Cypriot agency probes Cobalt incidents
Cyprus’ civil-aviation regulator has conducted an audit of start-up carrier Cobalt, following 2 incidents involving technical faults in the first few weeks of the airline’s operational life. In the first incident, the flight crew of one of Cobalt’s 3 Airbus A320s received an abnormal landing-gear warning shortly after take-off from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Manchester, England. The second occasion of interest to the Safety Regulation Unit (SRU) was a cabin-pressurisation event on a flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Larnaca. “What we’ve been looking at is to reassess or review a few things, in case something is not normal,” SRU chief Andreas Paspalides said. “We conducted an audit of documents [Aug. 22-23].” Given the fact that Cobalt was a new operator, the SRU wanted to ensure that all was in order, Paspalides said. <br/>
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Cypriot agency probes Cobalt incidents
Cyprus’ civil-aviation regulator has conducted an audit of start-up carrier Cobalt, following 2 incidents involving technical faults in the first few weeks of the airline’s operational life. In the first incident, the flight crew of one of Cobalt’s 3 Airbus A320s received an abnormal landing-gear warning shortly after take-off from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Manchester, England. The second occasion of interest to the Safety Regulation Unit (SRU) was a cabin-pressurisation event on a flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Larnaca. “What we’ve been looking at is to reassess or review a few things, in case something is not normal,” SRU chief Andreas Paspalides said. “We conducted an audit of documents [Aug. 22-23].” Given the fact that Cobalt was a new operator, the SRU wanted to ensure that all was in order, Paspalides said. <br/>
