The expansion of Madeira's Funchal airport has been completed, which includes the extension of the airport's novel suspended runway. The new structure - partly elevated 60m (197ft) above sea level - increases the runway length to 2,780m, enabling the airport to accommodate Boeing 747s. The $420 million project includes a new terminal complex which is due for completion in 2002, and will almost double capacity.
Source: Flight International
US investigators have attributed a Red Air Boeing MD-82’s main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion to ineffective shimmy dampening during roll-out, after the jet touched down in Miami.
Estonia’s air traffic control service is looking to reinforce its navigation systems to offer an alternative to GPS owing to recent jamming of the signal.
Japanese investigators have yet to reach conclusions over a Boeing 747-400F hard-landing event, during a go-around at Tokyo Narita, which was found to have damaged the aircraft. The UPS aircraft (N580UP) had been conducting an approach to runway 16L after arriving from Shanghai Pudong on 6 May last year. Weather ...
