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Author: Gareth
Airbus A350 design
Here’s an interesting video about some of the design advances in the Airbus A350.
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Aviation Week Insight: Airbus A350 Design
Aviation Week’s senior editor Guy Norris looks at the technical design of the Airbus A350 during the 2014 Singapore Airshow.
Rejected takeoff
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An old cargo plane was scheduled to fly from Paris to Egypt. It was taking off when the crew reported a problem with the nose gear. They had to reject the takeoff and vacate the runway. The crew taxied back to the apron and emergency services weren’t needed. The maintenance crew are still investigating the problem.
Important words: reject the takeoff, vacate the runway.
Rejected takeoff
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A350 at Singapore airshow
Here’s a video of the A350 at the Singapore airshow which starts on 11th February.
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A350 XWB visits Qatar Airways in Doha
Airbus’ next-generation A350 XWB made its first appearance at Doha’s Hamad International Airport, as part of preparations for its planned 2014 service entry with launch customer Qatar Airways. This flight-test aircraft — designated MSN3 in Airbus’ numbering system — stopped over in the Middle East on its way to the Singapore Airshow.
Fuel imbalance
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A small passenger jet was flying from Canada to USA. It had 84 people on board. While flying at FL300 about 100nm west of its airport of origin, the crew received a fuel imbalance warning. It indicated a loss of 500kg of fuel from the left tank. The crew thought that the loss of fuel was because of a fuel leak. They declared PAN PAN and returned to their airport of origin for a safe landing about 35 minutes after departure.
Maintenance found the problem and fixed it after the plane landed.
Important vocabulary: fuel imbalance, fuel leak, PAN PAN, airport of origin.