Problems with Boeing 737 MAX cost TUI many millions
Travel organization TUI takes into account a cost item of 200 million euros now that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft are on the ground.
Since the crash of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the aircraft is no longer flown in many countries. The disaster in Ethiopia is said to have been caused by the same software problem as the crash with the same type of device in Indonesia in October, writes The Wall Street Journal . The newspaper relies on the preliminary conclusion in the investigation into the crash.
TUI lowers expectations, among other things, because replacement devices have to be arranged and they use more fuel. The company anticipates a decrease in operating profit of 17 percent, where no decrease was previously expected. Based on these expectations, TUI expects the 737 MAX aircraft to start flying again mid-July.
In total, TUI has fifteen 737 MAX aircraft in its fleet. At the end of May eight more would be added. The Dutch branch of TUI has three.
Southwest Airlines also announced earlier that it would lower its expectations. The American airline expects a drop of around 150 million dollars in the first quarter of this year. Southwest has 737 MAX aircraft on the ground.
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2278089-problemen-met-boeing-737-max-kosten-tui-vele-miljoenen.html
"It seems like a terrible dream," De Boetzelaer swimming pool director emotionally after a fire
MONSTER - 'I had come up with a nice goodbye, I would leave a fantastic company. It can't be that way. Terrible.' Peter Wielaart, director of swimming pool De Boetzelaer, is visibly emotional after a severe fire broke his swimming pool on Thursday evening.
The flames broke out on Thursday evening from the building at Madeweg in Monster. "It's terrible, it looks like a dream. I don't know if it's real, "says Wielaart shortly after the fire. The swimming pool can be considered lost. "I'm emotionally inside. It is still unreal, I think the reaction has yet to follow. "
He would retire this year after 45 years. "I had imagined a very different farewell. I would leave a fantastic company, but it should not be like that, "says Wielaart. He finds it worst for his employees. 'They have always worked for this company with heart and soul and still do so. It is one big family and they will no longer have a job. "
"We had a fantastic product"
The director was called on Thursday evening and immediately came to the swimming pool. "I was told that there was no salvation left, that they were going to let it burn."
Wielaart speaks of a big loss for the entire region. "We had a fantastic product, people now have to miss it. I really hope that a new swimming pool will be rebuilt.
Source: https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/3772710/Het-lijkt-wel-een-verschrikkelijke-droom-directeur-zwembad-De-Boetzelaer-emotioneel-na-brand
Important emergency stops of Zaanse 'accident bridges' never tested
ZAANSTAD - The emergency stops of the bridges in Zaanstad, which can be crucial in accidents and dangerous situations, have never been tested in practice since they were delivered. This is evident from documents in the hands of NH News. In addition, two safety scans show that there are even more problems.
In recent years several accidents have occurred on bridges in Zaanstad, one of which even ended in death. That was in 2015, when a woman fell from the Den Uyl Bridge. The bridge opened while she stood on it, because the bridge keeper had not seen her.
Read also: Victim bridge accident Zaandam is a 57-year-old woman
A few years later, in November 2018, things went wrong again. An older couple was injured when the Prince Bernhard Bridge opened as they walked over it. The man fell into the water, the woman landed on the asphalt.
Practical tests
ince then much has been researched and improved at the bridges, but testing the emergency stop does not seem to be part of that. The only bridge in Zaan whose emergency stop has been tested in practice is the Bernhard Bridge. It was examined after the accident with the elderly couple.
Also read: Two victims in the Zaandam bridge accident: one in the water, the other on the side
"I was surprised that those emergency stops were no longer tested in practice," said Tjeerd Pietersma of the PvdA in Zaanstad. "I think if you want to use an emergency stop or emergency brake, you must be 100 percent convinced that it works."
Software test
However, the emergency buttons are tested every once in a while when the bridge is closed. According to the municipality, a real emergency stop - while the bridge is moving - is very drastic and damage can occur.
This method creates unbelief at Wesley Fontijn. His mother died in 2015 in the accident on the Den Uylbrug. "With such a software test you can see if a red light is on somewhere, but you also want to see physically that something is happening with that bridge. That seems to me to be the most important thing," says Fontijn, who has died since death. from his mother fully committed to bridge safety in Zaanstad.
In addition to not testing the emergency stops, the requested documents also show that there are problems with cameras. The ones at the Bernhard Bridge regularly had problems with failures, something that was unknown to Fontijn. "It's that you tell me that, but I didn't know anything," he says. "That's strange, because you have to seal security points. If there are cameras that don't work and have malfunctions every time, you have to take more constructive measures."
Action plan
Both Fontijn and the municipality of Zaanstad have carried out a safety scan. These findings will be discussed next week, March 12. Pietersma hopes that measures will be taken soon to improve the bridges. "The impatience is increasing and there must be a plan of action," he says.
The costs to adjust the bridges are already estimated at 1.2 million euros, according to the municipality's scan. They emphasize that in the meantime the bridges are well monitored and safe.
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/241585/problemen-bij-zaanse-bruggen-belangrijke-noodstoppen-nooit-getest
Elevator accident at Groningen University due to incorrectly adjusted brake
An incorrectly adjusted brake was the cause of the accident with a lift at the University of Groningen (RUG). On 17 January, an elevator fell in the Pharmacy building with fourteen people at an elevated speed, seven floors down. This morning the university presented the results of an independent investigation into the accident. The brake failure was not noticed despite periodic maintenance.
1st, 9th, 6th, 5th, basement
Fourteen researchers and students initially entered the first floor to go to the ninth floor. After arriving there, the doors closed before people could get out and the elevator began to sink due to unclear cause. Because the extraordinary emergency braking device came into effect, the lift stalled between the sixth and fifth. Employees and a technician came to the rescue. After an hour the elevator started moving again uncontrollably. The lift failed to brake. As a result, it abruptly stopped at a higher speed on the buffer in the basement.
Big impact
The accident had a major impact on the fourteen people. Some of them have mental problems. "They have lost confidence in matters that are obvious to others. You assume that the technology works well, and it turns out that this is not the case on such a day," says Jouke de Vries of the RUG.
There are also physical problems. According to De Vries, some of the people in the elevator are still bothered by the knees.
Responsibility
Despite periodic maintenance, the brake failure was not noticed, RTV Noord reports . The University of Groningen holds the companies responsible for the proper functioning of the lift liable for the damage: the company that supplied the engine of the lift, the maintenance company and the institute that inspected the lift.
"Discussions are currently being held with the insurers of those companies", says Stephan van Galen, director of the staff office of the RUG. "It is a complicated matter to find out who is responsible for what."
https://nos.nl/artikel/2277166-liftongeluk-universiteit-groningen-door-verkeerd-afgestelde-rem.html
Risk of extinguishing foam ballet A15 near Rotterdam
The speed limit on the A15 in the direction of Ridderkerk at Heijplaat has been lifted. Motorists were only allowed to go there 70 km per hour for a short time on Wednesday afternoon, because a large amount of fire-fighting foam threatened to blow onto the highway. That danger had passed just after 4 p.m.
Due to a technical defect in the extinguishing installation, a shed alongside the A15 had been filled with foam. A door could not withstand the pressure and opened. The fire-fighting foam flowed out and threatened to blow up the A15.
The Wilhelmsen Ships Service warehouse on the Rotterdam-Albrandswaard industrial estate is full of 8000 pallets with barrels of chemical substances on it. The substances are not flammable, says the fire department. But the extinguishing system was automatically activated. Employees tried to close the situation, but then the suffering was already over.
Thanks to a noise barrier it was possible to prevent the foam from blowing on the highway. The fire brigade expects to spend a few hours cleaning up the fire-fighting foam.
Source: https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/179610/Brandweer-vreest-schuimwolk-over-A15
Travel organization TUI takes into account a cost item of 200 million euros now that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft are on the ground.
Since the crash of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the aircraft is no longer flown in many countries. The disaster in Ethiopia is said to have been caused by the same software problem as the crash with the same type of device in Indonesia in October, writes The Wall Street Journal . The newspaper relies on the preliminary conclusion in the investigation into the crash.
TUI lowers expectations, among other things, because replacement devices have to be arranged and they use more fuel. The company anticipates a decrease in operating profit of 17 percent, where no decrease was previously expected. Based on these expectations, TUI expects the 737 MAX aircraft to start flying again mid-July.
In total, TUI has fifteen 737 MAX aircraft in its fleet. At the end of May eight more would be added. The Dutch branch of TUI has three.
Southwest Airlines also announced earlier that it would lower its expectations. The American airline expects a drop of around 150 million dollars in the first quarter of this year. Southwest has 737 MAX aircraft on the ground.
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2278089-problemen-met-boeing-737-max-kosten-tui-vele-miljoenen.html
"It seems like a terrible dream," De Boetzelaer swimming pool director emotionally after a fire
MONSTER - 'I had come up with a nice goodbye, I would leave a fantastic company. It can't be that way. Terrible.' Peter Wielaart, director of swimming pool De Boetzelaer, is visibly emotional after a severe fire broke his swimming pool on Thursday evening.
The flames broke out on Thursday evening from the building at Madeweg in Monster. "It's terrible, it looks like a dream. I don't know if it's real, "says Wielaart shortly after the fire. The swimming pool can be considered lost. "I'm emotionally inside. It is still unreal, I think the reaction has yet to follow. "
He would retire this year after 45 years. "I had imagined a very different farewell. I would leave a fantastic company, but it should not be like that, "says Wielaart. He finds it worst for his employees. 'They have always worked for this company with heart and soul and still do so. It is one big family and they will no longer have a job. "
"We had a fantastic product"
The director was called on Thursday evening and immediately came to the swimming pool. "I was told that there was no salvation left, that they were going to let it burn."
Wielaart speaks of a big loss for the entire region. "We had a fantastic product, people now have to miss it. I really hope that a new swimming pool will be rebuilt.
Source: https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/3772710/Het-lijkt-wel-een-verschrikkelijke-droom-directeur-zwembad-De-Boetzelaer-emotioneel-na-brand
Important emergency stops of Zaanse 'accident bridges' never tested
ZAANSTAD - The emergency stops of the bridges in Zaanstad, which can be crucial in accidents and dangerous situations, have never been tested in practice since they were delivered. This is evident from documents in the hands of NH News. In addition, two safety scans show that there are even more problems.
In recent years several accidents have occurred on bridges in Zaanstad, one of which even ended in death. That was in 2015, when a woman fell from the Den Uyl Bridge. The bridge opened while she stood on it, because the bridge keeper had not seen her.
Read also: Victim bridge accident Zaandam is a 57-year-old woman
A few years later, in November 2018, things went wrong again. An older couple was injured when the Prince Bernhard Bridge opened as they walked over it. The man fell into the water, the woman landed on the asphalt.
Practical tests
ince then much has been researched and improved at the bridges, but testing the emergency stop does not seem to be part of that. The only bridge in Zaan whose emergency stop has been tested in practice is the Bernhard Bridge. It was examined after the accident with the elderly couple.
Also read: Two victims in the Zaandam bridge accident: one in the water, the other on the side
"I was surprised that those emergency stops were no longer tested in practice," said Tjeerd Pietersma of the PvdA in Zaanstad. "I think if you want to use an emergency stop or emergency brake, you must be 100 percent convinced that it works."
Software test
However, the emergency buttons are tested every once in a while when the bridge is closed. According to the municipality, a real emergency stop - while the bridge is moving - is very drastic and damage can occur.
This method creates unbelief at Wesley Fontijn. His mother died in 2015 in the accident on the Den Uylbrug. "With such a software test you can see if a red light is on somewhere, but you also want to see physically that something is happening with that bridge. That seems to me to be the most important thing," says Fontijn, who has died since death. from his mother fully committed to bridge safety in Zaanstad.
In addition to not testing the emergency stops, the requested documents also show that there are problems with cameras. The ones at the Bernhard Bridge regularly had problems with failures, something that was unknown to Fontijn. "It's that you tell me that, but I didn't know anything," he says. "That's strange, because you have to seal security points. If there are cameras that don't work and have malfunctions every time, you have to take more constructive measures."
Action plan
Both Fontijn and the municipality of Zaanstad have carried out a safety scan. These findings will be discussed next week, March 12. Pietersma hopes that measures will be taken soon to improve the bridges. "The impatience is increasing and there must be a plan of action," he says.
The costs to adjust the bridges are already estimated at 1.2 million euros, according to the municipality's scan. They emphasize that in the meantime the bridges are well monitored and safe.
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/241585/problemen-bij-zaanse-bruggen-belangrijke-noodstoppen-nooit-getest
Elevator accident at Groningen University due to incorrectly adjusted brake
An incorrectly adjusted brake was the cause of the accident with a lift at the University of Groningen (RUG). On 17 January, an elevator fell in the Pharmacy building with fourteen people at an elevated speed, seven floors down. This morning the university presented the results of an independent investigation into the accident. The brake failure was not noticed despite periodic maintenance.
1st, 9th, 6th, 5th, basement
Fourteen researchers and students initially entered the first floor to go to the ninth floor. After arriving there, the doors closed before people could get out and the elevator began to sink due to unclear cause. Because the extraordinary emergency braking device came into effect, the lift stalled between the sixth and fifth. Employees and a technician came to the rescue. After an hour the elevator started moving again uncontrollably. The lift failed to brake. As a result, it abruptly stopped at a higher speed on the buffer in the basement.
Big impact
The accident had a major impact on the fourteen people. Some of them have mental problems. "They have lost confidence in matters that are obvious to others. You assume that the technology works well, and it turns out that this is not the case on such a day," says Jouke de Vries of the RUG.
There are also physical problems. According to De Vries, some of the people in the elevator are still bothered by the knees.
Responsibility
Despite periodic maintenance, the brake failure was not noticed, RTV Noord reports . The University of Groningen holds the companies responsible for the proper functioning of the lift liable for the damage: the company that supplied the engine of the lift, the maintenance company and the institute that inspected the lift.
"Discussions are currently being held with the insurers of those companies", says Stephan van Galen, director of the staff office of the RUG. "It is a complicated matter to find out who is responsible for what."
https://nos.nl/artikel/2277166-liftongeluk-universiteit-groningen-door-verkeerd-afgestelde-rem.html
Risk of extinguishing foam ballet A15 near Rotterdam
The speed limit on the A15 in the direction of Ridderkerk at Heijplaat has been lifted. Motorists were only allowed to go there 70 km per hour for a short time on Wednesday afternoon, because a large amount of fire-fighting foam threatened to blow onto the highway. That danger had passed just after 4 p.m.
Due to a technical defect in the extinguishing installation, a shed alongside the A15 had been filled with foam. A door could not withstand the pressure and opened. The fire-fighting foam flowed out and threatened to blow up the A15.
The Wilhelmsen Ships Service warehouse on the Rotterdam-Albrandswaard industrial estate is full of 8000 pallets with barrels of chemical substances on it. The substances are not flammable, says the fire department. But the extinguishing system was automatically activated. Employees tried to close the situation, but then the suffering was already over.
Thanks to a noise barrier it was possible to prevent the foam from blowing on the highway. The fire brigade expects to spend a few hours cleaning up the fire-fighting foam.
Source: https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/179610/Brandweer-vreest-schuimwolk-over-A15