All Safety News – Page 1312
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Workshop
-AvAero will supply Stage 3 hushkits for five Boeing 737-200s operated by Calgary, Canada-based WestJet Airlines. -Lucas Aerospace, which supplies 14 different line replacement units (LRUs) for the Embraer RJ-145, has signed a 10-year spares deal with Trans States Airlines to provide LRUs, plus maintenance on a cost-per-flight-hour basis. -United ...
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Two's Company
The announcement of the American Airlines/British Airways-led strategic alliance brings into sharp focus the long term destiny for the world's airlines. The move, which was announced on 21 September, creates a second major power to rival the Star Alliance, which until now has existed in splendid isolation. Working on ...
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Regional jam ?
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/FARNBOROUGH The regional aircraft market has undergone a radical shake-up in recent years, during which time supply has been dramatically curtailed in the face of finite demand. The casualties have been numerous - Fokker, Jetstream and Saab to name a few. The market has shifted from ...
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Orbit expands
Orbit Flight Training, part of Thomson Training and Simulation, is installing an Airbus A300-600 Full Flight Simulator (FFS),convertible to an A310, to operate alongside its A320 FFS at its East Midlands Training Centre. Orbit is also offering A340 FFS training at its Gatwick Airport facility, which will move to Heathrow ...
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MD-11 investigation will be 'painstaking'
Canadian safety board officials investigating the 2 September Swissair Boeing MD-11 accident off Halifax, Nova Scotia, are concerned that they may be unable to find crucial physical clues before winter sets in. Wreckage located so far is small, and the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) stopped ...
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P&W sets sights on Airbus next generation narrowbody family
Max Kingsley-Jones and Guy Norris/LONDON Pratt & Whitney is targeting launch of its PW8000 geared turbofan for a new generation Airbus Industrie narrowbody family, believed to be in the early planning stages in Toulouse. Sources at the US engine maker say the company believes that the step change ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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NASA looks at X-38 and VentureStar mixture
NASA and Lockheed Martin are studying the use of the X-38 International Space Station (ISS) crew return vehicle with the proposed VentureStar single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane. The work, which is at a conceptual stage, is aimed at providing an alternative to the Space Shuttle as an ISS transporter. The X-38, a ...
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Fairchild Aerospace names 728JET risk share partners
Fairchild aerospace has admitted that, after months of talks with potential subassembly manufacturers on the 728Jet regional aircraft, it may end up having to build the aircraft structure itself. Despite that, the company was able to reveal several of its risk sharing partners in the programme at the show. ...
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UPS tests ADS-B in Los Angeles area
United Parcel Service says it is carrying out ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) operational flight testing in the Los Angeles area using one of its Boeing 727s. The tests are being monitored by specialists from US avionics organisation II Morrow and the FAA Technical Centre. The trials began on 4 ...
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Aer Lingus seeks US suitor to beat off alliance threat
David Learmount/LONDON Aer Lingus is seeking a US airline partner prepared to inject equity into the Irish state-owned carrier. The Government intends to maintain a controlling interest in the airline. A study by the carrier into the strategic alliance plan has been approved by the minister for public ...
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Marketplace
-Airbus Asset Management is negotiating to lease an ex-Gulf Air A340-300 to Sabena to replace the aircraft damaged in a landing accident at Brussels. The A340 had previously been earmarked for Ethiopian Airlines. -Alitalia has leased one new Boeing 767-300ER and two used examples from International Lease Finance. The aircraft, ...
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WAAS is threatened as sole-means GPS falters
US airlines have tacitly accepted that global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) as a sole-means aid is not going to be approved, according to the US Air Transport Association (ATA). The trade body has appealed to the US Congress not to reduce funding for the global positioning system Wide Area ...
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Air India privatisation process starts with equity plan
The Indian Government has started the process of privatising Air India with the announcement of a scheme which could see its holding reduced to around 40% as foreign airlines, institutional investors and staff are offered a share of the ailing national carrier. The government's Disinvestment Commission has recommended a ...
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Boeing to flight test 747X wing
Boeing is to flight test a full scale wing modification for the proposed 747X based on aerodynamic changes originally developed by McDonnell Douglas for the MD-11. The company has completed initial windtunnel tests of the change, dubbed the trailing edge wedge, and plans to refine the modification before flight ...
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IAE faces uncertainties after PW6000 launch
The future of the International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium is facing uncertainties in the wake of Pratt & Whitney's launch of the PW6000 and stated intent to develop the follow-on PW8000 in direct competion with the V2500. The go-ahead of the PW6000 for the Airbus A318 has fuelled speculation ...
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Simulated hell
Peter Gray/FORT WORTH and WEST PALM BEACH It was a dark and stormy night. I was in the jump seat of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. We were in the cruise and all was well. Suddenly, all hell broke loose. One engine ran up quickly and went slightly over the ...
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Messier-Dowty plans giant drop rig
Messier-Dowty, now wholly owned by Snecma, is to build Europe's largest landing gear drop test rig. The MEGA (Machine d'Essais pour Grands Atterrisseurs) is a $3 million project to assemble the rig in Toulouse. Entry into service is scheduled for early 2000. The rig will be sited at the ...
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KLM set to bring first737-900 to Europe
KLM has underlined its commitment to Boeing's Next Generation 737 family by becoming the first European operator to order the stretched 737-900. The order for four aircraft is a blow to Airbus Industrie, which had campaigned hard to sell the A321 to KLM as part of attempts to complete ...
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Heat damage hints show up in recovered MD-11 wreckage
David Learmount/LONDON Signs of "heating" damage have been detected in parts recovered from the cockpit of the Swissair Boeing MD-11 which crashed off Nova Scotia on 2 September, says chief accident investigator Vic Gerden. Gerden, of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (CASB) would not be more precise or offer ...