All Ops & safety articles – Page 138
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OpinionET302 interim report raises more questions
A preliminary report into the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 accident of 10 March has resolved some of the mystery behind flight ET302’s loss, but also raised new questions for me as FlightGlobal’s test pilot – and who operates the type for a major carrier.
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NewsPilot academy OSM orders fleet of all-electric aircraft
Scandinavian pilot-training organisation OSM Aviation Academy has ordered 60 electric aircraft from US manufacturer Bye Aerospace.
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Boeing has completed 96 flight tests of 737 Max software update
Boeing has completed 96 test flights of 737 Max aircraft equipped with the flight-control software update it hopes will persuade regulators to lift the aircraft’s grounding.
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Allegiant is first customer for Airbus data service
Allegiant Air, the first user of Airbus Skywise Health Monitoring, now has access to numerous data sources in a single dashboard that alerts staff to issues with Airbus A320s and suggests solutions.
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Michael Deluce becomes CEO of Porter Airlines
Longtime Porter Airlines executive Michael Deluce has become president and chief executive of the Toronto-based regional airline, assuming a role previously held by his father, Porter founder Robert Deluce.
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Mark Mannering-Smith on delivering safety and security
Mark Mannering-Smith is head of aviation safety at British Airways, where he is responsible for overseeing the day-today security of flying, airworthiness and cabin operations for the UK flag carrier
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Water-arch mishap blew out A320 emergency exit door
Celebrations to mark the arrival of a Saudia Airbus A320 service to Dubai misfired when a ceremonial firefighters’ water-arch punched out an overwing exit and caused its evacuation slide to deploy.
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EASA to order Trent 1000 TEN checks over blade deterioration
Rolls-Royce is to advise Boeing 787 customers of an accelerated inspection regime for Trent 1000 TEN engines, after the discovery of premature blade deterioration on some powerplants.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Turkey's new Istanbul airport opens at pivotal moment
Operations began in earnest at Istanbul's new airport on 6 April, following a series of delays and a "soft" opening in October last year.
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Virgin Atlantic to deploy A350-1000 on JFK route
Virgin Atlantic will deploy its first Airbus A350-1000 to New York JFK from London Heathrow.
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Lufthansa's flight training arm grows simulator fleet
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is in the process of installing seven new full-flight simulators (FFS) at various locations and will expand the company's facilities in Munich and Vienna over the next year.
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PICTURES: Turkish Airlines fleet arrives at new Istanbul airport
Turkish Airlines aircraft have been arriving at the carrier's new Istanbul airport base as operations transfer from Ataturk.
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Boeing cuts production to 42 737s monthly and forms safety panel
Boeing will cut 737 production to 42 aircraft monthly amid the 737 Max grounding and has formed an internal committee to review how it designs and builds aircraft, says Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg.
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Ethiopian crew struggled with manual trim at overspeed
Pilots of the ill-fated Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8 allowed the aircraft to fly beyond its maximum operating limit speed, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced with attempts to trim the aircraft.
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Ethiopian preliminary report 'very thorough': NTSB chairman
The chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash was "very thorough", even as he cautions that information could well change following the release of the initial findings.
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Full transfer of flights from Ataturk to new Istanbul hub begins
A two-day process to transfer all commercial flights from Ataturk airport to a new hub in Istanbul is underway..
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ATC centres start ADS-B surveillance trial for Atlantic flights
Air traffic controllers in Canada, Iceland and the UK have begun trial operations to monitor aircraft crossing the North Atlantic – an area largely without conventional radar coverage – via satellite-based surveillance technology.
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NewsEthiopian Max probe yet to explain crucial sensor failure
Investigators have yet to explain the reason why an angle-of-attack sensor on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 suddenly started exhibiting wildly fluctuating readings as the jet lifted off from Addis Ababa.
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Airbus tweaks ECAM alerts after 2015 A320 incident near Perth
Airbus is to change the priority that certain safety alerts display on the A320’s electronic centralised alert monitoring (ECAM) system following a 12 September 2015 serious incident involving a Virgin Australia Regional Airlines jet.
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Ethiopian crash probe details pilots' 737 Max experience
Investigators have disclosed that the captain of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max had logged a total of 103h on the type, while the first officer had 56h.