All Ops & safety articles – Page 6
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NewsIATA proposing higher pilot age limit to ICAO Assembly
IATA is to propose to the upcoming ICAO Assembly an increased in the upper age limit for multi-pilot commercial flying, from 65 to 67 years. The working paper submitted to the Assembly states that ICAO raised the age limit from 60 to 65 in 2006, but that medical studies over ...
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NewsAltimeter pressure setting becomes focus of fatal Angara An-24 terrain collision
Russian investigators have indicated that an altimeter pressure-reference error contributed to the fatal Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 crash in the Amur region. Preliminary findings from the inquiry into the 24 July accident state that the crew was conducting the non-precision BELIM 2A approach procedure to runway 06 at Tynda airport. ...
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NewsMaintenance error likely caused Cargojet 767’s APU doors to fail during 2024 flight
A maintenance worker’s failure to properly secure auxiliary power unit doors likely caused their inflight separation from a Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300ER last year, according to US investigators.
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NewsInquiry warns of possible Airbus transponder-loss incidents before patch fully rolls out
French investigators probing incidents involving losses of transponder and collision-avoidance capability on Airbus jets are warning that further occurrences are likely before software patches for a radio-system fault are fully rolled out.
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NewsCaptain convicted and fined after An-26 hit snow bank during unstable approach
Judicial authorities in northern Russia have convicted a pilot of violating air transport safety rules after a landing accident last year which destroyed an Antonov An-26. The aircraft – owned by UTair Helicopter Services, and operating a charter flight – had been inbound to Utrenny airport from Sabetta on 14 ...
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NewsRussian authorities cancel Siberian carrier Angara’s training certificate
Siberian regional carrier Angara Airlines’ aviation training centre approval has been withdrawn by the Russian federal regulator, a further sanction on the airline’s activities. Angara has already had its maintenance certificate revoked following unscheduled inspections by transport supervisory authority Rostransnadzor. But federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia says compliance inspections on ...
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NewsTaiwanese investigators probe pod-strike as 747-8F landed in typhoon
Taiwanese investigators have confirmed that a Boeing 747-8F sustained damage to its outboard right-hand engine during a pod-strike while landing at Taipei’s Taoyuan airport. The UPS aircraft had been arriving from Hong Kong, as flight 5X61, in darkness on 13 August. It conducted three approaches to runway 05L in gusting ...
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NewsE195 collision captain pressured pilot to accept wrong take-off calculation
Serbian investigators have revealed that the captain of an Embraer 195 pressured the first officer to accept an incorrect take-off calculation after taxiing onto the wrong runway intersection at Belgrade. The Marathon Airlines aircraft – operating a service for Air Serbia on 18 February last year – subsequently took off ...
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NewsUS investigators probe Air Canada Rouge A319’s short landing at Nashville
US investigators are probing an occurrence at Nashville in which an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319 touched down short of the runway. The National Transportation Safety Board states that the incident took place on 14 August while the aircraft was on approach to runway 20L. Air Canada Rouge flight AC1717 ...
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NewsRear-seat passenger accidentally ejects from US F-15D during taxi
The passenger was reportedly a non-pilot member of the US Air National Guard who accidentally engaged the ejection sequence of the two-seat F-15 variant while the jet was taxiing.
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NewsUkraine International faces unlimited liability over shot-down 737-800
Ukraine International Airlines has lost an appeal against a legal ruling that it failed to prove it was not negligent in allowing a Boeing 737-800 to depart Tehran before the aircraft was shot down. The aircraft took off from Tehran Imam Khomeini airport about 4h after Iranian forces had launched ...
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NewsJapan’s ANA adopts deep-learning turbulence prediction system after successful trials
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways has implemented a turbulence-prediction service based on artificial intelligence, following several years of testing and validation. ANA and Keio University formed a Tokyo-based partnership called BlueWX two years ago to specialise in AI-based weather forecasting and advance the prediction service – development of which began ...
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NewsICAO indicates improving trend in timeliness and availability of investigation reports
ICAO has indicated an improvement in the proportion of accidents for which a final investigation report has been published, but has further underlined the importance of completing inquiries quickly and transparently. Three-quarters of final reports for investigations completed over 2017-22 had been published by 2024, the organisation has disclosed in ...
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NewsEmirates becomes latest carrier to clamp down on carriage of power banks
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is banning the use of all electronic power banks on board, and tightening regulations allowing them to be carried. It is the latest airline to take such steps, following broad concern about the safety of lithium-ion battery devices – particularly in the aftermath of an Airbus ...
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NewsCrew chided for flying A220 despite being told of door damage
Czech investigators have disclosed that the crew of an Airbus A220-300 twice ignored incidents of damage to separate doors on the same day before operating services to Prague.
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NewsCrew made dual control inputs before Turkish A321neo tail-strike at Prague
Czech investigators state that a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321neo’s crew made dual inputs while attempting to execute a go-around at Prague, during which the jet sustained a tail-strike. The aircraft had been carrying out an ILS approach to runway 12, with the first officer as the flying pilot, on 11 ...
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NewsKenyan investigators probe fatal medical Citation XLS crash
Kenyan investigators are probing the fatal loss of a medical Cessna Citation XLS which came down just after take-off from Nairobi’s Wilson airport. Contact with the air ambulance jet – operated by the AMREF Flying Doctors service – was lost about 3min after departure. It had taken off for Hargeisa ...
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NewsDOT inspector launches probe into FAA’s Washington DC airspace management
The US Department of Transportation has initiated an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Washington DC airspace, focusing on ADS-B exemption protocols following January’s fatal Black Hawk-CRJ700 collision.
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NewsGol 737 Max's high-speed evasion averted more serious collision with pick-up truck
Investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 737 Max pilot’s evasive action at high speed, during a night take-off, averted a head-on impact with a maintenance pick-up truck parked in the centre of the runway. Accelerating along runway 10 at Rio de Janeiro on 12 February, the Gol Max 8 was ...
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NewsA380 flight computers updated after ‘erroneous’ soft-thrust command on take-off
Airbus has developed a flight-computer software update for A380s after a training flight incident in which two engines received an erroneous thrust roll-back command just after take-off.