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October 29, 2007
Corporate Jet Safety Shortcomings Outlined
More than 500 pilots and maintenance personnel took part in Bombardier's Safety Standdown 2007 seminar conducted October 22-25 in Wichita, Kansas. Now in its eleventh year, the free seminar this year was expanded to three full lecture days. The event is...
October 8, 2007
Safety News in Brief
The Air Line Pilots Association, International will host its first Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) for Cargo Aircraft Symposium (tinyurl.com/2jv256) on Nov. 13-14, 2007 at the ALPA Conference Center in Herndon, Va., bringing together interested...
October 1, 2007
Bombardier Conducts 2007 Safety Standdown
Bombardier expects record attendance at its upcoming Safety Standdown 2007. The seminar set for October 22-25 in Wichita, Kansas, is broadening participation from the aviation industry, welcoming the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as an official...
October 1, 2007
Significant Regulatory Activity
49 CFR Parts 171, 173, and 175 [Docket No. PHMSA-2006-25446 (HM-243)] Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). Hazardous Materials: Fuel Cell Cartridges and Systems Transported on Board Passenger...
September 24, 2007
Sumwalt Backs Independent Thinking
National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Robert Sumwalt says more independent aircraft accident investigation agencies are needed if air safety is to be improved worldwide. The U.S. Safety Board member told a group of foreign accident investigators...
September 24, 2007
Safety News in Brief
The Fifth Triennial International Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference (for more info and registration see tinyurl.com/35skw6) October 29th - November 1st, 2007 Tropicana Casino-Resort Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Date Incident 18 Sep Extending the...
August 27, 2007
Safety Board Probes Sightseeing Plane Crashes in Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is taking special interest in the three sightseeing aircraft crashes in Alaska in July and August that claimed 14 lives. The latest event, involved a single-engine de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 (N345KA) floatplane...
August 27, 2007
Security Roundup
Date Incident 21 Aug A risk analysis study has shown that another terrorist attack could cost U.S. commercial aviation up to $420 billion. The new study is published in the current issue of the scientific journal Risk Analysis. The study was conducted by four...
August 27, 2007
Safety News in Brief
Marion Blakey has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, the trade association representing the nation's manufacturers of aerospace equipment, effective November 12, 2007. Blakey is the 15th Administrator of...
August 27, 2007
Significant Regulatory Activity
Australia's civil and military aviation government heads will jointly present papers on their moves to improve aviation safety through the introduction of new safety management systems (SMS) at a 31 Oct to 02 Nov conference in Canberra. The heads of CASA...
August 27, 2007
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 08 Aug 0400Z San Francisco Ca 737 of Alaskan Reg: N706AS Flt AS102, while being pushed back from the gate, struck a service truck. nil Reg: N706AS. Unknown damage 10 Aug Chicago O'Hare Illinois 767-3Z9ER of...
August 20, 2007
DOT IG Issues Warning on Foreign Repair Stations
The increasing outsourcing of aircraft maintenance by U.S. carriers alarms Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General Calvin Scovel because gaps remain in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supervision of foreign repair stations. In a recent...
August 20, 2007
FAA Proposes to Ease Certification of Large Corporate Aircraft Interiors
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last month issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the airworthiness standards for the interiors of transport category aircraft operated as private-use airplanes. The new interior standards that...
August 20, 2007
Safety News in Brief
Following the 15 Aug FAA-sponsored aviation industry symposium on runway incursion prevention, the agency has published an InFO, or Information for Flight Operators, alert (tinyurl.com/ypz75u). Awareness of pertinent FAA regulations and a clear understanding...
August 20, 2007
Significant Regulatory Activity
Cargo shipments of certain types of lithium batteries will remain banned from passenger aircraft under a final rule issued 09 Aug by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). This final rule also tightens standards for testing...
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