All Ops & safety articles – Page 183
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Delta A330 makes emergency landing in Lagos
Several passengers were injured while evacuating a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-200 after an engine issue forced the pilots to make an emergency landing in Lagos.
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Crashed An-148 pitot-static sensors left unheated
Preliminary analysis of flight-data recordings from the crashed Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 indicate that the heating system for the jet's pitot-static pressure sensors was not operating at any point.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Pessimism dogs airline safety despite low accident rate
Last year was yet another "safest year ever" for airlines, with a fatal accident rate of one per 4.83 million flights. There were so few passenger fatalities that the revenue passenger fatality rate, of one per 900 million passengers carried, becomes meaningless in isolation.
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PICTURES: Virgin Atlantic unveils special livery to thank employees
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled a special edition 'thank you' livery dedicated to its 9,000 staff around the world. The ***** now known as 'Sleeping Beauty' is the latest aircraft to be added to the already unique livery including Golden Girl, Lady Penelope and Harry Potter.
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An-148 crash probe retrieves flight-data recorder information
Russian analysts have retrieved information from the flight-data recorder of the Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 which crashed outside Moscow.
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F-27 propeller-loss probe seeks longer retention of MRO data
French investigators are recommending extension of minimum retention terms for maintenance documents after a serious in-flight propeller-blade separation badly damaged a Fokker F-27 freighter.
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Crashed An-148 was intact during descent: investigators
Russian investigators have indicated that the Antonov An-148 which crashed outside of Moscow was intact and was not on fire as it came down.
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Fiji Link ATR 72 in engine fire incident
Fijian authorities are investigating an incident in which a Fiji Link ATR 72-600 experienced an in-flight engine fire shortly after takeoff from Nadi enroute to Suva.
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INTERVIEW: What being on-time means for Delta operations chief Gil West
FlightGlobal talks to Delta Air Lines' chief operating officer Gil West about its operational performance after the Atlanta carrier in 2017 became the first US operator to win the global mainline airline category for on-time performance, based on data from FlightGlobal unit FlightStats.
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IndiGo grounds three A320neos amid fresh PW1100G issues
Airbus has informed IndiGo that all A320neo deliveries are on hold until further notice following the discovery of a new issue with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine, the carrier's parent company InterGlobe Aviation has disclosed.
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An-148 search teams indicate retrieval of flight recorders
Search teams at the site of the Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 crash outside Moscow have located a second device believed to be one of the flight recorders from the jet.
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Saratov suspends An-148 operations after fatal crash
Saratov Airlines has suspended operations with Antonov An-148s following the fatal crash involving one of its aircraft on departure from Moscow.
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London City closed over wartime explosives find
London City airport has been closed over the discovery of Second World War explosives in the dock sited alongside the runway.
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Emirates firms order for 20 A380s
Emirates has firmed orders for the first 20 Airbus A380s which were part of a recent broader agreement for up to 36 of the double-deck type.
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Crashed Saratov An-148 lost contact 7min after departure
Investigators probing the loss of a Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 shortly after departure from Moscow Domodedovo state that contact was lost just 7min after take-off.
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PICTURES: Lufthansa takes new design on European tour
Lufthansa will showcase its new colours tomorrow (8 February) when it takes a Boeing 747-8I and an Airbus A321 on a tour of Germany and Europe.
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Interest points from MH370 hunt dismissed as geological
Two initial points of interest uncovered during the renewed search for missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 are both believed to be geographical features.
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SINGAPORE: SIA taps new generation aircraft for network growth
Singapore Airlines (SIA) chief executive Goh Choon Phong says technology from new generation aircraft is allowing airlines to tap on network growth opportunities.
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SINGAPORE: Farnborough show to debut host of new features
Farnborough air show organisers are in Singapore to talk up this year’s event, which will feature a host of new features as well as the site’s first permanent exhibition hall.
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Manufacturing defect caused 2016 uncontained CF6 failure: NTSB
US investigators have concluded that a manufacturing defect of a high-pressure turbine stage two disc caused the uncontained failure of a General Electric CF6-80C2B6 turbofan on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300 in 2016.