De: Curt Lewis & Associates, LLC de la part de Curt Lewis & Associates, LLC Envoyé: mardi 5 mars 2013 14:54 À: fgae@club-internet.fr Objet: Flight Safety Information [March 5, 2013] [No. 049] Flight Safety Information Flight Safety Information March 5, 2013 - No. 049 In This Issue Plane Crash in Congo's East City of Goma Kills 7 Two killed as plane crashes into residential area in French Alps: Young girl found alive in wreckage Lear jet makes emergency landing Fraudulent tests uncovered, but air safety not impacted Pilot reports spotting 'drone' over Brooklyn Small plane with 3 aboard overdue on Alaska flight Woman tossed off plane for smuggling dog in bag IHST: Helicopter Accidents Lower, But Private Incidents Rise PROS IOSA Audit Experts Delta expects 40,000 bpd jet fuel output from refinery Korean Air Bids for Czech Airlines Stake David Downey Appointed as President Aerosafe North America EAAP - HF Training FSI on TWITTER CL&A Expert Services Plane Crash in Congo's East City of Goma Kills 7 GOMA, Congo March 4, 2013 (AP) - A plane crash in the center of the eastern city of Goma killed seven people and injured three, Congolese officials said Tuesday. The Ukrainian pilot of the plane for CAA managed to avoid buildings in the densely populated area, and crashed the plane on the fences in the backyard of a housing plot. The plane had taken off from the city of Kananga in the country's southwest, stopped in Lodja and was on its way to Goma before the crash, Goma's mayor said. "There was a thunderstorm and we heard a loud noise. We went out and saw a plane in the backyard. I hadn't realized a plane had crashed, I was under the impression that it was loud thunder," said Lauren Welsh, a resident of the nearby house. As night fell, the rescue team arrived on site and started tearing apart the plane to extract the bodies of six people. The body of one crew member is still missing, said an authority with the airplane company, Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, or CAA. The authority spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to speak to the press. The CAA official and rescue authorities confirmed that 10 people were on board. Rescue officials found six dead bodies, including the pilot. An official with the company said five crew were among the dead, one crew member was missing and one passenger was killed. Three Congolese men survived the crash and were taken to the hospital, he said. Goma mayor Naasson Kubuya confirmed that seven were dead. The mayor had earlier said 40 people were on board and only four people survived based on initial police estimations. "The pilot managed to avoid houses," said Kubuya. "It's a horrifying accident. The city of Goma has become a field of disasters. We sympathize with the families of the deceased." The plane crashed due to bad weather conditions, he said. Given the number of crashes in eastern Congo every year, the mayor of Goma called on national authorities to increase measures to improve air traffic and safety. Last year, a plane crash in the city of Bukavu killed President Joseph Kabila's personal adviser, Augustin Katumba, and four others. ************* Status: Preliminary Date: 04 MAR 2013 Time: 17:55 Type: Fokker 50 Operator: Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation - CAA Registration: 9Q-CBD C/n / msn: 20270 First flight: 1992-12-09 (20 years 3 months) Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Total: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 Airplane damage: Written off Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Goma Airport (GOM) (Congo (Democratic Republic)) Phase: Approach (APR) Nature: Cargo Departure airport: Lodja Airport (LJA) (LJA/FZVA), Congo (Democratic Republic) Destination airport: Goma Airport (GOM) (GOM/FZNA), Congo (Democratic Republic) Narrative: A Fokker 50 passenger plane, operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA) was destroyed in an accident near Goma Airport (GOM), Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Minister of Transport said there were nine people on board the Fokker 50, three passengers, five crew members and a loadmaster. The three passengers have survived the accident, one crew member is still missing. The airplane reportedly came down in a residential area as it was preparing to land in poor weather following a domestic flight from Goma Airport (GOM). www.aviation-safety.net Back to Top Two killed as plane crashes into residential area in French Alps: Young girl found alive in wreckage A small passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the French Alps shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing two people on board and severely injuring a young girl passenger, a local official said. Firefighters found the girl in the wreckage, alive but suffering from multiple fractures. No one was reported injured on the ground. The aircraft, a twin-engined corporate jet, started having difficultly shortly after taking off from a small airport in the town of Annemasse in eastern France on the Swiss Border, about three miles from Geneva, said officials. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ ************ Status: Preliminary Date: 04 MAR 2013 Time: 08:40 Type: Raytheon 390 Premier 1A Operator: Global Jet Luxembourg Registration: VP-CAZ C/n / msn: RB-202 First flight: 2007 Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 Airplane damage: Destroyed Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: ca 1 km SE of Annemasse Airport (France) Phase: Initial climb (ICL) Nature: Unknown Departure airport: Annemasse Airport (QNJ) (QNJ/LFLI), France Destination airport: Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland Narrative: A Raytheon 390 Premier 1 was destroyed in an accident near Annemasse Airport (QNJ), France. There were three people on board. One of them survived the accident. The Premier 1 apparently contacted a house, immediately after takeoff from runway 12. It crashed into a field and caught fire. www.aviation-safety.net Back to Top Lear jet makes emergency landing CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) - An inbound Learjet (LJ-45) with eight people aboard has made an emergency landing after experiencing gear trouble. Diane Earhart of St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia said Monday afternoon the aircraft's landing gear was not functioning correctly. She said the pilot circled the airport and made a safe landing. Fire trucks, ambulances and emergency crews were waiting on the airport tarmac. The plane eventually diverted and landed a short distance away in Saint Louis, Mo. Back to Top Fraudulent tests uncovered, but air safety not impacted EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney said yesterday that it has uncovered fraudulent testing of engine parts involving falsified records, but that no recalls or other problems resulted. The subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. said an investigation was begun in June 2011 when an employee anonymously alleged that test data had been altered over 15 years at Carmel Forge, another United Technologies unit, in Israel. "Carmel Forge produced test records that were not accurate," Pratt & Whitney spokeswoman Stephanie Duvall said in an email. The doctored data did not lead to any flight safety risks http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/03/05/fraudulent-tests- uncovered-but-air-safety-not-impacted.html Back to Top Pilot reports spotting 'drone' over Brooklyn (CNN) -- Was there a drone flying over Brooklyn Monday afternoon? The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a report from a pilot of an Alitalia passenger jet who says he saw an unmanned aircraft while landing at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. "We saw a drone, a drone aircraft," the pilot can be heard telling controllers on radio calls captured by the website LiveATC.net. CNN Explains: U.S. drones "The FAA is investigating a report... he saw a small, unmanned or remote-controlled aircraft while on final approach to Runway 31 Right," according a statement sent to CNN by FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. "The sighting was approximately four to five miles west of the airport at an altitude of approximately 1,500 feet," she said. Domestic drones in U.S. skies That description puts the aircraft somewhere over Brooklyn and on the other side of the airport from where the plane was coming in for a landing. Dronestagram uses social media to highlight drone strikes The Alitalia aircraft did not have to take any evasive action and landed safely at JFK. Air traffic controllers warned other planes approaching the runway of the drone report, but at least two other pilots radioed they did not see it. A spokesman for the New York Police Department was not aware of the incident and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, referred CNN to the FAA. Unmanned aerial systems, sometimes called drones, and other remote-controlled planes could pose a risk to larger passenger aircraft if they collided or were sucked into an engine. For recreational hobbyists, flying remote-controlled planes is only allowed by the FAA up to 400 feet in the air, and within sight of the operator. If they are going to fly within three miles of an airport, they have to let air traffic controllers know. Flying unmanned aerial vehicles is illegal for most business purposes; however, governments and public entities such as police departments can apply for permission to operate them. The FAA has been working to setup new rules and to safely integrate the use of unmanned aircraft into the national air space, and last year opened an "unmanned aircraft systems integration" office. Back to Top Small plane with 3 aboard overdue on Alaska flight ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Authorities says searchers in Alaska are looking for a small plane with three people aboard that was reported overdue on a flight from Anchorage to the small village of Takotna. Carl Siebe of the Civil Air Patrol tells KTUU-TV (http://is.gd/zOApDi) that the plane left Anchorage about 10 a.m. Monday and was expected to reach Takotna - a checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - at about noon. Alaska National Guard spokeswoman Kalei Brooks Rupp confirms the plane was a Cessna 182 with three on board. The Cessna was traveling with another plane, which reported it missing about 3 p.m. Monday. The overdue plane did not file a flight plan. Back to Top Woman tossed off plane for smuggling dog in bag You can't get a normal-size tube of toothpaste through airport security these days, but a woman flying from Tel Aviv to London managed to smuggle her dog in a carry-on bag through Ben-Gurion International Airport onto a British Airways flight. Alas, she and her pooch didn't make it to their destination. While the plane was on the runway awaiting takeoff, a nearby passenger alerted flight attendants to a squeak coming from beneath the woman's seat, where a teacup Yorkshire terrier was discovered in her purse. The woman and her tiny pet were chucked off the plane. But passengers were left wondering whether the airport's supposedly tough security is all bark and no bite. http://now.msn.com/ben-gurion-international-airport-woman-thrown-off-flight-for- smuggling-dog-in-bag Back to Top IHST: Helicopter Accidents Lower, But Private Incidents Rise The International Helicopter Safety Team, or IHST has released new figures that show the total number of civil helicopter accidents in the U.S. continued to trend downward while private aircraft accidents are up. From 2010 to 2012, there were 411 total rotorcraft accidents-lower than the three-year period from 2007-2009, which saw 466 total accidents. Training flights also saw a decrease from 111 accidents from 2007-2009 to 81 from 2010-2012. But the data also revealed that the number of accidents involved in private helicopter flights went up, from 96 during the three-year period from 2007-2009 to 102 during 2010-2012. http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/topstories/IHST-Helicopter-Accidents-Lower-But- Private-Incidents-Rise_78652.html Back to Top Back to Top Delta expects 40,000 bpd jet fuel output from refinery (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) said on Monday it expects to produce 40,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) of jet fuel at its 185,000 bpd Trainer, Pennsylvania, refinery by the end of the year, a lower rate than Delta's initial goal when it bought the refinery last year. Delta President Edward Bastian said in a JPMorgan presentation that the 40,000 bpd output represented about 25 percent of Delta's domestic jet fuel consumption and about 22 percent of the refinery's current capacity. The Atlanta-based airline originally said it expected to spend about $100 million to increase jet fuel production at the refinery to 52,000 bpd, or about 32 percent of capacity, while reducing gasoline production. The refinery, owned by Delta subsidiary Monroe Energy, began making jet fuel last September and by early November was up to about 30,000 bpd, a source familiar with refinery operations told Reuters at the time. A spokesman said the company still believes Trainer will get to 52,000 bpd of jet fuel production in the long term. "But those initial projections were made in the early days of the startup and since then we've learned a lot about the operation and have revised our expectations for this year accordingly," the spokesman said in an emailed statement. The refinery is expected to be operating at full capacity this week, Bastian said. It had been operating at 75 capacity for most of the first quarter because of operational issues, he said. "Yet we still expect to break even on the facility in the (first) quarter." Delta bought the refinery last year from Phillips 66 (PSX.N) in a bid to gain more control over fuel costs, saying it expected to save about $300 million from its yearly fuel bill of $12 billion. "There's evidence here that we're going to make this work for us. But like anything that's big and new and different, it's taken us a little bit longer to turn on than we thought," Bastian said. Had the facility been running at full capacity in the first quarter, Bastian said Trainer would have likely produced a profit of $60 million. He expects Trainer to turn a profit of $75 million to $100 million during the second quarter. Delta is taking steps to make the refinery more profitable. These include shipping low- cost crude oil by rail from North Dakota's Bakken shale to replace more expensive crude from the North Sea and Africa. Other East Coast refiners, such as PBF Energy (PBF.N), have already taken similar steps. PBF recently began receiving crude oil shipments by rail at its 182,000 bpd Delaware City, Delaware, refinery. Delta's Trainer refinery received its first crude-by-rail shipment in February. The airline expects to begin receiving a regular supply of crude-by-rail from the Bakken region by mid-2013, according to Bastian's presentation. Bastian said Delta is "mid-stage" in negotiating Bakken crude supply and transportation arrangements for Trainer and will make an announcement in the next 60 days on how it will proceed. Initial Bakken crude oil volumes at the refinery will be "a bit limited" but "meaningful," Bastian said. He declined to provide an exact figure. Back to Top Korean Air Bids for Czech Airlines Stake SEOUL (WSJ)-Korean Air Lines Co. 003490.SE +0.46%said Tuesday it made a bid of "several million dollars" for a 44% stake in the unprofitable Czech Airlines, in its first attempt to invest in another passenger carrier. South Korea's flag carrier hopes to expand its reach in Central and Eastern Europe at a time of rising trade with Asian economies, and as the recession among euro zone nations persist. A Czech Airlines plane takes flight. Korean Air Lines is seeking to buy a stake in the carrier. . "We submitted a bid for the stake in Czech Airlines last week after doing due diligence," a Korean Air spokesman said, adding the carrier doesn't plan to get involved in the Czech airline's management. Korean Air has shed its poor safety record of the 1980s and 1990s, investing heavily to upgrade its long-haul services, focusing on making its premium cabins more competitive and increasing destinations. The carrier ordered the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet in recent years, while its rivals cut spending. The state-run Czech Airlines' routes and airport slots in Central and Eastern Europe make it an attractive investment option. The airline-one of the world's oldest with a 90- year history-has been mired in losses due to competition from budget carriers, weaker demand from the euro-zone crisis and high fuel prices. Czech Airlines has been undergoing a transformation plan to turn around its lackluster operations, cutting long-haul flights and selling maintenance and ground services units. The Czech government earlier said it would consider selling the airline over the coming months, likely in April or May. Both Czech Airlines and Korean Air are members of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, and the companies in December set up a code-share agreement allowing the cross- selling of seats on each other's flights in Europe and Asia. As part of the plan, Czech Airlines will also resume long-haul services, with a twice- weekly flight between Prague and Seoul. Korean Air also operates to the Czech capital four times a week. Czech Airlines wasn't im mediately available for comment. Czech local media have reported that Korean Air was the sole bidder for the stake. Korean Air declined to provide further details of the possible sale. Analysts have also considered Doha-based Qatar Airways as another possible bidder. In January, the head of the Middle Eastern airline said it would study potential synergies from a stake acquisition. A Qatar Airways official in Seoul declined to comment on Tuesday. Korean Air operates passenger flights to 11 cities in Europe, while Czech Airlines' destinations include Bucharest, Budapest, Warsaw, Riga and Moscow. Back to Top Back to Top European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) "Human Factors in Flight Safety: Safety Management Systems (SMS), Risk Management and Safety Investigation" training courses to be conducted in Dubai and Barcelona, May 2013. Registrations are now open for these popular and internationally respected courses, to be held from: 12 - 16 May 2013, in Dubai, kindly hosted by Emirates, and, 21 - 25 May 2013, in Barcelona, kindly hosted by Barcelona-based airline, Vueling. Full details on the 2013 EAAP courses are included in the Registration Brochures for both the Dubai and Barcelona courses, which are now available for download from the EAAP website at: http://www.eaap.net/read/1316/human-factors-in-flight-safety-course.html The experienced team of Dr Rob Lee, Kristina Pollack and Brent Hayward will again be conducting the 2013 courses on behalf of EAAP. The first of these courses was conducted at Ispra, Italy in 1999, and since then the course has been continually updated, and held regularly, in locations including Luxembourg, Stockholm, Madrid, Lisbon, Interlaken, Dublin and Dubai, with a total of more than 320 participants from civil and military aviation attending, as well as from other high technology industries. The course is recognised by EAAP as contributing towards certification requirements for those wishing to become an EAAP-certified Aviation Psychologist or Human Factors Specialist. As detailed in the Registration Brochure, EAAP members are offered reduced registration fees for the course, and there is also a significant additional "Early Bird" discount for those who register early. Course participant numbers are limited, so those wishing to attend are encouraged to register as soon as possible to secure a place. 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