Civil aviation
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Civil aviationRussia: civil aviation safety solutions in Africa and in the Arab world
Moscow, Russia - From airport monitoring systems to updates for the fleets which operate Russian-made aircraft
Russian aerospace industry launches a wide promotional campaign among the African and Arab countries concerning flight safety/security. During meetings with representatives from various countries in such... more
Civil aviationUSA: suspect terrorist aboard, an Air France plane stopped
Washington, USA - US security measures started for the second time in a row
The security procedures which have made starting the warning last May 11, when a small Cessna 150 violated the air space above White House and Capitoline Hill, have worked a treat (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
Civil aviationParis: summit of Interior ministers on defence of air, earth and maritime borders
Paris, France - To contribute to an European space of freedom, security and justice
Italian Minister of Interior, Giuseppe Pisanu, landed yesterday in French main city in order to attend the summit with his counterparts for France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain: the meeting has been... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-310 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent interference between the compensator and the guide assembly of probe no. 1, which could create an ignition source that could result in a fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 91)] [Page 24936-24938] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Dornier model 328-300 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent water or ice accumulating in the elevator assembly, which could result in possible corrosion that reduces the structural integrity of the flight control surface, or in an unbalanced flight control surface
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 91)] [Page 24938-24939] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationIran: the nuclear programme restart has been already decided but EU still believes in negotiations
Teheran, Iran - The Islamic Republic announced that the enriched uranium will not be transferred to a second plant so that no military use will occur
The Iranian Islamic Republic confirmed its own intention to carry on the national nuclear programme. According to what stated by representatives from Teheran’s Government, negotiations with France, Germany a... more
Civil aviationAVIONEWS' surveys: "Which reasons could have contributed to determine the recent accidents which involved both Italian Corps and Armed forces’ aircraft?
Rome, Italy - Technical problems, aspects related to human factor and operational procedures or pure chance?
AVIONEWS launches a new survey this time related to safety issue, with reference in particular to the recent accidents which involved several aircraft from both Italian Corps and Armed Forces. Respondents... more
Civil aviationCommittee on the depleted uranium: Martino supplied a dossier
Rome, Italy - "Italian troops deployed in foreign countries run no risk "
Last afternoon, Italian Investigation Committee on health conditions of soldiers engaged in international missions of peace (Committee on the depleted uranium), chaired by senator Paolo Franco, heared... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Dornier model 328-300 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of the de-icing lines, which could result in a reduction in functionality of the anti-ice system, and possibly reduced controllability and performance of the airplane in icing conditions
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 90)] [Page 24701-24703] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777-200 and 777-300 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent the display of erroneous heading information to the pilot, which could result in loss of the main sources of attitude data, consequent high pilot workload, and subsequent deviation from the intended flight path
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 90)] [Page 24703-24705] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-319, A-320, and A-321 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the MLG side-stay cuff lugs or down-lock spring attachments, which could result in improper down-lock of the MLG during a freefall extension, and possible collapse of the MLG
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 90)] [Page 24699-24701] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationSenate: speech of Italian Defence Minister Martino in front of Committee on the depleted uranium
Rome, Italy - He is expected to report about health conditions of soldiers engaged in international missions
The Italian Investigation Committee on health conditions of soldiers engaged in international missions of peace (Committee on the depleted uranium), chaired by senator Paolo Franco, gets to the heart of... 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: May 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 89)] [Page 24480-24481] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on CFM International CFM56-5, -5B, and -5C series turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent uncontained failures of air turbine starters, which could result in damage to the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 89)] [Page 24481-24482] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationUSA: intrusions into military computer systems
Washington, USA - A young Swedish student has been suspected
A hacker, who would be of Swedish origin (from Uppsala), would introduced into informatics systems serving US Army, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and several research laboratories.... more
Civil aviationIran about to restart uranium enrichment
Teheran, Iran - European pressure or the prospective EU's support to the USA for a possible UN's intervention weill not be taken into account
The Iranian Islamic Republic appears willing to carry on its own nuclear programme and announced recently that it is going to restart uranium enrichment at one of its dedicated plants soon. This decision,... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Agusta SpA model A-119 helicopters (2005-09-06)
Washington, Usa - To detect a fracture, a crack, or looseness of a fitting bolt, and prevent fatigue failure of a fitting bolt and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 88)] [Page 24307-24309] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model EC-120 helicopters
Washington, Usa - To detect incorrect positioning of the drive shaft half-clamps, and to prevent interference of the half-clamps with the drive shaft, which could result in scoring on the drive shaft, failure of the drive shaft, and subsequent loss of co
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 88)] [Page 24304-24305] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Agusta SpA model A-109E helicopters (2005-09-07)
Washington, Usa - To detect a fracture, a crack, or looseness of a fitting bolt, and prevent fatigue failure of a fitting bolt and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: May 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 88)] [Page 24305-24307] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationUSA: anti-terrorism security systems prove outdated and ineffective
Washington, USA - Firm criticism against the way investments devoted to this sector after the attempts occurred on September 11, 2001 have been managed
Security systems are under criticism in the United States due to the proven ineffective and excessive cost related to orders aimed to increase the quality of checks after the disaster generated by the... more
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