During a flight from Lyon to Tel Aviv, when the aeroplane was en route at FL370 off the coast of Montenegro, the air traffic controller informed the crew that a previous aeroplane had reported severe turbulence between FL380 and FL400. This information was taken into account and transmitted to the purser. The pilots switched on the seatbelt signs less than a minute later. The cabin crew were...
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The BEA was informed of this event by the operator, following the writing of a report by thecaptain of this flight. The data and preliminary results from the flight analysis supplied byAir France and Airbus led the BEA to classify this event as a serious incident. In accordance with the standards and recommended practices in Annex 13 to theConvention on International Civil Aviation (ICAO),...
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On 8 December 2013, the pilot in command of a Pitts S2-B equipped with a Lycoming AEIO-540 engine and Hartzell two-blade metal propeller, took off for an aerobatic flight duringwhich he performed several figures leading to a rapid variation in the orientation of theaxis of rotation of the propeller.Returning from the flight, in the downwind leg, the pilot felt vibrations which increasedin...
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