Boeing 767 hard landing damage prompted AAIB to issue two safety recommendations on  Flight Data Monitoring The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued a Safety Notice, recommending that all U.K. operators ensure that they are analysing their Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) data relating to landings not only by airport, but also by runway.   ...

    AVIATION INVESTIGATION:Detailed computer data taken from the stricken plane as well as national radar systems are to be combined to ascertain why the craft went down   The Aviation Safety Council yesterday said it would soon start decoding information recorded on the camera of the aircraft owned by ROC Aviation Corp that crashed last...

IT HAS TAKEN MORE THAN THREE YEARS of total time, but really a little less than four-and-a-half minutes, to put aircrew training, management styles, regulators, and aircraft manufacturers under the spotlight again. The 'singularity' that achieved this, rightly or wrongly, was the crash of Air France Flight AF447, an Airbus A330-200, in the South Atlantic o...

The Sep/Oct 2012 issue of FAA Safety Briefing explores the critical role of the aviation educator. Articles focus on flight instructor requirements and best practices as well as the many tools and educational resources that can help sharpen teaching skills.   The link to the online edition is:   http://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/201...

The most recent developments in Kingfisher Airlines, where the pilots are yet again on strike and the company is operating only 11 aircraft and 85 flights in a day, raises an important question: Should the financial viability of an airline be totally and completely linked with its safety aspects?   Or, should the two - financial sustainability and ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is forming a group to study whether smartphones, laptops and other electronic gadgets can be used safely during a flight.   Current policy requires an airline to determine that interference isn't a safety risk before allowing their use, which is becoming increasingly daunting because of the variety of devices avai...

The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't keep good track of how many times planes strike birds, and its inspectors often aren't familiar with wildlife, according to an inspector general's report Thursday.   Jeffrey Guzzetti, assistant inspector general for aviation at the Transportation Department, said the FAA can't be sure that airports have g...

Pilots have had to make 28 emergency landings because they were running low on fuel according to figures compiled by the Civil Aviation Authority. Last month Ryanair was forced to seek an emergency landing for three of its aircraft in Spain   The incidents led to the aircraft being given landing priority by airports over other flights were often t...

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!   As part of  efforts to establish continuous improvement in aviation safety in the region, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is holding the next Asia Pacific Aviation Safety Seminar (APASS) on 12-13 September 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.    The seminar, h...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - An airplane bound for New York from Charleston returned to Charleston International Airport safely after running into a flock of birds shortly after takeoff.   A Delta jet was about two miles from the airport and flying about 3,000 feet when it happened Tuesday.   Airport spokeswoman Becky Beaman said the aircraft returned ...