Two recent incidents officially rated as serious involving Jetstar and Qantas flights are under investigation by the ATSB.
The Jetstar incident, on October 28, may have involved an iced up pitot or external speed measuring device on an A330 which was flying from Tokyo to the Gold Coast.
The flight experienced an involuntarily autopilot disconnection and [...]
Tag Archives: A330
ATSB probes Qantas (767) and Jetstar (A330) serious incidents
November 2, 2009 – 7:16 pm
AF447. A question. Was the radar really working?
October 10, 2009 – 7:50 pm
There is one strange but not necessarily consequential omission in the official interim report into the AF447 disaster.
Nowhere does it confirm that the weather radar was switched on.
It says the ‘correct functioning of the radar’ would have been checked during taxiing to take off. And it summarises the Air France radar operating procedures, which are [...]
AF447: Alternative report fish hooks Airbus, Thales, Air France and the safety regulators on the critical issues
October 6, 2009 – 4:47 pm
An alternative report into the June 1 crash of an Air France A330-200 prepared by the airline’s pilot union takes aim at the airline, at Airbus, and at Thales, the French company that built the pitot tubes or external airspeed measuring devices fitter to the Airbus.
The disaster killed all 228 people on board flight [...]
AF447-world wide ‘pitot’ speed probe replacement to be mandated for all Airbus A330s and A340s
August 2, 2009 – 9:20 am
What is the bigger picture in relation to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) notifying airlines late on Friday that it would make compulsory the replacement of two out of three air speed pitots on Airbus A330s and A340s with a US model rather than a French model?
EASA says that where applicable two [...]
AF447 related-A classic ‘pre-computerised cockpit’ encounter with iced up pitots
July 6, 2009 – 9:55 am
A US reader has found an intriguing report into an incident in 1996 in which an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R suffered from some of the issues identified as affecting AF447 .
The jet flew into severe icing conditions and the pilots lost reliable speed readings.
This jet pre dates the fly-by-wire and intensively computer aided control management [...]
AF447-Preliminary report into Air France disaster contains hints of an epic struggle for control
July 3, 2009 – 3:13 am
AF447 an Air France Airbus A330-200, struck the mid Atlantic ocean just over a month ago ‘in flying position’ going straight ahead but falling so fast its underside was forced upwards toward the ceiling with ‘great compressive force’.
There was no mid air breakup.
The accident, which killed all 228 people on board the Rio [...]
Airbusophobia versus reality plus a few things to keep worrying about
July 1, 2009 – 9:01 pm
There is no possible connection between the crash of an the Yemenia Airbus A310 a day ago and the 1 June crash of an AirFrance A330-200 in the mid Atlantic with the loss of 228 lives.
But that won’t stop the Airbusophobia which seems to rule the air waves at the moment. They were both [...]
Where might the Dreamliner fiasco take Boeing and Airbus?
June 26, 2009 – 7:35 pm
It needs to be recognised that the 787 project has the potential to ruin the Boeing Commercial Airplane business and force the company as a whole to re-organise its defence, space and other technologies activities into a separated entity.
Such thoughts are probably already being entertained in EADS, the owner of Airbus, as to how it [...]
Dreamliner ‘Neverliner’ bonanza for Airbus-up to 12 more A330s for Jetstar, maybe.
June 25, 2009 – 9:08 am
The numbers varied, but the hot tip earlier this morning was that up to 12 Airbus A330s will be added to the Jetstar fleet by late 2010 or early 2011 to replace the 787 capacity Boeing has failed to deliver according to any of its past broken promises.
This was followed by another hot tip that [...]
Minor injuries reported on Qantas flight to Perth from Hong Kong this morning due to turbulence
June 22, 2009 – 10:02 am
Qantas has acted ahead of media reports this morning to announce some minor injuries caused by severe air turbulence on an A330 service from Hong Kong to Perth.
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