All Safety News – Page 936
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NASA slammed in Return to Flight report
NASA management has been accused of arrogance and substandard engineering in the final report of the Return to Flight Task Group (RTFTG), which monitored NASA's implementation of the Columbia accident investigation board (CAIB) recommendations.
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UPS 747F order will complement, not change, A380 plans
Package carrier UPS’s new Boeing 747-400 freighter order will be used to supplement capacity on routes already earmarked for the operator’s 10 Airbus A380s, which are scheduled for delivery in 2009.
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NewsEarlier incidents underline depressurisation hazards
Although the sequence of events in the cockpit of the crashed Helios Airways Boeing 737 remains a mystery, earlier incidents have shown the crucial importance of reacting promptly to airliner depressurisations. In both the incidents below the captain lost consciousness, leaving only the first officer flying the aircraft. And ...
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NewsNo survivors in West Caribbean MD-82 crash
Colombian civil aviation administration Aerocivil has confirmed that there are no survivors from the West Caribbean Airways-operated Boeing MD-82 aircraft which crashed in Venezuela early today.
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PIA seeks newer aircraft through wet-lease arrangement
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is seeking a wet-lease on one Airbus A320 or one Boeing 737-800, which will mark the introduction of a completely new aircraft model for the airline.
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Fake Helios pictures identified
Hoax photographs purporting to be pictures taken from the cockpit a Lockheed Martin F-16 as it intercepted the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed near Athens on 14 August have been circulated on the internet.
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New pilot training school opens in Shandong province
Shandong Airlines has teamed up with Oklahoma-based Spartan School of Aeronautics to open an ab initio flight training school in northeast China.
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UK Home Office to consult industry on immigration
Government kicks off consultation process that could make it easier for overseas workers to obtain highly skilled engineering jobs in areas with shortages
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EASA approves data for P-RNAV
Clearance allows development of common precision navigation procedures in European terminal airspace
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NewsA380 is set ‘survivability’ test goal
Regulators impose requirements aimed at ensuring double-deck giant’s crashworthiness matches existing airliners
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Alenia aims for role in RRJ project
Italian manufacturer in talks with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to buy a ‘more than 10%’ stake in design bureau’s programme