All Safety News – Page 105
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NewsBoeing details 737NG nacelle redesign following 2018 in-flight failure, asks for exemption
Boeing has disclosed details about “structural enhancements” it has developed for 737NG nacelles to ensure nacelles maintain integrity in the event of fan blade failures.
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NewsCanada to require air travellers be fully vaccinated
Canada will require all air, rail and marine passengers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of October.
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NewsUnderwater robotic vessels to search Russian lake for sunken Mi-8
Robotic underwater vessels are to be deployed in the recovery operation for a Mil Mi-8T helicopter which crashed into a lake which operating a tour flight in eastern Russia. The wreckage of the helicopter has been located about 700m from the shore of lake Kuril, on the Kamchatka peninsula. But ...
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NewsLufthansa launches 787 flight-training device from L3Harris
German flag-carrier Lufthansa’s training division has emerged as the launch customer for a Boeing 787 fixed flight-training device designed to complement full-flight simulator activity. Lufthansa Aviation Training is acquiring the device from L3Harris Technologies, and is ordering a 787 full-flight simulator as part of the agreement. Both the flight-training device ...
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NewsDivers search for survivors after tourist Mi-8 sinks in Russian lake
Divers are assisting Russian emergency services to locate survivors after a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operating a tourism service crashed and sank in Kuril crater lake, in the southern Kamchatka peninsula. Sixteen occupants, including 13 passengers and three crew members, were on board the aircraft which was flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on ...
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NewsCargo 747's unauthorised runway entry forced A330 to abort Hong Kong take-off
Investigators in Hong Kong have found that a taxi instruction to a Boeing 747-400SF was misconstrued by its crew to include a runway crossing clearance, resulting in an Airbus A330-300’s having to abort its take-off roll when the 747 entered the active runway. The Air Cargo Global 747 had landed ...
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NewsUS Senate confirms Homendy as next NTSB Chair
Aviation lobby groups have welcomed the US Senate’s confirmation of Jennifer Homendy as the next and 15th chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
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NewsCanada open to fully-vaccinated US travellers
Canada has opened its border to fully-vaccinated US citizens after a 17-month closure.
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NewsQatar pursues contentious plan to establish own airspace
Qatar’s government is advancing a plan to establish its own separate airspace, aiming to withdraw from the long-standing arrangement under which Bahrain oversees much of the emirate’s air traffic. Its proposal would split the Bahrain flight information region – which stretches along much of the western Persian Gulf from the ...
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NewsFAA order addresses risk of fire suppression problem in 737 cargo compartments
Concern about fire suppression has led the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit airlines from carrying cargo in the aft holds of Boeing 737s that have failed air conditioning airflow systems.
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NewsUnited to require vaccines for all US-based employees
United Airlines is the first US passenger air carrier to require all US-based employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
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NewsSightseeing Beaver suffers fatal crash in Alaska
A De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver operated by Southeast Aviation has crashed in Alaska, killing all passengers.
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NewsUS government ‘working’ on plan to allow foreign visitors
The US government is working on plans to re-open the country to foreign visitors – but travel entry bans remain in place for now.
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NewsFatal paragliding accident inquiry warns over helicopter wake strength
French investigators have warned that the wake turbulence from helicopters can be worse than that from similar-sized aircraft, following the probe into a fatal accident involving a paraglider. The Airbus Helicopters EC135, with a medical crew of four, had been called on 11 May 2019 to assist an injured person ...
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NewsHydroplaning and crew error caused 2019 Miami Air 737 overrun at Jacksonville
Loss of braking due to hydroplaning, shortcomings by Miami Air International and errors by one of its captains caused a Boeing 737-800 to overrun a Jacksonville runway on 3 May 2019. That is according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which released its final accident report on 4 August.
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NewsPost-Brexit exclusion frustrates UK pilots as carriers seek EASA-licensed crews
Frustrated UK cockpit representatives are urging the government to redress the licence-recognition imbalance with the European Union, as Ryanair’s Maltese carrier Lauda Europe’s recruitment for a London Stansted base lays down a requirement for European-licensed pilots. With the UK no longer a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, ...
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NewsAir France 777 crew strayed close to volcano while trying to avoid storms
French investigators believe the crew of an Air France Boeing 777-200ER misinterpreted weather radar information while trying to avoid thunderstorms, losing awareness of the jet’s position before it strayed into close proximity with an African volcanic peak. It was operating in darkness from Malabo, in Equatorial Guinea, to Douala in ...
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NewsUK aviation regulators and accident investigators extend remit to spaceflight
UK civil aviation regulators and accident investigators are to extend their authority to the spaceflight sector under a new broadening of their remit. Under the new regime the Civil Aviation Authority has initiated a system allowing commercial spaceflight companies – with a variety of launch vehicles – to apply for ...
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NewsCanadian investigators take over probe into Air Baltic A220 engine incident
Canadian investigators are to probe an engine-control incident involving an Air Baltic Airbus A220-300 during which both powerplants shut down after the aircraft touched down in Copenhagen. Danish authorities have delegated the investigation into the 11 July incident to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The board says the twinjet ...
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NewsChallenger 605 business jet crashes in northern California
A Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet has crashed on approach to Truckee-Tahoe airport in northern California.