Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has given Regional Express (Rex) the all-clear, after an audit found no issues with its safety record. The statement, published on 6 July, details a two-day safety audit at Rex’s Wagga maintenance facility, focusing on error reporting rates and the management of these error reports. The audit is part of a wider safety assurance review. CASA found “no current issues with the safety of Rex aircraft”. “CASA will carefully assess the information obtained in the course of the audit against the requirements of the applicable civil aviation legislation,” the authority adds. The authority will also take action against Rex, if there was "any evidence of serious safety issues...or with any unaddressed airworthiness concerns in relation to a particular aircraft".

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A faulty thrust reverser and aquaplaning were the primary factors that caused an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 to overshoot the runway on 10 July 2018 at Mumbai airport, but the crew handled the situation well. In its final report on the incident, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) says the incident involved the aircraft bearing registration VT-AXT operating flight IX213 from Vijayawada. At 09:20 local time, the aircraft touched down 962m from the threshold of runway 14 at Mumbai, rolling out and travelling 5m beyond the runway end before coming to a halt on the paved surface. None of the 82 passengers and seven crew sustained injuries. The tyres of the aircraft were worn out due to excessive braking, but suffered no other damage. There was moderate rain at the time of the incident, and the crew was told at 09:18 when receiving landing clearance that wind speed was 12kt at 270° and the runway surface was wet.

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The EVA Air cabin crew strike will come to an end at midnight on 10 July, nearly three weeks on, as union members reached an agreement with airline management. The strike, which would have reached its 21st day on 10 July, has cost the airline about NT$3 billion ($96.2 million) in revenue losses. EVA says it is still estimating other impact costs. EVA has cancelled 681 flights since the strike began, and says in a stock exchange disclosure that it will work towards resuming normal operations by the end of the month. As part of the agreement reached in the latest rounds of negotiations, union members have agreed that they will not go on strike within three years. EVA has also promised its cabin crew a “flight safety bonus” of NT$300 for every round-trip short-haul flight and NT$500 for every round-trip long-haul flight.

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