Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation
May 13, 2019
No one was hurt when a Myanmar National Airlines Embraer E190-100 landed at Mandalay with its nose gear jammed in the raised position.
May 10, 2019
French air accident investigation bureau BEA is gearing up for a new search phase in Greenland, still hoping to find a key fragment of the Air France Airbus A380 engine that lost its fan in flight on Sept. 30, 2017.
May 10, 2019
A simulator session flown by a US-based Boeing 737 MAX crew that mimicked a key portion of the Ethiopian Airlines ET302 crash sequence suggests the Ethiopian crew faced a near-impossible task of getting the aircraft back under control, and underscores the importance of pilots understanding severe runaway trim recovery procedures.
May 10, 2019
UK airline passengers could be better protected if their airline collapses under proposals set out following a review of airline insolvency commissioned by the Department for Transport in the wake of Monarch Airlines’ 2017 collapse.
May 10, 2019
The US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider former Delta Air Lines executive and Air Force veteran Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first permanent leader since January 2018.
Oct 26, 2021
Singapore will expand its vaccinated travel lane (VTL) program to Australia and Switzerland starting Nov. 8, as the country gains confidence in opening up its borders to foreign visitors.
Oct 25, 2021
The European Council has called for further coordination to facilitate free movement within and travel into the EU, following a meeting of European leaders Oct. 21 and 22 in Brussels.
Oct 25, 2021
A new FAA safety alert spotlights the risk of inadvertently activating the go-around mode on Boeing 757s and 767s, urging operators and training providers to make sure pilots are aware of the scenario and its role in the 2019 fatal accident of an Atlas Air 767.
Oct 25, 2021
Switzerland’s air navigation service provider Skyguide is seeing the country as a laboratory for European air traffic management (ATM), as a reorganization program and accompanying system change in the country are well underway.
Oct 22, 2021
The FAA has proposed a new regulation that would provide an extra hour of rest to flight attendants in between shifts.
Oct 22, 2021
The FAA plans to implement new training and several revised processes that ensure issues flagged by its maintenance inspectors are both accurately identified and properly addressed through safety systems.
Oct 22, 2021
A growing number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are looking to reopen their borders to international travel, as rising vaccination levels give governments more confidence in easing restrictions.
Oct 20, 2021
The Machinists union in Wichita is pushing back on a government mandate requiring employees of government contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Textron Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems work to comply.