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Saturday, 26 September 2020

BBC News

• Shetland Super Puma crash: 'Pilot error main cause' of helicopter hitting the seaAn inquiry into the crash off Shetland in 2013 hears a failure to monitor instruments was the principal factor.
• EasyJet 'hanging by a thread', says union officialThe airline disputes the claims made in a leaked recording obtained by the BBC.

Financial Times

• Hydrogen/aviation: coming cleanFuel has the potential to halve aircraft emissions, Airbus says

Times Online

• Boeing 737 Max may fly again ‘by end of the year’ [Subscription]Boeing’s grounded 737 Max jet could be back in the air by the end of the year, according to Europe’s aviation safety regulator. The aircraft has been grounded since March last year after two crashes that killed 346 people.
• Kuwait joins Rolls-Royce cash talks [Subscription]The sovereign wealth fund of Kuwait has joined its Singaporean counterpart in talks to shore up Rolls-Royce, the jet engine-maker that investors fear could run out of money next year.
• At least 22 people killed in military plane crash in Ukraine [Subscription]At least 22 people were killed and two others seriously injured in a military plane crash in eastern Ukraine yesterday evening, the interior ministry announced.

The Mirror

• Ukraine plane crash kills 25 as military aircraft bursts into fireballThe aircraft, believed to be carrying cadets from Kharkiv Air Force University, came down near the city of Kharkiv as it was landing

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Airbus battle to avoid compulsory job cuts could be boosted by chancellor's winter economic planThe aerospace giant is 'looking at the details' of Rishi Sunak's Job Support Scheme
• Pilot battles strong winds to land Airbus Beluga on second attemptThe first landing was aborted due to weather conditions at Hawarden Airport
• Final Airbus A380 jumbo assembly marks end of an eraThe final Airbus A380 fuselage has been assembled at the Airbus plant in Toulouse

Other News Sources

• Grounded Boeings set to get all clear from EU regulatorThe European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is gearing up to give Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft a clean bill of health in November, the regulator’s executive director indicated on Friday (25 September).

EIN News Subscription

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• Ukraine air force plane crash kills at least 22 … of the Antonov An-26 transport plane, reports The Guardian. … according to preliminary information the transport plane crashed during a … training flight. The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell … An-26 is a light transport aircraft designed in Ukraine during the …