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AeroSafety World

AeroSafety World May 2010

Cover Story

Erasing Confusion

Best practices plus updated avionics equal fewer takeoffs and landings on a wrong runway or taxiway.

by Michel Trémaud

Runway Safety

Hot Spot Intelligence

Standardization adds cautionary notes to more U.S. airport diagrams and airport/facility directories.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Causal Factors

Thrust into an Overrun

Tire debris disabled sensors, causing a Learjet 60 to accelerate during a high-speed rejected takeoff.

by Mark Lacagnina

Maintenance Matters

Pressure Check

Many pilots and maintenance technicians don’t realize that routine tire-pressure checks are crucial to safe operations.

by Linda Werfelman

Flight Ops

Stepping Aside

Surveys measure an increase in pilots’ use of strategic lateral offset procedures.

by Linda Werfelman

Flight Tech

Safety at Eye Level

Foundation explores effectiveness of head-up guidance system technology in accident prevention.

by Mark Lacagnina

Cabin Safety

Beating the Odds

Review of in-flight use of automated external defibrillators yields a more realistic picture of who survives.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Airport Ops

To Build an Airport

Building a completely new airport in the United States is not an easy thing to do, especially if that airport has a 10,000-ft (3,048-m) runway, a 5,000-to-6,000 ft (1,524-to-1,829 m)…

by J.A. Donoghue

President's Message

Another Brick in the Wall

I had the pleasure of recently attending a conference on fatigue risk management systems (FRMS) in Mexico City. It is gratifying to watch these systems mature and be put into…

by William R. Voss

Editorial Page

Papers Please

For a domestic operator, the United States provides one of the largest contiguous airspaces in the world governed by common rules and procedures. However, the comfort domestic flying confers can…

by J.A. Donoghue

AirMail

Letters From Our Readers | May 2010

Misinterpreting the Stick Shaker? I read the article “Startled and Confused” (ASW, 3/10, p. 20) regarding the crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 on approach to Buffalo Niagara (New…

by Flight Safety Foundation

Safety Briefs

Safety News | May 2010

Out of the Ashes | Australia’s PBN Plans | Cockpit Distractions | and more …

by Linda Werfelman

DataLink

Bin There, Done That

A survey of flight attendants reveals safety concerns about passenger carry-on baggage.

by Rick Darby

InfoScan

Divided by a Common Language

ICAO’s English-language proficiency standardization efforts still leave room for improvement.

by Rick Darby and Patricia Setze

On Record

Mode Mixup

An A320 continued descending after the flight crew initiated a go-around at decision height.

by Mark Lacagnina