All Ops & safety articles – Page 156
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Pilot gender imbalance will take time to fix: EasyJet
A global imbalance in the number of female compared with male pilots is going to take "some time to change", believes EasyJet’s chief operating officer Chris Browne.
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E190 upset inquiry details pilots' battle to regain control
Preliminary inquiries by Portuguese investigators indicate that a serious loss of roll control by an Air Astana Embraer 190 was “consistent” with “possible disturbance” during earlier maintenance work.
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Investigators ponder UK jets' encounter with high-speed objects
Investigators are probing the origin of high-speed objects encountered by two UK transatlantic flights as they approach south-west Ireland on 9 November.
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AirAsia's ground handling unit opens control centre at KLIA2
AirAsia's ground handling joint venture, Ground Team Red (GTR), has opened a new dedicated facility at Kuala Lumpur International airport's KLIA2 terminal.
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Air Astana E190 control-loss crew prepared to ditch in ocean
Investigations are under way into a serious loss-of-control incident involving an Air Astana Embraer 190, during which the crew considered ditching in the sea.
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Complexity of cyber attack delayed disclosure: Cathay
Cathay Pacific says the complexity of the cyber attack it encountered earlier this year was why the airline took 10 months from initial discovery to disclose the security breach.
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FBI concludes former Horizon staffer intentionally crashed Q400
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded that former Horizon Air staffer Richard Russell, acting alone, stole and intentionally crashed a Horizon Bombardier Q400 in August
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Delta sees big ops gains from small improvements in northeast
Delta Air Lines aims to improve its operations in the congested north-eastern USA by 10% next year, with a focus on educating controllers and staff on how much small changes can benefit operations.
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OpinionOPINION: Western industry must rethink relationship with China
On the surface, Airshow China this year was much the same as in 2016. A Sino-Russian joint venture had a mockup of a new widebody, the CR929, and the Comac ARJ21 garnered the customary orders from a Chinese lessor. Western airframers had a big presence, as usual, and tier ...
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PICTURES: Investigators release Sky Lease 747F crash details
The Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 Freighter that overran a Halifax runway on 7 November was attempting to land with an apparent slight tailwind during rainy conditions, according to preliminary details released by accident investigators.
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Ryanair jet impounded at Bordeaux airport over state aid case
A Ryanair aircraft at Bordeaux airport has been seized by French authorities as part of efforts to reclaim state aid paid to the carrier.
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Fly Jamaica 757 badly damaged in landing accident
Caribbean operator Fly Jamaica believes all occupants of a Boeing 757-200 are safe after the aircraft was badly damaged in a landing accident at Georgetown, Guyana.
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ATR and Air NZ to investigate hybrid regional aircraft
ATR and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement to explore the potential for hybrid propulsion to be used in regional aircraft.
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Flybe monitors director modes after Q400 dive incident
UK regional operator Flybe has introduced flight-data monitoring to check for pilots’ incorrectly select flight-director modes before take-off, following a serious incident involving a Bombardier Q400 departing Belfast City.
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Lion 737-900ER's wing damaged after hitting pole
A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER sustained damage to its left wing after hitting a lamp pole at Bengluku's Fatmatwati Soekarno airport on 7 November.
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Angle-of-attack sensor replaced before 737 Max crash
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee says an angle-of-attack sensor on the ill-fated Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 had been replaced a day before it crashed.
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FAA order tells how 737 pilots should arrest 'runaway stabiliser'
The Federal Aviation Administration's emergency 737 Max order describes the confusing circumstances that could result from a faulty angle-of-attack indicator.
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FAA issues emergency 737 Max airworthiness order
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency order addressing the risk that faulty angle-of-attack inputs could cause Boeing 737 Max horizontal stabilisers to put the aircraft into a difficult-to-control dive.
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Sky Lease 747-400F goes off runway at Halifax
A Boeing 747-400 Freighter operated by US cargo carrier Sky Lease skid off a Halifax runway early on 7 November, coming to rest on grass near an airport perimeter road, according to the Halifax airport and media reports.
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Safran to simulate electric taxi operations at major airports
Safran Landing Systems has partnered with aviation education providers in China and France to study potential benefits of electric taxiing at “major” international airports.