Safety As part of the programme to raise aviation safety awareness and competence in Greece, the national Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board has completed the country’s first in-house course for air accident investigators. The course was attended by 36 pilots and aviation engineers.
An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating blades, UK investigators have disclosed.
Operations at Paris Orly airport are being heavily disrupted by an air traffic control system failure. French civil aviation regulator DGCA and Orly operator Paris Aeroport state that a “breakdown” in air traffic systems is leading to delays and cancellations for 19 May. The two organisations are advising passengers to ...