3 March 2015A TAIC incident report reveals that a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 had to carry out a landing on a runway in Antarctica below published minima weather conditions because it had already passed the point of no return and the destination runway at Pegasus Field was the only suitable runway in the area.
An AAIB report shows a Saab 2000 passenger plane suffered altitude deviations when the pilot attempted to climb using the flight controls while the autopilot was still engaged in altitude tracking mode. The aircraft had just been struck by lightning during an aborted approach.
2 March 2015An inadequate recovery handling of a bounced firm landing caused a tailstrike of an Airbus A310, according to a Portuguese investigation report.
1 March 2015The Bahamas Air Accident Investigation & Prevention Unit (AAIPU) concluded that the crew of Learjet 35A deliberately descended below the published minimum altitude during the approach to Freeport until the airplane struck a crane and crashed.
28 February 2015The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued background information on the threats to air traffic in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR).
27 February 2015The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notam, advising to avoid flights in Mali airspace below FL260 due to insurgent activities.
26 February 2015An ATSB investigation into a serious incident involving hypoxia in Australia, highlighted the importance of careful attention to aircraft oxygen systems. On August 1, 2014, a Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II aircraft, registered VH-EYQ, departed Emerald, Queensland, on an aerial survey task with a pilot and navigator on board. The aircraft was fitted with an oxygen […]
25 February 2015An investigation by the French BEA revealed that the crew of an Air France Airbus A320 had to go around when erroneous glideslope information was presented on their instruments. This was caused by an aircraft on the ground. The serious incident happened at Hamburg, Germany on March 28, 2012. The Airbus A320 operated a passenger service, flight AF2510, […]
19 February 2015The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, reported that the Air Operator Certificates of RusJet Aircompany has been revoked due to safety issues.
18 February 2015Preliminary information published by the NTSB shows that the Venezuelan Beech 1900 that crashed near Tamiami on February 11 was on it’s first flight since an overhauled prop had been installed. The Beechcraft 1900, operated by Aeropanamericano, a division of an international security firm, had been flown to Miami Executive Airport, FL (TMB) in Florida for […]