Flight Safety Information - February 21, 2022 No.036 In This Issue : Incident: Juneayo A320 near Wuhan on Feb 19th 2022, cracked cockpit window : Incident: PAL Airlines DH8D near Churchill Falls on Feb 17th 2022, both fire loops indicated fault : Incident: TUI Nederland B788 at Amsterdam on Feb 20th 2022, indignant aircraft : Incident: Transavia B738 near Faro on Feb 18th 2022, first officer ill : Incident: Flydubai B38M at Belgrade on Feb 18th 2022, wrong takeoff performance : NASA Wallops has successful rocket launch with supplies headed to ISS Incident: Juneayo A320 near Wuhan on Feb 19th 2022, cracked cockpit window A Juneayo Airbus A320-200, registration B-6572 performing flight HO-1231 from Shanghai Hongqiao to Chengdu (China), was enroute at 10400 meters (FL341) when the captain's side window cracked prompting the crew to divert to Wuhan (China), where the aircraft landed safely about 30 minutes later. The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers rebooked onto other flights. http://avherald.com/h?article=4f4ee4f9&opt=0 Incident: PAL Airlines DH8D near Churchill Falls on Feb 17th 2022, both fire loops indicated fault A PAL Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GYYR performing flight PB-901 from Goose Bay,NL to Churchill Falls,NL (Canada), was in the initial descent towards Churchill Falls when the crew received indication that both right hand engine (PW150A) fire loops had failed. The crew decided to return to Goose Bay, climbed to FL150 for the return and landed safely back in Goose Bay about 65 minutes after departure. On Feb 20th 2022 the aircraft positioned from Goose Bay to St. John's,NL (Canada) but has not yet resumed service about 75 hours after landing back in Goose Bay (3 days 3 hours). http://avherald.com/h?article=4f4eda24&opt=0 Incident: TUI Nederland B788 at Amsterdam on Feb 20th 2022, indignant aircraft A TUI Airlines Nederland Boeing 787-8, registration PH-TFK performing flight OR-371 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), was climbing out of Amsterdam when the crew stopped the climb at FL180 and decided to return to Amsterdam reporting door 2L had a small hole in its seal and was increasingly howling. Although pressurization remained normal, they could not continue with this noise for 9 hours. They were landing overweight, so needed a longer runway and requested runway 27 instead of runway 22. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 27 about 45 minutes after departure. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 90 minutes, then departed again and is estimated to reach the destination with a delay of about 2 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4f4ed792&opt=0 Incident: Transavia B738 near Faro on Feb 18th 2022, first officer ill A Transavia Boeing 737-800, registration PH-HXN performing flight HV-5662 from Las Palmas,CI (Spain) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was enroute at FL380 about 140nm southwest of Faro (Portugal) when the crew initiated a diversion to Faro reporting the first officer felt unwell. The aircraft landed safely on Faro's runway 28 about 25 minutes later. The aircraft remained on the ground in Faro over night for about 14 hours, then continued the flight to Amsterdam reaching the destination with a delay of about 13:45 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4f4e1287&opt=0 Incident: Flydubai B38M at Belgrade on Feb 18th 2022, wrong takeoff performance A Flydubai Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration A6-FML performing flight FZ-1746 from Belgrade (Serbia) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), lined up Belgrade's runway 30 at taxiway D, departed at about 13:49L (12:49Z) but crossed the runway end just at a few feet AGL and climbed out slowly. The aircraft subsequently accelerated both IAS and climb and continued to Dubai for a landing without further incident. A ground observer reported the aircraft began rotation about 300 meters short of the runway end but rotated very slowly, became airborne and crossed the runway end just a few feet above the surface, a one engine inoperative (OEI) departure would have been impossible. About 2 minutes after becoming airborne the crew queried with tower, whether they had departed taxiway E (TORA 3000 meters/9800 feet) or taxiway D (TORA 2085 meters/6800 feet), tower reported they had departed from taxiway D. The ground observer could not tell, whether the crew had requested to depart from intersection with taxiway D or E prior to or during taxi for departure. ADS-B data suggest the aircraft crossed the runway end at less than 30 feet AGL at 156 knots over ground, reached 80 feet AGL about 400 meters/1350 feet past the runway end at 168 knots over ground (just past the localizer antenna), then joined a rather normal climb profile. http://avherald.com/h?article=4f4e09cc&opt=0 NASA Wallops has successful rocket launch with supplies headed to ISS Northrop Grumman’s 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station had a successful launch Saturday, Feb. 19, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island. The launch took place at about 12:40 p.m. with no delays. Weather conditions ahead of the launch were at 75% favorable with concerns about strong surface winds. The mission for NASA will deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. It is loaded with about 8,300 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware. This is the first Cygnus mission featuring enhanced capabilities to perform a re-boost to the space station’s orbit as a standard service for NASA; one re-boost is planned while Cygnus is connected to the orbiting laboratory, NASA said in a release. Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth, space, and physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations. More: Accomack County among potential locations for Rocket Lab expansion The Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-17 Cargo Craft is set for rendezvous and capture by the International Space Station at 4:35 a.m. Monday. https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-wallops-successful-rocket-launch-180652139.html Curt Lewis