Jet Airways is suspending its Mumbai and Johannesburg route, leaving the field open for South African Airways, which is increasing flights between those cities by an additional weekly flight, beginning June 16th.
However, other sources report that South African Airways is canceling direct flights between London and Cape Town. Will British Airways and Emirates be filling in the gap?
Business Day asks if Cape Town can realise the dream of using its global location to take advantage of growing international trade. Cape Town International is South Africa’s second-largest airport and was named Africa’s leading airport in the 2012 World Airport Awards.
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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration:
Require repetitive inspection of Engine Components, Inc. cylinder assemblies produced between May 2003 and October 2009 (serial numbers 7709 through 52884) installed on Teledyne Continental Motors model 520 and 550 engines and removal of these cylinder assemblies once they reach the engine manufacturer’s recommended normal time (hours) in service between overhauls. (A-12-7)
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Saturday Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano spewed a 7-miles plume of gas and ash. Initial warnings shut down airports in Iceland- (ISAVIA established a 120 mile no-fly zone around the volcano, closed Keflavik airport, and canceled all domestic flights.)
Tuesday airports in Ireland will be shut down. Forecasts are tentative because there is uncertainty how the plume will interact with the weather, but it is not expected to be as overwhelming as last year’s eruption of Eyjafjallajokull.
London volcanic ash advisory centre’s ash map “some ash cloud may reach parts of northern Europe in the next 48 hours.”
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On Jan 29, 2013, A SCAT-owned Canadian-built Bombardier Challenger CRJ-200 # UP-CJ006 en route from Kokshetau Kazakhstan to Almaty crashed in Kyzyl Tu village five miles from the Almaty airport.
The weather conditions consisted of low cloud cover and fog.
There was neither fire nor explosion, but the plane shattered when it hit the ground which was covered in heavy snow.
None of the 16 passengers (including a child) or 5 crew survived.
SCAT is a domestic airline that was established in 1997 that has a fleet of six 50 set jets
Bad weather and poor visibility is believed to be the cause of the crash at 1.p.m.
Six nautical miles from the Alberto Carnevalli Airport, it’s point of departure, the wreck was discovered.
Missing since Thursday, it failed to contact the MaiquetÃa airport air control tower within the 15 minutes after takeoff.
Venezuelan Civil Aeronautics Institute director Ramón Viñas declared in a public statement, “Given the way the airplane crashed, we believe no people survived,”
Officials with the Aeronautics Prosecution Office, physicians, pathologists, and forensic scientists and search and rescue teams are scheduled to begin removal of the aircraft and the victims.
Firefighter Department Sergeant Johnny Paz told local news TV channel Globovisión that the airplane shattered. “The plane crashed at 12,000 feet high against a stone wall in the high plateau.”
What: United Nations – UN/Georgian Airways Canadair CL600 2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-100ER on the return trip from Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport (FIH) to Kisangani (FKI) and Entebbe (and back) Where: Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport, Congo When: 04 APR 2011 2 pm. Who: 4 crew, 29 passengers Why: On landing in Kinsasha, the United Nations plane encountered rainy weather and crashed at the end of the runway, breaking into several pieces. Witnesses say the plane encountered windshear at 65 feet and fell straight down. At least eight were thrown from the plane when it broke. There were 32 fatalities. There was one survivor. The crew was composed of Georgians.
The rain helped put out the fire, according to firefighters. The black box was recovered.
The lone survivor, Francis Mwamba, a Congolese journalist, was taken to Biamba Marie Mutombo hospital.
The plane was also reported as a Fokker.
Airzena Georgian Airways made this statement:
“Airzena Georgian Airways” regrets to confirm an accident occurred at Kinshasa airport, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo on 4 April, 10 at 13:00 GMT.The flight was operated under UN mission by aircraft of type CRJ-100 enroute from Goma to Kinshasa. The landing was performed in adverse weather conditions. The aircraft sufferred crash landing, broke up into parts and caught fire.
According to the currently available information crew and passengers died in the accident. The number is specified.
The accident is being investigated officially to determine its possible cause.
“Airzena Georgian Airways” is deeply shocked about the accident and expresses its condolences to the family members of the perished.
SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN: CE-14-04
Notice Number: NOTC5068
SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN
SAIB: CE-14-04
Flight Management Computing Systems; Navigation Database Updates – Data and Procedural Exclusions
Date: November 22, 2013
Introduction
This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin is written to inform and remind owners and operators about changes contained in manufacturers’ navigation database updates. The cyclical updates may exclude certain navigation data including approach procedures, which makes this information unavailable for selection on the aircraft flight management system or navigation equipment.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 39. The FAA continues to monitor these issues with the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Background
The FAA occasionally has received inquiries regarding missing data within the aircraft’s flight management system or navigation unit. In many scenarios, a pilot has attempted to select or load a particular approach, but is unable to do so and must determine an alternative in flight. This has often led to confusion and questions about how or why the data appears to be missing.
From time-to-time, avionics manufacturers may exclude procedures from the aviation database. The causes driving such removals vary, and while some data may be reinstated one cycle later, other data may remain excluded for longer periods of time.
It is important to note that each avionics manufacturer processes the aeronautical data differently, and procedures excluded on one aircraft or system may not be excluded on another. Avionics manufacturers make data exclusion information available to their customers for consideration before use of affected data in flight operations. Exclusions can frequently be found on the avionics manufacturer’s internet website or may be published in another format as part of the new database cycle.
Recommendations
The FAA recommends that pilots do the following:
1) Become familiar with the most appropriate location where they can find information regarding exclusions from the database that can affect their flight operations.
2) Exercise diligence in their preflight planning by staying informed about data exclusions pertaining to the type of avionics they utilize.
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Saturday Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano spewed a 7-miles plume of gas and ash. Initial warnings shut down airports in Iceland- (ISAVIA established a 120 mile no-fly zone around the volcano, closed Keflavik airport, and canceled all domestic flights.) 
