BEA

By Thierry Dubois
The French accident investigation bureau is focusing on infrastructure and procedures at the Nice airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Runway lighting and the controllers’ use of the airport surface movement safety net stand out in the preliminary report on the Sept. 21 incident.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The Nouvelair-operated Airbus A320 involved in a serious incident at Nice airport was on approach to a runway it was not cleared for, investigators say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
BEA has started to analyze data and is collecting more information after the Sept. 21 near miss that involved easyJet and Nouvelair Airbus A320s in Nice.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A Nouvelair-operated Airbus A320 flew within feet of an easyJet-operated A320 at Nice airport late on Sept. 21, flight data shows.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A French aviation safety agency investigation reveals shortcomings in Airbus’ upgraded radio and audio system as EASA requires retrofits and interim procedures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
DRAIMS that began to equip new Airbus aircraft in 2022 has caused at least 10 incidents in two years, French accident investigation bureau (BEA) says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The hard touchdown that concluded the unstabilized approach of an Air Tahiti-operated ATR 72 was partly due to insufficient weather information at destination.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is investigating a bonding defect found in the structure of A380 slats after inflight events, a recent report by French air accident investigation bureau BEA says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Lessons learned from the runway overrun of a Boeing 737-400 operated by Spain’s Swiftair at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, France, in 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s air accident investigation bureau sees the potential of using rapidly evolving technologies such as AI and big data in their analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A combination of inadequacies, including a nonstandard runway, caused the accident of a Transavia Boeing 737-800 at France's Nantes Atlantique airport in 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The final report on the fatal crash of an EgyptAir-operated A320 in 2016 ends with divergent views on what caused the loss of control and misses the target .
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
France’s BEA has introduced safety digests and videos in a bid to improve the dissemination of safety lessons learned from incidents and accidents.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The French aviation accident authority is investing in more equipment to get better investigation results faster.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
France's BEA has released its final report on a ground proximity event showing altimeter setting errors remain a serious threat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Neither Boeing’s nor Air France’s documentation explicitly mentions the effects of simultaneous actions on the controls, investigators note.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The pilots had poorly coordinated and acted in antagonist ways on the controls, a situation also known as dual input, the investigation concluded.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Pierre-Yves Huerre took on the leadership of the BEA as of Jan. 1 for a period of five years, replacing Remi Jouty.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The report on the Dec. 31, 2022, incident at Bordeaux Airport spotlights a widespread issue that has gone relatively unnoticed so far.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A serious incident involving an Embraer ERJ145 at Paris Orly was caused by inadequate action by both pilots, says France’s accident investigation bureau BEA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
French air accident investigation office BEA in 2022 saw an uptick in activity, thus reaching pre-pandemic levels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
A quasi CFIT involving an AirHub-operated Airbus A320 was the most serious incident in 2022 in France.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
French air safety investigation bureau BEA has started an investigation after an Emirates-operated Airbus A380 was found damaged by a potential drone collision.
Safety, Ops & Regulation