Business Aviation, Business Ops
The Next Level of Business Aviation Safety
The Next Level of Business Aviation Safety
Business Aviation, Cover Story
Operational Control
Voluntary reports by U.S. aircraft dispatchers highlight miscommunication, task saturation and technical failures.
Loss of Control–In Flight (LOC-I), Accident Investigation, Causal Factors
Unresolved Fault
The pilots of an A320 tried a different way of solving a recurring flight control problem and were startled by the results.
Interacting With Automation
Despite the influx of increasingly complex air traffic control technology, humans are still in charge.
Flash in the Sky
Physicians attribute an injury to an airline pilot’s retina to an in-flight laser strike.
Human Factors, Threat Analysis
Fatigue in Corporate Culture
Common-sense recognition of everyday threats and self-auditing are first steps to making effective changes.
Safety Management at the State Level
New standards for battery packaging may be on the horizon.
Aviation Medicine, President's Message
Medical Privacy vs. Public Safety?
The final report of the French aviation accident investigation agency, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA), on the March 24, 2015, crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, raised some disturbing and…
Conflict Zones
After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was shot down while flying over Ukraine and crashed, killing 298 passengers and crew in July 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), among…
Aviation Safety Events | April 2016
APRIL 4–6 – 2016 CHC Safety and Quality Summit. CHC Helicopter. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <chcsafetyqualitysummit.com>. APRIL 7–8 – 6th China Aviation Training and Education Summit (CATES) 2016. Pincaux Media.…
Safety News | April 2016
Preventing Disappearances | Cockpit Protection Plan | Tracking ‘Rogue Drones’ | and more …
Favorable Comparisons
One commercial air transport airplane from a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) member state was involved in a fatal accident in 2014 — a Swiftair-operated Air Algerie McDonnell Douglas MD-83…
Accident Investigation, On Record
Cabin Crew Fights Fire
A short circuit resulted from insulation that rubbed off improperly installed galley wiring.