FAA Orders 787 Inspections / Fatal Texas Jet Crash / A330 Autoflight Failure Incident

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FAA mandates inspections of Boeing 787 seats following March incident

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive on August 19, 2024, requiring inspections of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a March incident involving a LATAM Airlines flight, where uncommanded seat movement led to a mid-air dive that injured over 50 passengers. The directive affects 158 U.S.-registered and 737 global aircraft, mandating inspections of the captain's and first officer’s seats for missing or cracked rocker switch caps and cracked switch cover assemblies within 30 days. The FAA has recorded five similar incidents, with two still under investigation, and warned of potential rapid descent risks due to such seat failures. Click image above for reading the full article!

Two Dead in Cessna 550 Crash in Odessa, Texas

A 1991 Cessna 550 Citation II crashed shortly after takeoff from Odessa-Schlemeyer Field (KODO) in Odessa, Texas, at approximately 7:00 AM on August 20, 2024. The aircraft, piloted by a 48-year-old entrepreneur, struck power lines and impacted a residential area, destroying several mobile homes and outbuildings. Both occupants, Summa and a passenger, were killed; a woman on the ground was rescued and taken to the hospital, and the NTSB and FAA are investigating the accident. Click image above for reading the full article!

Air Transat A330 Returns to Athens After Autoflight Failures

An Air Transat Airbus A330-200, registration C-GTSJ, operating flight TS-691 from Athens, Greece, to Montreal, Canada, with 326 people on board, experienced autoflight system failures ("AUTO FLT FM 1+2") at FL320, prompting the crew to declare PAN PAN and manually return to Athens. The aircraft safely executed an overweight landing on runway 03L, where emergency services inspected the brakes before it taxied to the apron. After remaining on the ground for 25 hours, the aircraft departed again, reaching Montreal with a delay of approximately 27 hours. Click image above for reading the full article!

Airplane Crash & Incident Reviews: Boeing 727-100 Crash!

Read our today's review of just another tragic accident that moved the world back when it happened and far beyond. Click image above for reading the full article!

SARPcheck global aviation safety audit: A wet lease, codeshare, ACMI Booster

SARPcheck is a new global aviation safety audit that assesses airline compliance with select ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) across defined ICAO Annexes. The primary aim of this audit is to enhance global flight safety while providing an affordable and accessible tool to facilitate ACMI, wet lease, and codeshare operations. The ICAO Annexes and SARPs that SARPcheck focuses on are specifically those outlined by regulatory and industry standards, including FAA requirements for overseeing foreign air carriers and the TCO approval elements of EASA.

SARPcheck is governed by a London-based not-for-profit organization, the Safety Audit Review Partnership (SARP Ltd.), which accredits Safety Quality Organizations (SQOs) such as AEROTHRIVE, Aviation Quality Services and WAKE (QA) LIMITED to conduct these audits globally. Detailed information about the program, including the SARPcheck Program Manual (SCPM), informative brochures, and the latest updates, is available on our website at www.SARP.org. For further inquiries or personal assistance, please feel free to send me a message. I'm always happy to help! Lufthansa City Airlines is the global launch customer of SARPcheck.

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