Air France Ends 'Black Box' Hunt
The French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis (BEA) for Civil Aviation Safety has abandoned its search for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Air France passenger jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 people on board... [read more]
NTSB Revises Hudson Mid-Air Assessment; NATCA Off Crash Probe
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have modified their preliminary report on the Aug. 8 midair collision of a small fixed-wing aircraft and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. They now say the air tour helicopter struck by the plane wasn't initially visible on radar to an...
Safety on Par at Network & Regional Carriers
U.S. regional airlines and their mainline air carriers live by the same aviation safety standards, according to senior airline executives who recently testified before a Senate aviation panel. The congressional hearing was held in the wake of the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in...
FOD Finder in Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is the first commercial airport in the world to link a day and night camera to its existing Tarsier Foreign Object Debris (FOD) radar detection system. The new camera upgrades the airport's 24-hour automated runway debris detection system in all weather conditions by...
Aeronautical Forensic Archiving Keeps Flying Safe and Confident
San Diego-based Forensic Imaging and Archiving (FIA) has introduced Aeronautical Forensic Archiving (AFA), which provides quality assurance by photographically documenting aircraft inspections, maintenance and/or repairs. AFA creates a permanent archive of an aircraft's history to increase confidence and...
He Sounded Like 'Mickey Mouse'
A Cirrus SR-22 crashed July 30, 2009 in Ravenswood WV after the pilot---the sole occupant---apparently lost consciousness and flew hundreds of miles past the destination airport in Indiana. Air National Guard F-16 pilots who scrambled to intercept the errant aircraft observed an unresponsive pilot who...
The Airplane was "Upside Down."
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continue to probe the July 8, 2009 crash of a CESSNA 421C (N4467D) that killed the pilot and four passengers. The Cessna 421C was destroyed after it impacted the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, about 25 nautical miles northwest of Port Richey, FL...
Giving Pilots Unobstructed Views
Members of the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron transparency shop at Robins AFB, GA has a "clear" mission: to ensure there are no blemishes in USAF Boeing F-15 Eagle canopies that could impact pilots' views. When the shop restores a canopy, it saves the USAF about $350,000 from buying a new one...
Avionics Magazine/RTCA Team on NextGen
Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a one-day conference, "NowGen NEXT," Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. The conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker, will be the public unveiling of the recommendations of RTCA's NextGen...
Safety Webinar Examines the Issues
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason, Aviation Today is assembling four aviation safety...
Safety & Technology Trends
Former NTSB Chairman Joins Sequa Board Sequa has appointed Mark Rosenker, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), to its board of directors. A retired major general in the USAF Reserve, Rosenker served as NTSB chairman through July 2009. Flight Delays Reported at MSP Arriving...
Security Shortlines
Flight Disrupted by Naked Man An incident on a Southwest Airlines flight where a man became combative and stripped naked left some passengers too shaken to fly. Flight 947, bound for St. Louis with a stop in Las Vegas, had to return to Oakland International after a man exposed himself to a woman seated next...
Safety Rules & Regs
18th Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 206/EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary. The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 206: Aeronautical Information Services and Meteorology Data Link Services. The meeting will be held September 14-18, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at World...
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 11, 2009 Masizo del Roraima, Venezuela BEECH A36 N354RA The wreckage was located on the "Ilu - Tepuy" mountain, within the sector of Masizo del Roraima, Bolivar, Venezuela. Pilot had filed a flight plan from Maurice Bishop International...
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