Safety
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FAA urges airlines to assess lithium battery risks
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a safety alert to U.S. and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, urging them to...
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2.5KBristow helicopter involved in water landing at Lagos
Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited, confirmed that one of its helicopters, was involved in a water landing near Lagos at about 10.25 a.m....
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2.6KMalfunctioning landing gear system led to September 2014 gear-up landing at Timmins Airport, Ontario
In its investigation report (A14O0178) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that a malfunctioning landing gear system led...
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3.8KUpdate 1: West Atlantic’s CRJ200PF crash in Sweden
A West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 converted freighter crashed in Sweden near the Norwegian border after disappearing from radar during a mail transport...
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3.1KWest Atlantic’s CRJ200PF crashes in Sweden
West Atlantic’s CEO & President Mr. Gustaf Thureborn told in a press conference in Gothenburg that the accident had taken place on...
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2.5KTurbulence on Air Canada flight from China injures 21
Air Canada confirmed its flight AC088, en route to Toronto from Shanghai, was diverted to Calgary due to turbulence where it landed...
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3.9KWasaya Airways plane found north of Pickle Lake
Yesterday Wasaya Airways became concerned when Flight 127, a Cessna 208 Caravan cargo aircraft, flying between Pickle Lake and Angling Lake (Wapekeka)...
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2.5KLuxair aircraft loses an engine cowling panel during take-off
Luxair reported that one of its aircraft, operating Luxair’s flight LG 4605 from Luxembourg to London City today, lost an engine cowling panel...
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2.3KRussian passenger aircraft crashes in central Sinai
A Metrojet (former Kogalym Avia, Kolavia) Airbus A321-200, registration EI-ETJ performing flight 7K-9268 from Sharm el Sheikh to St. Petersburg with 217...
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2.3KFAA announces Aviation Safety Rating for the Republic of Nicaragua
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the Republic of Nicaragua complies with International Civil Aviation Organization...
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3.0KDutch Safety Board: Buk surface-to-air missile system caused MH17 crash
The crash of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M-type warhead launched from the eastern...
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2.9KFAA funds runway incursion mitigation projects
The FAA has provided $11 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds to eight airports that have risk factors for runway incursions.
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2.5KNTSB issues update on the British Airways engine fire at Las Vegas
As part of its ongoing investigation into Tuesday’s engine fire that occurred during takeoff of British Airways flight 2276, a Boeing 777,...
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2.4KSeries of errors by flight crew caused fatal business jet crash, NTSB says
The probable cause of the crash of a business jet in a Boston suburb last May was a series of errors by...
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2.7KASC releases factual data report of GE 235 occurrence
On February 4, 2015, TransAsia Airways flight GE235, an ATR72-600 airplane, registration number B-22816, took off from Taipei Songshan Airport for Kinmen...
