The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released its investigation report on a serious incident in which a a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure shortly after departure from San Francisco, CA (SFO). On 30 August 2010 at approximately 23:30 Pacific Daylight Time, a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft, registered VH-OJP, departed San Francisco [...]

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report on an occurrence in which the first officer of an Air Canada Boeing 767-300 on an overnight flight from Toronto, Ontario, to Zurich, Switzerland, started a sudden descent after perceiving a collision course with an oncoming aircraft over the North Atlantic. The first officer was napping during [...]

Qantas has completed the repairs of the Airbus A380 VH-OQA that suffered substantial damage in an accident at Singapore in November 2010. The cost associated with the repair job was $150 million. On November 4, 2010 Qantas Flight QF32 suffered an uncontained failure of engine nr. 2 during  climbout from Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN). The A380 returned for [...]

On April 9, 2012 Russian aviation regulator Rostransnadzor has suspended the operations of UTAir ATR-72 turboprop aircraft and also suspended the activities of UTAir Technik at Moscow’s  at Vnukovo Airport. An inspection of UTAir flight operations at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport revealed that four ATR-72 planes of the airline departed without being de-iced. The weather at the time was [...]

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada reports that there are weaknesses in the surveillance of aviation companies by Transport Canada.

The European Commission has adopted the 19th update of the European list of air carriers which are for safety reasons subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. Venezuelan carrier Conviasa was added to the list. In order to ensure that safety risks are contained, an operating ban on Conviasa certified [...]