Flight Safety Information August 6, 2010 - No. 157 In This Issue Cockpit-voice record on crashed An-24 incomplete Search continues for missing helicopter in North Georgia Light pointed at sky as Obama leaves O'Hare Boeing loses 26 orders for 787 and other jets Facility and Contractor Assessments France's BEA to analyse CVR and FDR from crashed Airblue A321 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cockpit-voice record on crashed An-24 incomplete Russian investigators have discovered that the information cockpit-voice recorder from the crashed Katekavia Antonov An-24 contains incomplete information about the accident. The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) says the recording only features the crew conversations for the first 80min of the fatal flight. MAK says, however, that the flight-data recorder has data from the last 90min. All 11 passengers, plus the flight attendant, were killed after the aircraft came down on approach to Igarka, in northern Russia, on 2 August. Only the flight crew - two pilots and an engineer - survived. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia says the aircraft, which had been arriving from Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport, had been attempting to land at night, in rain, with visibility of 3,500m. It says the approach was being conducted using outer and inner NDB navigational aids. But it states that, as the An-24 prepared to land, it "deviated to the right of the approach path", struck the ground, broke up and caught fire. Rosaviatsia says the aircraft's commander was highly experienced, with 15,800hr on An-24s, while the co-pilot had 2,860hr on type. It adds that the 36-year old aircraft had last undergone scheduled maintenance in May this year, although it had a line check on the day of the accident. Source: Air Transport Intelligence news Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search continues for missing helicopter in North Georgia The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Civil Air Patrol continued to search Thursday for a bright-colored helicopter carrying two people that is overdue to land at a North Georgia airport. The helicopter left the North Palm Beach County airport Monday and was scheduled to arrive that afternoon at the helipad at the Brasstown Valley Resort and Spa in Young Harris. Paige Joyner, spokesman for the Civil Air Patrol, said officials are not releasing the names of the two people on the aircraft -- the pilot and a passenger. According to The Palm Beach Post, the owner of the helicopter -- a Robinson R44 -- is Adam Reeves of Jupiter, Fla. Joyner did not confirm with the newspaper if Reeves was the pilot. Reeves was listed as a guest at the resort, but a general manager told the paper he had not shown up yet. "We're doing an airsearch and a ground search, and by process of elimination, we have pinpointed some areas," Joyner told the AJC on Thursday. The helicopter landed in Madison for fuel at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. It was due in Blairsville at 7 p.m. but never arrived. It is unclear when it left North Palm Beach County airport. "I started receiving calls after I closed up about this time [6:30 p.m.]," John Hamler, airport manager of the Blairsville airport, told the AJC on Wednesday. "The family called from Florida looking to know if relatives had landed in the helicopter. And, we had no helicopters." Hamler said he had three additional calls from air traffic control managers throughout the night. "They drew a straight line from that airport to ours, and they are searching for that," he told the AJC. Joyner said they have not ruled out any places along the search route and are working several leads. She did not state any further information. http://www.ajc.com/news/search-continues-for-missing-585192.html [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103602411048&s=6053&e=001uLpFHIpxSQ85QgvqPJAP3IU0qXdp8oBq7g1PNo8R46qDDVmeXmhHcFZZ_JlU3RZng1KjQExU7PAH8WYtwuc0UISWTUL9fwPl-jsF6xfUUB4EVYNBgjJqxvc3ANFCrZtm9l58MiPig3BYISIJmXey7q3RhSLoACq4ng7Q-6V-NSg=] Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Light pointed at sky as Obama leaves O'Hare A laser or "lighted object" was reported in the sky at O'Hare Airport as President Obama's plane was departing Thursday night, an airport official said. The airport was notified that the object was pointed at an aircraft, the official told the Chicago Sun-Times. The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the tower about the report about 8:30 p.m., officials said. An FBI spokesman said he was unfamiliar with the report, but WLS-Channel 7 said the FBI is investigating two incidents of lasers being pointed at planes landing at O'Hare just before the president's plane took off Thursday night. Both landed without incident, the station said. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2571980,CST-NWS-laser06.article [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103602411048&s=6053&e=001uLpFHIpxSQ_jeIL7bjoa7wNrIQl9jd3KektvaUcAkaXPoEZlGux73vextaxDPNpwIVV8liSCZsnKuBHZUcMr_Ljtc28_7A4angxN2k8PEojEsvxsEYwQ_stY_CrVGvg_V1QPHxQnzq_TM3ykfuDXt5gXgLhReFTkVPfcnubndQSZJkPwfmIWYg==] Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boeing loses 26 orders for 787 and other jets Cancellations outnumber new orders for 787s this year. The Boeing Co. dropped orders for 26 aircraft, valued as much as $5.8 billion, from its order tally Thursday. Boeing reduced its backlog by 15 787 Dreamliners, 10 777s and one single-aisle 737. With this latest 787 cancellation, Boeing now has more cancellations for its delayed Dreamliner this year than it has new orders. Boeing has received 32 cancellations for its 787 since the beginning of 2010 and just 28 orders. Chicago-based Boeing is aiming to deliver the first 787 later this year to Japan's All Nippon Airways -- more than two years behind schedule. However, company officials hinted last month that the delivery of the 787 might slide into early 2011. Although Boeing doesn't comment on order cancellations, it no longer lists an order for 15 787s for Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. Boeing and the carrier had confirmed the Dreamliner order in late 2007 when the United Arab Emirates-based leasing company made a splash by placing a $29 billion aircraft order split between Boeing and Airbus. Industry observers have been skeptical of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's ability to keep those orders due to the leasing company's financial woes. Boeing added orders for two 737s -- one for a business jet and the other from an undisclosed customer. The new orders and cancellations bring Boeing's year-to-date net order total to 255. The company has received 319 gross orders and 64 total cancellations. Also Thursday, Boeing reported that it had delivered 41 aircraft in July, including 10 Everett-built 777s. Through the end of July, Boeing has delivered 263 aircraft; 211 of those deliveries were of Boeing's popular Renton-built 737. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100806/BIZ/708069977 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103602411048&s=6053&e=001uLpFHIpxSQ89PjuLHkqVPCSOPooKRcjmiM_O-StnzjG3Zjt1YpBuUF-bAYvFwdGBw__Qklb-MKRNYYme5ZcalJymK0D4dD0Jc4N4fEAa0pyHQPWiaLcNP5iJ8iEtnmICKnHr5hlSWtK4kqYOh3bkAz0zrwzK0TFX] Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Facility and Contractor Assessments Aviation safety goes beyond looking at aircraft and making sure they fly and are well maintained. 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"The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority investigation team and the Airbus team here feel that the data can be fully recovered," he adds. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while approaching Islamabad Airport on 28 July, killing all 152 people on board. Investigators found the aircraft's CVR and FDR on 31 July. A team comprising officials from Pakistan's CAA, Airbus and International Aero Engines have completed the investigation of the crash site, says Abbasi. The wreckage will be shifted to a location at Islamabad Airport next week, he adds. It is not known yet what led to the crash, which occurred while the aircraft was attempting a visual circling approach to land at another runway in Islamabad Airport after it was prevented from landing at its original runway due to wind conditions. Source: Air Transport Intelligence news Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC