All Safety News – Page 657
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Zambian Airways suspends operations
Zambian Airways has suspended all operations until further notice amid suggestion that it has been struggling with high fuel costs. The Lusaka-based...
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SR Technics dealt heavy blow by lost Gulf Air work
SR Technics is warning that the loss of its full-support maintenance contract with Gulf Air will lead a substantial revenue drop, with possible repercussions...
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NewsAirbus/Boeing single-aisle refresh plans edge closer
As Airbus steps up its evaluation of new technologies to refresh the A320...
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NewsPICTURE: Zest MA60 crashes on landing in Philippines
A busy airport in the Philippines was closed for around 5hr on 11 January after a passenger aircraft landed too short on the runway, skidded out of control and crashed into a concrete barrier, resulting in 22 of the 27 people on board being sent to hospital.
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ANZ's first 787-9 delayed by 12 more months
Air New Zealand, which is launch customer for the Boeing 787-9, has revealed that first deliveries of the stretch variant have slipped by another 12 months...
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SkyEurope 737 lease termination prompts flight delays
SkyEurope Airlines is experiencing delays at its central European bases after six of its 14 Boeing 737-700s were taken back by the lessor. The aircraft...
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NewsIberia-Clickair-Vueling surrender slots for merger approval
European competition regulators have ordered the release of slots at Barcelona and other airports in Europe as the price for clearing Spanish flag-carrier...
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Blue Line set to launch transatlantic corporate charter with MD-83s
French corporate charter and sublease provider Blue Line is set to launch its transatlantic operation. The move...
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NewsGECAS terminates lease on six SkyEurope aircraft
Troubled central European budget carrier SkyEurope Airlines has had six of its aircraft taken back by US lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS),...
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Civil airliner market set to soften
The world civil airliner market looks set to soften during the second half of this year on the back of weakening airline demand for narrowbodies. Order backlogs...
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Flight Safety Foundation to research helicopter emergency services safety
The accident rate among US helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operators has been so consistently bad for so many years that the Flight Safety Foundation is planning a research programme to discover its underlying causes.
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Investigators retrieve data from crashed A320's recorders
Investigators have succeeded in retrieving data from the flight recorders of the Airbus A320 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in November. After...
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Source runway friction data from aircraft: UK investigators
UK investigators are proposing that on-board aircraft data be exploited as a source of runway friction information, following an inquiry into a series of...
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NewsVIDEO: Brazilian helicopter accident captured by security camera
All but one of the occupants of an AgustaWestland A-109C survived a crash near São Paulo, Brazil in which the aircraft suddenly entered a high-rate descent...
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NewsDornier 328 crash video emerges as Indonesian investigators prepare report
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is working on the draft final report into the November crash on landing of a Dornier 328 turboprop...
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End in sight for biofuel trial programme
There are likely to be no further alternative fuel trials this year after the imminent flight test by Japan...
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No obvious culprit in Continental 737 excursion at Denver: NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the fiery Continental 737-500 accident at Denver, Colorado on 20 December reveals no obvious...
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2008 shows airline safety has stopped improving
Global airline safety has stagnated, according to fatal accident figures from 2008. Following a decade of steady improvement, last year's results confirm...
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Wildlife encounter probably took down North Dakota pilots
An in-flight collision with at least one Canada Goose damaged the stabilator on a University of North Dakota twin-engined...