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The US National Transportation Safety Board issued two urgent safety recommendations to FAA regarding CF6-45/-50 series engines prompted by four recent incidents in which aircraft experienced uncontained engine failures owing to failed turbine disks. None of the incidents led to accidents, but NTSB is concerned that future similar events "present a direct [...] US FAA ADS-B Out final rule announced May 28 contains a summary of costs ranging from $2.74 billion to $5.47 billion, assuming a 3% discount rate (net present value) and a cost of $2.15 billion-$4.11 billion discounted at 7% NPV.
Link to the original site No tags for this post. Hainan Airlines is seeing a marked improvement in the China-Europe market, with both demand and yield showing growth, GM-Europe Liang Pubin told this website Friday in Brussels as the carrier launched thrice-weekly BRU-Shanghai Pudong service. Demand for all airlines on China-Europe routes increased 30% in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, [...] American Airlines said Friday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its fleet service workers on a new labor contract, but the Transport Workers Union representing the workers cast doubt on whether the accord will win approval from rank-and-file members.
Link to the original site No tags for this post. In observance of the Memorial Day holiday in the US, the next edition of Daily News will appear on Wednesday, June 2.
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Link to the original site No tags for this post. US Dept. of Transportation Friday fined AirTran Airways and Delta Air Lines $20,000 and $40,000 respectively for "violating rules that require airline price advertisements to disclose the full price consumers must pay for air transportation." DOT alleged that AirTran in February advertised fares "starting as low as $39" one-way as part of its 72-hr. [...]
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Link to the original site No tags for this post. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Boeing successfully flew its ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned airborne system (UAS) at a test facility in eastern Oregon on May 12, the company announced this week. The 75-minute flight evaluated the unmanned aircraft’s flight characteristics in a simulated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission. Powered by a six-horsepower engine, the SECC was launched from [...] The NTSB issued two urgent safety recommendations to the FAA that pertain to the General Electric GE CF6-45/50 series turbofan engine, which is found on the Airbus A300B, DC-10-15/-30, Boeing 747-200 and -300 and KC-10. The first recommendation asks that the FAA require operators of aircraft equipped with this engine to immediately perform blade borescope [...] Preliminary conclusions from the inquiry into the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 crash at Tripoli have ruled out fuel exhaustion Link to the original site No tags for this post. |
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