ICAO is highlighting the serious Airbus A320 taxiway overflight at San Francisco as an illustration of the safety risks associated with overloading pilots with NOTAMs, as the organisation initiates an effort to reduce the quantity of unnecessary information. The Air Canada jet’s crew, intending to land on runway 28R at night in July 2017, inadvertently lined up with the parallel taxiway C which was occupied by four aircraft – only...Continue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed that airlines be required to address a Boeing 777 rivet issue that raises concerns about potential pressure loss. The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed that airlines be required to address a Boeing 777 rivet issue that raises concerns about potential pressure loss. “The FAA has received a report indicating that an operator found solid rivets with missing heads at the left buttock line 25...Continue Reading
United Aircraft has conducted the maiden flight of the latest production Ilyushin Il-96-300, an aircraft which will be delivered to the Russian government as a special operations platform. The four-engined jet – registered RA-96024 and fitted with Aviadvigatel PS-90A powerplants – lifted off from the Voronezh facility of airframer VASO on 9 April. “This aircraft is undergoing a series of factory tests for subsequent transfer to the customer,” says VASO....Continue Reading
American, Southwest and United have pulled some of their Boeing 737 Max jets from revenue service due to an issue related to the type’s “back-up power control unit”. Three major US airlines have pulled some of their Boeing 737 Max jets from revenue service due to an issue related to the type’s “back-up power control unit”. American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines – the only three US carriers that...Continue Reading
Analysis of Airbus backlog data over the year since the onset of the air transport crisis shows the airframer’s overall orders fell during the period, an extraordinary contrast to its strong annual performances over the previous decade. Airbus’s order total had risen each year by an average of over 1,000 aircraft from the end of March 2011 to the end of March 2020, the point at which the pandemic started...Continue Reading
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