Czech investigators believe the crew of a Let Aircraft Industries L-410 did not apply sufficient rudder to counter yaw, after a propeller pitch reversal, before the aircraft fatally rolled into the ground on final approach to Nelkan. Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee, which led the inquiry, states that the pitch setting of the blades dropped to minus 1.8°, significantly below the minimum in-flight setting of 13.5°, while the Khabarovsk Airlines aircraft was just 170m above ground. The inquiry says it suffered an "extremely improbable" uncommanded shift of the right-hand propeller into the 'beta' range – effectively reversing its thrust – and the crew had been unprepared to respond to this unlikely scenario. While the Russian probe says the pitch reversal and the forward setting of the throttle levers caused the aircraft to enter a "significant" roll to the right, Czech authorities have formally requested an amended interpretation. The Czech side says the crew increased power on the left-hand engine, leading to a developing yaw which – combined with low airspeed and "only small rudder deflection" – resulted in a roll that could not be compensated by aileron deflection alone.

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Hong Kong International airport’s operations are gradually getting back on track, a day after anti-government protesters occupied large swathes of the airport, causing all flights to be cancelled. In a notice posted on 13 August, the airport authority says that it will “implement flight rescheduling…with flight movements expected to be affected”. It urged passengers to check with their airlines, as well as on its website, on the latest flight information. On the afternoon of 12 August, the authority cancelled all flights on the grounds that its operations had been “seriously disrupted”. Flights scheduled to depart at 18:00 local time on 12 August, or later, had been cancelled. The cancellation was reported to last till the next morning. As of 11:00 local time, the airport's website shows that for the whole of 13 August, 345 flights in and out of the city have been cancelled, with a further 22 flights delayed. Cathay Pacific and its unit Cathay Dragon have cancelled nearly 200 flights in and out of Hong Kong, mostly to points within Asia. The unprecedented shutdown of Hong Kong International airport comes a week after a similar episode of flight cancellations. On 5 August, the Cathay Pacific group cancelled hundreds of flights in and out of Hong Kong, most of them flights to Asian destinations, while other Asian carriers had also cancelled flights to the city. Hong Kong has been rocked by protests for the past two months over the government's decision to introduce an unpopular extradition bill. It was later shelved, but protesters have demanded the full withdrawal of the bill and an investigation into the way the political crisis has been handled.

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Russian investigators are probing a take-off incident involving a Globus Boeing 737-800 which became airborne after apparently overrunning at Moscow Domodedovo. Surveillance cameras captured the jet, with its nose up for rotation, on runway 32L as it departed for Simferopol on 5 August. The images indicate the aircraft was either still on the ground or barely airborne as it travelled past the threshold for the opposite-direction runway 14R.
09 AUGUST, 2019 SOURCE: FLIGHT DASHBOARD BY: DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW LONDON
Moscow's interregional transport department of the federal Investigative Committee says a subsequent inspection of the runway after the "aviation event" revealed glass fragments from broken lighting. It adds that checks are under way intended to establish "all the circumstances and causes" of the incident. The aircraft did not return to Domodedovo but proceeded to Simferopol.

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