All Safety News – Page 12
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NewsUK cockpit union BALPA names first female general secretary
UK pilot union BALPA has elected its first female general secretary, with civil service union figure Amy Leversidge set to take up the post in early January. Leversidge is the assistant general secretary at FDA – formally the Association of the First Division of Civil Servants – where she steered ...
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NewsSwiss to adopt artificial intelligence passenger counting next year following tests
Swiss has declared a success its trial of using artificial intelligence to count passengers during boarding, and will adopt the process formally from next year. It plans to replace manual counting on short-haul flights in the third quarter of 2024 and on long-haul services from the fourth. “Once the new ...
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NewsEU safety regulators concerned over rise in findings from Egyptian carrier inspections
European safety regulators have expressed unease over an apparent deterioration in the results of ramp inspections conducted on Egyptian airlines. Egyptian carriers have never been blacklisted by the European Commission. But in the latest blacklist revision, the Commission states that ramp inspections under its foreign-aircraft safety assessment programme have revealed ...
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NewsJetBlue 2022 tail strike caused by pilots taking off too soon to avoid collision
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 suffered a tail strike during take-off in January 2022 after the pilots rotated too soon to avoid colliding with a small oncoming aircraft.
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NewsFrench air navigation head chosen as next EASA chief
French air navigation service DSNA’s chief, Florian Guillermet, has been chosen as the next leader of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Guillermet will succeed interim head Luc Tytgat, who took over from former executive director Patrick Ky in September. EASA says that, following his selection, Guillermet will make a ...
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NewsNepalese safety efforts not yet sufficient to lift European blacklisting
European regulators remain dissatisfied with Nepalese authorities’ efforts to bring the country’s civil aviation safety and oversight into line with international standards, following an on-site assessment conducted in September. Nepal has been the subject of a blanket blacklisting by the European Commission for a decade. While the on-site assessment – ...
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NewsFatigue contributed to Pionair BAe 146 ground proximity warning
Fatigue has been identified as a contributor to a 5 January incident in which a British Aerospace BAe 146 freighter flew below minimum safe altitude as it approached Rockhampton.
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NewsFAA to require 737NG nacelle modifications in response to deadly 2018 CFM56 engine failure
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed rules targeting Boeing 737NG nacelles following two engine failures late last decade that caused significant aircraft damage and killed one person.
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NewsEU-funded initiative to validate eVTOL operations under real-life air traffic management
Fifteen aerospace companies have embarked on a European project to validate complex advanced air mobility operations under real-life air traffic management conditions. Project OperA – derived from ‘operate anywhere’ – is led by Honeywell and the partner consortium will work with eVTOL aircraft developers Vertical Aerospace, Lilium, and Pipistrel Vertical ...
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NewsFly Baghdad blacklisting puts pressure on Iraqi civil aviation regulator
Iraqi operator Fly Baghdad has been banned from operating within European Union airspace over a series of safety concerns, particularly regarding crew fatigue management. Fly Baghdad operates around a dozen aircraft – primarily Boeing 737 variants including -800s and -900ERs – on services within the Middle East, eastern Mediterranean, and ...
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NewsAmelia ERJ-145 aquaplaned and overran after unstable high-speed approach in tailwind
French investigators have determined that an Embraer ERJ-145 conducted an unstable approach to Paris Orly before the aircraft landed fast and long, in a tailwind, and aquaplaned on the wet runway. It touched down at 143kt some 1,150m beyond the threshold of runway 25 – about a third of its ...
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NewsUS grounds entire Osprey fleet following deadly crash in Japan
Both the US Air Force and US Navy say a preliminary investigation into the 29 November crash of a Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey indicates a “potential materiel failure” caused the deadly mishap, but the underlying cause remains unclear.
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NewsCessna 210 deliberately flown into Isle of Man cliff by pilot on undeclared medication
UK investigators believe a single-engined Cessna 210M was deliberately and fatally flown into a cliff face on the Isle of Man, by a pilot who had been suffering anxiety and sleep difficulties for several weeks beforehand. The aircraft (G-TOTN) departed Ronaldsway airport on the island on 17 July, flying a ...
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NewsCriminal investigation into alleged unapproved engine parts leads fraud officers to raid UK site
Criminal investigations have been launched into a UK-registered company, AOG Technics, which is suspected of distributing unapproved parts to airlines. As a result of the concerns which have emerged about the firm, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office has raided an address and arrested an individual. The person detained is being ...
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NewsEASA bids to reduce maintenance fraud risk by revising training framework
European safety authorities are proposing revisions to the regulatory framework governing maintenance training organisations, in order to cut the risk of fraud. The changes to Part-147 are contained in a newly-issued proposal from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. EASA says the proposal intends to address the impact on safety, ...
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NewsSearch crews find wreckage of US Osprey tiltrotor that crashed off Japanese coast
Dive teams have located the fuselage of a US Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed in water off the southern coast of Japan on 29 November, killing eight crew.
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NewsFAA proposes rule to extend cockpit voice recording requirement to 25h
The US Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a new rule to increase the recording time of cockpit voice recorders to 25h for all newly manufactured aircraft from its current 2h requirement.
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NewsATSB probes A330, 787 excursions during Melbourne runway works
Australian investigators are conducting an inquiry into two runway excursions at Melbourne airport in September, during with both aircraft took off from a buffer zone between the runway and a section of runway undergoing resurfacing works.
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NewsChallenger written off after wing-strike and excursion during London Stansted hard landing
UK investigators believe a Bombardier Challenger 604 crew’s approach to London Stansted was too slow for the crosswind conditions, causing it to land hard – nose-gear first – and strike the ground several times with its wing. The wing remained in contact with the ground and the jet experienced a ...
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NewsFAA orders airlines to inspect lightning protection features on all 747 variants
The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering airlines to inspect fuel-tank lightning-protection features on all Boeing 747 variants because some components are degrading faster than expected.