Civil aviation
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Civil aviationNorth Korea: six nuclear warheads and an atomic test approaching
Pyongyang, North Korea - It has been revealed by IAEA Director General and some US military analysts
"North Korea owns plutonium enough to produce five or six atomic bombs". International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General El Baradei warned international community about the risks determined... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Kelly Aerospace Power Systems Part Number (P/N) 14D11, A14D11, B14D11, C14D11, 23D04, A23D04, B23D04, C23D04, or P23D04 Fuel Regulator Shutoff Valves
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the fuel regulator shutoff valve, which could result in fuel leakage in aircraft with these combustion heaters
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 87)] [Page 23930-23934] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationBush in Europe under the watchful eye of Awacs
Amsterdam, Netherlands - He will go to Riga, Netherlands and Russia
From Saturday May 7 untill Tuesday May 10, United States President, George W. Bush, will be in visit through Europe to attend ceremonies remembering the 60th anniversary of the end of the II World War.... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Boeing model 767-300 and -400ER series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the IFE cooling card to configure itself correctly in response to input signals from airplane system interfaces during a forward cargo fire, which
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86)] [Page 23911] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80A1/ A3 and CF6-80C2A series turbofan engines, installed on Airbus Industrie A-300/600 and A-310 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent inadvertent thrust reverser deployment, which, if it occurs in-flight, could result in loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86)] [Page 23783] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-90-30 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent damage to certain wires due to contact between the wires and the adjacent structure, which could result in electrical arcing and consequent smoke and fire in the cabin
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86)] [Page 23784-23786] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationSenate: Investigation Committee on the depleted uranium starts working
Rome, Italy - It is expected to accomplish its analysis within one year and Italian Minister Martino will attend to a hearing on May 11
Italian Senate Investigation Committee devoted to health appraisals for soldiers affected by possible negative effects generated by dangerous materials has started working. The first steps regard a series... more
Civil aviationIran: "We intend to restart the uranium enrichment"
Teheran, Iran - Germany would consider such a possibility announced by the Ayatollahs' regime as the end of negotiation on the Iranian nuclear programme
Representatives from the Iranian Government seized recently a chance to comment on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in front of the UN. Iran firmly intends to carry on such a project, starting w... more
Civil aviationRussia: that is why terrorism can resort to weapon of mass destruction
Moscow, Russia - A striking measure able to generate huge disasters and, at the same time, unforeseeable because they are different from what the world is ready to prevent
Danger represented by possible terroristic attempts by the resort to non-conventional weapons is a real one and not a mere hypothesis, according to some Russian analysts. Reasons which would lead some... more
Civil aviationTokyo denounced: "Chinese planes violated our air space"
Tokyo, Japan - Beijing's aircraft were believed to be reconnaissance planes
Last year, China Aviation reconnaissance airplanes would be entered, without authorization, into Japanese air space for 13 times: Nippon Defence Ministry denounced it explaining that such incursions risked... more
Civil aviationIran: "Suspension of uranium enrichment will last just for some months, not for years"
Teheran, Iran - The Islamic Republic tries to favour talks with EU and, at the same time, firmly reacts to the US threats
The Iranian Islamic Republic firmly answered to criticism from US Government on its nuclear programme, underlining that what is being considered as a major achievement of Iranian technology cannot be compromised... more
Civil aviationJAL's plane landed on a closed runway
Tokyo, Japan - Haneda Airport's air traffic controllers made a gross error and were ordered to attend a new training course
A Japan Airline aircraft carrying 51 persons aboard, Friday night around 9:30pm local hour, landed on the unique closed runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (which has 3 runways), because of the wrong instructions s... more
Civil aviationFAA Emergency AD on Turbomeca S.A. model Arrius 2F turboshaft engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the engine and subsequent loss of power
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 Directorate Identification No. 2005-NE-14-AD;... more
Civil aviationFirst anti-tsunami exercise at Phuket
Phuket, Indonesia - Helicopters, blared sirens and loudspeakers have simulated a seaquake-emergency
Bangkok Government has organized a drill to test evacuation operations in case of seaquake, in order to prevent what happened the fatal December 26, 2004. The simulation has been performed today on Thai... more
Civil aviation"North Korea is able to hit the USA by nuclear ballistic missiles"
Washington, USA - It would have been recently unveiled by DIA in front of the Congress and Bush could not have been able to give the lie to such statement
"North Korea is provided with nuclear-warheaded double-stage intercontinental missiles and it can hit part of the Western area of the United States". It is the recent statement by one of the US DIA (Defence... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes modified in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST00127BO
Washington, Usa - To prevent unsafe levels of current or energy from entering the fuel tank, due to hot short faults or threat conditions associated with the safe side harness assembly, which could result in a fire or explosion of the fuel tank
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 81)] [Page 21924] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-9-81 (MD- 81), DC-9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), DC-9-87 (MD-87), and MD-88 Airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue cracking of the MLG pistons, which could result in failure of the pistons and consequent damage to the airplane structure or injury to airplane occupants
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 81)] [Page 21924-21927] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon model Hawker 800XP airplanes
Washington, Usa - To ensure that the flightcrew is aware of the source of battery power for certain equipment, and to prevent damage to wiring and surrounding equipment that could result in smoke or fire on the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 80)] [Page 21616-21618] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationIran does not fear UN sanctions against the nuclear programme
Teheran, Iran - Such a possibility would not seem to worry this country when considering the Russia-Chinese support and its consolidated armaments industry
The United Nations could decided to resort to sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran in case the situation related to the Iranian nuclear programme is not solved properly. The United States would... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on LET a.s. model Blanik L-13 AC sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To correct cracks in the bedding of the front and rear control levers, which could result in failure of the control bridge for the sailplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)] [Page 21134-21136] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Cessna model 750 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct this interference, which could result in chafing, fuel leaking into an area where ignition sources are present, and possible fire in an area without fire detection or extinguishing provisions
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)] [Page 21139-21141] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747 series airplanes (2005-09-02)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracks in the top and side panel webs and stiffeners of the NWW, which could compromise the structural integrity of the NWW and could lead to the rapid decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)] [Page 21141-21144] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on BAE Systems (Operations) Limited model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent a short circuit in the DBI due to defective electrical insulation, which could potentially cause a loss of primary navigation instruments
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)] [Page 21137-21139] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH model DG- 800B sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent electrical failure of the fuel and coolant pumps if a non-resettable circuit breaker trips
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 76)] [Page 20710-20713] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 707 airplanes and model 720 and 720B series airplanes (2005-08-15)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct this cracking, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the engine nacelle, and consequent separation of an engine from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)] [Page 21136-21137] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationPope Benedict XVI: Awacs to protect Saint Peter Square
Rome, Italy - AMI security plan to start today
NATO’s AWACS E-3 Sentry aircraft will patrol the first official mass served by Pope Benedict XVI, in the world Joseph Ratzinger: also Italian Air Force has arranged its security plan which provides Rome’s sky... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Pilatus Aircraft Limited models B4- PC11, B4-PC11A, and B4-PC11AF sailplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracks in the control-column support, which could result in failure of the support
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 76)] [Page 20708-20710] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-8-33 and -43; DC-8F-54 and DC-8F-55; DC-8-50, - 60, -60F, -70, and -70F series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cross-wired electrical connectors of the fire extinguishing system, which could release fire extinguishing agent into the incorrect engine nacelle in the event of an engine fire
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 76)] [Page 20713-20715] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Centrair 101 series gliders
Washington, Usa - To replace the non-strengthened rudder pedals and to prevent failure of the rudder controls
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 76)] [Page 20715-20717] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationUK: investigating on an airprox between a Tornado and a Super Puma
London, UK - Intended to find responsibilities for the dangerous situation which involved the fighter and the helicopter last year
British authorities competent for flight safety are carrying on, both at a civil and military level, investigation to understand who must be considered as liable for the serious airprox situation occurred... more
Civil aviationPope Benedict XVI (2): Rome to close air traffic
Rome, Italy - The Capital town will protected by Hawk and Spada missile batteries
Security plan in occasion of Sunday mass which is going to institute German Pontiff Benedict XVI, provided to close air space on Rome and collocate Spada and Hawk missiles on strategic points of the city,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-200B, -200C, -200F, and -400F series airplanes (2005-08-09)
Washington, Usa - To find and fix fatigue cracking of the fuselage frame, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the frame and consequent rapid decompression of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 74)] [Page 20273-20275] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Saab model SAAB S-340A and SAAB 340B series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent cracking and/ or rupture and subsequent failure of hydraulic hoses
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 74)] [Page 20276-20279] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Centrair 101 series gliders
Washington, Usa - To replace incorrectly heat-treated elevator or aileron hinge pins, which could result in failure of the elevator or ailerons
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 74)] [Page 20271-20273] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-600, -700, and -800 series airplanes (2005-08-10)
Washington, Usa - To prevent flammable fluid (such as fuel or hydraulic fluid) from leaking onto a hot engine exhaust nozzle or into the engine core fire zone, and consequently causing an uncontrolled fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 74)] [Page 20275-20276] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationSan Marino GP: safety machine is ready
Imola, Italy - Two Italian Air Force helicopters will be operative and one from AUSL, too
Next Sunday Formula 1 Grand Prix will be performed at Imola: San Marino Republic has already provided all the safety measures linked to assistance and medical rescue services. The event will be backed... more
Civil aviationRussia ready to dismantle Western nuclear submarines
Moscow, Russia - The Russian experts' offer addressed to the United States, Great Britain and France
Russia was so far supposed to be the only state needing international support for starting a serious dismantling process for its own nuclear power energy. Nevertheless, Russian military and industrial... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) model 4101 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent incorrect connection of the aileron trim cables, which could result in failure of the aileron trim system and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 73)] [Page 20045-20046] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationGreenpeace asked Nato for renouncing nuclear weapons
Brussels, Belgium - Six European nations host about 480 nuclear bombs at the moment
Greenpeace with Bombspotting activists, disguised himself as a walking missiles, has performed, last Saturday, a symbolic inspections in three military facilities in Belgium in order to ask Nato member... more
Civil aviationWashington: laser to warn about the overflight-banned areas
Washington, USA - Light signals to be in service by the beginning of June
Washington city will be provided with new security systems for air traffic management over the capital of the United States. It deals with a composite laser-markers network suggested by the NORAD (North... more
Civil aviationPilot Pushing: Capt. Renzo Dentesano's analysis of the phenomenon
Roma, Italia - The full text on such problem is available in the AVIONEWS website Specials section
Cap. Renzo Dentesano, an authoritative Italian expert on air transport safety, analysed some bad effects produced by the recent EU ruling on the so called air transport passengers’ rights related to t... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Cessna model 680 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent a simultaneous loss of data from all four cockpit display units, and loss of primary navigation instruments, autopilot, flight director, master caution/ warning lights, aural warnings, global positioning system position infor
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 71)] [Page 19682-19685] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent an ignition source in the fuel tank or adjacent dry bay, which could result in fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 71)] [Page 19685-19688] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on British Aerospace model BAe 146 and model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent cracking of the outer links of the MLG side stays, which could result in failure of a side stay and consequent collapse of the landing gear
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 71)] [Page 19681] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on General Electric Company (GE) CF6-45 and CF6-50 series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent rotating parts that may have exceeded their LCF life limit from failing, leading to uncontained engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 70)] [Page 19259-19261] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationItalian Senate signed a bill to outlaw cluster bombs
Rome, Italy - The bill modified a 1997 law
The bill has been signed by 65 senators belonging to both majority parties and opposition. The law issued in October 29 1997, is going to be changed adding the words "Included submunitions of cluster munitions"... more
Civil aviationPope's funeral security system worked a treat
Rome, Italy - General Tricarico was pleased with the work made from corpses deployed in such occasion
Two Italian F-16 jet fighters intercepted a suspicious plane heading to Rome-Ciampino Airport and escorted it to the military base of Pratica di Mare: there might have been a bomb on the plane (see for... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-100, -100B, 100B SUD, -200B, -200C, -200F, and -300 series airplanes; and model 747SP and 747SR series airplanes (2005-08-01)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracks in the body frames, skin and other internal structure in fuselage section 41, which could lead to rapid decompression and loss of the structural integrity of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 68)] [Page 18290-18294] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-200F and -200C series airplanes (2005-07-21)
Washington, Usa - To prevent fatigue cracks in the upper chord and web of upper deck floor beams and the resultant failure of such floor beams
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 68)] [Page 18277-18282] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes equipped with Rolls Royce model RB-211 Trent 800 engines (2005-07-24)
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of a thrust reverser and adjacent components and their consequent separation from the airplane, which could result in a rejected takeoff (RTO) and cause asymmetric thrust and consequent loss of control of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: April 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 68)] [Page 18285-18287] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more