All Safety News – Page 7
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NewsUnited hails FAA-ordered hourly flight cap at Newark
Flight frequencies at Newark Liberty International airport will be capped at 72 hourly through October 2026 under a final order from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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NewsCommuteAir ERJ regional jet stopped by runway arrestor system after ‘long landing’: FAA
A CommuteAir-operated regional jet overran the runway at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional airport on 24 September and was stopped by a runway arrestor system, the latest example of those systems preventing more-severe accidents.
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NewsIngrained ramp ‘workaround’ behind flight attendant’s fall from TUI 737 stairs
UK investigators probing a flight attendant’s fall from the steps of a Boeing 737-800 at East Midlands found that ground personnel had, for years, been using an informal arrangement for stair removal that had insufficient safeguards. This arrangement meant a dispatcher was at the top of the steps completing the ...
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NewsPremature braking preceded tyre burst that damaged United 737 Max
US investigators believe a tyre burst that damaged a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 was caused by brake application before all three landing-gear were on the ground. Both right-hand main-gear tyres burst as the jet touched down at Houston on 24 October last year, and the fragments struck and ...
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NewsAir Tahiti ATR 72's hard landing followed unstable approach and dual inputs
Investigators have determined that an Air Tahiti ATR 72-600 crew did not abort an approach to Atuona airport, despite its becoming destabilised, leading to dual control inputs and a hard landing. The crew of the aircraft, arriving from Nuku Hiva airport in French Polynesia on 4 April 2022, had been ...
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NewsCrime agency arrests suspect in UK on suspicion of airport cyberattack
UK law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual during investigations into the cyberattack that disrupted operations at several European airports. The cyberattack – directed at Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding processes – took place on 19 September. Brussels airport, along with London Heathrow, Dublin and Berlin were affected, ...
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NewsPakistan International prepares to restore UK operations
Pakistan International Airlines is planning to resume UK operations around October, after claiming formal authorisation from the UK regulator. The carrier says it has been granted third-country operator approval. It has been unable to serve the UK directly, having been subject to a ban since mid-2020. But it says it ...
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NewsPrime Air 767 underwent actuator maintenance a month before stabiliser jam
US investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 767-300 freighter, which experienced a jammed horizontal stabiliser en route to Hawaii, had undergone maintenance on the stabiliser trim actuator a month earlier. The incident occurred on 25 April as the Amazon Prime Air aircraft was operating a service from Ontario, California, to ...
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NewsFrench inquiry opens after serious A320 conflict during landing at Nice
French investigators are opening a probe into a serious conflict incident at Nice airport involving a pair of Airbus A320s. The incident occurred in darkness at around 23:30 on 21 September, as a Nouvelair A320 conducted an approach to runway 04R. Its crew appears to have executed a go-around after ...
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NewsFAA urges airlines to discourage passengers from taking bags during evacuations
Federal Aviation Administration issues safety alert warning that passengers retrieving carry-on items during emergency evacuations significantly impedes procedures and increases injury risk.
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NewsPilots prohibited from taking off with disruptive passengers on board: Nigerian regulator
Nigeria’s civil aviation regulator has issued a directive ordering crews not to depart if there are disruptive passengers on board. The directive, prohibiting take-off in such circumstances, followed a mid-September meeting between the civil aviation authority and a number of carriers – Air Peace, Arik Air, Ibom Air, Green Africa ...
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NewsWizz Air’s first A321XLR suffers tail-strike during Prague landing
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air’s first Airbus A321XLR has been involved in a hard landing and tail-strike at Prague. The incident occurred on 11 September, according to French investigation authority BEA. BEA has not given any further details regarding the circumstances of the event. But it confirms the identity ...
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NewsIATA highlights failure of states to meet accident-reporting standards
IATA has called for action after calculating that final reports are yet to be published for 43% of commercial aviation accidents and incidents between 2018 and 2023
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NewsAn-24 crash probe urges better training on altimeter and chart pressure references
Russian investigators have urged carriers to reinforce training for pilots on the displayed altitudes on airport charts – as well as procedures for setting QNH or QFE altimeter references – following the fatal terrain collision involving an Angara Airlines Antonov An-24. The Interstate Aviation Committee’s newly-issued preliminary findings from the ...
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NewsAustralian investigators probe DHL Aviation 767F approach incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has opened investigations into a Boeing 767 freighter that flew below minimum safe altitude as it approached Sydney airport.
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NewsAir Peace sanctions 737 overrun captain for go-around rejection rather than alcohol test
Nigerian carrier Air Peace insists it has strict policies on alcohol use, even though neither pilot of a Boeing 737-500 which overran at Port Harcourt was sanctioned over such. Toxicology tests after the 13 July incident indicated recent alcohol consumption by both the captain and first officer – while a ...
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NewsDelhi ATC workload led to double TCAS alerts between Vistara A320, Ethiopian 787
A controller’s heavy workload at Delhi airport led to two traffic collision alerts between a landing Vistara A320 and a departing Ethiopian Airways 787 in November 2023.
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NewsAirExplore 737-800 suffers runway excursion in rain at Krakow
One of Slovakian carrier AirExplore’s Boeing 737-800s has suffered a runway excursion while landing at Krakow airport in Poland. The aircraft, arriving from the Turkish resort of Antalya on 14 September, had been operating on behalf of Polish leisure carrier Enter Air. It landed on runway 25 shortly after 13:30. ...
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NewsUnited 737 diverted to Osaka after cargo fire warning
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 bound for Cebu made an emergency landing in Osaka after pilots received a cockpit warning of a potential cargo hold fire.
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NewsKC-135 took evasive action to avoid glider with de-activated transponder
UK investigators have underlined the importance of transponders, after a serious airprox incident in which a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 carried out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid an undetected glider.