Flight Safety Information January 21, 2013 - No. 017 In This Issue ANA to cancel 177 Dreamliner flights Air safety officials probe 787 battery maker Wind Blows United Jet into Fuel Tanker at Airport Govt Tightens Rules on Use of Foreign Pilots by Indonesian Airlines PROS IOSA Audit Experts Miliatry Aviation Safety Workshop (MASW) - Call for Presentations No More "Monday Morning Quarterbacks" International Accident Investigation Forum...Singapore, 23 - 25 April 2013 ANA to cancel 177 Dreamliner flights All Nippon Airways Co. said Monday it will cancel 177 flights over the six days from Wednesday as U.S. and Japanese authorities have ordered the grounding of Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets following a series of problems, including an incident in which a Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in western Japan, Kyodo news agency reported. The cancellation of the flights--151 on 13 domestic routes and 26 on four international routes--will affect a combined 21,800 travelers, ANA said. Japan Airlines Co. also said Monday it will cancel four flights linking Narita airport near Tokyo with San Diego in the U.S. Jan. 27-28, affecting around 370 people. The airline said it may cancel more flights. The 13 ANA domestic routes affected link Tokyo's Haneda airport with Shin-Chitose near Sapporo, Komatsu, Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi-Ube, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima, as well as services linking Osaka and Kagoshima. The four international routes affected link Narita airport with San Jose and Seattle in the U.S. as well as Beijing, and Haneda with Kimpo near Seoul. Although ANA has not employed Dreamliners on the Haneda-Komatsu route, the Haneda-Seoul route or the Narita-Beijing route, it will halt 12 flights on the three routes to manage its overall flight operations, it said. ANA will make a separate announcement on Thursday regarding how it will manage flight operations on and after Jan. 29. One of the airline's Dreamliners made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport on Jan. 16 due to smoke in the cockpit. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ana-to-cancel-177-dreamliner-flights-report-2013- 01-21 Back to Top Air safety officials probe 787 battery maker US and Japanese aviation safety officials are investigating the company which makes the batteries for Boeing's troubled Dreamliner aircraft, the global fleet of which has been grounded following a series of safety scares. According to Reuters news agency a spokesman for GS Yuasa Corporation said investigators from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Japan's Civil Avation Bureau (CAB) were at the company's offices in Kyoto, where it makes airplane batteries. The spokesman said the company was "fully co-operating" with FAA and CAB officials. Boeing halted deliveries of its lightweight 787 - dubbed 'the plastic plane', thanks to its near-50% carbon composite makeup - after a problem with a lithium-ion battery forced an All Nippon Airways 787 to make an emergency landing last week. The incident was the latest in a series of incidents that have raised concerns about the safety of the technologically advanced airliner. Reuters reported that US officials were looking at the battery's charger and the jet's auxilliary power unit. http://www.prw.com/subscriber/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=2171 Back to Top Wind Blows United Jet into Fuel Tanker at Airport CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - A United Airlines 737 was damaged after strong winds moved the nose of the plane into a fuel tanker at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport early Sunday morning. A spokesperson from the NFTA tells 2 on Your Side that no passengers or airline staff were on board when the plane struck the fuel tanker at 4:15 a.m. A witness emailed photos of the accident to Channel 2. The NFTA spokesperson added that both the plane and the fuel tanker were owned by United Airlines and that there were no leaks in the tanker. Our partners at The Weather Channel posted a series of photos of the accident as well. Meantime, out in East Aurora, the wind took down some utility poles on Center Road, and caused three transformers to blow. The road was closed to traffic between Sweet Road and Blakeley Road. The weather appears to have caused at least 1,000 people out there to lose power. We don't know when it will be back on for them. Our photographers saw trees down all over Western New York. Crews are still working to restore power and clean up the mess. http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/197045/37/Wind-Blows-United-Jet-into-Fuel-Tanker- at-Airport Back to Top Govt Tightens Rules on Use of Foreign Pilots by Indonesian Airlines Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) chairman, Tatang Kurniadi, right, talks to journalists accompanied by Indonesian investigator, Professor Mardjono Siswosuarno, during a press conference in Jakarta in December 2012. The pilot of a Russian jet that crashed into an Indonesian volcano in May 2012, killing all 45 people on board, ignored system warnings seconds before the accident, KNKT said. Indonesia's Transportation Ministry has tightened the requirements for the use of foreign pilots by Indonesian airlines, a ministry release said on Monday. "The move has been taken in the context of improving aviation safety, especially to prevent a number of air incidents, including serious ones, involving foreign pilots," the ministry said in the press release. The National Committee for Transportation Safety in December said that the Sukhoi Superjet crash that killed all 45 people on board during a demonstration flight in May was due to the foreign pilot's unfamiliarity with the terrain of West Java's Mount Salak. In mid-October, a Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 96 passengers landed at Tabing airbase in Padang, West Sumatra, 12 km from its intended destination of Padang airport. A ministry spokesman called it a "serious" breach of safety, though the landing was normal, and its foreign pilot was suspended pending investigations. The ministry said that foreign pilots should have the appropriate flying hours for the type of aircraft they pilot. "The transportation minister, in this case the air transportation directorate general, is requiring that foreign pilots wishing to apply for an Indonesian license or to validate theirs should have at least 250 flying hours for the specific aircraft they want to fly," the ministry said. Airline operators wishing to use foreign pilots should also meet all requirements, including meeting the minimum flying hours requirement, when applying for validation or endorsement with the air transportation directorate general. The release said that the new requirement took effect as of Jan 10. Some 600 foreign pilots are currently estimated to be working with Indonesian airlines such as Lion Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Wings Air and Sriwijaya Air. In 2011, 650 Indonesian pilots for Garuda Indonesia went on strike over wage inequality between Indonesian and foreign pilots. Following the strike, Garuda announced it planned to only use Indonesian pilots in the future. But in August 2012, Garuda said that as the airline wanted to add more jets to serve its regional and international routes, it was looking to use foreign pilots again. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/govt-tightens-rules-on-use-of-foreign-pilots-by- indonesian-airlines/566706 Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top No More "Monday Morning Quarterbacks" Has this ever happen to you? - You hear of an aircraft accident with fatalities and say "how tragic". Later you learn more about the flight and the circumstances surrounding the accident and think to yourself "Wow, what were they thinking, they should never have taken off"! Being the Monday morning quarterback is easy; the real trick is knowing when to stay on the ground if the conditions make flight too risky. That's why we implemented the "Moral Courage Safety Award" (MCSA). We want to recognize those who chose not to risk the takeoff in bad conditions, and we believe it takes morale courage to stay on the ground. Please help by nominating someone you know for this award. Nomination is easy, simply email d.smith@dot.gov with your name and contact information; we'll contact you and take your nomination. Additional information about the Moral Courage Safety Award is listed below: Do you believe certain circumstances justify staying on the ground? We do, in fact we believe it's absolutely better than accepting unjustified risk and chance loosing big. Who is eligible for the award? 1 - Any helicopter pilot or crewmember, helicopter mechanic, support personnel, or manager who modifies a mission because the risk is too great. 2 - Any organization who's senior management demonstrates support for employees who modify the mission because the risk is too great. When and where will the award be presented? A representative of the Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) will present the award at the annual HAI Heli- Expo. We will notify awardees of the exact time and date. NOTE- You must not be present to be awarded the MCSA. We will mail it to you and your organization if you cannot attend the Heli-Expo. By The Way - It does not require a monumental act to be eligible for the award. If you or someone you know has ever said "I'm not going" because the risk is too high, you are eligible! Help us recognize those who had the moral courage to stand for what's right. Back to Top International Accident Investigation Forum Singapore, 23 - 25 April 2013 The Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore (AAIB) will be hosting the Second International Accident Investigation (IAI) Forum at the Singapore Aviation Academy on 23 - 25 April 2013. It is AAIB's honour that the IAI Forum 2013 is strongly supported by: - International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), - Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), - European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), and - International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), The IAI Forum 2013 aims to bring together the world's top government investigation officials and experts to discuss issues relating to the organisation, infrastructure and management of accident investigation. It is open to investigation officials responsible for discharging their country's obligation under Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, regulatory officials and aviation safety professionals from the private sector. The IAI Forum 2013 will also serve as a platform for ICAO to inform, explain to and discuss with the safety investigation community regarding the developments and issues being pursued by ICAO. The Inaugural IAI Forum was held on 21 - 23 April 2010 was attended by 149 government investigation officials and aviation safety professionals from 29 countries. Ms Nancy Graham, Director of ICAO Air Navigation Bureau, and Capt. Kevin L. Hiatt, President and CEO of the FSF, have very kindly consented to attend the Second IAI Forum to each deliver a keynote speech. Registration for the IAI Forum 2013 is now opened via this website (http://www.amiando.com/IAIForum2013.html). Participants are encouraged to register before 15 March 2013. The Second IAI Forum will cover the following topics: - Developments in Accident Investigation * New ICAO Annex 19 on Safety Management and consequential amendments to other Annexes, in particular to Annex 13 * ICAO USOAP; Corrective Action Plan and the challenges in meeting them * Upgrading of ICAO Circular 285 on Guidance on Assistance to Aircraft Accident Victims and Their Families to Document 9973 and its impact to accident investigation agencies - Updates from AIG Communities * Conclusions of the AIG Roundtable held in Singapore on 16 - 17 October 2012 and chaired by Mr Marcus Costa, Chief of the ICAO Accident Investigation Section - Protection of Safety Information * Outcome of the ICAO Safety Information Protection Task Force - Management & operational challenges/lessons learnt from recent accidents - Investigators' training and maintaining competency in a safe aviation climate - Litigation and Criminalisation relating to Accident Investigation Administration - The IAI Forum will be held at the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA). Free Wifi is available at SAA. - There is no registration fee for the IAI Forum. Participants will need to bear their own travelling, visa application (if applicable) and accommodation costs. Please register for the IAI Forum 2013 by 15 Mar 2013. - You may refer to the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority's website to check if the travelling documents you and your delegates are holding require you to apply entry visa and application instructions. - Lunch and tea breaks will be provided each day. Hotel Accommodation - Participants may wish to consider staying at the Changi Village Hotel or Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel which are providing special rates to SAA. Please download and fill in the appropriate (Changi Village Hotel/Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel) reservation form from the IAI Forum Registration website and email/fax directly to the respective hotel. * Changi Village Hotel is the nearest hotel from the IAI Forum venue, at about 8 minutes' walk from the SAA. Hotel rates include scheduled airport transfer, breakfast and internet access. * Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel is located about 18 km away. The hotel offers a shuttle service to bring their guests to and from SAA. The shuttle service departs the hotel at 7.30 am, and picks up their guest at about 5 pm. Hotel rates include scheduled airport transfer, shuttle service to and from SAA, breakfast and internet access. For assistance in registration and more information on the IAI Forum 2013, please contact Mr Steven Teo (Email: steven_teo@mot.gov.sg or Fax: +65- 6-542-2394). Curt Lewis