http://www.flightglobal.comen-gbSat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334544/search-teams-hunt-wreckage-from-crashed-tu-142.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/07/334544/search-teams-hunt-wreckage-from-crashed-tu-142.html Search and rescue services are trying to recover wreckage from a Russian Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft which crashed in the Tatar Strait off the...Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334523/ntsb-faa-investigate-high-altitude-bird-strikes-near-phoenix.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334523/ntsb-faa-investigate-high-altitude-bird-strikes-near-phoenix.html US Federal teams are investigating two high-altitude in-flight bird strikes earlier this week in central Arizona. The first strike occurred Monday...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:38:26 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334346/ntsb-wants-business-aviation-pilots-to-train-for-upset-recovery.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/06/334346/ntsb-wants-business-aviation-pilots-to-train-for-upset-recovery.htmlUS air taxi companies and business would have to incorporate upset recovery training into their pilot training programmes if the...Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334474/transport-canada-to-address-crj-runway-excursion-threat.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/05/334474/transport-canada-to-address-crj-runway-excursion-threat.html Transport Canada says it plans to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) "at the earliest opportunity" to address faulty hydraulic accumulator end caps that...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334405/babbitt-defends-revoking-licenses-of-northwest-pilots.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334405/babbitt-defends-revoking-licenses-of-northwest-pilots.html FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is standing behind the agency's decision to revoke the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots that overflew Minneapolis...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:14:53 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334358/qantas-suspends-two-pilots-for-failing-to-deploy-landing-gear.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334358/qantas-suspends-two-pilots-for-failing-to-deploy-landing-gear.html Qantas Airways has suspended two pilots over an incident in which they failed to deploy the landing gear on a Boeing 767 and this meant the aircraft had...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:19:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334354/sleep-cycle-factors-strongly-in-new-alpa-pilot-fatigue-policy.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/04/334354/sleep-cycle-factors-strongly-in-new-alpa-pilot-fatigue-policy.htmlNatural circadian rhythms factor strongly in a new, potentially landmark pilot fatigue policy that has been adopted by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)...Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:26:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334208/comment-sesar-off-the-radar.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/03/334208/comment-sesar-off-the-radar.htmlAir traffic management is usually low on the political horizon unless there is a crisis, but with traffic down, the Single European Sky is in danger of disappearing behind the clouds Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334284/tam-a320-crash-reason-for-mis-set-throttle-still-unclear.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/02/334284/tam-a320-crash-reason-for-mis-set-throttle-still-unclear.htmlBrazilian investigators have been unable to determine why the crew of the TAM Airbus A320 which fatally overran at Sao Paulo Congonhas, two years ago, landed...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/01/334269/no-survivors-as-il-76-crashes-in-eastern-russia.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/11/01/334269/no-survivors-as-il-76-crashes-in-eastern-russia.html None of the 11 occupants of an Ilyushin Il-76 has survived after the heavy transport crashed after departure from Mirny in the Sakha republic. The...Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334260/faa-mulls-gps-interference-detector-corrector.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334260/faa-mulls-gps-interference-detector-corrector.html The US FAA is studying the possibility of deploying a nationwide network of GPS interference detectors that would be placed on cellular communications towers...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:33:13 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334257/faa-pilot-performance-questioned-in-upset-recovery-training.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334257/faa-pilot-performance-questioned-in-upset-recovery-training.html A recent study by the US FAA's Office of Aviation...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:08:44 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334253/bae-systems-apologises-for-failings-on-nimrod-safety.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334253/bae-systems-apologises-for-failings-on-nimrod-safety.htmlBAE Systems has "apologised unreservedly" for the procedural flaws made during a safety review of the UK Royal Air Force's Nimrod surveillance aircraft ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334194/nine-missing-after-us-coast-guard-c-130-collides-with-ah-1-cobra.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/30/334194/nine-missing-after-us-coast-guard-c-130-collides-with-ah-1-cobra.htmlNine people are missing after a US Coast Guard Lockheed Martin C-130 collided with a US Marine Corps Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:23:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334190/airframers-request-additional-time-for-cvr-fdr-rule.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334190/airframers-request-additional-time-for-cvr-fdr-rule.html Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier are requesting an exemption from the US FAA for a 7 April 2010 deadline to equip new part 121 aircraft with enhanced flight...Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:04:55 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334176/mod-responds-to-damning-report-into-loss-of-nimrod-xv230.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334176/mod-responds-to-damning-report-into-loss-of-nimrod-xv230.htmlIndustry and military officials have received fresh criticism over the 2006 loss of a Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 surveillance aircraft and 14 lives ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334172/faa-cautions-operators-on-foul-weather-landings.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334172/faa-cautions-operators-on-foul-weather-landings.html The US FAA is alerting airlines to retool procedures and training in several areas linked to landings in bad weather. In two safety alerts for operators...Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334136/pictures-pilots-escape-as-ecuadorian-dhruv-helicopter-crashes.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334136/pictures-pilots-escape-as-ecuadorian-dhruv-helicopter-crashes.htmlThe two-man crew of an Ecuadorian air force Dhruv light helicopter escaped with their lives after crashing the Hindustan Aeronautics-built aircraft ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334092/faa-to-mirror-easa-s92-emergency-directive.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/29/334092/faa-to-mirror-easa-s92-emergency-directive.htmlThe US Federal Aviation Administration plans issue an airworthiness directive calling on Sikorsky S-92 operators to repetitively inspect the helicopter's...Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334095/faa-special-training-eliminates-mu-2b-accident-spree.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/10/28/334095/faa-special-training-eliminates-mu-2b-accident-spree.htmlThe US Federal Aviation Administration says the reduction of fatal accidents in the three years since a special pilot training mandate for Mitsubishi MU-2B...Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT