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Weekly UpdatesJun 28, 2009
Blacklisted Airlines: New Line of Defense for Online Travelers Before Going on Holidays. Air Valid Recommends That Travellers Book Their Flights Through Travel Agencies Within Their Home Country Before Going on Holidays After publishing the new roster of blacklisted airlines ( http://www.air-valid.co.uk/airlines-blacklisted.html) by Europa on 8th April 2009, Air Valid is again forewarning travellers of the limitations of the blacklist when travelling abroad or reserving a plane ticket on the internet. For this reason, Air Valid is warning all Europeans heading abroad: "Don't forget that this blacklist cites the airlines that the travel agencies cannot refer you to when you book travel from Europe. However, if you are living in a foreign country temporarily, or if you are booking directly through one of the airlines' sites that offers online reservation, you will not be informed that the airline is on the blacklist." The information is relayed from http://www.expat-blog.com to their 10,000 expatriate members, of whom 5,000 have been bloggers since January 2009. Jun 25, 2009
Air France, Airbus
France's chief air disaster investigator said on Wednesday he was unhappy that a French pathologist had not been allowed to take part in autopsies in Brazil of bodies recovered after an Air France (AIRF.PA) plane crash. Brazilian and French ships are still searching for wreckage and bodies from the plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, killing all 228 people on board. Paul-Louis Arslanian, head of the BEA agency in charge of investigating the crash, cautioned against speculation about the causes but said investigators were getting a little closer to understanding what had happened. Jun 22, 2009
Air France, Airbus, Hannover Re
Hannover Re expects net damage claims of 25 million euros (USD 34.65 million) linked to the June 1 crash of an Air France plane in which 228 people died, Hannover Re said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the world's fourth-biggest reinsurer said the estimate was preliminary as the company awaited further information about the possible causes of the crash. Jun 23, 2009
Airbus
US aviation safety investigators are looking into possible anomalies with air speed and altitude indicators on two Airbus A330 jets, officials said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is helping French authorities determine if speed sensors were a factor in the crash of an Air France A330 this month, said it is also investigating incidents involving a TAM Airlines flight from Miami to Sao Paulo in May and a Northwest Airlines flight between Hong Kong and Tokyo Tuesday. Both flights experienced cockpit readings showing a loss of primary speed and altitude information, the safety board said in a statement. Both planes landed without incident. Investigators are looking at flight data recorder information as well as crew statements and weather information. Airbus spokesman Clay McConnell said the manufacturer would "provide all support to the NTSB" as it reviews the two incidents. Further, the company said procedures are in place that would allow pilots to maintain safe operations in the event of unreliable air-speed data. All 228 people on board Air France Flight AF447 were killed when the plane plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1. Crews have yet to recover the aircraft's flight data and voice recorders. But French investigators leading the probe said data transmitted from the doomed jet before it crashed indicated unreliable speed readings. Investigators say it is too early to know if that data would prove central to the crash. Possible ice accumulation on pressure-based speed sensors has emerged as an issue in the investigation. Due to questions about icing, Airbus recommended prior to the accident that airlines consider replacing speed sensors on long-haul planes, like the A330, which some airlines have done. Airbus said the recommendation was related to aircraft performance, not safety. Jun 25, 2009
British Airways, Boeing, Parker Aerospace
Since the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER crash-landing at London Heathrow in January 2008, which was caused by ice in the fuel feed system, the industry has been looking for ways of ensuring that such an event does not recur. Parker Aerospace has one solution for separating water from fuel at the refueling stage, which it demonstrated at the Paris air show Jun 23, 2009
Paris
A teenage tourist hurled herself to her death from the Eiffel Tower in Paris and crashed on to the roof of a packed restaurant 180 feet below. The 18-year-old Brazilian girl broke through a security barrier on the famous landmark's 350-foot-high second tier and leapt over a railing - as her own brother frantically tried to stop her. Diners on the tower's 170-foot-high first floor then heard her smash into the plastic roof of the restaurant five feet above their heads. Jun 26, 2009
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