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Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent disconnection of an air supply duct, which, if combined with failure of a bulkhead check valve, could result in rapid depressurization of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)] [Page 62807-62809] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationNorway: Accident Investigation Board denounces cases of airprox
Oslo, Norway - Military pilots would have been responsible for not having honoured the safety distance regarding commercial flights in several cases
Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIB), the authority which attends to investigations concerning air accidents, would have recently warned with reference to the military airplanes' activities, as... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Various Transport Category Airplanes on Which Cargo Restraint Strap Assemblies Have Been Installed per Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST01004NY
Washington, Usa - To prevent shifting or unrestrained cargo in the cargo compartment, which could cause an unexpected change in the airplane's center of gravity, damage to the airplane structure and/or flight control system, a hazard to the flightcrew,
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62566-62567] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon (Beech) model MU-300-10, 400, 400A, and 400T series airplanes; and Raytheon (Mitsubishi) model Beech MU-300 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent the accumulation of fuel and/or fuel vapor in the spoiler mixer bay and/or the aft fuselage compartment, which could result in a fire in the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62570-62571] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To find and fix discrepancies of the fuselage skin, which could result in fatigue cracking due to cabin pressurization, and consequent rapid in-flight decompression of the airplane fuselage
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62567-62569] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80C2 turbofan engines
Washington, Usa - To prevent blade separation from HPT S2 NGV distress, which could result in an uncontained engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62571-62574] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationBrussels: as a precaution 200 parrots found in the airport have been eliminated
Brussels, Belgium - They were in the same area of two eagles infected by avian flu
At Brussels Airport 200 parrots have been found in the same area where were two eagles infected by avian flu, which were recovered on October 18, in the baggage of a Thai passenger: fowls have been eliminated... more
Civil aviationRussia, USA and South Korea: meetings to solve the North Korean nuclear matter started again
Seoul, South Korea - Diplomatic representatives from the three countries gathered today to try to schedule new six-nation talks
Diplomatic representatives coming form Russia and the United States are trying to get the six-nation talks started again in order to solve the North Korean matter. A meeting scheduled in Seoul for today,... more
Civil aviationAir control centre on Venda Mountain: 20 Italian soldiers would have died due to cancer
Padua, Italy - Amianthus could exist not only in the gallery but also in the entire structure
Padua military Judge is carrying on investigation regarding the presence of amianthus at the Italian Air Force air control centre on the Venda Mountain (see for details AVIONEWS). Deceased soldiers due... more
Civil aviationGB: airports have to invest in air traffic control tools
London, United Kingdom - A Civil Aviation Authority report denounced it
A report of the British Civil Aviation Authority denounces that on the English runaways could verify what happened in Linate Airport, October 8, 2001: increasingly, aircraft home in other plane's flightpath.... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Boeing model 737-100, -200, -200C, - 300, -400, and -500 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the outer and inner hinge pins due to corrosion or cracking, which could allow the pins to migrate out of the joint and result in intermittent movement of the horizontal stabilizer structure and consequent loss o
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 57632-57636] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Cessna Aircraft Company models 190, 195 (L-126A,B,C), 195A, and 195B airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion damage to the inboard aileron hinge brackets
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 62396-62399] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Bombardier model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 & 701), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking in any primary fuel ejector, which could cause fuel leakage into the center fuel tank, and could result in engine shutdown during flight
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 62400-62401] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationEuropean Constitution: the overflight restrictions over Rome
Rome, Italy - A 5 miles range no-fly-zone for all the non-authorized aircraft and up to 35 miles for the tourism airplanes
The security measures adopted on the occasion of the sign of the treaty on the new European Constitution scheduled for next October 29 in Rome have been recently updated, compared with what already indicated... more
Civil aviationIraq: tons of explosive material disappeared
Washington, USA - IAEA would have denounced the fact that the related sites would have been left by the US forces
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) denounced the disappearance of hundred tons of explosive material from Iraqi territory recently. Actually, the event would have happened with reference to some... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Kelly Aerospace Power Systems B-Series Combustion Heaters models B1500, B2030, B2500, B3040, B3500, B4050, and B4500
Washington, Usa - To prevent combustion by-products (carbon-monoxide exhaust) and fuel leakage from the combustion heaters caused by failure of the combustion heater system
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 204)] [Page 61993-61997] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Hartzell Propeller Inc. (formerly Hartzell Propeller Products Division) model HC-B5MP-3( )/M10282A( )+6 five bladed propellers
Washington, Usa - To prevent propeller separation from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 205)] [Page 62179-62180] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationEU-USA air free flight zone: the Passenger Name Record
Brussels, Belgium - The single passenger's personal data to be processed by a powerful computer able to indicate the terroristic risk level
Also a clear common ruling regarding the provision of personal details concerning passengers will be comprised within the future EU-USA air free flight zone (see for details AVIONEWS). With reference to... more
Civil aviationEU-USA air free flight zone (2): advantages and doubts on the Passenger Name Record
Brussels, Belgium - A better threat appraising degree although uncertainty about the relevant data preservation
The major advantages indicated by experts regarding the passengers' details provided within the EU-USA air free flight zone through the PNR (Passenger Name Record), should be considered with reference... more
Civil aviationUganda: missiles for the rebels against the national forces' helicopters
Kampala, Uganda - The resistance militiamen could have taken delivery of surface-to-air missiles in order to defend themselves against the MI-24s
The Ugandan political situation appears a particularly delicate one, while the country makes efforts to solve the instability in order to favour a concrete democratization process. Such instability is... more
Civil aviationTSA laid severe controls for foreign pilots in Usa
Washington, Usa - The verifications will be operated in both new applicants and official pilots as well
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), gave disposition to all US flight schools to make rigid and deep controls to all foreign pilots that would like to attend an American flight course, and... more
Civil aviationEmergency landing in Fiumicino Airport for a KLM flight
Fiumicino, Italy - According to its crew, the failure of one of the two engines of the 737 could have been caused by a bird
A KLM's Boeing 737 performed an emergency landing at Rome-Fiumicino Airport yesterday just some dozens minutes after its takeoff from such air station. The aircraft, bound for Amsterdam and left at 08:06... more
Civil aviationEuropean Constitution: air traffic restricted even at Fiumicino Airport
Rome, Italy - A 20% lowering on October 29 to involve most of all the domestic flights
A first schedule of the security measures set on the occasion of the sign of the European Constitution in Rome on October 29, confirms the air traffic restrictions over the Italian capital (see for details... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on deHavilland Inc. models DHC-2 Mk. I and DHC-2 Mk. II airplanes and Bombardier Inc. model (Otter) DHC-3 airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of ignition systems during flight caused by improper lockwire security, which could result in engine failure
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 203)] [Page 61758-61760] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationBoeing and Airbus: a contribution to flight safety to support the airlines
Washington, USA - The American company reminds that also the European group attended to provide training to solve on board emergency situations
Despite the debates occurred during the last months between the aerospace company Boeing and the group Airbus with reference to the matter concerning the subsidies to the sector, what even led EU to appraise... more
Civil aviationThe Argentinian government starts an inquiry into "Tango 1" accident
Buenos Aires, Argentina - It has been the fourth accident that involve President Kirchner during the past two years
Argentinian Government has officially started an inquiry to determinate the reasons for the emergency landing of the presidential plane "Tango 1", into El Palomar airport on October 19 (see AVIONEWS).... more
Civil aviationEU: a prospectus on the personal details of passengers bound for the USA has been approved
Brussels, Belgium - It was carried out by members' privacy Controllers after warranties by Washington about the protection of such data
After the worries affecting the EU Parliament for the provision of the personal details of European passengers to US authorities in case of flights from and to the USA (see for details AVIONEWS), it seems... more
Civil aviationArgus: the new European centre for the coordination of the anti-terrorism measures
Brussels, Belgium - It will operate within the EU Commission with prevention and rapid reaction capabilities against critical circumstances
ARGUS: this is the name chosen by Brussels for the new coordination system for the anti-terrorism measures within the European Union's borders. It will deal with an European centre for crises aimed to... more
Civil aviationIran: "We do not intend to produce nuclear weapons"
Teheran, Iran - It would have recently been stated by President Khatami, whereas the country performs a new missile test
"We do not intend to produce atomic weapons, but the deployment of nuclear technologies through the uranium enrichment is a natural right for all the States which signed the non-proliferation Treaty".... more
Civil aviationEuropean Constitution: the release on the flight restrictions over Rome is being awaited for today
Rome, Italy - Also Fiumicino Airport could be involved by such measures
The official release related to the restriction measures for the air traffic over Rome, on the occasion of the sign for the European Constitution scheduled on next October 29, is being awaited for today... more