Civil aviation
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Civil aviationNTSB RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO 737 SLIDES
USA, Following an accident in which a 737 aircraft, swerved down the runway and through a blast fence following a faster-than-normal approach, experienced an undued inflating of an emergency slide inside... more
Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE ON MD-900 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-15-AD; Amendment 39-12175; AD 2001-07-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL TEXTRON HELICOPTERS 205A-1, 205B, 212, 412, 412CF AND 412EP
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationNTSB REQUEST TO FAA (SECOND PART) TO EMIT AD ON PIPER PA-28, PA-44 AND CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFTS
USA, Corrosion pits on the surface of the terminal may be the only condition that can be detected reliably during a visual inspection. The shaft area where the fractures have occurred is typically... more
Civil aviationNTSB REQUEST TO FAA TO EMIT AD ON PIPER PA-28, PA-44 AND CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFTS
USA, National Transportation Safety Board Washington, D.C. 20594 Safety Recommendation Date: April 16, 2001 Since March 1998, the National Transportation Safety Board has learned of six airplanes... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON P&W 4000 SERIES ENGINES PART 2
USA, (part 2) (c) After the receipt of this AD, do not install an engine with a SN that is listed in the following Table 2 of this AD on an airplane that has an engine with a SN that is listed in... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON P&W 4000 SERIES ENGINES PART 1
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: April 13, 2001 2001-08-52... more
Civil aviationFAA ISSUES AD ON PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINES
USA, The Federal Aviation Administration issued, following the detection of stall problems of the compressor in Pratt & Whitney engines, a recomendation to all operators who use this engine, to proceede... more
Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AD ON CFM56-5C ENGINES
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: April 10, 2001 2001-08-51 Send... more
Civil aviationBRS PRODUCES BALLISTIC PARACHUTE FOR CESSNA 172
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, BRS Inc., civil aircrafts and ultra-light ballistic parachute producer, presented the certification request to FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, for its new ballistic parachute... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON SOCATA TBM700 AIRCRAFTS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [66 FR 16844 3/28/2001] [Docket No. 2000-CE-70-AD; Amendment 39-12152; AD 2001-06-05] RIN 2120-AA64... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON CESSNA 172RG AIRCRAFTS
USA, 14 CFR Part 39 [66 FR 16846 3/28/2001] [Docket No. 2000-CE-24-AD; Amendment 39-12153; AD 2001-06-06] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Model 172RG Airplanes... more
Civil aviationEAA OPPOSES TO NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS
USA, The Experimental Aicraft Association,(EAA) the powerful American organization for sportive and amusing flight, opposed firmly to a airworthiness directive issued by NTSB, National Transport Safety... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL 430 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-22-AD; Amendment 39-12146; AD 2001-05-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL 430 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-22-AD; Amendment 39-12146; AD 2001-05-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;... more
Civil aviationFAA GROUNDS 65 PLANES FOR NOT HAVING INSTALLED FIRE DETECTION
USA, FAA has grounded 65 aircrafts from different airlines because they failed to meet the deadline to start the installation of fire detection and suppresion systems. The prescription also includes other... more
Civil aviationAMERICAN PILOTS UNITED AGAINTS ''PILOT FATIGUE''
USA, The management of Capa, Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, the organization that groupes in the United States the associations of over 25,000 airline pilots, has urged FAA, Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationWORLD AIRLINE SAFETY: A MEDIOCRE YEAR FOR
U.S., According to ICAO's preliminary report on aviation safety and security, the world's airlines suffered 18 nonterrorist-related fatal accidents involving aircraft in scheduled services with an MTOW... more
Civil aviationMIR'S DESCENT MAKES EXTRA WORK FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
SYDNEY, According to Comtex, the descent and destruction of the Mir space station in the Pacific region has created extra work for air traffic controllers (ATCs) in Australia and New Zealand. The ATCs... more
Civil aviationMIR'S DESCENT MAKES EXTRA WORK FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
SYDNEY, Accordin Comtex, the descent and destruction of the Mir space station in the Pacific region has created extra work for air traffic controllers (ATCs) in Australia and New Zealand. The ATCs... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC Federal Aviation Administration The following... more
Civil aviationVLADIVOSTOK: NEW LANDING SYSTEM
VLADIVOSTOK, According to RBC, Vladivostok airport has introduced into service a new instrumental landing system SP-90: Deputy Director of Primoraerocontrol said that the new system will noticeably improve... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 767 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON S-76B AND C SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationIMMEDIATE FAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS EC-120
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationSCAA AND ICAO: AIR SAFETY PACT
MOSCOW, According to Avia.Ru, the State Civil Aviation Authority SCAA and the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO recently inked an accord on improvement of air safery oversight and aircraft... more
Civil aviationGERMAN: AIRPORT PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MEAT IMPORTS FROM UK
BERLIN, It has been issued yesterday a communiqué that orders to the customs inspectors of all the German airports to tighten the controls on the passengers coming from England: this in order to prevent... more
Civil aviationRADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Interfax said that a wooden crate en route from San Francisco to a research institute in Zarechnyi, Sverdlovsk region, where the Beloyarsk nuclear power station is located, has been detained in... more
Civil aviationPORTUGAL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR IS FAULTY
LISBON, According to famous sources, the Portuguese Association of Air Traffic Controllers claimed that since December the Lisbon Control Centre's radar and computer system has shown "serious and constant... more
Civil aviationIN THE HURRICANE'S EYE TO STUDY THE BAD WEATHER
NEW YORK, The new plan Scatcat (Severe Clear Air Turbulence Colliding with Air Traffic) of Noaa (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is face to the study of the aerial turbulences to high... more
Civil aviationTOWARDS THE PRIVATIZATION OF CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE U.S. AIR TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, The Reason Public Policy Institute, a Los Angeles-based think tank, proposed to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control system: the plan would create a nonprofit... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AIRBUS A-330 AND A-340 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING (VARIOUS MODELS) AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationASIANA AIRLINES INVESTING IN AVIATION SAFETY
SEOUL, Asiana Airlines will invest in the next five years US$216 million in strengthening aviation safety and service. The company will install on its fleet the more advanced system of sat survey a... more
Civil aviationCOCKPITS LOCKED ON CANADIAN PLANES
CANADA, Later on recent and numerous episodes of "nervous" passengers on the airplanes, the Canadian Transport Minister, Collonette, decided that the door of the cockpit, will have immediately to be... more
Civil aviationCONCORDE GETS THROUGH SAFETY TESTS
FRANCE, A France Concorde supersonic jet, grounded since last July's fatal crash near Paris, got through two safety and technical tests' weeks. The spokesman for European Aeronautic Defence and Space... more
Civil aviationTHE ''ECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME'' WILL BE NAMED ''IMMOBILITY SYNDROME''
EUROPE, According to a statement, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) says deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which potentially deadly blood clots form during prolonged periods of sitting down, has... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON BOMBARDIER AIRCRAFT
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: February 2, 2001 2001-03-52... more
Civil aviationLOCKERBIE: US-UK CONTINUE EMBARGO
U.S., According to USA and UK there are not conditions to revoke the endorsements Libya. Opposite opinion for Russia that considers with "understanding" the appeal turned from the Arab League to ONU for... more
Civil aviationINDIA AND RUSSIA TOGETHER FOR AVIATION SAFETY PACT
MOSCOW, Russia and India, later this month even, will sign a major agreement on aviation safety standards, as both countries decided to go ahead with joint design and development of a 100-seater passenger... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationANTI-HIJACKING TASK TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Steve Tshwete, South African Security Minister ordered a plan to curb the increasing hijacking cases in the country. The order followed a spate of hijackings in the past month,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON MODEL 369A, H, HE, HM, HS, D, E, FF, AND 500N HELICOPTERS
USA, Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationDON'T YOU TOLERATE THE AIRPLANE NOISE? LET'S THEM CRASH DOWN!
ALABAMA, Yesterday a man of Montgomery, Alabama, was found guilty of air sabotage for shining a spotlight into the cockpits of approaching planes, because of he complained about aircraft flying too close... more
Civil aviationAMERICAN AIRLINES WILL INAUGURATE SKYCAARE SERVICE
USA, American Airlines start the new service called Sycaare to provide skilled medical companions for travelers who need limited medical care on flight. On certain domestic flights (but the program... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON BELL TEXTRON HELICOPTERS MODEL 407
USA, 1 EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: January 10, 2001 AD... more
Civil aviationDANGER: MOUSE ON BOARD!
ZURICH, A Swiss plane has been grounded at Zurich airport - because of a passenger not welcome on board: a little mouse. The animal was found by the co-pilot as the plane arrived from the Dominican... more
Civil aviationTHE VICE PRESIDENT QUAYLE'S JET GOES BACK AFTER BOMB SCARE
SAN FRANCISCO, Flight carrying new Vice President Dan Quayle from San Francisco to Tokyo returned to Californian airport 90 minutes after takeoff for bomb scare. Two passengers on the All Nippon Airways'... more
Civil aviationSENSIS CORP. LANDS $100 MILLION FAA CONTRACT
USA, The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Sensis Corp. a contract worth up to $100 million to build and install systems to guide aircraft and vehicles around airport grounds. Sensis will... more