in the still-unexplainedWed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335185/tributes-paid-to-thunder-city-pilot-killed-in-lightning-crash.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335185/tributes-paid-to-thunder-city-pilot-killed-in-lightning-crash.htmlSouth Africa's CAA is investigating the cause of a Lightning T5 crash which killed Thunder City pilot Dave Stock ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335170/report-crashed-irish-air-corps-pc-9-had-no-technical-defects.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/18/335170/report-crashed-irish-air-corps-pc-9-had-no-technical-defects.htmlThe loss of an Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9 trainer on 12 October appears to have resulted from a controlled flight into terrain event ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335118/icaro-f28-pilots-hesitation-to-abort-led-to-quito-overrun.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335118/icaro-f28-pilots-hesitation-to-abort-led-to-quito-overrun.htmlInvestigators in Ecuador believe a Fokker F28 crew was ill-prepared to abort take-off after a fire alert, and that the delay led the jet to overrun at Quito...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335081/tests-done-on-oxygen-bottles-to-find-answers-to-qantas-blast.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335081/tests-done-on-oxygen-bottles-to-find-answers-to-qantas-blast.html There is no evidence of there being a systematic safety problem with aircraft oxygen bottles, says Australian investigators in their latest report into the...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:07:24 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335005/dubai-09-yemenia-seeks-third-party-to-investigate-a310-crash.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/335005/dubai-09-yemenia-seeks-third-party-to-investigate-a310-crash.htmlYemenia has signed a surprise deal with Airbus for 10 A320s as the diplomatic row with France rumbles on in the wake of June's A310 crash in June. The airline...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/334877/safety-pays-off-for-tdg.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/17/334877/safety-pays-off-for-tdg.htmlHelping operators meet special rules and airworthiness directives is good business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335070/faa-finalises-changes-to-hudson-river-corridor.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335070/faa-finalises-changes-to-hudson-river-corridor.html FAA today said it has finalised a rule effective 19 November that it believes should bolster safety in the Hudson River corridor by separating low-altitude,...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:49 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335063/a330-cleared-for-etops-flights-beyond-180min.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335063/a330-cleared-for-etops-flights-beyond-180min.html European safety authorities have cleared the Airbus A330 for beyond-180min extended twin-engined operations (ETOPS), enabling the aircraft to fly with a...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:40:54 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334879/comment-stripping-out-margin-for-error.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334879/comment-stripping-out-margin-for-error.htmlAviation has a long and worthy tradition of calculating safety performance to allow for error or the unexpected. This is being challenged by today's lean operating philosophy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335001/icaro-f28-pilots-hesitation-to-abort-led-to-quito-overrun.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/335001/icaro-f28-pilots-hesitation-to-abort-led-to-quito-overrun.html Investigators in Ecuador believe a Fokker F28 crew was ill-prepared to abort take-off after a fire alert, and that the delay led the jet to overrun at Quito...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:02:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334910/dubai-09-tcas-upgrade.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/16/334910/dubai-09-tcas-upgrade.htmlHoneywell announced at the show yesterday that the company has upgraded its traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) to incorporate...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT