September 2008

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AeroSafety World September 2008 68 pages [PDF 4.9M]

Features

Critical Care 6 pages. [PDF 433K]

Frustrated by a cluster of fatal crashes, the U.S. helicopter EMS industry and the government are pressing for safety improvements.

Undiminished Activity 3 pages. [PDF 238K]

Economic slowdowns in the developed world are largely unnoticed as the developing world sustains the momentum.

Snowed 6 pages. [PDF 597K]

The runway was in and out of sight, but the crew pressed ahead.

Calculating Errors 5 pages. [PDF 309K]

Mistakes in determining takeoff parameters are frequent, a French study says, and methods of detecting them are not always effective.

New Standards for International GA 4 pages. [PDF 257K]

Safety and fatigue management systems are on the books for general aviation.

Downwind Debris 4 pages. [PDF 333K]

Australian study summarizes post-crash health risks from fiber composites in transport aircraft.

Timing is Everything 5 pages. [PDF 645K]

The FAA’s decision to deploy runway status lights over the next three years aims to further reduce the risk of collision.

Departments

President’sMessage | Doing the Right Thing [PDF 81K]

EditorialPage | Anniversary [PDF 68K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 147K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 230K]

FoundationFocus | IASS 2008 Agenda [PDF 267K]

DataLink | Lack of Available Safety Equipment Faulted in Accidents [PDF 83K]

InfoScan | ‘You Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near Kilo’ [PDF 160K]

OnRecord | Dead-Stick Landing [PDF 285K]

August 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World August 2008 68 pages [PDF 4.0M]

Features

Safety on the Straight and Narrow 6 pages. [PDF 309K]

Aviation safety experts aim for the Runway Safety Initiative to provide the tools to help prevent runway excursions.

Indispensable Upgrades 3 pages. [PDF 217K]

Only the latest TAWS software and databases, plus GPS positioning, can optimize terrain/obstacle warnings with hardly any unwanted alerts.

Margin for Error 5 pages. [PDF 293K]

Enhancing overrun survivability with runway end safety areas.

Never Cross Red 3 pages. [PDF 190K]

Exceptions to a global rule weaken the effectiveness of the stop bar as a last defense against runway incursions.

Going Public Again 6 pages. [PDF 374K]

Most countries opt for a one-page chart to release their results in the current cycle of ICAO safety-oversight audits.

Two’s Too Many 5 pages. [PDF 375K]

The scene was set — twice — for a collision at Auckland.

Language Barrier 3 pages. [PDF 406K]

After a simple error wiped out much of their navigation information, the Polish pilots of a 737 were unable to adequately communicate their problem to British controllers.

Ground School 3 pages. [PDF 162K]

Technically sophisticated driver training simulators are upgrading the skills of ground vehicle operators, with a payoff in safety.

Departments

President’sMessage | Rules Versus Safety [PDF 85K]

EditorialPage | Time to Reboot [PDF 67K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 125K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 186K]

FoundationFocus | Membership Update [PDF 68K]

DataLink | U.S. Helicopter Fatal Accidents Decrease Again [PDF 117K]

InfoScan | Ethics as a Safety Factor [PDF 131K]

OnRecord | ‘High and Fast’ [PDF 281K]

July 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World July 2008 68 pages [PDF 4.3M]

Features

Bad Call 6 pages. [PDF 476K]

A relayed company message distracted the crew during an autoland approach.

Putting Safety First in Africa 5 pages. [PDF 514K]

Institutional changes and better national government understanding of the issues are preconditions for progress.

Do You Speak English? 5 pages. [PDF 246K]

Russian pilots and air traffic controllers are being challenged by new requirements to demonstrate proficiency in aviation English.

CRM on Demand 4 pages. [PDF 373K]

Air taxi pilots targeted for crew resource management training.

Fatal Distraction 2 pages. [PDF 157K]

A Bell 204B pilot was trying to manage a door that had opened in flight when the helicopter began a fatal dive to the ground.

Detect, Sense and Avoid 6 pages. [PDF 447K]

Safety forum unravels clues to how unmanned aircraft systems could gain less-restricted access to U.S. airspace.

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Role Recognition 2 pages. [PDF 106K]

Charter/on-demand operators carrying cabin aides should inform passengers that only the pilots and flight attendants are safety-qualified.

Under New Management 6 pages. [PDF 407K]

Apron safety teams help five airports in Norway to parlay apron-risk analyses into localized safety solutions.

Departments

President’sMessage | Appropriate Management [PDF 86K]

EditorialPage | Our New Mark [PDF 68K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 129K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 158K]

FoundationFocus | Advancing ATM [PDF 66K]

DataLink | In-Slide Information [PDF 409K]

InfoScan | The Wiki Way to Aviation Safety Knowledge [PDF 218K]

OnRecord | Taxiway Touchdown [PDF 282K]

June 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World June 2008 68 pages [PDF 4.3M]

Features

Ice Crystal Icing 5 pages. [PDF 473K]

A nearly undetectable weather hazard can knock out ajet engine.

Helping Hand 5 pages. [PDF 378K]

Auto-recovery systems would ‘refuse to be destroyed’ by a flight crew’s inaction, delay or incorrect response to an imminent collision.

Feathers in the Fan 5 pages. [PDF 237K]

Chances of substantial engine damage from a bird strike are far greater during departure
than any other phase of flight.

Autoflight Audit 6 pages. [PDF 451K]

Check-up targets efforts to mitigate complexity of flight guidance systems.

Off-Course Confusion 5 pages. [PDF 567K]

A navigation problem distracted the AdamAir pilots from flying the aircraft.

Training for the Pilot Shortage 3 pages. [PDF 183K]

Facing the needs of today and, even more, tomorrow.

Dry and High 4 pages. [PDF 227K]

Dehydration causes an insidious degradation of pilot performance that must not be lightly regarded.

Departments

President’sMessage | Tougher Words [PDF 85K]

EditorialPage | Chickens Come Home [PDF 69K]

AirMail | Letters From Our Readers [PDF 186K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 69K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF156K]

FoundationFocus | Recognition for Corporate Aviation Safety [PDF 76K]

SeminarCASS | SMS Aspects at CASS [PDF 215K]

DataLink | A Favorable Trend Continues [PDF 94K]

InfoScan | Maintenance Human Factors on DVD [PDF 762K]

OnRecord | Silent Squawker [PDF 286K]

May 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World May 2008 68 pages [PDF 5.5M]

Features

Beyond Safety Management Systems 6 pages. [PDF 428K]

Leadership and safety culture play essential roles in moving an organization beyond rote subscription to an SMS.

Airport Magnetism 5 pages. [PDF 456K]

Pilots at several airports have reported navigation problems that involve erroneous heading information. Authorities blame magnetic anomalies in areas on the ground.

Preventive Fusion 5 pages. [PDF 308K]

Opening new doors by mining aviation data linked to operating trends, a new FAA-industry program delves into safety vulnerabilities.

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Improving Air Taxi Safety 6 pages. [PDF 584K]

Challenges confront efforts to better the charter aircraft accident record.

Frozen Flight Instruments 3 pages. [PDF 324K]

Protection of pitot-static systems often is neglected.

An SMS Standard for Airports 4 pages. [PDF 276K]

A new proposal expands on existing requirements for safety management systems.

Dark-Night EMS 4 pages. [PDF 300K]

The NTSB says an operating radio altimeter likely could have prevented the fatal crash of a Eurocopter EC 135P2 on an EMS repositioning flight.

Departments

President’sMessage | Targeting the Top [PDF 92K]

EditorialPage | Lowering the Bar [PDF 72K]

AirMail | Letters From Our Readers [PDF 160K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 72K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 256K]

InSight | Contaminated Air: Time to Act? [PDF 160K]

SeminarEASS | Crash Course [PDF 184K]

DataLink | Supply Chain’s Weak Links [PDF 148K]

InfoScan | Skills in Depth [PDF 160K]

OnRecord | Cleared for a Collision [PDF 292K]

April 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World April 2008 68 pages [PDF 4.1M]

Features

Working to the Limit 5 pages. [PDF 306K]

Slowly but surely, operators and regulators are implementing programs to prevent fatigue among aviation maintenance personnel.

Singapore’s New Show 2 pages. [PDF 234K]

Novelty marked the 2008 air show in the heart of aviation’s high-growth region.

VFR in the Himalayas 5 pages. [PDF 786K]

A challenging flight required painstaking preparations.

Fire in the Hold 6 pages. [PDF 327K]

The DC-8 flight crew received little warning of the impending conflagration.

Departure Deviations 2 pages. [PDF 285K]

Problems arise when the assigned SID differs from the one in the FMS

Blanket Protection 5 pages. [PDF 285K]

Upgraded thermal acoustic insulation should afford extra minutes to escape a fuel fire before fuselage burnthrough.

Winning Formula 5 pages. [PDF 552K]

Symposium’s unflinching focus on concerns raised by flight attendants influences airlines worldwide.

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Departments

President’sMessage | Beyond Competition [PDF 87K]

EditorialPage | Protecting Confidentially [PDF 71K]

AirMail | Letters From Our Readers [PDF 167K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 74K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 535K]

FoundationFocus | Honored in Singapore [PDF 179K]

FoundationFocus | Call for Nominations [PDF 93K]

InSight | Flawed Report [PDF 189K]

DataLink | Maintenance Check [PDF 342K]

InfoScan | Culture Shock [PDF 157K]

OnRecord | Bogus Stall Warning [PDF 284K]

March 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World March 2008 68 pages [PDF 5.6M]

Features

Deterring Criminalization 6 pages. [PDF 347K]

Aviation safety leaders face a growing challenge in dissuading prosecutors from filing criminal charges against pilots, controllers and others involved in aircraft accidents.

Real Time Risk Management 5 pages. [PDF 403K]

A major opportunity to improve safety.

Quality Control for Pilots 5 pages. [PDF 357K]

An independent organization aims to set high, industrywide standards for new pilots.

Close Call in Khartoum 5 pages. [PDF 364K]

Confusion reigned when an A321 was flown below minimums in a sandstorm.

Human Factors in Maintenance 7 pages. [PDF 701K]

Surveys reveal the importance of regulations mandating human factors programs.

Thermal Runaway 7 pages. [PDF 440K]

New guidance for extinguishing lithium-battery fires is on the way.

Departments

President’sMessage | Keeping it Credible [PDF 88K]

EditorialPage | Lingering Pain [PDF 70K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 77K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 164K]

DataLink | Kiwi Count [PDF 423K]

InfoScan | Traffic Jam [PDF 152K]

OnRecord | Runway Deficit [PDF 292K]

February 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World February 2008 [PDF 5.04M]

Features

LOC Up 6 pages. [PDF 342K]

Loss of control accidents replaced CFIT as the leading cause of commercial aviation fatalities in 2007.

Culture Counts 6 pages. [PDF 520K]

Measuring an organization’s safety culture provides an understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.

Antidepressants in Aviation 4 pages. [PDF 192K]

Australian researchers found that pilots who took prescribed antidepressants were no more likely than others to be involved in accidents and incidents.

Overrun at Midway 6 pages. [PDF 673K]

The crew applied reverse thrust too late.

Speaking Up 6 pages. [PDF 633K]

Voluntary safety reports by flight attendants prove to be more valuable than expected.

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Blindsided 6 pages. [PDF 373K]

The pilots of an Airbus A340 did not anticipate the ‘severe deterioration’ of weather as they approached the runway threshold at Toronto.

Lighting Strikes 3 pages. [PDF 178K]

Realistic lighting conditions are crucial to tests of the readability of flight deck displays.

Departments

President’sMessage | Achilles’ Heel [PDF 88K]

EditorialPage | Management Risk [PDF 69K]

AirMail | Letters From Our Readers [PDF 191K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 160K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 72K]

DataLink | Making Headway on the Runway [PDF 227K]

InfoScan | At Your Surface [PDF 134K]

OnRecord | Throttle Trouble [PDF 294K]

January 2008

Entire Issue

AeroSafety World January 2008 [PDF 4.5M]

Features

Piece by Piece 6 pages. [PDF 695K]

Aviation safety specialists say relatively few of the world’s airlines have assembled one of the most significant developments in safety — the safety management system.

Stepping Up to SMS 5 pages. [PDF 210K]

Most corporate aircraft operators are willing, but few know how.

SMS Goes Vertical 5 pages. [PDF 359K]

Smaller helicopter operators are the target of a new tool kit that will ease the pain of developing a safety management system.

An ‘E-Ticket’ Ride 4 pages. [PDF 304K]

NTSB recommendations — issued after a canyon helicopter crash that killed seven people — aim to discourage ‘aggressive flying.’

Burning Issues 6 pages. [PDF 421K]

U.S. pilot unions, ARFF specialists and the NTSB assess shortcomings of freighter fire fighting.

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High, Hot and Fixated 5 pages. [PDF 327K]

Despite several warnings, the Garuda 737 pilot stayed focused on landing.

Fade-Free Memory 2 pages. [PDF 135K]

Enhanced airborne flight recorders will safeguard vastly more data, including images if required.

Departments

President’sMessage | The New Balance [PDF 85K]

EditorialPage | Build the Structure [PDF 70K]

AirMail | Letters From Our Readers [PDF 182K]

InBrief | Safety News [PDF 161K]

LeadersLog | Robert T. Francis [PDF 95K]

SafetyCalendar | Industry Events [PDF 68K]

DataLink | A Passage Through India [PDF 302K]

InfoScan | The Five-Second Nap [PDF 231K]

OnRecord | ‘Dangerously Low’ [PDF 291K]