All Safety News – Page 784
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Europe moves to tackle airport environmental issues
Europe is moving ahead with airport-related environmental legislation as recent climate change protesters at London...
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NewsAtlant-Soyuz claims Tu-154 is first airliner to be fitted with Glonass avionics
Engineers in Russia have equipped an Atlant-Soyuz Tupolev Tu-154M airliner with navigation avionics designed to use the Glonass satellite positioning system,...
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VIDEO: FAA and industry to accelerate runway incursion interventions
Dangerous runway incursions at US airports have continued despite a well-established campaign to reduce the risk, so the Federal...
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CAE buys flight data specialist Flightscape
Canadian simulator specialist CAE has acquired Ottawa-based Flightscape , and plans to use the company's expertise...
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Flight Training Adelaide adds helicopter skills
Australian airline flight training provider Flight Training Adelaide is set to take delivery of its first helicopter as the company branches out into helicopter...
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AirAsia opts for unusual seating plan in A330s
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia's planned long-haul sister airline is eyeing a 396-seat configuration for its Airbus...
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UK set to hit aviation with more taxes in global warming fight
The UK's efforts to gauge whether aviation meets the true cost of its effect on global warming could lead not only to a political move to keep the controversial...
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More Embraer regional jet nose gear problems for American Eagle
A nose-wheel steering failure has emerged as the likely culprit in an recent incident involving an American Eagle ERJ-145LR that hit three runway lights...
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Jeju Air turboprop skids off runway in South Korea
A Jeju Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (HL5256) ended up in this undignified state last week after skidding off the runway at Busan airport in South Korea. The...
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Virgin/Boeing/GE near biofuel selection for test
Virgin Atlantic, Boeing and General Electric are within weeks of selecting the biofuel for a flight demonstration in the UK early next year. "We are working...
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GA pilots asked to help cut dangerous airspace infringements
Eurocontrol's airspace infringement initiative co-ordinator Alexander Krastev says that the agency, with the help of the European arm of IAOPA, "is determined...
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Safety advance depends on reporting
Slowly but surely Eurocontrol and the air navigation service providers in its member states are working on controlling different categories of risk-bearing...
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Straight & level: 14 August 2007
Only a mother could love them What was the ugliest aircraft of them all? It's a question almost as old as aviation, but more contenders are being added...