British Airways Plane Smashes Into Jet Bridge
British Airways Plane Smashes Into Jet Bridge At Miami Int’l.
A British Airways jumbo jet smashed into a jet bridge at Miami International Airport Tuesday night.
The accident happened at Terminal E.
It’s unclear if anyone on the plane was hurt or if the incident has caused any delays.
Tuesday January 19, 2016
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Congo plane crash: 7 killed as cargo jet crash-lands in Mbuji-Mayi
Congo plane crash: 7 killed as cargo jet crash-lands in Mbuji-Mayi. At least seven people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a large cargo plane overshot the runway at an airport and struck a number of homes, officials say. (more)
The accident happened at about 4 p.m. local time on Thursday when an Airbus A310 belonging to Services Air attempted to land at an airport in the city of Mbuji-Mayi and overshot the runway, causing it to plow through a residential area near the airport and striking several homes.
Mbuji-Mayi, which is the capital of Kasai-Oriental province, is located in the country’s south-central region and is about 942 kilometers (585 miles) southeast of the capital Kinshasa.
Kasai-Oriental Governor Ngoyi Kasanji told the AFP news agency that at least seven people had been killed in the crash-landing, all of whom lived in homes near the airport. The four crew members who were on board the cargo plane escaped without injury.
A source told Radio Okapi that the accident followed two failed landing attempts, after which the aircraft landed in the middle of the runway and was unable to stop in time. As a result, the plane overshot the runway and came to a stop about 500 meters (546 yards) beyond the end of the runway.
Southwest Airlines Jet Experiences Taxiway Excursion
Southwest Airlines Jet Experiences Taxiway Excursion. A Southwest Airlines jet reportedly slid off the taxiway at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee Tuesday, injuring at least three people.
The plane, which Southwest said was carrying 133 passengers and five crew members, apparently crashed during its landing around 5:40 p.m., according to news reports. It skidded off the tarmac and into a ditch. The plane “exited the taxiway shortly after arriving into Nashville, as the airplane was approaching the gate,” Southwest said in a statement.
The Tennessean reported that a Nashville fire department spokesman said two people had minor injuries and a third sought treatment for chest pains.
The airliner had taken off from Houston, according to TV station WSMV.
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December 15, 2015
Fire foam sprayed on wrong aircraft at Chinese airport ‘caused 120m yuan in damage to engines’
Fire foam sprayed on wrong aircraft at Chinese airport ‘caused 120m yuan in damage to engines’. Twin engines of Fujian Airlines’ 737 will need to be replaced in costly operation that will take plane out of service for at least one week
Fuzhou Airlines confirmed on Saturday that foam mistakenly sprayed on one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger liners on Thursday damaged both its engines and would cost about 120 million yuan (HK$144 million) to replace them, The Paper.cn, a news portal based in Shanghai, reported.
The airlines said on Saturday on its Weibo account that the fire-retardant foam had entered crucial parts of the engine, requiring both engines to be replaced in an operation that would take a week or more to complete and return the aircraft to service.
Staff from the airline told mainland media that it had launched its claims procedures, but they did not disclose who claim was against and how much compensation would be sought.
On Thursday, eight fire trucks at Fuzhou Changle International Airport mistakenly sprayed the Fuzhou Airlines jet to “cool down” its before they discovered out that it was another plane operated by Air China that was reported to have sparks coming out of its engines.
The airport later explained that when the firemen arrived, the Air China aircraft had already shut down its engines, which led to the erroneous spraying of the Fuzhou Airlines plane.
The incident shut down the airport’s runways for an hour and 40 minutes and delayed 24 outbound flights.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/
December 15, 2105
EasyJet pilots abort landing attempt at Bristol Airport after ‘losing situational awareness’
EasyJet pilots abort landing attempt at Bristol Airport after ‘losing situational awareness’ and flying off course. EasyJet pilots ‘lost situational awareness’ and flew off course over a ridgeline in Somerset earlier this year, forcing them to abort a landing attempt, it has been revealed.
A report into the incident found the Airbus A319 was forced into a go-around on approach to Bristol Airport and at one point was just 500 above ground level.
The pilots ‘became disorientated’ and flew across the Dundry hills, south of Bristol, before realising they had lost ‘positional awareness’ and aborted the landing attempt, according to a report filed with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Investigators said the flight left Glasgow on the night of May 13 and was approaching Bristol Airport in good weather conditions with 99 passengers and six crew on board.
The report said the flight crew – on their fourth flight of the day and second into Bristol – switched runways because the wind direction had changed and disconnected the autopilot, but did not approach on the required path.
There appeared to be a lack of communication in the cockpit, with the co-pilot unaware of how the captain intended to fly the approach due to a late change.
The co-pilot became concerned about the tracking of the flight path and soon realised they had turned too early, but believed the 56-year-old captain, who had 11,500 hours of flying experience, still had situational awareness.
The co-pilot then spotted communication masts next to the village of Dundry at the 1-2 o’clock position instead of the normal 3 o’clock position. Although they were well clear of the masts, their position confirmed the aircraft was off course.
After stopping the descent and looking for outside reference points, the captain started to execute a go-around just north of Dundry as the co-pilot instructed him to perform the manoeuvre.
The report said: ‘Both crew members then lost situational awareness, but neither communicated this to the other until the co-pilot called for a go-around.
‘The fact the go-around altitude was not set until the go-around had commenced indicates either the landing checklist had not been completed or that it had not been completed satisfactorily.’
The plane landed safely on its second approach.
EasyJet investigated and made three safety recommendations to its internal procedures.
The airline said in a statement: ‘The pilots on flight EZY408 performed a go-around after they realised they were off course. This action was a controlled response by the captain, in line with the airline’s procedures, and the flight landed safely.
‘The action was taken by the pilot before the aircraft’s or ATC’s automatic warning systems were activated thereby demonstrating his control of the situation.
‘EasyJet immediately launched a safety investigation to understand what happened and ensure that the airline could learn any lessons from the incident.
‘EasyJet’s specialist team conducted a thorough safety investigation, in consultation with the AAIB, and as a result it made three recommendations to its internal procedures. The safety of its passengers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
December 15, 2015
Read MoreHonda Aircraft receives type certification for HondaJet
Honda Aircraft receives type certification for HondaJet. Honda Aircraft has been awarded final type certification for the HondaJet, allowing deliveries of the light business jet to begin.
The certification also means that the full effect of Honda Aircraft’s first aircraft offering will begin to be felt in the business jet market and by competing aircraft makers, including Wichita’s Textron Aviation and Bombardier Learjet.
While the single-pilot HondaJet – with seating for up to six passengers and a $4.5 million price tag – comes in at the low end of the business jet market, one expert thinks the jet is only the company’s first offering.
“I think you have to look at the Honda investment as a long-term investment,” aviation forecaster Rolland Vincent said Wednesday. “They’ve made a bet on business aviation … This is the beginning. This is not the end.”
Honda Aircraft said in a news release Wednesday evening that the certification was awarded Tuesday. It said it will begin to ramp up production of the airplane, 25 of which are on its final assembly line.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said in an e-mail to The Eagle that the type certificate had been awarded, but referred details of it to Honda Aircraft.
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Read MoreATSB Report – Qantas Tail Strike
ATSB Report – Qantas Tail Strike.
On 1 August 2014 a Qantas Airways Ltd. (Qantas) Boeing 737-838 aircraft (registered VH-VZR and operated as QF842) commenced take-off from Sydney Airport, New South Wales. The flight was a scheduled passenger service from Sydney to Darwin, Northern Territory.
While the aircraft was climbing to cruise level, a cabin crew member reported hearing a ‘squeak’ during rotation. Suspecting a tailstrike, the flight crew conducted the tailstrike checklist and contacted the operator’s maintenance support. With no indication of a tailstrike, they continued to Darwin and landed normally. After landing, the captain noticed some paint was scraped off the protective tailskid. This indicated the aircraft’s tail only just contacted the ground during take-off.
The ATSB found the tailstrike was the result of two independent and inadvertent data entry errors in calculating the take-off performance data. As a result, the take-off weight used was 10 tonne lower than the actual weight. This resulted in the take-off speeds and engine thrust setting calculated and used for the take-off being too low. As a result, when the aircraft was rotated, it overpitched and contacted the runway.
The ATSB also identified that the Qantas procedure for conducting a check of the Vref40 speed could be misinterpreted. This negated the effectiveness of that check as a defence for identifying data entry errors.
Qantas has advised that, in response to this occurrence, the Central Display Unit pre-flight procedure has been modified. This modification requires that, after the take-off data has been compared/verified by both flight crew, they are to check the ‘APPROACH REF’ page and verify the Vref40 speed.
In addition, Qantas also advised that the Flight Crew Operating Manual was amended to include a check that the take-off weight in the flight management computer matched that from the final loadsheet. This check was also to ensure the take-off weight from the final loadsheet was not greater than that used for calculating the take-off performance data.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Full report – https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ao-2014-162.aspx
Read MoreStrasbourg Rail Crash
Strasbourg Rail Crash.
Locomotive on new Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line left partly submerged in canal near German border after derailment
At least ten people have been killed and several more injured after a train derailed and caught fire near Strasbourg, according to reports. Another 32 people were injured, 12 of them seriously. French environment minister Ségolène Royal said at the scene that a further five were unaccounted for.
All those aboard the train were employees of national railway operator SNCF. The accident was caused by excessive speed, although it was too early to say why the train was travelling so quickly, the prefecture said. The train ended up near a bridge in the water of a roughly 130-ft wide canal. A police team of divers, helicopters and tens of rescue vehicles were sent to the scene in response to the crash.
Reuters, citing local police and national railway company TGV, reported that the train was travelling on the new Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line on Saturday at Eckwersheim, near the German border. Pictures from a Reuters photographer showed the locomotive partly submerged in a canal alongside the tracks with train parts lying broken and detached in a field. Medical units, including police divers, attended the scene.
TheGuardian.com
November 14, 2015
Read MorePakistani jet comes off runway after hard landing.
Pakistani jet comes off runway after hard landing.
112 passengers on board were reported to be safe,
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) – Passengers on board a Pakistani commercial jet were evacuated after the plane made a hard landing and came off the runway in the city of Lahore.
Shaheen Air Flight 142 was arriving from the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday when the plane slipped off the runway, an airport official told CNN.
Photos from the scene obtained by CNN affiliate Geo News showed the jet sat in a grassy field with its emergency ramps deployed, the engines partially pulled off and the landing gear collapsed.
Emergency vehicles came out to the plane shortly after the incident, the airport official said, adding that a full investigation was being opened.
The plane’s tire appears to have burst as it was touching down, Geo News reported, citing unidentified sources at the airport.
The aircraft was a B737-400
November 3, 2015
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Russian passenger plane has crashed in Sinai
Russian passenger plane has crashed in Sinai.
Cairo: A Russian passenger plane carrying up to 224 passengers and crew has crashed in in Egypt, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has confirmed.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s office said Mr Ismail had formed a cabinet-level crisis committee to deal with the crash in central Sinai.
The Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia lost communications with flight officials 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on its way to the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Aviation tracking website Flight Radar 24 tweeted that the plane was descending at a rate of about 6000 feet a minute just before its signal was lost.
Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said in a statement that flight 7K9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh at 6.51am Moscow time and was due into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport at 12.10pm.
It said the aircraft failed to make scheduled contact with Cyprus air traffic control 23 minutes after take-off and disappeared from the radar.
October 31, 2015
http://www.smh.com.au/world/
