Spanair crash: concatenation of errors and breakdowns
MADRID (Reuters) - The exact details of the plane disaster in Madrid are not yet known. But a month after the crash of Spanair machine known broadly as the worst accident in aviation since the Spanish came 25 years. Contrary to initial assumptions played neither an engine fire or a problem with the reverse thrust of the airplane a role.
The crash of the accident machine of the type MD-82 seems more due to a fateful chain of breakdowns and mistakes due to be.
Spanair than the machine on the 20th August with 172 people on board from Madrid-Barajas airport to Gran Canaria should stand out, they started without extended “flaps”. These are the landing flaps on the rear side of the wing, the aircraft will boost. The alarm of the pilots in such a case should warn, did not work. The jet lifted only a few meters from the ground, prallte three on the ground and smashed in a river valley. 154 people died, 18 survived the inferno seriously injured. Read more
Singapore Airlines receives Six Airbus A380s
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines has its sixth Airbus A380 received. This was announced the airline on Thursday. The plane was after the handover in Toulouse have been transferred to Singapore. Singapore Airlines is the sixth of its A380 fleet, as has been another day of the series aircraft on the route Singapore - London use. The connection among the flight numbers SQ318/SQ321 starts on the 20th September. Read more
Olympic Airlines is facing restructuring
ATHENS - The lack of hard Greek airline Olympic Airlines, according to Greek media reports in early 2009 to be closed. Thousands of jobs are before the off. After the closure, the airline as part of a privatization in Pantheon Airways temporarily renamed, and then again under the traditional name its Olympic operational.
The EU Commission will be voting for this plan to give the green light Wednesday, reported the Greek State Radio (NET) on Tuesday. The new airline will be significantly smaller. The staff drastically reduced from 1000 to 8000, it said. Read more
Airbus confirms schedule for A350 XWB
JOHANNESBURG - The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has the timetable for its planned long-haul A350 XWB plane. The more than 60 percent from new, ultra-lightweight materials existing twin-jet 2012 will start on its first flight, said the deputy competent for Africa Airbus sales chief, Hadi Akoum, on Monday. A year later begin extradition.
So far 447 machines were ordered, Akoum said in Johannesburg. The Airbus A350 is mainly against Boeing’s 787 “Dream Liner”, whose first delivery was postponed to 2009. The A350 has a diameter of 5.9 metres from the widest fuselage in its class. The cost of the A350 development programme were at the start to around ten billion euros. Read more
Fuel for Alitalia initially seems assured
ROME - For the struggling Italian airline Alitalia, there is again a glimmer of hope. At crisis talks with unions had endorsed progress and also threatens the energy group ENI no more fuel deliveries cease, reported the New York Times on Sunday in the online edition relying on negotiating parties.
Alitalias insolvency administrator Augusto Fantozzi had at the weekend for attention with the warning in place, the airline may already be on Monday set the flights because they do not get more kerosene. At the same time threatened the insolvency administrator for the next few days with the beginning of redundancies. Read more
ATSB establishes interim report before the emergency landing in Manila
MELBOURNE - The Australian air safety authority ATSB get a provisional report on the emergency landing of a Boeing 747-400 (Reg: VH-OJK) of the Qantas airline on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on 25 July. Around 55 minutes after leaved from Hong Kong the oxygen tank was exploded. The valve in the cabin floor was opened the door lever 2 on the right side of plane.
The valve also has cables to control the ailerons by the first officer. The door was marked by an additional lock secured. The explosion tore around 2 times 1.5 meter hole in the fuselage of the 747, a pressure drop in the cabin effect. About 20 seconds after the explosion reduced the captain thrust on all four engines. The first officer initiated a descent from 29,000 to 10,000 feet altitude, while the captain of an emergency radio called. The cockpit crew of the flight to Melbourne determined the position of the aircraft and decided to approach the approximately 475 km distant Manila. According to the pilots showed the board a series of systems failures. All three instrument landing systems, the anti-skid brake system, which left the radio navigation receivers (VOR) and the flight computer was left except function.
The pilot landed with clear weather conditions under visual flight rules on the runway 06 Among the 365 people on board, there were no injuries. The investigation of the 17-year-old Boeing presented openly that the fourth oxygen tank to supply the emergency by a dropped pressure from a battery of seven tanks of the right-side cargo compartment was missing. A final explanation why the tank could explodes, is not yet available.
Hull factions occurred in the engine number three, damaged the machine is not. Qantas said meanwhile the aircraft from November back into the air service. The repair costs would be converted to approximately 5.8 million euros.
Lufthansa increases profit in airline operations despite oil price
FRANKFURT - Lufthansa expects its operating profit to jump in the first half of the year for the rest of the year with a weaker development in the passenger business. It should not be ruled out that the overall economic development dampening effect on the demand for air travel impact, says the annual report for the first half, which was published on Wednesday. Read more
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