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System integrator RH Marine and developer of maritime training solutions VSTEP Simulation have signed a cooperation agreement. 2 July 2020
L3Harris Airline Academy has launched its new ATPL Modular training programme, which offers future pilots the opportunity to train at their own pace and pay as they train. 2 July 2020
LVL320 Crew Training is a new subsidiary of Skywings Flight Training, a flight school located at Antwerp airport, Belgium. 2 July 2020
FlightSafety International now offers maintenance technician training at a new Learning Center located at the Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia. 2 July 2020
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced the cancellation of its 2020 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), which was scheduled to take place in Orlando, Florida, 6-8 October. 2 July 2020
Due to COVID-19, Nicholas Robinson, the Director General of Civil Aviation for Transport Canada, has allowed candidates to attempt a flight test prior to completing a written exam for the issuance of an Instrument Rating or any of the Initial Instructor Ratings. 1 July 2020
A survey from a recent Aviation Technician Education Council (AETC) webinar suggests a decline in new Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) enrollments but also shows increases in innovation as schools transition to distance learning as a result of COVID-19. 1 July 2020
European provider of virtual reality, simulation and visual display solutions, Antycip Simulation has announced the change of its company legal name to ST Engineering Antycip, to better reflect the overarching identity of its parent company ST Engineering. 1 July 2020
Vocavio Technologies has announced the availability of their vCONNECT plug-in for Pitch Talk, a real-time interface to Pitch Technologies’ simulated radio/intercom software product Pitch Talk. 1 July 2020
Portuguese investigators Gabinete de Prevençäo e Investigaçäo de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviärios released the final report of the harrowing Air Astana ERJ190LR flight KC1388 accident of 11 November 2018. 1 July 2020
Editor’s Note: Last week, Portuguese investigators GPIAAF (Gabinete de Prevençäo e Investigaçäo de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviärios) released the final report of the harrowing Air Astana ERJ190LR flight KC1388 accident of 11 November 2018. The plane was on a post-maintenance flight, carrying three Air Astana pilots and three technicians from the operator.
Shortly after takeoff from Alverca do Ribatejo airbase, Portugal, the regional jet became uncontrollable. The pilots not only issued a distress signal, fighter aircraft were scrambled to escort them to the sea, where the Air Astana crew anticipated ditching their plane.
This exclusive narrative is from a detailed conversation CAT Europe Editor Chris Long had with the Air Astana flight crew, presenting their in-the-cockpit perspective.
The first that Captain Vyacheslav Aushev learnt of the task was whilst he was in another aircraft, having arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he was instructed to call crew control during checkout. He was then advised that he was planned to collect an Embraer 190 from the military airport at Alverca, near Lisbon, and return it via a refuelling stop at Minsk, Belarus, to the home base at Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan’s capital. This with no fare-paying passengers, but with three maintenance engineers returning to base. The aircraft was due out of a “C” maintenance check but, because of repeated delays totalling 11 days, the original aircraft captain was no longer able to take the flight, hence the short notice. 1 July 2020
RGB Spectrum announced the addition of CrossPoint KVM-over-IP to its product portfolio. 30 June 2020
