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Russia suspends airworthiness certificate for 737 family

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MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. The Interstate Aviation Committee suspends the certificate for all Boeing-737 aircraft in Russia until receiving a joint notice of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration on the aircraft airworthiness. Such a statement is contained in IAC letter to heads of Russian and US authorities posted on the IAC website.
IAC founded in 1991 is the collective authority of eleven Former Soviet Union republics with authority to regulate the air space use. The committee deals with certification of aircraft and investigation of air accidents.
“IAC Air Register as the authorized agency in airworthiness standardization and type certification has to suspend all type certificates for Boeing-737 family aircraft issued by it in the course of validation until receipt of a joint notice of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration that Boeing-737 type aircraft operating in Russia are in condition supporting their safe operation,” IAC said in the letter.
IAC letter signed by the Air Register Chairman Vladimir Bespalov says Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency was in correspondence with the relevant US authority concerning urgent improvements of Boeing-737 aircraft rudder control system.
Operations of Boeing-737 to continue until receiving formal instruction
A source in a Russian air carrier told TASS that operations of Boeing-737 aircraft will continue until receiving a formal instruction.
“Boeing-737 aircraft will be operated as usual until receipt of an official instruction,” the source said.
This aircraft type is at the same time one of the most frequently used by Russian air carriers. According to public sources nearly 190 Boeing-737 aircraft of different modifications are currently in service in Russia.
Russian News Agency

Russian civil aviation authorities have issued a letter suspending the airworthiness certificate for all Boeing-737 aircraft in Russia, according to government-owned Russian news agency TASS.
However, according to TASS, Russian airlines are allowing 737s to continue to fly “until receipt of an official instruction.”
Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said Thursday that the company is aware of what’s happening but doesn’t know the reason for the suspension.
“We’re looking into it,” said Alder.
The report in TASS said Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency is “in correspondence with the relevant U.S. authority concerning urgent improvements of Boeing-737 aircraft rudder control system.”
TASS cited the letter saying the suspension will stay in effect until “receipt of a joint notice of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that Boeing-737 type aircraft operating in Russia are in condition supporting their safe operation.”
Nearly 190 Boeing 737s are currently in service in Russia, TASS said.
The Seattle Times

Delta 361 involved in false cargo hold fire warning

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Delta Air Lines plane aborted takeoff Monday in Jamaica after a fire was reported in its cargo area, forcing 160 people and six crew members to evacuate the commercial jetliner which was scheduled to fly from Montego Bay to Atlanta.
Nobody was injured in the afternoon incident at Sangster International Airport in the northern tourist city of Montego Bay. A Delta spokeswoman said the flight-deck warning was not accurate and there was no fire.
Photos posted on the Jamaica Gleaner’s website show passengers using emergency chutes on the Boeing 737 to get off the aircraft and onto the runway.
The Jamaican airport was forced to close after the incident and all flights were rerouted to the island’s capital of Kingston.
The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority said all efforts were made to reopen the runway to minimize disruptions.
Investigators have started looking into what caused the fire warning indication from the plane’s cargo bay.
FOX News

AS-17 diverts to Buffalo because of in-flight fire

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – A Seattle-bound flight from New Jersey has made an emergency landing in Buffalo after smoke was detected in the galley.
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority spokesman Doug Hartmayer says Alaska Airlines Flight 17 was diverted to Buffalo Niagara International Airport at about 8 a.m. Monday.
Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Halley Knigge says a credit card reader started smoking from what appears to be a melting battery. Hartmayer says the crew sprayed it with a fire extinguisher. There were no injuries among the 184 passengers and crew of five.
Hartmayer says firefighters boarded the Boeing 737 to check it out. He says passengers were taken to the terminal and offered medical assistance.
It wasn’t initially known if they’ll resume their flight on the same aircraft. Flight 17 originates in Newark. It’s usually scheduled to land in Seattle at 12:55 p.m.
KOMO News