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News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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UK Safety Board Concerned about Avionics Corrosion

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) recently issued a sweeping recommendation that the EASA, FAA, Transport Canada and other aviation agencies

Safety

January 24, 2008

Relaxing UK restrictions on helo singles could ‘degrade overall safety standards’

Lobbying by U.S.

Safety

January 21, 2008

Cuban-Exile Group Disbands Rescue Ops

Brothers to the Rescue has ceased operations.

Safety

January 18, 2008

Statistics Show No Airline Fatals Last Year

None of the 34 accidents that befell FAR Part 121 scheduled airlines last year resulted in fatalities, according to NTSB preliminary statistics.

Safety

January 17, 2008

Videos

London City Has a Magnetic Personality

A UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report issued this month indicates that magnetic interference at London City Airport (LCY) was responsible for “sig

Safety

January 17, 2008

DOT IG: Runway Status Lights Reduce Incursions

In a report released this week, the DOT Inspector General has f

Safety

January 17, 2008

Software may put to rest the crew-fatigue debate

The Centre for Human Sciences at British aerospace and defense research group Qinetiq has developed software that it says can assess and predict crew fatig

Safety

January 14, 2008

Satellites Helped Rescue 1,500 People in 2002

Weather satellites equipped to detect emergency locator transmitters helped rescue an estimated 1,500 sailors, hikers, downed pilots and others around the

Safety

January 11, 2008

Turbine business airplane accidents and fatalities decline

The total number of U.S.-registered turbine airplanes involved in serious accidents last year decreased significantly from 2001, a year that saw business a

Safety

January 11, 2008

Explosion-suppressant foam now for business a/c

Crest Foam Industries of Moonachie, N.J., which has been installing its explosion-suppressant arresting foam in the fuel tanks of racing cars and military

Safety

January 11, 2008

NASA departing the crash-test business

The general aviation and transport aircraft crashworthiness program that NASA has been operating since the 1970s will discontinue several planned and ongoi

Safety

January 10, 2008

Cloudy Mission on Tap for NASA

Despite the fundamental role of clouds in weather, there is much we don’t know about them.

Safety

January 10, 2008

BRS developing a chute for very light turbofans

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) of St.

Safety

January 9, 2008

Safety Board Asks for Better Stats

The NTSB has called for improvements in the way the Transportation Department collects data, including the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), the

Safety

January 9, 2008

Europe tightens bizav anti-terrorism security

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has drawn up a list of security recommendations in a bid to ensure uniform standards at the continent’s F

Safety

January 8, 2008

Tail-rotor ad limits Agusta performance

Owners and operators of all U.S.-registered Agusta A109E Power helicopters are being required to reduce their tail-rotor blade life limit, as well as reins

Safety

January 7, 2008

More Action Needed on Runway Incursions

Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of aviation runway and ramp safety, several members of Congress called on the FAA t

Safety

December 28, 2007

FAA forum focuses on SMS

“If I talk to ten people, I get ten different versions of what they believe an SMS [Safety Management System] is,” FAA associate administrator of aviation

Safety

December 27, 2007

Fractional operations, flight safety on ICAO agenda

At the ICAO Assembly in Montreal–where all the world’s aviation representatives gathered last month to review outstanding issues–there was general agreemen

Charter & Fractional

December 19, 2007

Aerospace OEMs embrace Nadcap safety audit program

Aerospace OEMs are increasingly turning to the Nadcap safety auditing program to verify the standards of manufacturing processes down the supply chain.

Safety

December 19, 2007

Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Latest

UK Safety Board Concerned about Avionics Corrosion

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) recently issued a sweeping recommendation that the EASA, FAA, Transport Canada and other aviation agencies

Relaxing UK restrictions on helo singles could ‘degrade overall safety standards’

Lobbying by U.S.

Cuban-Exile Group Disbands Rescue Ops

Brothers to the Rescue has ceased operations.

Statistics Show No Airline Fatals Last Year

None of the 34 accidents that befell FAR Part 121 scheduled airlines last year resulted in fatalities, according to NTSB preliminary statistics.

Videos

More Articles

London City Has a Magnetic Personality

A UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report issued this month indicates that magnetic interference at London City Airport (LCY) was responsible for “sig

DOT IG: Runway Status Lights Reduce Incursions

In a report released this week, the DOT Inspector General has f

Software may put to rest the crew-fatigue debate

The Centre for Human Sciences at British aerospace and defense research group Qinetiq has developed software that it says can assess and predict crew fatig

Satellites Helped Rescue 1,500 People in 2002

Weather satellites equipped to detect emergency locator transmitters helped rescue an estimated 1,500 sailors, hikers, downed pilots and others around the

Turbine business airplane accidents and fatalities decline

The total number of U.S.-registered turbine airplanes involved in serious accidents last year decreased significantly from 2001, a year that saw business a

Explosion-suppressant foam now for business a/c

Crest Foam Industries of Moonachie, N.J., which has been installing its explosion-suppressant arresting foam in the fuel tanks of racing cars and military

NASA departing the crash-test business

The general aviation and transport aircraft crashworthiness program that NASA has been operating since the 1970s will discontinue several planned and ongoi

Cloudy Mission on Tap for NASA

Despite the fundamental role of clouds in weather, there is much we don’t know about them.

BRS developing a chute for very light turbofans

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) of St.

Safety Board Asks for Better Stats

The NTSB has called for improvements in the way the Transportation Department collects data, including the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), the

Europe tightens bizav anti-terrorism security

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has drawn up a list of security recommendations in a bid to ensure uniform standards at the continent’s F

Tail-rotor ad limits Agusta performance

Owners and operators of all U.S.-registered Agusta A109E Power helicopters are being required to reduce their tail-rotor blade life limit, as well as reins

More Action Needed on Runway Incursions

Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of aviation runway and ramp safety, several members of Congress called on the FAA t

FAA forum focuses on SMS

“If I talk to ten people, I get ten different versions of what they believe an SMS [Safety Management System] is,” FAA associate administrator of aviation

Fractional operations, flight safety on ICAO agenda

At the ICAO Assembly in Montreal–where all the world’s aviation representatives gathered last month to review outstanding issues–there was general agreemen

Aerospace OEMs embrace Nadcap safety audit program

Aerospace OEMs are increasingly turning to the Nadcap safety auditing program to verify the standards of manufacturing processes down the supply chain.

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