Bloodhound on track - BBC video

Bloodhound supersonic car fires up Eurofighter engine

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By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent

• 29 September 2017
 
• From the sectionScience & Environment

The Bloodhound supersonic car has been fired up for the first time - and worked a treat.

Engineers turned over the vehicle's Eurofighter jet engine in a "tie-down" test at Cornwall's Newquay airfield on Friday.

It worked flawlessly, sending a big orange flame out of the rear nozzle.

The intention is for the car to begin some "slow-speed" running - about 200mph (320km/h) - at the end of next month.

Image copyrightBLOODHOUND SSC/STEFAN MARJORAM

Image captionAndy Green says he has "huge confidence" now in the car's performance

The team had been concerned that the Rolls-Royce EJ200 power unit might have some operational difficulties being in a car as opposed to sitting in a fighter aircraft.

But when driver Andy Green flicked the switches in his cockpit, the engine lit up and performed exactly to its specification.

It was proof also that all the car's electronic systems, its computers, and software were working as designed.

"It's blown us away, frankly," Wing Commander Green told BBC News.

"It's given us huge confidence going forward. We now know the engine has no limits just because it's in a car. It is an EJ200 with the full performance envelope available to us, under all conditions, from stationary onwards."

Image copyrightBLOODHOUND SSC/STEFAN MARJORAM

Image captionA very strong cable was used to keep Bloodhound static

October's slow-speed running should have paved the way for an attempt on the world land speed record in 2018, but it looks now as though the project will have to slip another year.

Bloodhound SSC will race in South Africa on a specially prepared, dried-out lake-bed, using both the jet engine and a rocket motor.

The aim is to lift the current record of 763mph (1,228km/h) to 800mph (1,288km/h), and then eventually to take it above 1,000mph (1,610km/h).

However, the conditions at Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape are really only suitable for running in the period from July to November - and getting the car fully prepared to meet this window in 2018 is now seen as unachievable.

Image copyrightBLOODHOUND SSC

Image captionArtwork: The aim is to raise the land speed record above 800mph in the first instance

Image copyrightBLOODHOUND SSC/OLI MORGAN

Image captionA flat track has been prepared on Hakskeen Pan to enable Bloodhound to reach very high speeds

In part, this is because there are still technical challenges to do with Bloodhound's rocket motor.

This is coming from the Norwegian aerospace company Nammo, and the development work must fit in around the firm's commercial business, which has extended the timeline.

But the Bloodhound project also has to function within its privately generated budget, and although some big sponsorship deals have been signed recently, engineering can only proceed at the rate cash comes into the venture.

The decision has therefore been made to wait until 2019 to begin the assault on the land speed record.

Nonetheless, the team hopes Friday's static test, and the initial runs set for 26 October, will be visible proof that Bloodhound is in good shape.

Andy Green said: "Today has been a demonstration that with just a little bit of resource in place we've delivered exactly what we said we would, when we said we would.

"And based on what I've seen today from the EJ200, we are going to over-deliver - 26 October won't be just a show of a fast car, it will be a spectacular show of a car that's going to astonish people."

Image copyrightBLOODHOUND SSC/STEFAN MARJORAM

Image captionThe team is working towards a public day of running on 26 October

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MPA og overvåkingen i nord - NRK

Fiskerne bekymret for sikkerheten til havs

– Norges befolkning har krav på sikkerhet til havs. Hvem skal ha denne beredskapen mens Orion-flyene utfases og de nye overvålingsflyene er på plass. Vi frykter denne oppgaven blir utfordrende å opprettholde, sier leder Kjell Ingebrigtsen i Norges fiskarlag.

LEGGES NED: I fjor ble Arbeiderpartiet enige med regjeringspartiene om å legge ned Andøy flystasjon. 350 mennesker mister jobben, og opp mot 700 blir berørt når Andøy flystasjon legges ned etter å ha vært Norges og Natos øyne på russernes aktivitet i nord helt siden 1957.

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Kjell Ingebrigtsen i Norges Fiskarlag er bekymret for sikkerheten til havs, dersom beredskapen Orion-flyene har i dag svekkes.

FOTO: HÅKON JACOBSEN / NRK

– Vi er veldig bekymret for situasjonen. Når det skjer en ulykke langt til havs teller hvert minutt. I disse havområdene er marginene små. Orion-flyene har stor rekkevidde og deres lokaliseringsevne har vært avgjørende for å berge liv i flere tilfeller, sier leder Kjell Ingebrigtsen i Norges Fiskarlag.

Fiskerne er bekymret for sikkerheten til havs etter nyhetsoppslag om redusert Orion-aktivitet og mannskapsmangel ved Andøya flystasjon som har kommet i kjølvannet av stortingsvedtaket om å legge ned Andøy flystasjon og samlokalisere en framskutt jagerflybase og de maritime overvåkingsflyene på Evenes.

Nye fly om fem år

Norge har nå seks maritime overvåkningsfly av Orion-klassen, som er stasjonert på Andøya. Orion-flyene nærmer seg slutten av sin operative levetid, ifølge regjeringen.

Det første av dem fem nye maritime overvåkingsflyene av typen P-8-Poseidon skal etter planen ikke lande i Norge før i 2022 ​og de resterende fire innen 2023.

Luftforsvarets seks P-3 Orion overvåkningsfly er i dag stasjonert på Andøya flystasjon.

FOTO: EMMA BERGHEIM

– Norge har ansvar for søk og redning helt opp til Nordpolen, og må ha tilstrekkelige ressurser tilgjengelig. Vi stiller spørsmål om hvem som skal ha denne beredskapen mens Orion-flyene utfases og de nye flyene er på plass. Vi frykter denne oppgaven blir utfordrende å opprettholde, sier Ingebrigtsen.

Fire oppdrag i fjor

I fjor hadde Forsvarets Orion-fly fire søk- og redningsoppdrag i Norges ansvarsområde (se kart under).

– Flere av dem gjaldt fiskeflåten. Flyene har stor rekkevidde og stor betydning for dekningen av nordområdene i søk- og redningssammenheng, sier fiskarlagslederen.

Forsvaret: – Sikkerheten ivaretas

Kartet viser ansvarsområdene de ulike landene har i forhold til søk og redning.

Orlogskaptein Per-Thomas Bøe, som er talsperson for forsvarssjefen sier han forstår bekymringen fra fiskerne.

– Det vil nok kunne bli perioder med mindre aktivitet på Orion-basen i overgangsperioden mellom de gamle og de nye flyene. Men søk- og redningsberedskapen vil bli opprettholdt hele perioden. Overgangen til de nye flyene vil skje gradvis og det blir en overlappende kapasitet, sier Bøe til NRK
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Accident description

Last updated: 1 October 2017

Status:	Final
Date:	Friday 11 December 2015
Time:	09:10
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operator:	Wasaya Airways
Registration:	C-FKDL
C/n / msn:	208B-0240
First flight:	1990
Total airframe hrs:	36073
Cycles:	58324
Engines:	1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	28 km (17.5 mls) NE of Pickle Lake Airport, ON (   Canada)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Pickle Lake Airport, ON (YPL/CYPL), Canada
Destination airport:	Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport, ON (YAX), Canada
Flightnumber:	127

Narrative:
Wasaya Airways flight 127 (WSG127) was to be the first of three cargo trips in the Cessna 208B Caravan (registration C-FKDL) planned from Pickle Lake Airport, Ontario, Canada to Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport, Ontario. The first flight was planned to depart at 09:00.
The pilot went to the Wasaya apron and conducted a pre-flight inspection of C-FKDL while a ground crew was loading cargo. The pilot returned to the hangar and received a briefing from the station manager regarding the planned flights. The pilot was advised that the first officer assigned to the flight had been reassigned to other duties in order to increase the aircraft's available payload and load a snowmobile on board.
The pilot completed and signed a Wasaya flight dispatch clearance (FDC) form for WSG127, and filed a copy of it, along with the flight cargo manifests, in the designated location in the company operations room. The FDC for WSG127 showed that the flight was planned to be conducted under visual flight rules (VFR), under company flight-following, at an altitude of 5500 feet above sea level (ASL). Time en route was calculated to be 66 minutes, with fuel consumption of 413 pounds.
The pilot returned to the aircraft on the apron. Loading and fueling were complete, and the pilot conducted a final walk-around inspection of C-FKDL. Before entering the cockpit, the pilot conducted an inspection of the upper wing surface.
At 08:54, the pilot started the engine of C-FKDL and conducted ground checks for several minutes. At 08:58, the pilot advised on the mandatory frequency that WSG127 was taxiing for departure from runway 09.
WSG127 departed from runway 09 at 09:00, and, at 09:01, the pilot reported on the mandatory frequency that the flight was airborne. The flight climbed eastward for several miles and then turned left toward the track to mandatory frequency. At about 3000 feet ASL, WSG127 briefly descended about 100 feet over 10 seconds, and then resumed climbing. At 09:05, the pilot reported that WSG127 was clear of the mandatory frequency zone.
WSG127 intercepted the track to Angling Lake and climbed northward until the flight reached a peak altitude of about 4600 feet ASL at 09:08:41, and then began descending at 09:08:46. At 09:09:16, the flight made a sharp right turn of about 120° as it descended through about 4000 feet ASL. At 09:09:39, the descent ended at about 2800 feet and the aircraft climbed to about 3000 feet ASL before again beginning to descend. At approximately 09:10, WSG127 collided with trees and terrain at an elevation of 1460 feet ASL during daylight hours.

Probable Cause:

Findings as to causes and contributing factors

1. Although the aircraft was prohibited from flying in known or forecast icing conditions, Wasaya Airways Limited Partnership (Wasaya) flight 127 (WSG127) was dispatched into forecast icing conditions.
2. The high take-off weight of WSG127 increased the severity of degraded performance when the flight encountered icing conditions.
3. The pilot of WSG127 continued the flight in icing conditions for about 6 minutes, resulting in progressively degraded performance.
4. WSG127 experienced substantially degraded aircraft performance as a result of ice accumulation, resulting in aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and collision with terrain.
5. The Type C pilot self-dispatch procedures and practices in use at Wasaya at the time of the occurrence did not ensure that operational risk was managed to an acceptable level.
6. Wasaya had not implemented all of the mitigation strategies from its January 2015 risk assessment of Cessna 208B operations in known or forecast icing conditions, and the company remained exposed to some unmitigated hazards that had been identified in the risk assessment.
7. There was a company norm of dispatching Cessna 208B flights into forecast icing conditions, although 4 of Wasaya's 5 Cessna 208B aircraft were prohibited from operating in these conditions.

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency:  TSB Canada Status: Investigation ongoing Duration:  1 year and 10 months Accident number: A15C0163 Download report:

Ryanair ga blaffen i rettmessige krav fra passasjerer - Gir nå etter - BBC

Ryanair backs down over passenger rights for cancellations

• 29 September 2017
 
• From the sectionBusiness
 
• 497comments

passasjerer - Gir nå etter - BBImage copyrightPA

Image captionRyanair boss Michael O'Leary

Ryanair has bowed to regulator demands and spelled out more options on offer to passengers affected by its planned flight disruption.

It has avoided possible legal action by emailing those affected by more than 20,000 flight cancellations.

On its site, Ryanair acknowledges it is required to offer those on cancelled flights full refunds or comparable tickets on rival carriers.

Civil Aviation Authority boss Andrew Haines said Ryanair had "capitulated".

Earlier this week, Mr Andrew Haines said he was "furious" the airline had not been complying with the law by failing to offer to re-route passengers on rival airlines.

In the airline's first wave of cancellations Ryanair offered affected passengers a £40 voucher per cancelled flight as a way to say sorry.

The budget airline said it had taken on more extra staff to process the expected increase in customer claims.

Ryanair was forced by the CAA to clarify that passengers affected who previously "may have chosen an option that was not suitable for them as a result of any misunderstanding of their EU261 rights" were entitled to change their mind, for example by opting for a flight on another airline instead of a refund.

If no Ryanair flight was available to get customers to their ticketed destination, customers can now opt for a comparable flight on Easyjet, Jet2, Vueling, Cityjet, Aer Lingus, Norwegian or Eurowings, the airline clarified.

'Systematically flouting'

Mr Haines confirmed Ryanair had contacted the aviation watchdog late on Friday afternoon and said; "Our job is to protect passengers' rights and ensure that all airlines operating in the UK are fully compliant with important consumer laws.

"Where we find that an airline is systematically flouting these rules, we will not hesitate to take action, to minimise the harm and detriment caused to passengers, as we have done with Ryanair in recent days. It appears that Ryanair has now capitulated.

"We will review their position in detail and monitor this situation to ensure that passengers get what they are entitled to in practice," Haines added.

Ruined plans

Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said: "We are committed to processing all such claims within 21 days of receipt and hope to have all such claims settled before the end of October."

Ryanair cancelled up to 50 flights a day through to the end of October, affecting 315,000 passengers.

It then cancelled another 18,000 flights between November and March, affecting the travel plans of another 400,000 passengers.

The disruption was brought about because of an error with pilot holiday rotas and Ryanair said cancelling flights would "eliminate all risk of further flight cancellations".

The budget airline said it has updated the Frequently Asked Questions section of its website to reflect all of these changes.

Wamos Air B747-400 til Sola fra Malaga i morgen

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Helikopter - CHC-sjefen går av - SA

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Arne Roland MARIE VON KROGH

Arne Roland slutter som sjef for CHC Helikopter Service: - Det har vært tøffere enn jeg hadde trodd

Omstilling og Turøy-ulykken har satt sitt preg på helikoptersjefen, som nå overlater roret til noen andre.

OPPDATERT: 29.SEP.2017 12:53

 PUBLISERT: 29.SEP.2017 09:47

Hilde Øvrebekk Lewis

  

Arne Roland tok over som administrerende direktør i CHC Helicopter Service i 2012. Etter at oljenedturen begynte i 2014, har det vært noen tøffe år også for helikopterbransjen.

– Jeg har vært gjennom en tøff periode med omstillinger. Det ble en større omstillingen enn jeg trodde da jeg startet, sier Roland.

– Når en sitter i en sånn lederrolle gjør en det ikke fordi det nødvendigvis er lett. Du er forberedt på at det kan komme omstillinger. Men det har vært tøffere enn jeg trodde.

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Går godt i Norge

Roland sier videre at driften går godt nå, og at det derfor er det en god tid å gi seg på.

– Nå skal jeg puste litt, og plukke opp alt det som har blitt tilsidesatt ellers. Jeg har ikke noe nytt å gå til, og jeg skal ta meg tilstrekkelig med tid på å finne noe nytt.

Roland beskriver perioden som sjef for selskapet som en tid der markedet har vært i motgang.

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– Men organisasjonen og folkene som jobber her er entusiastiske. Det er en bransje som har dratt dette sammen, så det har vært et privilegium å jobbe sammen med kolleger, kunder og leverandører. Bransjen er ikke friskmeldt ennå, og trenger fremdeles omstilling, men i Norge går det greit nå, sier han.

– Nå er alle indikatorer bra for selskapet. Og det å levere et bo i god stand, betyr mye. Nå er størrelsen på selskapet tilpasset markedet, og driften går bra.

Super Puma-forbudet opphevet i Europa - men ikke i Norge

– Vil alltid være med meg

Det var CHCs helikopter som styrtet i ulykken ved Turøy utenfor Bergen 29. april i fjor. 13 mistet livet. To av disse var ansatt i CHC. Roland sier at ulykken vil prege ham for resten av livet.

– En ulykke som Turøy-ulykken er det verste som kan skje en leder. Selv om du må være forberedt på at det kan skje, er det annerledes når det faktisk hender.

– Den ulykken er noe jeg vil ha med meg for alltid. 13 mennesker døde, og jeg mistet to av mine egne. Folk snakker om kriser og ting som skjer i hverdagen. Men etter en sånn ulykke blir en mer nøktern med å bruke slike ord på dagligdagse hendelser. Du ser litt annerledes på ting. Den lille motgangen i markedet blir relativt liten sammenlignet med en sånn ulykke.

CHCs resultater
	2016	2015	2014
Sum driftsinntekter	2,32 milliarder	2,34 milliarder	2,34 milliarder
Driftsresultat	28,3 millioner	-183, 6 millioner	-18,1 millioner
Resultat før skatt	16,5 millioner	-238,2 millioner	-44,1 millioner

Sammen i sorgen ved Turøy

Roland er utdannet siviløkonom fra Universitetet i Agder. Han har tidligere vært konserndirektør i Kværner Verdal, og har vært nesten 20 år i olje- og gassindustrien, både i Norge og internasjonalt.

Men basen har siden 1995 vært i Stavanger.

– Jeg har barn som fremdeles går på videregående. Så min base er her. Jeg har en fleksibel avtale med CHC, og skal etter planen sitte som sjef her i et par måneder til.

Det er ikke kjent hvem som kommer til å ta over som sjef for CHC etter Roland.