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European Safety Standdown Set for May 2 and 3
Bombardier Aerospace, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and NBAA yesterday announced that the fourth annual European Safety Standdown will
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Volcanic Ash Disrupts Flights in Europe
At least 4,000 flights in northern European airspace were cancelled today after a large cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland drifted to the sou
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NTSB: Aircraft Charter Accidents Fall Sharply in 2009
Preliminary 2009 aviation accident statistics released by the NTSB late last week show an overall decrease in aviation accidents for general aviation and o
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Europe Bars More Carriers with New Safety Blacklist
At face value the contents of the European Commission’s latest so-called safety blacklist of airlines and national civil aviation authorities (CAA
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Bizav Safety Off To a Poor Start in 2010
First-quarter accident statistics involving U.S.-regist
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Poor Tire Mx, Late Reject Caused 2008 Learjet 60 Crash
During a public hearing today, the NTSB issued the probable cause and 14 new
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Pilots on Antidepressants Cleared To Fly, FAA Says
In a new policy statement released on Friday, the FAA said that individuals being trea
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NTSB Investigating Near-midair over SFO
The NTSB is investigating a near-midair between a United Airlines Boeing 777 and a Cessna
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How to build a safety culture in three steps
There are no petri dishes where we could grow a perfect strain of safety culture and inject it into those aviation organizations that clearly seem to need
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Rocket responder info updated
The FAA has posted new information for airport workers on how to respond to the scene of an accident involving rocket-propelled ballistic parachute-equippe
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FSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes
Citing ongoing criminal prosecution of Continental Airlines for the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris, the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is asking g
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NATA Launches Flight-risk Assessment Tool
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) launched RA Check, an FAA-endorsed flight-risk assessment tool (Frat) designed to consider the
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Audit Outlines Flight Department Deficiencies
Argus’s latest annual SMS audit report shows that safety management systems (SMS) and emergency response planning have the highest number of deficiencies a
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Helicopter EMS improves stroke survival odds
Prompt access to air ambulances can significantly improve the survival odds of stroke patients, according to a recently released University of Pennsylvania
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FSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes
Citing ongoing criminal prosecution of Continental Airlines for the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris, the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is asking g
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House Hearing Probes On-demand Charter Oversight
During a House aviation subcommittee hearing yesterday on oversight of on-demand (Part 135) aircraft operators, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel III tes
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NATA Launches Flight-risk Assessment Tool
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) launched RA Check, an FAA-endorsed flight-risk assessment tool (Frat) designed to consider the probabili
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SMS Audit Report IDs Flight Departments’ Deficiencies
Argus released its annual SMS audit results report this week, with sa
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Colgan Flight 3407 Crash on NTSB’s Most Wanted List
The crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 no doubt left its mark o
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Hearing Pushes FAA To Speed Icing Safety Regulations
The House aviation subcommittee yesterday held a hearing on aircraft icing to address issues brought to light by the NTSB’s recent “Most Wanted” list of “u
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NTSB: crew failings led to Colgan crash
The NTSB laid the primary blame on the pilots of Colgan Air Flight 3407 for the
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Revised LASP will include industry input, says TSA
Following up on testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it is bac
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Tailboom AD Issued for AW139
The collapse of a Gulf Helicopters AgustaWestland AW139 tailboom while the helicopter was taxiing last year has prompted issuance of an airworthiness direc
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FSF risk-reduction tool kit addresses runway excursions
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have released a runway excursion risk-reduction tool kit that pro
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Hot Section Torque: FAA must focus on preventing overrun crashes
The underwear bomber’s abortive attempt to blow up a Northwest/Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit quickly overshadowed aviation’s other lucky break thi
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UK Stiffens Law on Laser Attacks
A new Article 222 of UK Air Navigation Order 2009 makes it illegal “to shine any light at any aircraft in flight so as to dazzle or distract the pilot of t
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IS-BAO Registry Reaches 200 Operators
NBAA announced that the list of registered operators under the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) has surpassed the 200 mark.
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To address wake turbulence, Australian airport changes parallel runway procedures
Australia’s Sydney International Airport has modified its parallel runway operating procedures as a result of a November 2008 incident in which the crew of
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2009 Bizav Accidents Decrease as Flight Hours Decline
As flight activity last year declined from that of the previous year–by between 14 and 20 percent–so too did the number of U.S.
