Sriwijaya Air Tergelincir di Bandara Jambi

Posting berikut merupakan kliping berita yang disalin dari berbagai sumber (detiknews.com, antara.co.id, kompas.com dan tempointeraktif.com). Foto2 dari planepictures.net.
Pesawat yang tergelincir merupakan pesawat jenis Boeing 737-200. Penjelasan teknis mengenai jenis pesawat ini ada di sini.
Hipotesis sementara penyebab kecelakaan adalah kurang (atau tidak?) berfungsinya nose wheel pada landing gear. (Apa itu nose wheel? Apa itu Landing Gear?).

27/08/08 [...]

Siap Mendarat di Cengkareng, Pesawat Mandala Tiba-tiba Naik Lagi

Posting saya salin dari detiknews.com
Senin, 25/08/2008 19:35 WIB
Siap Mendarat di Cengkareng, Pesawat Mandala Tiba-tiba Naik Lagi
Arifin Asydhad – detikNews

(foto: angkasa.com)

Jakarta – Jarum jam menunjukkan pukul 16.20 WIB, Senin (25/8/2008). Semua penumpang pesawat Mandala Air RI 293 sudah diberi pesan untuk mengenakan sabuk keselamatan, karena pesawat akan mendarat. Setelah itu, penumpang merasakan [...]

Flights Delayed by Communications Problems

By MICHELINE MAYNARD
Published: August 26, 2008
Computer problems at a Federal Aviation Administration center outside Atlanta caused substantial delays Tuesday at some major airports across the country, including those in Boston, Atlanta and Chicago.
The trouble, which developed about 1:25 p.m., Eastern time, was a failure of a processing system that handles flight plans filed by airlines [...]

Crash Pushes Spanair Closer To The Brink

August 21, 2008
The deaths of 153 (now 154) people on board a Spanair flight at Madrid Airport on Wednesday massively increase the financial pressure on the already-troubled SAS-owned airline, analysts said on Thursday.
SAS’s shares fell more than 4 percent on Thursday, taking losses since the crash to over 10 percent.
The stock has fallen as Spain’s [...]

Researchers Map Out America’s Deadliest Roads

ScienceDaily ( July 28, 2008 ) — Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents? With the help of the interactive maps [...]

The Safety Record of the MD-80

(taken from http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com)
August 20, 2008, 3:20 pm
By Micheline Maynard
The MD-80 and its variants are among the last extant reminders that there once was another American manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas, to compete with Boeing and Airbus for jet orders from the airlines.
Measured by accident data alone, the MD-80 is considered to be one of the safest [...]

Spain defends air safety after Spanair crash

MADRID, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Spanish government defended its air safety regulations on Monday after last week’s Spanair crash killed 154 people.
“The air transport system is safe and trustworthy … the safety control system we have, while it can be improved, is very efficient and meets global standards,” said the civil aviation head for [...]