All Ops & safety articles – Page 5

  • A321XLR-c-Airbus
    News

    Airbus obtains US clearance for mini-suite installations on A321XLR

    2024-08-21T08:53:00Z

    Airbus has secured US FAA approval to install mini-suites in the cabin of its new long-range A321XLR twinjet, including suites to aid persons with reduced mobility. The airframer had sought authorisation earlier this year – on behalf of a US operator – having obtained approval for the installations on earlier ...

  • Boeing 787 cockpit
    News

    FAA orders inspections for 787 cockpit seats following LATAM in-flight upset

    2024-08-20T03:06:00Z

    US regulators have issued a directive for the inspections of Boeing 787 cockpit seats, after a spate of “uncommanded” seat movements reported among operators.

  • Voepass ATR-c-Voepass
    News

    Brazilian regulator tightens monitoring of Voepass in wake of ATR crash

    2024-08-19T20:32:00Z

    Brazilian civil aviation regulator ANAC is placing regional carrier Voepass under enhanced operational supervision in the aftermath of the fatal accident involving one of its ATR 72-500 turboprops. The circumstances of the crash, near Vinhedo outside Sao Paulo on 9 August, have yet to be determined. But ANAC says that ...

  • First tethered flight new VX4-c-Vertical Aerospace
    Opinion

    Why collaboration is powering the eVTOL certification process

    2024-08-19T08:49:00Z

    Much focus may be on advanced air mobility’s technological advances or commercial demand, but forward-looking regulators will be key to success, argues Vertical Aerospace’s Trevor Woods.

  • UVT excursion 2
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    Russian CRJ200 excursion probe cites crew's lack of experience with difficult landings

    2024-08-19T05:55:00Z

    Russian investigators have indicated that insufficient crew experience of landing in poor conditions contributed to a Bombardier CRJ200’s runway excursion at Ekaterinburg two months ago. Operated by UVT Aero, the aircraft (RA-67156) had been arriving from Tobolsk on 29 June. It conducted an approach to runway 26R in reduced visibility ...

  • Lift-dump accident N28JV-c-Malaysia AAIB
    News

    Non-rated pilot activated Premier I’s lift-dump before fatal Subang approach crash

    2024-08-16T18:45:00Z

    Investigators have determined that a non-rated pilot inadvertently activated the lift dump on a Beechcraft Premier I business jet during final approach to Subang, causing it to lose height and crash short of the runway. None of the six passengers and two pilots survived. Two motorists were also killed when ...

  • S-92 quayside-c-Norway SHK
    News

    Sikorsky warns on S-92 maximum attitude in light of Norwegian crash probe

    2024-08-13T17:26:00Z

    Sikorsky has issued additional safety guidance to operators of the S-92 helicopter in the light of recommendations issed by a Norwegian probe into a February fatal crash involving the heavy-twin.

  • porto alegre runway-c-Fraport Brasil
    News

    Commercial flights at flood-damaged Porto Alegre airport to resume in October

    2024-08-12T11:26:00Z

    Brazil’s government has declared that the flood-hit Porto Alegre airport will be re-opened to commercial flights from 21 October.

  • Voepass PS-VPB-c-Voepass
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    Flight recorders retrieved from crashed Voepass ATR 72-500

    2024-08-10T07:42:00Z

    Brazilian investigators have recovered both flight recorders from the Voepass ATR 72-500 which crashed in the vicinity of Sao Paulo, with no survivors among the 62 occupants. Air accident investigation authority CENIPA, part of the Brazilian air force, says it is “already in possession” of the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders ...

  • voepass atr-c-Voepass Linhas Aereas Creative Commons
    News

    Voepass ATR 72 crashes near Sao Paulo

    2024-08-09T17:52:00Z

    Brazilian carrier Voepass has confirmed that one of its ATR 72 turboprops has been involved in an accident while operating to Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport. The aircraft had been conducting flight 2Z2283 from Cascavel on 9 August. Voepass says the aircraft came down in the vinicity of Vinhedo, to the ...

  • 747 LX-OCV surveillance video 2-c-AET
    News

    Failed components found after Cargolux 747-400F main-gear bogie separation

    2024-08-09T09:13:00Z

    Investigators probing the failure and separation of a Cargolux Boeing 747-400F’s body main landing-gear assembly at Luxembourg last year have found evidence that components in its inner shock-strut cylinder failed. But while a previous similar occurrence involving a Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400F at Amsterdam in September 2005 was traced to ...

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    News

    Tail-strike 737 crew inadvertently used previous flight’s weight data

    2024-08-09T07:54:00Z

    UK investigators have found that a Boeing 737-400 freighter crew inadvertently used weight data from a previous flight to calculate take-off performance, resulting in a tail-strike at East Midlands. The West Atlantic aircraft – with a crew of two, including a first officer under training – had been bound for ...

  • Corendon 737-800 incident PH-CDF-c-Alan Wilson Creative Commons
    News

    Insufficient lubrication behind Corendon 737-800 aileron cable fracture

    2024-08-08T14:55:00Z

    Investigators have determined that an aileron cable fracture on a Corendon Dutch Airlines Boeing 737-800 resulted from insufficient lubrication. The Dutch Safety Board says the inspection interval for the cable at the time of the 8 July 2022 incident was 4,000 cycles or 24 months. It had been inspected 20 ...

  • Airbus ATRA-c-EASA
    News

    Pilot associations urge Airbus to resist steps towards reduced-crew operations

    2024-08-06T18:23:00Z

    Cockpit crew representatives have asked Airbus’s leadership to reconsider its exploration of single-pilot operations, citing the recent IT-related air transport disruption as illustrating the risks of over-reliance on technology. Three pilot associations – the US ALPA International, Europe’s ECA, and international federation IFALPA – have written to Airbus chief Guillaume ...

  • Recovery of LN-OIJ-c-SHK
    News

    Trim servo fault could explain crashed S-92's unexpected nose-up pitch

    2024-08-06T14:11:00Z

    Norwegian investigators have identified a fault in a pitch-trim servo circuit which might explain the unexpected pitch-up of a Sikorsky S-92 just before it fatally crashed during a North Sea search-and-rescue training exercise. This exercise involved locating a radio beacon, after which the crew activated an automatic flight-control system mode ...

  • Scoot 787-9 9V-OJF wheel
    News

    Bearing seizure likely caused nose-wheel loss on Taipei-bound Scoot 787

    2024-08-05T08:33:00Z

    Investigators have pointed to a seizure in the inboard bearing of a Scoot Boeing 787-9’s nose gear as a likely reason for detachment of its left-hand nose wheel.

  • A220 landing-c-Airbus
    News

    A220 operators ordered to check landing-gear after MRO inspection finds pin missing

    2024-08-02T13:46:00Z

    Airbus A220 operators have been instructed to verify the presence and correct installation of fuse pins in the main landing-gear, after a pin was found to be missing on one aircraft. Examination of the aircraft during scheduled maintenance determined that a pintle fuse pin in the left-hand main landing-gear was ...

  • Embraer E2
    News

    Embraer automatic take-off system will use E2's capabilities to optimise rotation

    2024-07-30T13:45:00Z

    Embraer’s automatic take-off system for the E2 is intended to offer increased range by balancing various criteria in order to ensure greater accuracy and efficiency during rotation. The airframer aims to make the Embraer Enhanced Take-off System – or E2TS – available from the fourth quarter of next year. Embraer ...

  • B-1B crash
    News

    USAF crew faulted for Ellsworth B-1B crash

    2024-07-26T13:37:00Z

    The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.

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    Nepalese CRJ200 crash probe will seek to understand excessive roll after rotation

    2024-07-24T21:04:00Z

    Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...