Comair Jet’s Landing Gear Collapses at Johannesburg Airport.
Comair Jet’s Landing Gear Collapses at Johannesburg Airport.
The landing gear of a British Airways flight operated by Comair Ltd. collapsed shortly after touching down at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport on Monday, the airline said. No one was injured.
“The flight landed normally and after about four seconds of braking the left landing gear collapsed and the aircraft settled on its left engine,” Comair Chief Executive Officer Erik Venter said by text message. The airline will investigate the cause, he said.
Flight BA6234 from Port Elizabeth “with six crew and 94 passengers on board, was involved in an incident on landing at O.R. Tambo just after 12 p.m. today,” Airports Company South Africa said on its Twitter account earlier.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-400, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. Comair operates British Airways-branded flights under a franchise agreement.
October 26, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
Singapore Airlines Gear Collapses at Changi Airport
Singapore Airlines plane COLLAPSES at Changi Airport
A Singapore Airlines plane scheduled to depart for Hong Kong has collapsed at Singapore’s Changi Airport.
There were no crew or passengers in the Airbus A330-300 when it collapsed on Sunday morning, broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported.
An engineer had been in the aircraft, but Singapore Airlines said he was not hurt.
The Singapore Airlines plane had been undergoing a routine check when its nose gear retracted, causing the aircraft to pitch forward
There were no crew or passengers on board the plane, which had been scheduled to depart for Hong Kong, when it collapsed
‘We do not have details of damage to the aircraft at this point. An assessment will be carried out after it is removed from the gate,’ Singapore Airlines said.
The carrier said the plane had been undergoing a routine landing gear system check when its nose gear retracted and caused the aircraft to pitch forward.
October 11,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3268302/
CRM Instructor Examiner Workshop for Kuwait Airways.
CRM Instructor Examiner Workshop for Kuwait Airways.
Kuwait Airways have once again sent some of their senior CRM instructors to the UK to attend an ITS CRM Instructor Examiner Workshop.
The ITS CRMI Examiner Workshop has been designed with two prime objectives:
- For experienced CRM Instructors who wish to take on the role of CRMI Examiner
- For companies who wish to set up, or to improve, the in-house quality management of their CRM training process.
The course includes both the theory and also practical workshops, during which delegates assess and debrief CRM instructors delivering classroom-training sessions.
This course is highly recommended for all potential CRMI Examiners, CRM Managers, Training Managers and any person responsible for the quality of CRM training within their operation.
Read MoreCRM Instructor Examiner Workshop for Qatar Airways
CRM Instructor Examiner Workshop for Qatar Airways.
Continuing ITS’ ongoing relationship with Qatar Airways another CRM Instructor Examiner Workshop was recently delivered to some of their senior CRM instructors.
The ITS CRMI Examiner Workshop has been designed with two prime objectives:
- For experienced CRM Instructors who wish to take on the role of CRMI Examiner
- For companies who wish to set up, or to improve, the in-house quality management of their CRM training process.
The course includes both the theory and also practical workshops, during which delegates assess and debrief CRM instructors delivering classroom-training sessions.
This course is highly recommended for all potential CRMI Examiners, CRM Managers, Training Managers and any person responsible for the quality of CRM training within their operation.
Read MoreVolotea, Barcelona – Non-technical Assessment Skills & HPL Training
Volotea, Barcelona – Non-technical Assessment Skills & HPL Training.
ITS have completed two training courses for Volotea in Barcelona, Spain.
The first course was a Non-technical Skills Assessment course designed to deliver the necessary skills for assessing non-technical skills (CRM) on a line check, simulator check or during line and simulator training. It is a mandatory EASA requirement that any individual responsible for undertaking line checks attends such a training course.
The course focuses on understanding behaviour, how to observe and record behaviour, and then how to classify and quantify it. A number of behavioural marker schemes (NOTECHS) are used on the course, including the scheme adopted by the individual operator. This is a powerful course and is always greatly appreciated by all delegates.
The second course delivered was a refresher Human Performance & Limitations course. Whilst of course HP&L is a requirement during initial pilot training, it can be many years since the subject was re-visited. Given the importance of the wide range of elements within HP&L Volotea decided it was important to refresh the subject for their flight crew.
Read MoreFAA Proposes Record $1.9m Fine Against Drone Operator For ‘Unauthorized’ Flights
Drones. FAA Proposes Record $1.9m Fine Against Drone Operator For ‘Unauthorized’ Flights
So this is what happens if you push the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) too far on the issue of commercial drone flights.
The agency on Tuesday proposed a colossal $1.9 million fine for Chicago-based drone operator SkyPan for allegedly “endangering the safety of our airspace” during unauthorized flights over New York City and Chicago. The figure is thought to be a record for a civil penalty against a drone operator.
SkyPan has 27 years of experience in the aerial photography business and offers clients “bird’s-eye views” using a range of platforms, drones among them.
The FAA claims SkyPan’s 65 offending flights took place between March 2012 and December 2014 “in some of our most congested airspace and heavily populated cities, violating airspace regulations and various operating rules,” adding, “These operations were illegal and not without risk.”
Forty-three of the alleged incursions took place in the highly restricted New York Class B airspace – usually areas close to busy airports – without receiving clearance to access it, the FAA said. In addition, the agency says SkyPan’s flying machines were operating without the using the necessary equipment, such as a two-way radio, transponder, and altitude-reporting device.
Commenting on the case in a release, the FAA’s Michael Huerta said, “Flying unmanned aircraft in violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations is illegal and can be dangerous,” adding, “We have the safest airspace in the world, and everyone who uses it must understand and observe our comprehensive set of rules and regulations.”
http://www.digitaltrends.com/
Read MoreDash 8 Aborted Takeoff/Gear Up Accident.
Dash 8 Aborted Takeoff/Gear Up Accident. A DHC-8-402Q operated by Luxair was involved in an aborted takeoff accident at Saarbrücken-Ensheim Airport (SCN), Germany.
Luxair LG9562 was a scheduled passenger service from Hamburg Airport, Germany to Saarbrücken and Luxembourg.
Following an intermediate stop at Saarbrücken the aircraft was cleared for takeoff on runway 09. Immediately after lifting off the runway, just as the undercarriage had been retracted, the crew aborted the takeoff.
The DHC-8-400Q landed back on the runway with it’s gear retracted and came to rest about 360 m before the end of the paved surface of the runway.
News reports indicate that smoke was developing in the rear of the cabin. It was not specified if this occurred before or after the gear-up landing.
Runway 09/27 is an asphalt runway, 6562 feet long.
September 30, 2015
http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/
Pilot Disagreement
Pilot Disagreement – A weekend flight on United Express was delayed for five hours in Lubbock, Texas, after the pilots got into a “disagreement” and were unavailable to fly the plane, according to the airline.
A spokesman for ExpressJet, the regional carrier that operated the plane, said Monday reports indicated that police were called. Airport police did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Flight 4453 to Houston was “delayed due to crew availability,” said the ExpressJet spokesman, Jarek Beem. “There was a disagreement among crew members. There was no fight … there was no physical altercation thankfully.”
Beem said he didn’t have more details about the nature of the dispute, and he declined to identify the pilots. The one-hour flight departed Saturday evening after a new crew was flown in from Houston, he said.
The ExpressJet spokesman said he was not sure whether the first crew faced disciplinary action, adding that the airline was still investigating the incident, which was first reported by travel blogger Gary Leff.
A United Airlines spokeswoman said the carrier joined ExpressJet in apologizing to inconvenienced passengers but referred all questions to ExpressJet.
September 20, 2015
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/
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Slide Deployment
Slide Deployment – An American Airlines emergency slide accidentally deployed from an airplane parked at San Diego International Airport Sunday afternoon, airport authorities said Monday.
A crew member accidentally deployed the aircraft’s emergency slide on the right side of the plane Sunday at 1:40 p.m., airport spokeswoman Rebecca Bloomfield said. The slide came to a rest on the Gate Gourmet truck’s front loading platform.
No passengers were aboard the plane and no one was injured, according to Bloomfield.
A picture of the mishap was posted on an Instragram account by Fher PrzRangel with the message “American Airlines #fail.”
It was unknown where the airplane was headed and how long it took for the slide to be replaced.
http://fox5sandiego.com/
Read MoreAllegiant Low Fuel Emergency.
Allegiant Low Fuel Emergency. Two Allegiant Air executives, the vice president of operations and the director of flight safety, were at the controls of the flight that made an emergency landing last week because it was nearly out of fuel.
Greg Baden, Allegiant’s vice president of operations, and Michael Wuerger, director of flight safety, government affairs and quality assurance, were flying Allegiant’s Flight 426 from McCarran International Airport to the Fargo, N.D., Hector International Airport on July 23.
A representative of Allegiant confirmed that Baden and Wuerger were flying the plane, adding it is not uncommon for members of operations management to take flights to maintain their pilot status.
Allegiant said it is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration in an investigation of the emergency landing, which was complicated by the closure of the Fargo airport for a practice session of the Navy’s Blue Angels precision flight team, which was preparing for an air show.
Flight 426, with 144 passengers and six crew members on board, left Las Vegas an hour behind schedule and couldn’t reach Fargo before closure of the airspace.
While a transcript of the conversation between the Allegiant cockpit and Fargo’s air traffic control center indicated the twin-engine MD-80 jet was dangerously low on fuel as it approached Fargo, Allegiant officials say the plane had 42 minutes of fuel remaining when it arrived at 1:02 p.m., Central Daylight Time.
Exchange with tower
The exchange between the plane and the tower, posted Tuesday on the LifeATC.net website, indicated that airline officials were trying to contact the tower by phone to get clearance to land, but were unsuccessful, leading to further conversation once the plane was within range of the Fargo tower. A portion of the conversation:
Flight 426: “Our company has been trying to call and we’re down circling Fargo. We don’t have enough fuel to go anywhere else. Our guys are trying to get in touch with the tower manager to coordinate our landing or I’m going to have to declare an emergency and come in and land.”
Fargo tower: “There’ll be a window opening in about 20 minutes for a landing.”
Flight 426: “Yeah, I don’t have 20 minutes.”
Fargo tower: “Roger, unless there is an emergency, there’s Grand Forks Airport which is 70 miles to the north.”
Flight 426: “Yeah, listen we’re at bingo fuel here in about three to four minutes. I’ve got to come in and land.”
(“Bingo fuel” is a military slang term meaning “running on empty.”)
Fargo tower: “You’ll have to declare an emergency for that and we would coordinate to get you in.”
The controller then told the pilots they should have known the airport was going to be closed before they left Las Vegas. Notices about the Fargo airspace closing were first posted in December and the FAA issued an advisory for pilots 72 hours before the closure. Pilots are required to review such notices before flying.
The cockpit responded, “OK, yeah. We’ll follow up on that.”
Allegiant said the pilot made the decision to declare an emergency, allowing the flight to land immediately at Fargo rather than continuing attempts to coordinate a landing, which would have caused the aircraft to begin burning its reserve fuel.
Tower asks Navy planes to move
July 31, 2015
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/
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