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Airservices—assisting you in the cockpit
Most pilots would be familiar with the day-to-day services of air traffic control (ATC) which manages approximately four million aircraft movements each year across...
Introducing Mayday Fuel
Aviation English has borrowed from the French two important terms—Mayday, from venez m'aider, meaning ‘come and help me’, and Pan Pan (from panne, meaning a breakdown).
Mayday,...
The brace position: what passengers need to know
It seems absurd that something as simple as changing your sitting posture in a vehicle travelling at up to 1200 km/h groundspeed could make...
International accidents and incidents 1 June – 30 June 2018
Date 14 June
Aircraft de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8
Location Mendi Airport (MDU), Papua New Guinea
Fatalities Nil
Description The aircraft was parked on a ramp at the airport when it was...
All escape alive from Mexican jet crash
From a flight operations point of view, this week’s crash of an Aeromexico Embraer 190 is an obvious case of something going wrong; from...
When it all just gelled
Adrian Park writes about a crew who rose to the challenge of a confounding fuel system problem
‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. As...
Accomplish the mission
Many years ago, I did a lot of my flying in and around North Queensland and Cairns was a regular destination for me. I...
Fright and Flight
Air transport is a unique consumer product: up to one-third of its consumers are afraid of it.
Cabin crew readily accept that some members of...
Precisely to the point; the promise of satellite-based augmentation
An update to global navigation satellite systems will deliver considerable safety benefits—but you need to understand it to prevent dangerous misconceptions.
For the future of...
International accidents and incidents 1 May – 31 May 2018
Date 5 May
Aircraft Embraer KC-390
Location Gavião Peixoto-Embraer Unidade Airport, SP, Brazil
Fatalities Nil
Description The aircraft run off the runway during a ground test and suffered extensive...
