Six die as Angolan 737 crashes

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28890562.htm

And EU bans 51 indonesian airlines and...Angola Airlines

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_AIRLINE_BLACKLIST?SITE=WSPATV&SECTION=NATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-28-06-03-12

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...EU added TAAG-Angolan Airlines to a list of international carriers banned from its airspace for safety reasons...

With some new B777-300 !!?

Safety reasons! What's the meaning?

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This rating is applied if one or more of the following deficiencies are identified:
The country lacks laws or regulations necessary to support the certification and oversight of air carriers in accordance with minimum international standards.
The National Civil Aviation Authority lacks the technical expertise, resources, and organization to license or oversee air carrier operations.
The National Civil Aviation Authority does not have adequately trained and qualified technical personnel
The National Civil Aviation Authority does not provide adequate inspector guidance to ensure enforcement of, and compliance with, minimum international standards.
AND the National Civil Aviation Authority has insufficient documentation and records of certification and inadequate continuing oversight and surveillance of air carrier operations

Maybe it's not come from airlines but the CAA of the country.

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Maybe it's not come from airlines but the CAA of the country.

Yeah, it's both the CAA and the airline. Like Pakistan International airlines, only their B-777s are allowed in EU and none of their B-747s because of bad maintenance.

SM

TAAG bientot de retour en UE???



20 February, 2008

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European Union experts began on Monday an investigation of measures taken by Brussels against TAAG Angola Airlines that resulted in the operator being banned from European airspace in July 2007. The investigation team comprises officials appointed by European Union member states and by the European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA. The removing of TAAG from an EU blacklist depends on the result of a report to be issued at the end of the evaluation.



TAAG sources say they are optimistic at the result of the report by the air safety team, invited to Angola by the Angolan authorities. TAAG spokesperson Agnela Barros recently said the airline had done everything to rectify safety lapses detected by European officials last July that lead to the ban.

http://www.african-aviation.com/