Northwest Flight 188 Pilots Are Grounded
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Oct. 27 revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. The two wrong-way pilots were previously suspended from flying for Delta Air Lines through completion of various investigations, said a Delta... [read more]
Pilot Error Blamed for 2008 HEMS Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Oct. 27 ruled that the probable cause of the fatal crash of a Maryland State Police (MSP) helicopter emergency medical services flight ("Trooper 2") was the pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure...
Predicting a Caller's Fate
What if a 911 operator and/or hospital emergency room staff could better assess whether an injured party is actually about to die? Could this additional critical information be used to determine whether an emergency medical services (EMS) helicopter should be sent or an ambulance? Japanese researchers have...
Autopilot Available for Medical Choppers
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently drafted and sent to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) numerous recommendations that Safety Board members believe would improve the safety margins for the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) industry. The ten recommendations to the FAA...
Raytheon Improving Pilot Situational Awareness
The U..S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $13 million contract to develop additional sensor prototypes for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System (ADAS), which gives helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness. The award is the first extension of a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)...
Cyberspace No Fly Zone
Your remember yours. I remember mine. Every pilot remembers ground school. Mine was in a dingy and dark corner of the low-rent district of a Florida airport. The three-classroom facility smelled like stale coffee and mildew. The air conditioning worked fine; at least when the owner of the Part 141 pilot...
Air Canada Pilots to Track Fatigue
The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) has launched an initiative to track incidents of fatigue experienced by pilots flying the airline's mainline fleet. "Pilot fatigue is a top safety concern for our members and a major issue that aviation authorities around the world are working to address,"...
Asleep at the Wheel
Two pilots for Go! Airlines who slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as suffering from severe undiagnosed apnea. Meanwhile, the...
Blame Placed for Nimrod Crash
It is reported that a UK government inquiry blames BAE Systems and QinetiQ for safety failings that caused an explosion on a RAF Nimrod reconnaissance plane over Afghanistan in 2006, killing all 14 on board. The report, prepared by Charles Haddon-Cave, a lawyer, said BAE assessed the safety of Nimrods...
Safety & Technology Trends
FAA Approves AWOS AV All Weather, Inc. (AWI) has been granted approval for an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) Type AV (Altimeter and Visibility). AWI has been designing and producing various AWOS Types for over 20 years including AWOS Types A, I, II, III, P, PT, T and PTZ. The recent certification...
Security Shortlines
TSA to Test Explosives Detection Technology The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in partnership with the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, will begin testing advanced explosives detection technology as part of TSA's Security Enhancement and Capabilities...
Safety Rules & Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Teledyne Continental Motors O-470, IO-470, TSIO-470, IO-520, TSIO-520, IO-550, and IOF-550 Series Reciprocating Engines; Correction Final rule; correction. SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting airworthiness directive (AD) 2009-19-06, which published in the Federal Register on September...
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 01, 2009 Dayton, OH DUSENBERRY MARK J 1905 WRIGHT FLYER N3635N 1905 Wright Flyer, collided with terrain following loss of control shortly after taking off from Huffman Prairie Flying Field at Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO). One serious Pilot received serious...
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