Safety

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

Accidents

Aviaa Signs Patriots Jet as UPRT Partner

Patriots Jet Team provides full-envelope UPRT training in Sabreliner 60 jets.
Fuel

Industry To Tackle Fuel Contamination Problem

NBAA joins with industry leaders to shine a light on this potential threat.
Safety

Torqued: Airport Workers Deserve a Living Wage

Aviation safety and security require it.
Safety

APS Adds High-altitude Recurrent Upset Training

Program for pilots is a concentrated day of on-aircraft UPRT that “reinvigorates initial training competencies and updates skills."
Safety

NBAA 2018 To Be Bookended by Bizav Safety Forums

A Single-Pilot Safety Standdown will be held on the even of the NBAA convention, while a National Safety Forum will take place on the event's final day.
Avionics

SkyRyse VTOL Pilot Assist To Deploy Next Year

Company's initial focus on is on first responders and using conventional helicopters.
Accidents

EASA Reports Zero Bizjet Accidents in 2017

Over the preceding 10 years large business jets had the lowest mean number of fatal accidents in Europe.
Safety

Aircraft Specialties Selected as Hot-Stop Stocking Dealer

Hot Stop kits are recommended for carriage on board aircraft for containment of lithium-ion battery fires.
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Safety

Bombardier Safety Standdown Registration Now Open

This year’s theme is “Normalization of Excellence,” and the goal is for Safety Standdown attendees to elevate their professionalism.
Safety

AINsight: The Runway Confusion Conundrum

Attempting to take off or land on the wrong surface has significant risks—namely, takeoff or landing requirements might exceed the available runway length.
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Safety

Pro Star Mechanism Lifts Handicapped Passengers into PC-12

The lifting mechanism manufactured by Pro Star Aviation can safely lift up to 300 pounds into a cargo entry door.
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Fuel

Close Call for Falcon with DEF-contaminated Fuel

For the second time in a year, accidental mixing of Jet A with diesel exhaust fluid has resulted in potentially deadly damage to business aircraft
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Safety

SEBA Council To Provide Alternate Bizav Audit Standard

The standard will incorporate best safety practices used by NATO armed forces.
Safety

GIV Lands Safely after Main Gear Tires Burst on Takeoff

Flight bound for London held for nearly five hours to burn off fuel before landing at New York’s Stewart International Airport.
Safety

Homendy Becomes Fifth Member of NTSB Board

Her swearing in on August 20 marks the first time the NTSB has had its full complement of board members since early 2014.
Avionics

Australia Wraps Up TAWS False Alert Investigation

According to the ATSB report, the aircraft was safely established on the approach profile when the alert sounded.
Safety

ACSF Continues Expansion of Safety, Audit Programs

The number of ACSF-ASAP participants has grown to 107, with corporate operators accounting for more than half.
Safety

Study: High CO2 Levels Diminish Pilot Performance

The study concluded that there is a “direct effect of carbon dioxide on performance, independent of ventilation.”
Accidents

Utah Man Crashes CitationJet into Home Following Arrest

Duane Youd flew his employer’s jet into his house hours after being arrested for domestic assault in the second apparent suicide-by-airplane in four days.
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Discontinuing HIWAS

HIWAS was conceived when there was a large demand for in-flight briefings from FSS specialists and wait times could be extremely long.
Accidents

NTSB Issues Recommendations on Low-level Turbulence

Recommendations intended to improve its reporting of low-level turbulence and the training of NWS forecasters.
Accidents

Horizon Airlines Worker Steals, Later Crashes Q400

Richard Russell stole a parked regional airliner Friday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew more than an hour before crashing.
Safety

AINsight: The FAA and Sleep Apnea

Fortunately, most pilots treated for sleep apnea continue to fly without interruption.
Airports

Caltech Trains UAVs To Steer Birds Away from Airports

Caltech researchers have developed an algorithm to herd birds away from air traffic.
Safety

EU Tightens Aviation Partnerships with Latin America

EU is investing €7 million in a four-year aviation safety and environmental sustainability project with Latin America states and regional organizations.
Safety

Drunk Driving Suspected in Another EMS Helo Crash

The helicopter was unoccupied at the time of the collision.
Safety

NTSB Hosts LOC Forum at Oshkosh

Panelists cite training, tools, and technology in battle against aviation’s number-one killer
Safety

NTSB Using Drones In Investigations

Grand Canyon crash posed unique challenges.
Avionics

EBAA: New PBN Rule Improves Airport Capacity in Europe

New precision approaches in Europe are underpinned by the EGNOS satellite-based augmentation system.
Avionics

ELT False Alarms Vastly Outnumber Distress Situations

False alerts can be caused by improper installation, unfamiliarity with beacon operation, and hard landings.