All Safety News – Page 130
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NewsUS lawmakers request FAA safety culture survey results
Two US lawmakers have asked the FAA for results of an employee survey about the regulator’s safety culture as part of its investigation into the design, development and certification of the troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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NewsIran transfers recorders of shot-down 737 to French investigators
Iranian investigators have arrived at the facility of French accident analysis bureau BEA with the flight recorders from the Boeing 737-800 shot down over Tehran in January. The arrival of the Iranian team at BEA’s facility in Paris marks an important advancement in the investigation, after six months of uncertainty ...
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NewsIcelandair orders pilots to take over after dismissing all its cabin crew
Icelandair Group is dismissing its entire cabin crew corps and placing the responsibility for on-board safety with Icelandair’s pilots, after efforts to reach a new collective bargaining agreement failed. Cabin crew members with the FFI union rejected a tentative agreement on 8 July and Icelandair Group says subsequent talks have ...
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NewsMC-21 undergoes series of water-ingestion tests
Russian airframer Irkut has commenced water ingestion tests of the MC-21-300 twinjet on a runway at Ulyanovsk. The tests involve creating a pool of water 70m in length and some 20m wide, with a depth in line with international certification criteria. Irkut states that one of the MC-21 test aircraft ...
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NewsAirbus arm signs carriers to new aircraft-derived runway-condition monitor
Airbus’s specialist flight-operations division, Navblue, has unveiled a new runway contamination reporting system which uses the aircraft as a condition sensor during landing roll-out. Over 10 carriers have signed up for the system, designated RunwaySense, covering a total of more than 880 aircraft. Airbus had signalled to FlightGlobal more than ...
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NewsAir Canada re-ups appeal to end quarantine requirements
Air Canada has reiterated its call for the government of Canada to ease four-month-old coronavirus-prompted travel restrictions that have disrupted the country’s aviation industry and which continue to be a severe drag on air transport.
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NewsFAA bans DuPont fuel additive from use in 737 Max
Citing the risk of dual-engine power loss, the US Federal Aviation Administration has prohibited airlines from adding a DuPont-made biocide to the fuel of Boeing 737 Max.
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NewsUnstable approach rate rose sharply as air transport crisis unfolded
Analysis of flight operations data during the downturn in air transport activity has revealed a sharp increase in the proportion of unstable approaches. The number of unstable approaches per 1,000 operations increased to around 28 in April and 37 in May, two months in which air transport was badly affected ...
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NewsFAA bans Pakistan-based carriers from US airports
The Federal Aviation Administration has banned airlines from Pakistan from flying to US airports due to safety concerns.
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NewsIn response to Atlas crash, NTSB urges fixes to pilot training records
Atlas Air flight 3591 crashed outside Houston in 2019 after the first officer, due partly to sensory illusion, improperly reacted to inadvertent activation of the aircraft’s go-around mode.
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NewsDoncaster Sheffield runway shuts after cargo 747 excursion
Doncaster Sheffield airport in the UK has been forced to close its runway after a Boeing 747-400F ran onto rough ground. The aircraft – bearing the Icelandic registration TF-AMU – is pictured on social media with its nose-gear and main landing-gear in the grass. It bears the logo of Kenya’s ...
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NewsAirline Business podcast: Challenges as airlines return to skies
As airlines begin to ramp up operations, Graham and Lewis discuss the demand situation and the possible pitfalls ahead.
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NewsATR 72 struck sea surface after crew turned off ground-proximity system
Investigators have determined that a Royal Air Maroc Express ATR 72-600 twice struck the surface of the Mediterranean Sea during an extraordinary botched approach to Al Hoceima airport, badly damaging the turboprop before its crew diverted to Nador. Analysis of the incident showed the pilots had proceeded with an unstable ...
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NewsUIA 737 shot down as command chain broke after defence system blunder
Two missiles were fired at a Boeing 737-800 over Tehran after a misaligned defence system, and a breakdown of communications and procedures, led the aircraft to be misidentified as a hostile intruder. Evidence from Iranian investigators indicates that only the first missile hit the Ukraine International Airlines aircraft, although the ...
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NewsAmerican pilots review Boeing’s latest Max training draft
American Airlines’ pilot union is now reviewing Boeing’s latest 737 Max pilot training draft – a document the union describes as vastly more thorough than previous drafts.
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OpinionWhy piston pilots should have a modern cockpit canary
Some safety issues are only solvable with sophisticated solutions, but the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning in general aviation are easily abated
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NewsPilots’ dual-control obstructed A320’s collision-avoidance manoeuvres
Dual-control inputs from a Condor Airbus A320’s pilots badly obstructed its response to collision-avoidance orders during a low-altitude conflict, investigators have determined. The incident culminated in a serious air-proximity encounter and a terrain alert, shortly after departure from Kavala airport in Greece on 16 August 2018. After the aircraft (D-AICD) ...
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NewsFAA says 88 air traffic control facilities affected by coronavirus
Since the coronavirus pandemic reached the United States earlier this year, air traffic control (ATC) staff at almost 90 facilities across the country have tested positive for the virus, causing regular disruptions to this crucial network.
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NewsTrent-powered 787 operators to check for disc fin cracks
Operators of Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787s are set to be instructed to conduct inspections of certain Trent 1000 low-pressure turbine discs, over a possible cracking risk. Assessment of certain discs in service has revealed that rubbing contact with interstage static seals can lead to cracks in the front seal fins – ...