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Attempt to steer with reverse-thrust preceded Taiga DHC-6 excursion

Investigators have determined that a Russian-operated Viking Air DHC-6-400 suffered a runway excursion after the crew lost directional control while attempting to use engine power to steer.

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Icing emerges as prime suspect in An-28 double-engine failure accident

Russian investigators are focusing on icing in relation to the dual-engine failure which resulted in a PZL-Mielec An-28’s having to make an emergency landing in a swampy field, where it flipped over and suffered extensive damage.

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How pandemic pause shifted focus to safety in first half of 2021

A reduced volume of global flight activity should equate to fewer accidents being recorded, but the current slower rate of working also is providing the industry with extra thinking time aound safety.

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Boeing integrates Superjet data into its flight-performance calculation tool

Boeing is integrating aircraft capability data for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 into the US airframer’s performance tool platform to enable improvement to the type’s take-off and landing operations.

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Asymmetric braking cited after Pegas Fly 767 excursion at Simferopol

Russian investigators have determined that pilots of a Pegas Fly Boeing 767-300ER lost directional control of the aircraft on landing at Simferopol after applying asymmetric braking on a wet runway in a crosswind.

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Investigators probe double engine failure before An-28 crash

Dual engine failure preceded the crash of an PZL-Mielec An-28 in the Tomsk region of Russia, investigators have disclosed.

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Airbus develops mobile interactive A320 cockpit for pilot training

Airbus has developed a cockpit-training platform for the A320 family which is designed to support initial and recurrent training for pilots through mobile devices and cloud technology.

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US tourists may enter Canada from 9 August

Canada will re-open to vaccinated US leisure travellers on 9 August, almost 17 months after the border between the two nations was effectively sealed for non-essential travel in order to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.

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EasyJet crew urged United 787-10 abort after side-step approach error

French investigators have disclosed that an EasyJet Airbus A320 captain intervened to urge a United Airlines Boeing 787-10 crew to execute a go-around, after he saw the 787 had shifted its approach to the wrong runway at Paris Charles de Gaulle.

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BA to accelerate 787 nose-gear modifications after retraction incident

British Airways is to speed implementation of a fix to prevent a repeat of the nose-gear retraction incident that damaged one of the carrier’s Boeing 787-8s on the ground at London Heathrow, in the aftermath of two similar events in the previous five years.

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