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NewsShort on fuel, F100 flew below landing minima
Qantas Group carrier Network Aviation has taken several safety actions after a Fokker F100 set down below landing minima in bad weather and short on fuel.
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Boeing donates $5.1 million to Embry-Riddle aviation safety centre
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has landed a $5.1 million donation from Boeing to support an aviation safety centre at the school’s campus in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Airlines welcome ‘crucial legislation’ that would raise US pilot retirement age
The latest effort by US lawmakers to allow commercial airline pilots to work until age 67 – rather than forcing them to retire at 65 – is drawing praise from airline industry groups.
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FAA urges pilots review safety procedures to prevent airport accidents
The US Federal Aviation Administration is urging pilots and other airline workers to review safety protocols to prevent aircraft collisions during take-offs and landings.
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Singapore emphasises safety amid rapid air traffic recovery
In a sign of Singapore’s air travel recovery, more foreign carriers are flying to the city state now than in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Asia-Pacific aviation safety centre to open in Singapore
The Flight Safety Foundation will establish a facility in Singapore focusing on aviation safety in the Asia-Pacific.
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CAAC issues brief statement on anniversary of China Eastern 737 crash
The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) has issued a brief statement stating that the investigation into the fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 is still underway. The statement, published only in Mandarin, comes one year after the crash of MU5735 on the Kunming-Guangzhou route, which killed ...
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‘Defies common sense': regional airline group fires back at ALPA pilot-shortage stance
The US Regional Airline Association (RAA) is pushing back against assertions made during a 16 March Senate hearing that the airline industry is not short of pilots.
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NTSB investigates runway incident involving American-Air Canada jets in Sarasota
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating yet another close call at a US airport, this time involving two passenger jets at Sarasota-Bradenton in Florida on 16 February.
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ATSB details fatal Gold Coast helicopter collision
The Australia Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a preliminary report detailing facts about the fatal collision of two Airbus Helicopters EC130B4s on 2 January.
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Sydney departure redesigned after 787, A330 lost separation
Airservices Australia has redesigned a standard instrument departure (SID) out of Sydney following a loss of separation between a Boeing 787-9 operated by British Airways and an Airbus A330-200 operated by Qantas Airways.
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FAA examining ‘close call’ at Boston involving Learjet and JetBlue E190
The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what it calls another “close call” involving two aircraft coming way too close, this time at Boston Logon International airport.
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Inside the effort to standardise 100% ‘drop-in’ sustainable aviation fuel
An effort is underway to power aircraft entirely with synthetic and sustainably derived jet fuel. Before that happens, the industry needs to agree on a technical definition of sustainable aviation fuel.
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FAA to publish airworthiness directive for Continental engines
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to publish an airworthiness directive (AD) for Continental Aerospace engines later this week.
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FAA chief launches safety review following several recent close calls
The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration has initiated a safety review in response to several recent “close calls” involving large US commercial jets.
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Continental issues mandatory service bulletin for 2,000 crankshafts
Continental Aerospace Technologies has issued a mandatory service bulletin (SB) for some engines that power common single-engined piston trainer aircraft.
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Cirrus grounds its own SR22 and SR22T aircraft due to engine ‘issue’
Cirrus Aircraft, maker of high-performance single-engine aircraft, has grounded its SR22 and SR22T models after “an issue” was discovered with its Continental Aerospace engines.
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ATSB gears up to investigate crashed Coulson 737 firefighter
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has laid out its next steps for investigating the 6 February crash of Boeing 737-300 firefighting aircraft.
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NTSB chair to warn lawmakers of potential for ‘catastrophic’ runway accident
The warning from NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy will come during a House hearing three days after what appears to have been an incredibly dangerous runway incursion event involving Southwest Airlines and FedEx jets at Austin.
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FedEx and Southwest jets involved in close call at Austin
US aviation authorities are investigating an incident in Austin on 4 February involving a Southwest Airlines jet being cleared to take off as a FedEx cargo jet was landing on the same runway.
