All Safety News – Page 493
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FAA: manufacturers to set widespread fatigue life limits
Manufacturers of 4,198 airline transport aircraft will be required to set new life limits for their products under new US Federal Aviation Administration...
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Airbus expects A320 series runway overrun protection system approved by early 2012
Airbus expects to have its runway overrun protection system approved and available for retrofit on A320 series aircraft from early 2012. The system was approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency for the A380 in 2009.
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Canada signs air services agreement with Qatar
Canadian officials have confirmed the country has signed an air services agreement with Qatar to allow direct scheduled flights between the two countries....
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Star Alliance recruitment efforts focus on Russia
Star Alliance chief executive Jaan Albrecht remains confident the alliance can secure a member from Russia, the last "white spot" in its network.
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Boeing: 787 fire over in 30sec, but flight testing freeze continues
The onboard fire that has grounded the Boeing 787 fleet for six days lasted less than 30sec and the entire incident was over within 90sec, Boeing says.
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General Aviation: In Brief
BANKSTOWN PROMOTION Sydney Metro airport Bankstown is offering new general aviation operators parking discounts and free weekend flying in a bid to...
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Italy special: Alenia and the 787
Quality control issues on 787 have strained Alenia's lucrative relationship with Boeing. Another test looms on CSeries
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Opinion
Comment: Speculation and reassurance
Rolls-Royce has been taking a lot of heat. Having one of its newest products - a mighty Trent 900 - blow up under the wing of that most attention-grabbing of aircraft, a packed-with-people Qantas Airbus A380, was a good route to negative publicity.
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Opinion
Comment: New report shows that airline pilots are missing both basic and advanced skills
Pilots are perhaps the most frequently re-trained people in any profession, yet accidents are revealing that many flightcrew are missing both basic and advanced skills
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R-R pays price of silence
Engine maker's cautious response to Qantas Trent 900 failure blamed for share slide
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NewsUK's first MPL pilots join the line at Flybe
The first six pilots to hold British multi-crew pilot licences (MPL) are starting work as first officers in Flybe Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s.
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Chile's Sky signs biofuel pact with PetroAlgae
Chile's Sky Airline has signed an agreement with Florida-based renewable energy company PetroAlgae to purchase biomass feedstock for conversion into jet...
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787 electrical fire raises prospect of further delay
Boeing again finds itself face-to-face with the prospect of delays to its 787 Dreamliner following an in-flight electrical fire that grounded its test fleet. The...
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Zhuhai10: Rockwell Collins signs up Chinese carriers
Rockwell Collins has inked a slew of agreements with several Chinese airlines ahead of Airshow China 2010 in Zhuhai. Xiamen Airlines, Tibet Airlines...
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NewsCockpit recorder overwritten in Qantas A380 engine incident
Investigators have discovered that the cockpit-voice recording of the Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure was overwritten because the adjacent engine could...
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FAA at controls during 787 fire
An FAA pilot was flying ZA002 at the time of the 787's emergency landing in Laredo, Texas, confirm those with direct knowledge of the incident.
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FAA: Manufacturers to set widespread fatigue life limits
Manufacturers of 4,198 airline transport aircraft will be required to set new life limits for their products under new rules to be issued by the US FAA on...
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NASA faces scheduling headaches in Shuttle launch
After a week's worth of aborted attempts to send the Space Shuttle Discovery on its way to the International Space Station, NASA now says the earliest it will launch is 30 November
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EADS weighs risk of Qantas incident on A380 deliveries
EADS is still assessing the effects of the Qantas engine-failure incident on its delivery schedule for the Airbus A380 this year and next.