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Serious runway incursion incident at Helsinki, Finland
1 February 2012

Report: wrong weight in FMS causes Boeing 717 stickshaker activation incident

10 February 2012

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that a stickshaker activation event on a Boeing 717 happened because  an incorrect  weight had been entered in the FMS. On 13 October 2010, a Boeing 717-200, registered VH-NXD, was being operated by Cobham Aviation Services Australia, on a scheduled QantasLink passenger flight from Perth (PER) to Kalgoorlie [...]

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Report: Irish AAIU issues interim report on fatal Metro III accident at Cork

AAIU-Cork-interim 8 February 2012

The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) released an interim report of the investigation into a fatal accident involving a Metro III passenger plane at Cork Airport, February 10, 2011.

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EASA to extend A380 wing crack inspections to entire fleet

Airbus A380 file photo by Jerome_K 8 February 2012

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) publishes an updated Airworthiness Directive, extending the inspection for Airbus A380 wing cracks to the entire fleet of 67 operational aircraft.

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MAK investigation findings of Yaroslavl Yak-42 accident challenged in court

Yaroslavl Yak-42 accident scene 2 February 2012

Relatives of the Yak-42 pilots involved in a fatala accident at Yaroslavl in September 2011 dispute the official findings on the causes of the accident in a Russian court.

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ANSV Italy condemns use of CVR transcript by newspapers

2 February 2012

The Italian accident investigation board ANSV condemned the dissemination of the partial transcrtipt of the Cockpit Voice Recorder of an Airbus A319 accident at Parlermo in 2010.

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Serious runway incursion incident at Helsinki, Finland

1 February 2012

The Finnish Accident Investigation Board has launched an investigation into a serious runway incursion incident that occurred at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland on December 29, 2011.

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