Boeing Has a Bad Week
Boeing, which last week suffered a plunging share price as the result of further delays in its 787 Dreamliner program, will nervously await the outcome of the crash investigation involving British Airways Flight 38 at London Heathrow Airport and the probe of the mid-air power outage regarding Qantas Flight... [read more]
Avoiding Air Turbulence
Will air transport pilots soon have better ways to avoid clear air turbulence? Two American and one British researcher may have developed an improvement in forecasting severe bumps in the air. They will present two papers on the subject at the 13th Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Conference Jan...
JetBlue Upgrades FOQA Gear
JetBlue Airways has decided to use the more comprehensive Flightscape Insight product suite for its Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program. JetBlue purchased Insight|Animation and Insight|Analysis in 2005 to investigate and communicate FOQA events of high interest and/or complexity. Steve...
USAF Sees Way to Improve Latin American Airspace Management
The U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center (ESC) located at Hanscom AFB, MA sees a way to vastly improve airspace management throughout much of Latin America. ESC believes the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) could begin conducting site selection surveys as early as February for a regional coordination...
NASA Reissues Aviation Safety Data
After receiving 'bad press' from its handling of the release of aviation safety data on Dec. 31, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has updated its National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) website to add a Microsoft Office Excel formatted version of previously posted...
Boeing Opens Second F-15E Mission Training Center
As the U.S. Air Force returns many of its Boeing F-15A/B/C/D fighters to flying status, Boeing has opened a new F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC. The center, Boeing's second overall, provides aircrews with high-fidelity, simulator-based training without the material and...
Northrop Grumman Achieving C-MANPADS Milestones
Northrop Grumman says its Guardian infrared aircraft missile defense system exceeded expectations in live-fire tests in late 2007 and would top reliability goals if eventually installed on commercial air transports. The live-fire ground tests and aircraft installations were carried out as part of the...
EU Sets Rules on Sky Marshals
The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers recently put together a civil aviation security deal that goes before the full Parliament in March. The measures deal with the costs for aviation security and deployment of Sky Marshals on European flights. Aviation security arrangements will be harmonized...
DHS Looks for REAL ID
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes a minimum standard is needed for stated-issued driver's licenses and ID cards used to board jetliners amidst a heightened state of aviation security. DHS recently issued a final rule establishing minimum security standards for state-issued drivers'...
RJs Involved in Runway Incursions
SkyWest and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) were recently involved in two runway mishaps, one of which seriously damaged a SkyWest jet at San Francisco. And in what has been termed the most serious runway incursion at Atlanta Hartsfield, a Delta 757 taking off on Jan. 11 nearly collided with an ASA...
Preliminary Safety Board Findings on Fatal EMS Helicopter Crash
Operating Emergency Medical Services (EMS) rotorcraft remains a dangerous enterprise. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), on Sunday Dec. 30, 2007, at 0306 Central Standard Time, a Bell 206L-3 (N109AE) owned and operated by Air Evac EMS crashed while maneuvering near Cherokee...
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 12 Dec Isle of Nevis, Eastern Caribbean Global 500 reg: N50DS Landed short of the runway at Vance W. Armory Airport in the Caribbean islands on December 12 and sustained damage after hitting an airport perimeter fence nil Owner is Tampa, Fla.-based First...
Significant Regulatory Activity
Attempts thus far to resolve the ongoing CRJ100/200 flap failure problem has led to manufacturer Bombardier endorsing an interim fix while at the same time engaging an airframe expert (US manufacturer Eaton) to design a permanent fix (see acc&inc table 14 Jan entry for Flt SKW5808 flap failure). SkyWest...
Safety News in Brief
The Middle East Aviation Safety Summit to be hosted by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) in Abu Dhabi will kick off a Global Safety Roadmap and provide a blueprint for international air safety initiatives around the world. The Summit, held under the...
Security Roundup
Date Incident 17 Jan The Registered Traveler program at Reagan National and Dulles International airports will be operated by Verified Identity Pass. The company was awarded the contract on 16 Jan by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates Reagan National and Dulles International...
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