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1969 - 0141.PDF
FLIGHT International. 23 January 1969 I 25 South African Airways now hove Boeing 737-200s (designated -244s) in service. This, ZS-SBL "Pongo/a," is one of the first two, of three on order, which were delivered on November 8 carriers will deal with unqualified foreign tour operators," said the CAB. "In the second place the 'public' which Pan American believes is not given sufficient protection under the proposal would consist predominantly of foreign nationals.'' A CAB spokesman in Washington told a Flight correspon dent that the inclusive-tour charter arrangements are reciprocal, i.e., non-US supplemental air carriers holding IT charter authority will be permitted to operate US-originating tours for American tour operators. At present Caledonian has such authority. ACCRA LANDING CONFUSION PERMISSION for a transit stop (for refuelling and a crew change) at Accra by a Caledonian Britannia on January 14 en route to Lourenco Marques was given and later revoked by the Ghana Government, according to the airline. The aircraft was some 3|hr outbound when it turned back. Ghana normally requires two days' notice of such flights, and had authorised Caledonian on similar occasions in the past. The airline requested authority by telex six days before, and again two days and one day before, but received no reply. On the departure day, the flight was held until verbal permission had been obtained by telephone from Accra. When the flight was 2Jrhr outbound, a telex refusing permission was received. When telephoned by Caledonian, officials in Accra are reported to have admitted that permission had been granted, but they added that it was now revoked. There were a number of South Africans and Rhodesians among the passengers. The UK Board of Trade is to investigate the facts of the matter before deciding whether an approach to the Ghana Government is justified. EDINBURGH, ABERDEEN FLIGHTS STOP ALL BEA flights to and from Aberdeen and Edinburgh were suspended by the corporation on January 15 until further notice because of industrial disputes at the two Scottish airports which have disrupted operations. There have been 28 strikes and 12 cases of working to rule there since December 6, the airline said. The trouble involves non-craft grades employed by the Board of Trade, which operates the airports. The employees are demanding pay rises of between 7 and 15 per cent to bring rates up to the level of British Airports Authority employees. The Board of Trade has offered 31 per cent rises, the maximum allowed by the Government without associated productivity improvement. BoT has offered to discuss further increases allied to productivity. A main cause of difficulty over industrial relations at aerodromes in Britain as present is the fact that there are four groups of employers, BAA, BoT, municipal authorities and the private aerodrome owners. Fire after Take-off? A Boeing 727 of United Air Lines crashed into the sea about four minutes after take-off from Los Angeles on the night of January 18-19. The pilot had reported an engine-fire warning and that he was returning. There were no survivors among the 31 passengers and crew of six. Safe Collision A Pacific Southwest Boeing 727 was in collision with a private aircraft after take-off from San Francisco International on January 6. Both landed safely— the light aircraft at San Francisco and the 727 at its scheduled destination in Southern California. According to reports the crew of the 727 did not know that the two aircraft had actually touched, but thought that it was a near-miss, though several holes in the fuselage were later found. Jet Safety There was a small but vital error in one of the figures in the text of the article on jet safety in last week's issue. When discussing the relative safety of jets as such, Mr Alan Smith wrote that "the average fatal-accident rate, on jets only, during the five years 1964 to 1968 was 0.14 per 100,000hr . . ." The figure (page 97. left-hand column, end of the paragraph below the diagram) was printed as 0.4 and should be altered by those who are keeping the article for reference. An initial of the author was also incorrectly printed as Alan A. instead of Alan E. Smith. The Milan Incident A British United Airways BAC One- Eleven (G-ASJJ) crashed soon after take-off from Milan's Linate Airport on the evening of January 14 while on a scheduled flight to Gatwick London after diversion from Genoa on the outward flight. Seven among the 26 passengers and seven crew were injured, two seriously. After a normal take-off there was apparently a loss of power in both engines and the One-Eleven was crash-landed on snow-covered sand about two miles from the end of Runway 18. The aircraft was extensively damaged in the portwing, fuselage and under carriage and the starboard engine was detached. Fatal Approach Ditching An SAS DC-8-62 (LN-MOO) crashed into the sea on the night of January 13 while making an approach to Los Angeles International after a Polar flight from Copenhagen. Unfortunately, unlike the similar, but non fatal, accident to a JAL DC-8-62 on November 22 while on the approach to San Francisco, the fuselage broke aft of the wing and the tail section sank in fairly deep water. Of the 36 passengers and nine crew members, 13 passengers and two stewardesses died. The approach followed an earlier overshoot after undercarriage trouble had been reported. This was only the second fatal accident suffered by SAS since its formation more than 20 years ago. The other involved a Caravelle at Ankara, Turkey, in 1960.
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