The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Croatia complies with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based on the results of a reassessment of Croatia’s civil aviation authority. Croatiahas made significant progress and is now upgraded from the Category 2 safety rating the country received in September 2008 to [...]
... moreThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded their investigation into an unreliable airspeed indication incident involving an Airbus A330. On 28 October 2009, an Airbus A330-202 aircraft, registered VH-EBA, was being operated as Jetstar flight 12 on a scheduled passenger service from Narita, Japan to Coolangatta, Australia. Soon after entering cloud at 39,000 ft, there [...]
... moreJan. 26] One of 98 wrongly declared packages containing hydrogen peroxide emitted fumes while it was loaded into a passenger plane at Kochi, India. A Qatar Airways Airbus A321 passenger plane was being prepared for a regular scheduled flight QR267 from Cochin Airport (COK/VOCC), India to Doha Airport (DOH/OTBD), Qatar. There were 156 passengers and nine crew [...]
... moreThe Swedish Accident Investigation Board SHK issued a preliminary report on a serious incident that occurred in January 2010 involving an Iran Air Airbus A300 which suffered a runway excursion during an aborted takeoff. The aircraft involved, an Airbus A300-600 registered EP-IBB, had earlier the same day been operated from Tehran with flight number IRA [...]
... moreTransport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive, ordering of the DHC-8-400 MLG alternative extension system. Transport Canada reported that two cases of main landing gear (MLG) alternate extension system (AES) cam mechanism failure were found during line checks. The cam mechanism operates the cable to open the MLG door and releases the MLG uplock in sequence. In the [...]
... moreThe Swedish Accident Investigation Board SHK issued a preliminary statement on an incident that occurred in January 2010 involving a BAe ATP, citing thickened de-icing fluid as a possible factor. A BAe ATP cargo plane registered SE-MAP was involved in a takeoff incident at Helsinki/Vantaa Airport (HEL). The airplane was loaded with cargo and the centre of gravity was [...]
... moreInvestigators from the Indian DGCA concluded that an ATR-72 runway excursion at Mumbai was caused by the failure of the crew to execute a go around during an unstabilized approach. An ATR-72 passenger plane, operated by Kingfisher Airlines, was substantially damaged when it aquaplaned off the runway on landing at Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), [...]
... moreThe Russian Interstate Aviation Committee published the final report of their investigation into the April 2010 accident of a Polish Air Force Tupolev TU-154M that killed Polish President Kaczynski and 95 others. The airplane departed Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW), Poland at 07:27 local time, carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, several Members of Parliament, President of [...]
... moreThe NTSB issued a second investigation update regarding the runway overrun of a Boeing 757 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. At about 11:38 am MT onDecember 29, American Airlines flight AA2253, a Boeing 757-200 (N668AA) inbound from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, ran off the end of runway 19 in snowy conditions while landing at Jackson Hole Airport. No [...]
... moreThe Dutch Safety Board published the final report of their investigation into a serious runway excursion incident involving a Fokker 50 in May, 2007. A VLM Airlines Fokker 50 made a flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) to Groningen-Eelde Airport (GRQ). The airplane was above the glideslope during the approach to runway 05. On finals the EGPWS sounded several [...]
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