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Easa Issues safety Recommendations

Subsequent to the WizzAir accident in Rome on June 8, 2013.

The flight departed from Bucharest with 165 passengers and six crew.

The flight had an aborted approach due to problems with the undercarriage not locking.

Below is a letter from ANSV to EASA, the BEA, Budapest TSB and the UK AAIB


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Augusta Westland Tail Rotors Fall Off Making Emergency Choppers Into Instant Emergencies

A dozen Augusta Westland helicopters Ontario purchased for $144 million have problems with tail rotors falling off.

EASA issued an air worthiness directive for the AW139. A directive from the European agency last Aug. 19 ordered helicopter owners to replace the tail rotors after 600 hours of flight following a fatal accident “possibly caused by cracks in a TR (tail rotor) blade.” A Feb. 17 directive called for inspections and maintenance of the tail rotors every 25 hours in the air.

In Ontario, Augusta Westland helicopters are in use as air ambulance helicopters. Ornge Founder Dr. Chris Mazza was fired, and an investigation is underway.

ORNGE helicopters are forbidden from entering U.S. airspace and must land at the border and use land ambulances. Issues relate to ORNGE’s new AgustaWestland helicopters, not the old fleet. A ground protocol exists for transporting burn unit or neurology bed patients. Former deputy minister of government services Ron McKerlie is now interim CEO of ORNGE, now non-profit.


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EASA Proposes Fatigue Across the Board

New European rules ‘harmonizing’ the workload limits across 27 member states could allow pilots to fly aircraft for 22 hours without sleep, increasing a pilot’s work day from 16 hours 15 minutes to 20 hours, and the maximum shift time for a long haul flight with two pilots from 12 to 14 hours, as well as eliminating the need of a third pilot on long-haol flights.

The proposals have raised the attention of BALPA, The British Airline Pilots Association.

The seventeen percent increase in workload will result in a 5.5% higher chance of an accident.

It is inconceivable how EASA can call “flying farther with less rest-time, more frequently (7 starts in a row), no back up crew and more fatigue” bringing standards “up” when it is actually leveling down safety standards. Such a workload flies in the face of the constructs of human biology.

But the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) “has said they have no fundamental problem with the rules.”


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Airbus AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE from EASA

EASA’s January 20 Airworthiness Directive sets expectations of Airbus inspections looking for cracks originating from the rib to skin panel attachment
holes.

The time frame of the inspection is to be within 6 weeks of notice or 84 FC.

If cracks are found, Airbus is to be notified so that Airbus can provide instructions on how to fix the situation,

https://airflightdisaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EASA_AD_2012-0013_1.pdf


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A330 and A340 Landing Gear Airworthiness Directive

EASA Emergency AD No.: 2011-0122-E has been published limiting the life of A330 and A340 landing gear parts.

During ground load test cycles on an A340-600 aeroplane, the MLG bogie beam prematurely fractured. The results of the investigation identified that this premature fracture was due to high tensile standing stress, resulting from dry fit axle assembly method. Improvement has been introduced subsequently with a grease fit axle assembly method.

Click to read the full pdf

Falcon Flying Again


Contact photographer Augustas Didzgalvis
After the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the repair to the trim system, the Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X is no longer grounded. Since May, when a Malaysian Falcon 7X suffered an uncontrolled pitch trim runaway during descent, the plane has been grounded.

An additional electronic control has been added to ensure none of the 112 Falcon 7X tri-jets will not have a repeat of the “trim runaway.”

Although the grounding is over, the problem is not considered solved, and the investigation into the pitch trim fault is ongoing.


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Row 44 Receives EASA Approval for European-based Aircraft

The European Agency’s Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Allows Row 44 to Equip Commercial Planes with In-flight Broadband Connectivity

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 — Row 44, Inc., the world’s leading provider of in-flight broadband connectivity, has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to equip commercial aircraft in Europe with its broadband connectivity platform.

“EASA approval marks another major milestone for Row 44, clearing the final hurdle for us to offer our in-flight broadband connectivity platform on another continent,” said chief commercial officer Howard Lefkowitz. “Planes equipped with it will soon be flying all across Europe with a full menu of in-flight broadband services — internet, video, e-commerce, games and more. We will be pioneering a whole new flying experience for passengers throughout Europe.”

Row 44’s EASA STC covers Boeing 737-700, 800 and 900 series airframes.

About Row 44, Inc.
Row 44 is the world’s leading provider of in-flight broadband connectivity to commercial airlines. The company’s first US customer is Southwest Airlines. Row 44 takes its name from British-born cofounder John Guidon’s memories of transatlantic flights as a young man, where he was seated in the rear row of a DC-10 — row 44 — in a non-reclining seat directly in front of the flight attendants’ galley, closest to the engine and sharing a wall with the bathroom. Row 44’s goal is to make commercial air travel fun and productive even for that passenger. For more information visit www.row44.com.


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EASA proposes a new set of harmonised European rules to avoid crew fatigue

EASA published today a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA 2010-14) on flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements (FTL) for commercial air transport by aeroplanes. FTL rules aim at avoiding crew fatigue by introducing limitations to the way crews can be scheduled by airlines. This NPA proposes a number of safety improvements and areas for European harmonisation.

The European Parliament and the European Commission requested EASA to conduct a scientific and medical evaluation of the current regulation which allows national provisions in areas such as augmented flight crew, split duty, time zone crossing, reduced rest and standby, and to propose a set of fully harmonised rules. The new proposal is the result of the work of a rulemaking group that includes National Aviation Authorities, Airlines and Flight and Cabin Crew representatives.

This proposal is the first step in a fully transparent public consultation process. Comments will be reviewed and a Comment Response Document (CRD) will be available for public consultation. At the end of the consultation process, EASA will present a final Opinion to the European Commission that will then launch the final process for adoption by the European Parliament and European Council in April 2012.

http://easa.europa.eu/rulemaking/docs/npa/NPA%202010-14.pdf


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EASA Airworthiness Directive 2010-0242-E (click to view full)

This EASA Airworthiness Directive was released following an uncontained engine failure of a Trent 900 engine on the Qantas A388 flight near Singapore on Nov 4th 2010, an uncontained engine failure.

2010-0242-E : Engine – High Pressure / Intermediate Pressure (HP/IP) Structure – Inspections
Number 2010-0242-E
Issued by Europe
Issue date 2010-11-22
Effective date 2010-11-23
Contributor EASA Propulsion Section
Approval Holder / Type Designation ROLLS-ROYCE PLC —RB211 TRENT 900
Supersedure This AD supersedes EASA AD 2010-0236-E dated 10 November 2010.
Related information Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 900 Alert NMSB 72-AG590 Revision 2 dated 18 November 2010. The use of later approved revisions of this document is acceptable for compliance with the requirements of this AD.

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