FAA and industry partners have come up with a possible solution to minimize the risk of midair collisions where low-level commercial airliners, general aviation aircraft, military jets, and helicopters all fly together in the same complex airspace. What do you think about the new prototype VFR navigational chart for the LA Basin? Learn more in… Continue reading Minimizing the risk of midair collisions
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Cracks in the Wings of the A380 – What Next?
Poor A380. She had a difficult birth caused in no small measure by the rather peculiar corporate structure of Airbus and the consequent mismatch of the design software used in different parts of the company… Wire harnesses turned out to be too short, then the redesigned version did not fit either. After long delays she… Continue reading Cracks in the Wings of the A380 – What Next?
EASA Annual Safety Review – 2010
2010 was special for air safety. For the first time ever, no fatal accident occured in Europe in aeroplane and helicopter operations. Nevertheless, the Annual Safety Review from by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), published to inform the public of the general safety level in the field of civil aviation, is interesting reading. Non-fatal accidents are… Continue reading EASA Annual Safety Review – 2010
Quote of February 2011
Aviation, to an even greater extent than the sea, is unforgiving of any incapacity, carelessness or neglect. Air safety slogan.
Great potential in addressing the quality of the runways
Armann Norheim, Rapporteur of the ICAO Friction Task Force speaks to Bryan Camoens on the issues facing airfields around the globe, wet weather conditions and how maintainence and planning schedules should be set. Bryan Camoens: What are some of the issues that airfields are facing across the globe? Armann Norheim: Increased focus on safety areas… Continue reading Great potential in addressing the quality of the runways
Goodies for the fight against runway incursions
Although we hear the word runway excursion more often these days than runway incursion, these latter remain a problem and constant efforts are required to maintain the awareness of the dangers involved in stumbling on an active runway without clearance. Training of pilots, air traffic controllers and vehicle drivers is essential of course. Additionally, posters… Continue reading Goodies for the fight against runway incursions
Fatigue manifestations
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. The Operators Guide to Human Factors in Aviation (OGHFA) is a project of the Flight Safety Foundation European Advisory Committee. OGHFA is an extensive compendium of human factors information focused on further advancing commercial aviation safety. The Briefing Note (BN) “Fatigue Manifestations” explores some of the causes,… Continue reading Fatigue manifestations
EASA Safety Review 2009 published
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary. EASA has published its annual safety review for 2009. The report includes an analysis of accident data for light aircraft; although the data is incomplete, because several member states did not report, it gives further insight into the safety challenges facing general aviation. “Loss of control In-flight”… Continue reading EASA Safety Review 2009 published
2009 Aviation Safety Performance Data published by IATA
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary 2009’s accident rate for Western-built jet aircraft is the second lowest in aviation history. The 2009 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft) was 0.71. That is equal to one accident for every 1.4 million flights. This is a significant… Continue reading 2009 Aviation Safety Performance Data published by IATA
FAA Call to action on airline safety and pilot training
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, crashed while on approach to Buffalo, New York. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted a public hearing on this accident from May 12-14, 2009. During that hearing and subsequent congressional… Continue reading FAA Call to action on airline safety and pilot training