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☆ United's string of scary safety events likely has nothing to do with Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFrom a missing panel to a tire falling off midair, United Airlines has experienced multiple high-profile safety incidents over the past few weeks. Instead, some aviation experts have pointed to a possible trend in United's maintenance safety systems. Regarding the missing panel, he said, "that smacks of a maintenance problem of United Airlines." Former Delta Air Lines chief pilot, Alan Price, noted safety redundancies in some events played out as they were designed to. Kirby said safety enhancements like an extra day of pilot training and a "centralized training curriculum" for new-hire mechanics, which were planned before the recent safety events, are actively being deployed.

Persons: —, Max, That's, Arthur Rosenberg, Richard Aboulafia, Steve Ganyard, Alan Price, Kit Darby, Mark Millam, Scott Kirby, Kirby Organizations: Service, United Airlines, Airbus, Boeing, Business, Fox News, Tires, Aviation, ABC, Denver International Airport ,, Aviation Safety Network, Former Delta Air Lines, Associated Press, CBS, Flight Safety Foundation, Alaska Airlines Locations: Houston, San Francisco, United, Denver, Denver International Airport , Colorado, USA

☆ At least 40 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Crowds gather at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 people in Pokhara in western Nepal January 15, 2023. Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via REUTERSKATHMANDU, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in nearly five years. Local television showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft. The plane was 15 years old, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency cabinet meeting after the plane crash, a government statement said.

☆ At least 16 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rescuers and onlookers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara on January 15, 2023. An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on January 15, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. At least 16 people were killed on Sunday when an aircraft crashed in western Nepal's Pokhara, an army spokesman said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in more than 30 years. Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency cabinet meeting after the plane crash, a government statement said.

☆ Korean Air says jet overran runway in Philippines, no injuries reported
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - A Korean Air Lines Co Ltd (003490.KS) jet with 173 people on board overshot the runway at Cebu International Airport in the Philippines late Sunday, the airline said, adding that there were no injuries and all passengers had evacuated safely. The Airbus SE (AIR.PA) A330 widebody flying from Seoul to Cebu had tried to land twice in poor weather before it overran the runway on the third attempt at 23:07 local time, Korean Air said in a statement on Monday. "Passengers have been escorted to three local hotels and an alternative flight is being arranged," the airline said of flight KE361. Korean Air President Keehong Woo issued a letter of apology regarding the flight on the airline's website, noting that a thorough investigation would be performed with local aviation authorities and Korean authorities to determine the cause. Korean Air has not had a fatal passenger crash since 1997, according to Aviation Safety Network, a website that compiles aviation accidents.

☆ Направлявшийся в Алматы из Стамбула самолет столкнулся со стаей птиц: у Boeing 777 поврежден планер
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Направлявшийся в Казахстан грузовой самолет Turkish Airlines совершил вынужденную посадку в Стамбуле в воскресенье, 3 января, передает издание Yeni Şafak. Причиной стало то, что вскоре после взлета из аэропорта имени Ататюрка борт столкнулся со стаей птиц. В своем заявлении пресс-служба авиалиний THY сообщила, что после столкновения со стаей птиц у Boeing 777 поврежден планер самолета. 25 сентября самолет авиакомпании Air Astana, выполнявший рейс Кызылорда-Алматы, совершил вынужденную посадку в Шымкенте. 11 ноября самолет авиакомпании SСAT при выполнении рейса Атырау-Нур-Султан экстренно сел после столкновения со стаей птиц.

Organizations: Turkish Airlines, Yeni, Boeing, Air Astana Locations: Yeni Şafak, Istanbul, Atatürk, Turkey, Казахстан, Стамбул, КызылордаАлматы, Шымкент

☆ Decesele în urma accidentelor aviatice au crescut în 2020, chiar dacă au fost mai puţine zboruri
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Comparativ, în 2019 s-au produs 86 de accidente, dintre care opt mortale, în care şi-au pierdut viaţa 257 de persoane. Potrivit Aviation Safety Network, în 2020 numărul de zboruri comerciale înregistrate la nivel mondial au scăzut cu 43%, până la 24,4 milioane. Peste jumătate din numărul total al deceselor cuprinse în raportul To70 au fost înregistrate în luna ianuarie 2020, când un avion ucrainean a fost doborât în spaţiul aerian iranian, o tragedie care a provocat decesul a 176 de persoane. Cu toate acestea, în ultimele două decenii, decesele în urma accidentelor de aviaţie au scăzut în mod semnificativ, în pofida creşterii numărului curselor aeriene. De exemplu, în anul 2005 au fost înregistrate 1.015 de decese la nivel mondial.

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