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Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AD ON BOEING AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Departmentof Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The... more
Civil aviationFAA FOUND PROBELMS IN EMERGENCY OXYGEN GENERATORS
USA, According to a FAA investigation, has been found that emergency oxygen generators used on Boeing aircrafts to provide oxygen to passengers and crew in case of drop of cabin pressure, have some malfunctions.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON SIKORSKY S-76 SERIES HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationNTSB RECOMMENDATION TO FAA TO REVISE AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES MANUALS
USA, The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration: Amend Federal Aviation Administration Order 7210.3, "Facility Operation and Administration," to direct... more
Civil aviationNTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION ON AIRBUS AIRCRAFTS.
USA, The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration: Immediately issue an emergency airworthiness directive to require operators of overwater-equipped... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON EMB-135 AND EMB-145 EMBRAER AICRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC... more
Civil aviationNTSB WARNS ABOUT POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS (2): AIRCRAFTS MISS COLLISION FOR 10 FEET DUE TO MANOEUVRE MISTAKE
USA, The invitation of the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, sent to all the airport authorities in order to push for a major control of the separation of the rolling aircrafts from others, veichles... more
Civil aviationNTSB WARNS AGAINST ACCIDENTS FOR RUNWAY INCURSIONS
USA, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warned about possibly occurrence of catastrophic accidents due to execessive number of airplanes, vehicles and people on runways. According to... more
Civil aviationNTSB RECOMMENDATION TO FAA FOR AIRBUS 1330-600 AIRCRAFTS
USA, The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration: Require that the Airbus Industrie A300-600 operating manual clearly state that (1) automatic... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL AND AGUSTA 412 HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by the Federal... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON BOEING 737 AIRCRAFTS
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: April 24, 2001 2001-09-51 Transmitted... more
Civil aviationFAA ISSUES NEW RULES FOR FUEL TANKS
USA, The American Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, issued a series of airworthiness prescriptions which involve a high number of aircrafts in service and that expect new AD regarding the aircraft's... more
Civil aviationNTSB RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO 737 SLIDES
USA, Following an accident in which a 737 aircraft, swerved down the runway and through a blast fence following a faster-than-normal approach, experienced an undued inflating of an emergency slide inside... more
Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE ON MD-900 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-15-AD; Amendment 39-12175; AD 2001-07-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL TEXTRON HELICOPTERS 205A-1, 205B, 212, 412, 412CF AND 412EP
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationNTSB REQUEST TO FAA (SECOND PART) TO EMIT AD ON PIPER PA-28, PA-44 AND CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFTS
USA, Corrosion pits on the surface of the terminal may be the only condition that can be detected reliably during a visual inspection. The shaft area where the fractures have occurred is typically... more
Civil aviationNTSB REQUEST TO FAA TO EMIT AD ON PIPER PA-28, PA-44 AND CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFTS
USA, National Transportation Safety Board Washington, D.C. 20594 Safety Recommendation Date: April 16, 2001 Since March 1998, the National Transportation Safety Board has learned of six airplanes... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON P&W 4000 SERIES ENGINES PART 2
USA, (part 2) (c) After the receipt of this AD, do not install an engine with a SN that is listed in the following Table 2 of this AD on an airplane that has an engine with a SN that is listed in... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON P&W 4000 SERIES ENGINES PART 1
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: April 13, 2001 2001-08-52... more
Civil aviationFAA ISSUES AD ON PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINES
USA, The Federal Aviation Administration issued, following the detection of stall problems of the compressor in Pratt & Whitney engines, a recomendation to all operators who use this engine, to proceede... more
Civil aviationFAA EMERGENCY AD ON CFM56-5C ENGINES
USA, EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration DATE: April 10, 2001 2001-08-51 Send... more
Civil aviationBRS PRODUCES BALLISTIC PARACHUTE FOR CESSNA 172
SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, BRS Inc., civil aircrafts and ultra-light ballistic parachute producer, presented the certification request to FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, for its new ballistic parachute... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON SOCATA TBM700 AIRCRAFTS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [66 FR 16844 3/28/2001] [Docket No. 2000-CE-70-AD; Amendment 39-12152; AD 2001-06-05] RIN 2120-AA64... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON CESSNA 172RG AIRCRAFTS
USA, 14 CFR Part 39 [66 FR 16846 3/28/2001] [Docket No. 2000-CE-24-AD; Amendment 39-12153; AD 2001-06-06] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Model 172RG Airplanes... more
Civil aviationEAA OPPOSES TO NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS
USA, The Experimental Aicraft Association,(EAA) the powerful American organization for sportive and amusing flight, opposed firmly to a airworthiness directive issued by NTSB, National Transport Safety... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL 430 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-22-AD; Amendment 39-12146; AD 2001-05-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BELL 430 HELICOPTERS
USA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2000-SW-22-AD; Amendment 39-12146; AD 2001-05-09] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;... more
Civil aviationFAA GROUNDS 65 PLANES FOR NOT HAVING INSTALLED FIRE DETECTION
USA, FAA has grounded 65 aircrafts from different airlines because they failed to meet the deadline to start the installation of fire detection and suppresion systems. The prescription also includes other... more
Civil aviationAMERICAN PILOTS UNITED AGAINTS ''PILOT FATIGUE''
USA, The management of Capa, Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, the organization that groupes in the United States the associations of over 25,000 airline pilots, has urged FAA, Federal Aviation... more
Civil aviationWORLD AIRLINE SAFETY: A MEDIOCRE YEAR FOR
U.S., According to ICAO's preliminary report on aviation safety and security, the world's airlines suffered 18 nonterrorist-related fatal accidents involving aircraft in scheduled services with an MTOW... more
Civil aviationMIR'S DESCENT MAKES EXTRA WORK FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
SYDNEY, According to Comtex, the descent and destruction of the Mir space station in the Pacific region has created extra work for air traffic controllers (ATCs) in Australia and New Zealand. The ATCs... more
Civil aviationMIR'S DESCENT MAKES EXTRA WORK FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
SYDNEY, Accordin Comtex, the descent and destruction of the Mir space station in the Pacific region has created extra work for air traffic controllers (ATCs) in Australia and New Zealand. The ATCs... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration The following Airworthiness Directive issued by... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC Federal Aviation Administration The following... more
Civil aviationVLADIVOSTOK: NEW LANDING SYSTEM
VLADIVOSTOK, According to RBC, Vladivostok airport has introduced into service a new instrumental landing system SP-90: Deputy Director of Primoraerocontrol said that the new system will noticeably improve... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING 767 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationEMERGENCY FAA AD ON S-76B AND C SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationIMMEDIATE FAA AD ON EUROCOPTER HELICOPTERS EC-120
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationSCAA AND ICAO: AIR SAFETY PACT
MOSCOW, According to Avia.Ru, the State Civil Aviation Authority SCAA and the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO recently inked an accord on improvement of air safery oversight and aircraft... more
Civil aviationGERMAN: AIRPORT PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MEAT IMPORTS FROM UK
BERLIN, It has been issued yesterday a communiqué that orders to the customs inspectors of all the German airports to tighten the controls on the passengers coming from England: this in order to prevent... more
Civil aviationRADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Interfax said that a wooden crate en route from San Francisco to a research institute in Zarechnyi, Sverdlovsk region, where the Beloyarsk nuclear power station is located, has been detained in... more
Civil aviationPORTUGAL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR IS FAULTY
LISBON, According to famous sources, the Portuguese Association of Air Traffic Controllers claimed that since December the Lisbon Control Centre's radar and computer system has shown "serious and constant... more
Civil aviationIN THE HURRICANE'S EYE TO STUDY THE BAD WEATHER
NEW YORK, The new plan Scatcat (Severe Clear Air Turbulence Colliding with Air Traffic) of Noaa (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is face to the study of the aerial turbulences to high... more
Civil aviationTOWARDS THE PRIVATIZATION OF CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE U.S. AIR TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, The Reason Public Policy Institute, a Los Angeles-based think tank, proposed to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control system: the plan would create a nonprofit... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON AIRBUS A-330 AND A-340 AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation... more
Civil aviationFAA AD ON BOEING (VARIOUS MODELS) AIRCRAFTS
USA, AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department... more
Civil aviationASIANA AIRLINES INVESTING IN AVIATION SAFETY
SEOUL, Asiana Airlines will invest in the next five years US$216 million in strengthening aviation safety and service. The company will install on its fleet the more advanced system of sat survey a... more
Civil aviationCOCKPITS LOCKED ON CANADIAN PLANES
CANADA, Later on recent and numerous episodes of "nervous" passengers on the airplanes, the Canadian Transport Minister, Collonette, decided that the door of the cockpit, will have immediately to be... more
Civil aviationCONCORDE GETS THROUGH SAFETY TESTS
FRANCE, A France Concorde supersonic jet, grounded since last July's fatal crash near Paris, got through two safety and technical tests' weeks. The spokesman for European Aeronautic Defence and Space... more
Civil aviationTHE ''ECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME'' WILL BE NAMED ''IMMOBILITY SYNDROME''
EUROPE, According to a statement, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) says deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which potentially deadly blood clots form during prolonged periods of sitting down, has... more