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NEWS

Embraer lands in
Central Asia
Azerbaijan Airlines has taken delivery
of the first of four Embraer 190s that it
will use to serve that airline’s Baku to
Nakhchievan and Tbilisi medium-haul
routes. The airline also plans to fly the
E190 on longer international routes in
the future. “The E190 is an important
milestone in our strategic renewal plan
to replace turboprops and narrow-
bodies,” noted Jahangir Askerov,
President and Chairman of the Board of Trent failure report released
Azerbaijan Airlines. Askerov noted the The Australian Transport Safety Bureau quality assurance procedures,” said
new single-aisle aircraft will help open (ATSB) has released a report regarding Colin Smith, Director Engineering &
up longer routes the operator intends the failure of a Trent 900 engine on board Technology, Rolls-Royce. The leak of oil
to fly within Europe, the Middle East a Qantas Airways A380 in November on to high-temperature surfaces led to a
and Central Asia. The new 190s will 2010, on a flight from Singapore to fire in the engine pod, a lack of sufficient
add to the list of Embraer’s successful Sydney. According to the ATSB, the lubrication to rotating parts, and the
sales into Central Asian airlines incident was caused by a leak from an oil consequent break-up of a turbine disc.
operating narrow-body aircraft, with pipe on one of the aircraft’s four engines. This caused extensive damage to the
Air Astana, Air Lituanica, Air Moldova, The pipe was one of a number that had wing, nacelle, and resulted in engine
Belavia, Bulgaria Air, Estonian Air, been incorrectly manufactured as a parts plunging to the ground across
Montenegro Airlines, LOT Polish result of a measurement error during Indonesian islands on the flight path.
Airlines and Ukraine International a precision drilling procedure, says No injuries or deaths were caused as
Airlines all opting for the Brazilian the report – pointing to a design-spec a result of the catastrophic failure, and
aircraft. The new 190s will operate out issue from the makers, Rolls-Royce. the aircraft used its remaining three
of Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International “We support the ATSB’s conclusions engines to return to Singapore and land
Airport, with the airline bringing the and, as the report notes, have already safely. Smith added that the improved
three remaining aircraft on stream as applied the lessons learned throughout procedures should help prevent this
they are delivered by the end of 2013. our engineering, manufacturing and type of event from happening again.

PROFILE

Long time Eurocopter staffer Norbert Ducrot has been appointed as President and CEO of Eurocopter
China. Ducrot will continue his responsibilities as the Eurocopter Senior Vice President – North Asia
(China, Korea, Japan). Ducrot has been with Eurocopter for over a decade in China, Japan and Singapore.
He began his industry career in 1980 as aeronautical software engineer at the Dassault Electronique
Company and has worked in various roles around the world in the US, France and Europe for the Lagardère
group, Thomson TRT Defense, and Matra Defense.

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