Fallout from NW Flight 188
The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The appeals were filed Nov. 4, according to an NTSB spokesman, noting that appeals are typically heard by an administrative law judge... [read more]
ALPA Sweats Out Fatigue Policy
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has adopted a new flight-time/duty-time and rest policy that reflects latest scientific findings on fatigue and its affects on pilot performance. The pilot union's announcement precedes the Federal Aviation Administration's year-end goal of issuing proposed rulemaking...
Jury Still Out on 'Senior Citizen' Pilots
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that there is too little information to determine if the federal move to increase the mandatory retirement age for commercial pilots has decreased aviation safety. The law enacted in December 2007 that extended the age limit from 60 to 65 (with strings...
AEA Challenges SMS NPRM
The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) has submitted comments to the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the FAA's safety management systems proposed rulemaking (Safety Management System; Docket No. FAA-2009-0671). The AEA does not support the FAA's broad-based proposal to mandate an...
FAA: All Clear for MU-2B
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) evaluated the safety of the MU-2B in 2005 following a rise in accidents. The FAA found that the MU-2B met its original certification standards. However, changes to pilot and maintenance training, pilot checklists, and maintenance manuals were needed due to the unique...
Another A330 Pitot Tube Incident?
A Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-200 on Oct. 29 may have suffered the same malfunction involved in the loss of an Air France jetliner over the Atlantic, killing all on board, five months ago. The Jetstar Airways A330-200 with 209 passengers and crew onboard suffered momentary erratic speed data indications from...
Qantas Suspends Pilots After Near Gear Up Landing
Qantas Airways suspended two pilots after a Boeing 767 they were piloting came within 700 feet of landing in Sydney before they realized the jetliner's landing gears weren't lowered. The Australian airline has begun an investigation into the Oct. 26 incident and the pilots, who were flying from...
Advancing NextGen Technology
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has entered into agreements with Honeywell Aerospace and Rockwell Collins for a collaborative effort to develop avionics to support Data Communications (Data Comm), so that National Air Space (NAS) users will realize the benefits of the Data Comm program---and the...
Safety & Technology Trends
On ALERT in Arkansas The Arkansas Children's Hospital's aviation program---Angel One---has been awarded FAA approval for its Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring/Flight Operations Quality Assurance (HFDM/FOQA) program. As one of the leading small operators of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS)...
Security Shortlines
9/11 Responders Twice as Likely to Have Asthma First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according to Mount Sinai School of Medicine...
Safety Rules & Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Airbus Model A310 airplanes. That AD currently requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued...
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 03, 2009 Jones Creek, TX BEECH E18S N797SB A/c substantially damaged when struck radio tower and impacted terrain while maneuvering near Lake Jackson. . Local mosquito control flight originated at Brazoria County Airport (LBX), Angleton, TX. No injuries...
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