Beech 1900D Had History Of Maintenance Problems

A Colgan Air Beech 1900D that crashed into Nantucket Sound just minutes after take-off last year had a history of maintenance problems. That word from the NTSB and pilots familiar with the aircraft.

Crew Saved Seriously Damaged Aircraft Following Catastrophic Failure

The Allied Pilots Association (APA), collective bargaining agent for the 13,500 pilots of American Airlines, heralded the performance of Captain Catherine Mertz and First Officer Scott Palmer when their Fokker 100 experienced a catastrophic engine failure and other damage on takeoff on September 4, 2003.

Guess Where She Landed?

Lilia Belkova has been cooling her heels in jail for more than a week now, after she slapped an Air Marshal on a US Airways Flight from Miami to Philadelphia last Wednesday.

Technical Problems Delay Deployment Until At Least September

If all went smoothly, Israel's national airline, El Al, was supposed to test missile defense systems installed on its aircraft by the end of the month. All has not gone smoothly.

And Won't Be Built On The Back Of A Struggling Carrier

Virgin USA won't be built on the back of a broken US airline. In fact, Virgin's new American chief, former Delta President Fred Reid, says it will be built from the ground up and will be All-American.

AD NUMBER: 2004-12-01 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-12-01 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A330-202, -203, -223, and -243 airplanes, and A330-300 series airplanes, that requires modification of the center box junction and upper sections of the center fuselage to reinforce the frame base junction, and related corrective action. This action is necessary to prevent fatigue cracking, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the fuselage. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

AD NUMBER: 2004-12-05 MANUFACTURER: BAE Systems SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-12-05 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 series airplanes, that requires repetitive detailed inspections of the inside of each air conditioning sound-attenuating duct, and corrective actions as necessary. This action is necessary to prevent impairment of the operational skills and abilities of the flightcrew caused by the inhalation of agents released from oil or oil breakdown products, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

AD NUMBER: 2004-12-04 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-12-04 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B2 and A300 B4 series airplanes, that requires modification of the 107VU electronics rack in the avionics compartment to ensure that fluid does not enter the rack. This action is necessary to prevent the loss of electrical power during flight, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

AD NUMBER: 2004-12-02 MANUFACTURER: Raytheon SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-12-02 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe.125 series 800A, 800A (C-29A), and 800B airplanes; and Model Hawker 800 airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection of certain wire bundles for discrepancies and related corrective action. This action is necessary to find and fix chafing and damage to the wire bundles, which could result in electrical arcing and heat damage in a potential fuel zone and possible fire or explosion in the fuel tank. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.