UK government invites views to shape long-term night-flight policies
UK government regulators are to explore the options for developing a long-term night-flights policy for London’s main airports, as part of a consultation which also seeks views on extending the current regime.
Air Djibouti 737-500 suffers landing accident at Somali airport
Air Djibouti has disclosed that a Boeing 737-500 has suffered an accident upon landing in north-eastern Somalia.
Crews frequently fail to comply with collision-avoidance advisories: analysis
Analysis of airborne conflicts in core European airspace has revealed that a substantial proportion of collision-avoidance manoeuvres are not flown correctly after on-board systems issue resolution instructions.
Lockheed Martin moves to connect USAF F-35 simulators in USA and UK in 2021
Lockheed Martin plans to connect full-mission simulators in the USA and in the UK at RAF Lakenheath through a software upgrade starting in 2021, allowing US Air Force (USAF) pilots to virtually train with one another across international borders.
Fuel pump blockage resulted in Scoot Trent 1000 shutdown
Debris from worn bearings in Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on a Scoot Boeing 787-9 caused it to shut down as the aircraft approached Perth in 2018.
Air India A320 left with 600m to stop after unstable approach
Pilots of an Air India Airbus A320 were left with just 600m in which to bring the aircraft to a halt after the jet landed long at Surat following an unstable approach.
Crews cautioned as Russian airspace change swamps navigation update
European regulators are cautioning that flight-management system databases and charts for western Russia might be outdated as a result of the data workload created by an extensive restructuring of the region’s airspace.
Volga-Dnepr temporarily withdraws An-124 fleet after Novosibirsk accident
Russian outsize freight carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has temporarily withdrawn its Antonov An-124 freighter fleet from service, pending clarification of the circumstances of an accident in Novosibirsk.
Russian customs Mi-8 wrecked after felling airport lighting mast
Russian investigators are probing a ground-manoeuvring accident at Volgograd which resulted in a federal customs service Mil Mi-8 helicopter colliding with a lighting mast which then fell on the aircraft.
Nigerian operators warned to preserve cockpit-voice recordings
Nigerian regulators have disclosed that they had to warn airlines against overwriting of cockpit-voice recorders, after being hampered during inquiries by absence of data.