All Safety News – Page 1242
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Crew drills highlighted at Little Rock crash hearing
On its fatal 2 June, 1999, night approach to Little Rock Airport, Arkansas, the crew of American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Flight 1420 had difficulty lining up with the runway, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has revealed. Released at a US National Transportation Safety Board public hearing, the CVR ...
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UK to introduce compulsory terrain warning systems use
David Learmount/LONDON In a move anticipating European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) action making terrain avoidance and warning systems (TAWS) compulsory, the UK Civil Aviation Authority is to order that UK-registered aircraft be fitted with the equipment from next January. TAWS is expected to reduce dramatically the incidence of ...
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TWA banks on Middle East and Caribbean for recovery
Ramon Lopez/NEW YORK After a decade of losses, two trips to the bankruptcy court and the crash of Flight 800, Trans World Airlines is counting on the Middle East, the Caribbean and regional jets to help it pursue its recovery plan. TWA, the USA's eighth-largest airline, in early ...
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Wreckage salvaged
The wreckage of the first stage engine of the H-2 booster that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during an aborted launch in November has been salvaged from the seabed, 380km (235 miles) north west of the Ogasawara Islands. Source: Flight International
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Airports
More than 10 groups are preparing to deliver detailed proposals to acquire a 41.33% stake in SAGAT, which runs Turin Caselle Airport. The identity of the bidders has not been disclosed, but sources suggest they include the main Italian airport operators, such as Milan and Rome, along with some private ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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Let L-410 crashes just after take-off
Just after take-off from Tobias Bolanos Airport at San Juan, Costa Rica, on 15 January, a Taxi Aereo Centroamericano Let L-410 crashed into a house, killing four people among the three crew and 17 passengers on board and injuring 14. Although there were three people in the house, none was ...
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Cathay seeks more aircraft as it revives growth plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy and lease more aircraft this year as it revives plans to double its passenger traffic as the economic situation improves in Asia. The airline confirms statements made to the Hong Kong press by Cathay chairman James Hughes-Hallett, and to an aerospace industry ...
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Reasons to be fearful
The downward trend of fatality numbers continues, but worries remain over differences in regional safety standards David Learmount/LONDON All is not well with airline safety. Despite fewer fatalities in 1999, accident numbers equalled those in 1998, and some significant international airlines - most notably a few key carriers in the ...
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Fuel prices mar US results
Chris Jasper/LONDON The spiralling cost of aviation fuel prevented the USA's major carriers from improving their performances in 1999, although they reported largely positive results. Share disposal windfalls saved the net results of most, however. American Airlines' parent AMR, the world's biggest airline group in terms of turnover, saw ...
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Promising future
The 1990s were years of unprecedentedly intense activity aimed at improving airline safety. So what happened? There were more fatal accidents and more human casualties in that decade than in the 1980s. Despite active flight safety campaigns by major international agencies, more modern aircraft and air traffic control systems, ...
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Comment by Pierre Jeanniot, Director General, IATA
"For the 21st century, the most critical question is whether - given the increasing technical sophistication of our industry and the expectations of the public - ICAO's 185 sovereign member states will all develop the individual competence and financial means to provide effective safety oversight and "state-of-the-art" infrastructure. A ...
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Comment by Stuart Matthews, Flight Safety Foundation President and Chief Executive
"Rapid air traffic growth in the 1990s was spurred by liberalisation, reduction in fare levels, the collapse of the former Soviet Union and economic expansion. Fly-by-wire systems are common; more powerful and reliable engines have made extended-range twin-engine operations commonplace, and regional jets are revolutionising short-haul services. Increased ...
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Preparing for safety
The 1990s was a decade of preparing for better airline safety rather than delivering David Learmount/LONDON The number of airline accidents worldwide increased by 28% in the 1990s compared with the 1980s, and fatalities rose by 12.5%. A total of 11,950 people died in 480 accidents during the ...
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1990s safety milestones
The 1990s milestones in the new industry safety standards system include: 1992: the US Federal Aviation Administration set up its International Aviation Safety Assessment programme, checking states with which the USA has bilateral aviation treaties for their civil aviation authority safety oversight programmes. The International Civil Aviation Organisation ...
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IATA proposes airline membership safety audits scheme
David Learmount/LONDON The "IATA" logo used in airline marketing may become a sign of quality and, particularly, safety - if an audit scheme proposed by the International Air Transport Association for applicant airlines goes ahead. At present, although IATA has a standards scheme for approved travel agents, it does ...
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Workshop
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has won approval for Airbus A320 and A321 maintenance up to C3 check level and Boeing MD-11 line maintenance from the European Joint Aviation Authorities. The approval is reflected in revised JAR-145 certification, which the Sino-US joint venture has received, having been certificated to this ...
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NASDA kills key programmes
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) has cancelled the H-2 launch vehicle programme and suspended several others, to focus development efforts on the H-2A rocket. Japanese space industry sources confirm that NASDA has completely reviewed its programmes and budget for the 2000 fiscal year, following the ...
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Crossair crash update
Preliminary analysis of the cockpit voice and flight data recorders (FDR) from the Crossair Saab 340 which crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich on 10 January has failed to yield any clues as to the cause of the accident. Swiss investigators say the crew did not discuss any technical problems, ...
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Disaster Ditching
An Avisto Shorts 360-300 ditched in the sea on approach to Marsa el Brega, northern Libya, on 13 January. Loss of power in both engines had been reported by the Captain. As Flight International went to press, there were 19 survivors among the 41 people on board. The aircraft was ...