All Ops & safety articles
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NewsAustralia probes engine failure on Rex Saab 340
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is probing an engine failure during take-off involving a Regional Express Saab 340B.
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NewsPutin admits ‘failures’ in Russian air defence as missiles crippled Azerbaijan E190
Russian president Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the country’s air defence system was responsible for crippling an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190, which subsequently crashed while attempting to divert to Aktau. Putin made the admission during a meeting in Dushanbe with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev on 9 October. He said the ...
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NewsProbe into Shorts 360 undershoot delayed after failure to realise severity
UK investigators believe an undershot landing by a Shorts 360 freighter in the British Virgin Islands resulted from an unstable approach in the vicinity of thunderstorm activity. But a full determination of the circumstances was thwarted by a two-month delay in notifying the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the seriousness ...
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NewsRussian regulators to inspect over 50 regional airlines in safety drive
Russian authorities are preparing to undertake inspections of more than 50 regional airlines, as part of a drive to reinforce safety levels. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia and transport supervisory authority Rostransnadzor have co-operated on a draft government directive for the joint unscheduled inspections. Rosaviatsia chief Dmitry Yadrov says the ...
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NewsOman Air secures formal certification for Boeing type rating training
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has secured approval to offer type rating on Boeing aircraft, with a formal certification as a training organisation. The airline’s facility is the first in the sultanate to secure approved training organisation certification from the Oman civil aviation authority. “Achieving ATO certification represents a major ...
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NewsNorra tightens ATR door procedures after similar passenger-fall accidents
Full implementation of safety changes following a passenger’s fall from an Norra ATR 72-500 in January last year had not been completed before a similar accident with the same aircraft type the following November. In both occurrences - the earlier at Jyvaskula, the later at Helsinki - a passenger was ...
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NewsTaxi clearances likely to be scrutinised after LaGuardia CRJ900 collision
Air traffic communications from New York LaGuardia indicate that a departing Endeavor Air MHIRJ CRJ900 was instructed to yield to an aircraft from the same carrier before a collision at a taxiway intersection.
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NewsTailwind and worn tyres led medical flight Cessna 510 to aquaplane and overrun
Australian investigators have determined that an undetected tailwind, and worn tyres, contributed to the overrun of a Cessna 510 conducting a medical air transport flight to Bankstown. The AirMed Australia aircraft had departed Narrandera on 11 January with a pilot, nurse and patient on board. As the jet descended through ...
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NewsUS FAA expects full transition to modernised NOTAM system in spring 2026
US regulators expect to complete a full transition to a modernised NOTAM system by late spring next year, having deployed the first phase for user testing. The NOTAM Management Service formally commenced operations on 29 September. While modernisation of the system has been a continual process which dates back at ...
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NewsSkyHigh E190 lands without nose-gear during Santo Domingo test flight
Investigators in the Dominican Republic are probing a landing occurrence at Santo Domingo during which an Embraer 190 came to rest on its nose. The aircraft took off on 30 September from the capital’s Las Americas airport According to the air transport regulator, Junta de Aviacion Civil, the aircraft “made ...
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NewsMagister crash pilot probably lost consciousness during tight display turn
French investigators believe a vintage Fouga Magister fatally crashed into the sea during an air show after its pilot executed a tight turn to rejoin the display axis. The accident occurred off the Mediterranean coast, near Toulon, on 16 August last year. French investigation authority BEA says the V-tailed jet ...
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NewsKamchatka An-26 damaged by drone collision during domestic flight: inquiry
Russian investigators have concluded that damage to an Antonov An-26, operating a domestic service in the eastern region, resulted from a collision with a drone. The event took place on 2 August, states regional carrier Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise, which identifies the airframe involved as RA-26122. It says the aircraft was ...
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NewsFAA restores Boeing authority to issue some 737 and 787 airworthiness certificates
The Federal Aviation Administration will return to Boeing limited authority to issue airworthiness certificates for some 737 Max and 787 aircraft from 29 September, marking another step in the manufacturer’s recovery following previous regulatory restrictions.
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NewsWeak procedures contributed to Dash 8 crew’s forgetting to set altimeter before terrain alert
Norwegian investigators have determined that weak altimeter procedures resulted in a Wideroe De Havilland Dash 8-300 crew’s forgetting to set and check the correct QNH pressure during an approach to Svolvaer airport. The turboprop had been inbound from Bodo, in darkness, on 22 December 2022. Once the aircraft began descending ...
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NewsNouvelair A320 approached wrong runway before overflying departing EasyJet aircraft
French investigators have disclosed that a Nouvelair Airbus A320 had aligned for approach to the wrong runway before a serious conflict incident at Nice.
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NewsIngrained ramp ‘workaround’ behind flight attendant’s fall from TUI 737 stairs
UK investigators probing a flight attendant’s fall from the steps of a Boeing 737-800 at East Midlands found that ground personnel had, for years, been using an informal arrangement for stair removal that had insufficient safeguards. This arrangement meant a dispatcher was at the top of the steps completing the ...
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NewsPremature braking preceded tyre burst that damaged United 737 Max
US investigators believe a tyre burst that damaged a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 was caused by brake application before all three landing-gear were on the ground. Both right-hand main-gear tyres burst as the jet touched down at Houston on 24 October last year, and the fragments struck and ...
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NewsAir Tahiti ATR 72's hard landing followed unstable approach and dual inputs
Investigators have determined that an Air Tahiti ATR 72-600 crew did not abort an approach to Atuona airport, despite its becoming destabilised, leading to dual control inputs and a hard landing. The crew of the aircraft, arriving from Nuku Hiva airport in French Polynesia on 4 April 2022, had been ...
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NewsCrime agency arrests suspect in UK on suspicion of airport cyberattack
UK law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual during investigations into the cyberattack that disrupted operations at several European airports. The cyberattack – directed at Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding processes – took place on 19 September. Brussels airport, along with London Heathrow, Dublin and Berlin were affected, ...
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NewsPakistan International prepares to restore UK operations
Pakistan International Airlines is planning to resume UK operations around October, after claiming formal authorisation from the UK regulator. The carrier says it has been granted third-country operator approval. It has been unable to serve the UK directly, having been subject to a ban since mid-2020. But it says it ...