Flight Safety Information July 24, 2013 - No. 152 In This Issue Landing gear punched into Southwest 737 jet on landing, NTSB says EU Directive On Dreamliner Safety Expected Soon Southwest Airlines plane skidded 2,175 feet on LaGuardia runway after nose gear 'collapsed' Think ARGUS PROS Embry-Riddle Worldwide hosts online human factors course Cebu Pacific leases 2 brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft for long-haul flights U.S. Forest Service Seeks Regional Aviation Safety Manager Landing gear punched into Southwest 737 jet on landing, NTSB says The landing gear didn't just collapse when a Southwest Airlines jet touched down in New York City and plunged nose-first into the tarmac: The landing gear punched into the plane itself as it skidded for almost half a mile. The new revelations came Tuesday as the National Transportation Safety Board continued to investigate its second major landing accident by a Boeing jetliner in three weeks. Officials said 10 people were injured, none seriously, during the Monday evening landing. The Boeing 737-700, arriving at LaGuardia Airport from Nashville, was carrying 143 passengers and six crew members. When the plane touched down, the 737's nose gear collapsed up and into the jet's fuselage, NTSB officials said in a series of messages from the board's official Twitter account. A photograph showed part of the landing gear penetrating the electronics bay that houses avionics equipment inside the fuselage. The NTSB said only the right axle of the landing gear was still attached. It offered no further detail on what might have gone wrong. After the plane touched down and the gear collapsed, the jetliner slid 2,175 feet on its nose along the runway before coming to a stop off the right side of the runway, the NTSB said. An Asiana Airlines jet that crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6 was a Boeing 777 that came in too low while landing; three passengers were killed in that crash, during which some of the plane's emergency slides accidentally deployed inside the aircraft. NTSB officials said the 737's slides deployed normally after the incident Monday. The runway at LaGuardia has since reopened. The Boeing 737 is the world's best-selling aircraft, and it is the only type of jet Southwest flies. Boeing builds the jet in Renton, Wash., and has delivered more than 7,600 of the planes since 1967. The aircraft has run into minimal safety issues. In April 2011, a Southwest 737 made an emergency landing after a 5-foot-by-1-foot section of fuselage burst open on a flight from Phoenix to Sacramento. Afterward, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines to inspect their older and most heavily used Boeing 737s for fuselage cracks. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ntsb-landing-gear- 20130723,0,6305237.story Back to Top EU Directive On Dreamliner Safety Expected Soon Europe's air-safety regulator Tuesday said it expected to issue a directive within days on the airworthiness of 787 Dreamliners, following the fire inside a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 10 days ago, in line with similar instructions being prepared by U.S. authorities and the aircraft's manufacturer, Boeing Co. BA +0.86% The European Aviation Safety Agency, a counterpart of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, is expected to advise airlines to inspect, and possibly replace, emergency-locator transmitters made by Honeywell International Inc. HON +0.28% Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch last week linked the emergency beacons to the fire, which occurred while the 787 was parked away from terminal buildings at London's Heathrow Airport. "We plan on issuing a directive in the next few days but can't be more specific on details at the moment," an EASA spokesman said. ELTs act as a distress beacon on aircraft and the Ethiopian 787's transmitter was identified by British investigators in their interim report as a possible cause of the fire or instrumental in spreading the flames in the rear of the unoccupied jetliner. The AAIB report stopped short of definitely concluding that the device sparked the fire, which burned near the tail, between insulation and the plane's carbon-fiber skin. On Friday the FAA said it would mandate inspections of the devices in coming days and that airlines would be asked to look for "proper wire routing and any sign of wire damage or pinching," referring to the connections between the transmitters, or ELTs, and the lithium batteries that power them. In addition, an FAA statement said inspections should look for unusual signs of heating or moisture inside battery compartments. Boeing in a statement on Friday said it has provided instructions to operators on performing the inspections. It also will issue its own guidance highlighting that 787 operators have the choice of checking the transmitters or voluntarily removing them. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323829104578623763658662532.html Back to Top Southwest Airlines plane skidded 2,175 feet on LaGuardia runway after nose gear 'collapsed' The National Transportation Safety Board says the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed backward and into the body of the aircraft following a hard landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport. The NTSB found the landing gear "collapsed rearward and upward into the fuselage, damaging the electronics bay that houses avionics." The agency said on its Twitter feed the plane skidded 2,175 feet before stopping at the edge of the runway Monday. It posted a photo showing the jet's electronics bay penetrated by the landing gear with only the right axle still attached. Investigators recovered cockpit voice recorders on Tuesday. They'll be analyzed by the NTSB. Sixteen passengers suffered minor injuries during Flight 345's landing. The plane was coming from Nashville, Tenn. Richard Strauss, who was on a nearby plane waiting to take off for Washington, said the nose of the plane was "completely down on the ground. It's something that I've never seen before. It's bizarre." A rear stairwell or slide could be seen extending from the Southwest flight, said Strauss, who owns a Washington public relations firm. His plane, which was about 100 yards from the Southwest flight, wasn't allowed to taxi back to the gate, he said. Bobby Abtahi, an attorney trying to catch a flight to Dallas, was watching from the terminal and heard a crowd reacting to the accident. "I heard some people gasp and scream. I looked over and saw sparks flying at the front of the plane," he said. The incident came 16 days after Asiana Flight 214 crash-landed at San Francisco's international airport on July 6, killing two Chinese teenagers; a third was killed when a fire truck ran over her while responding to the crash, authorities said. Dozens of people were injured in that landing, which involved a Boeing 777 flying from South Korea. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/24/southwest-airlines-plane-skidded-2175-feet-on-laguardia- runway-after-nose-gear/#ixzz2ZyDgZtyo Back to Top Back to Top Embry-Riddle Worldwide hosts online human factors course Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide has opened registration on an online aviation human factors course that is free and open to the public. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is the first of a series of free courses that the university plans to offer. "Our first MOOC covers a particularly timely subject, The Human Factor in Aviation," Embry-Riddle Worldwide Chancellor John R. Watret said. The crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco has definitely made the industry and public more aware of the intricacies of aviation safety, he added. The five-week course will focus on the psychological or physiological elements related to aviation disasters. Its instructor is Dennis Vincenzi, department chair of undergraduate studies in the College of Aeronautics at Embry- Riddle Worldwide. Registration opened July 19, and the class begins Aug. 19. Class size is limited to 500 students. For more information, see the website Back to Top Cebu Pacific leases 2 brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft for long-haul flights MANILA - The operator of Cebu Pacific on Wednesday said it has signed operating lease agreements for two brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft. In a statement, Cebu Air Inc (CEB) said US-based Intrepid Aviation will deliver the A330-300 aircraft from 2014 to 2015. The planes are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines. CEB vice president for marketing and distribution Candice Iyog said the lease would involve no upfront payment. "Since it is not an acquisition but an operating lease, there is no significant capex upfront. Monthly rental payments will be financed by internally generated cash," she told InterAksyon.com By 2015, Cebu Pacific will operate six brand-new A330-300 aircraft. The budget airline said it will launch its long-haul operations with daily direct Manila-Dubai flights on October 7. The A330-300 aircraft can fly beyond the range of Cebu Pacific's existing A320 fleet. "With our A330 fleet strengthened by this lease agreement, we will continue exploring other regions we can serve, such as the Middle East, Australia, parts of Europe and the US. These additional wide- body aircraft will allow us to offer Cebu Pacific's trademark lowest fares to even more passengers," Alex Reyes, Cebu Pacific general manager for the Long-Haul Division, said. The airline offers 22 international destinations, namely Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon (Seoul), Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur,Macau, Osaka, Phuket, Shanghai, Siem Reap, Singapore, Taipei and Xiamen. Cebu Pacific also operates the most extensive network in the Philippines with 34 domestic destinations and hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark, Kalibo, Iloilo and Davao. http://www.interaksyon.com/business/67105/cebu-pacific-leases-2-brand-new-airbus-a330-300- aircraft-for-long-haul-flights Back to Top U.S. Forest Service Seeks Regional Aviation Safety Manager News Staff posted on July 19, 2013 15:03 Position: Regional Aviation Safety Manager, GS-2101-13 Duty Station: Milwaukee, WI Area of Consideration: DEMO/Merit The Eastern Region is concurrently outreaching and re-advertising (anticipate July 24) under both merit promotion (internal) and DEMO (external). This position is located on the Regional Forester's Fire and Aviation Management Staff and provides Regional Aviation Safety leadership; formulation and implementation of the Regional Aviation Safety program within the parameters of overall policy and objectives, including Safety Management Systems; development of the principal operating strategy for all phases of the aviation safety program, and guidance for the development of specific annual and long range Regional aviation action plans. The duty station is Milwaukee, WI. The Eastern Region - Candidates are sought to provide leadership in a team environment; strengthening delivery of fire and aviation management expertise; and provide support to Eastern Region line officers and interagency fire and aviation management partners for safe, successful mission planning and accomplishment. This position provides an opportunity to serve in a region of 20 states with 40 percent of the Nation's population, consisting of 14 National Forests and the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Work is performed in partnership with the Northeastern Area of State and Private Forestry - Fire and Aviation staff. Milwaukee, WI - The metro-Milwaukee area is Wisconsin's largest population center and is located on the western shores of Lake Michigan, approximately 90 miles north of Chicago. The city and surrounding suburbs encompass four counties and have a combined population of more than 1.4 million people. While the Milwaukee area offers many high-quality urban amenities, it also offers a small- town feeling in many well-established and proud neighborhoods. Milwaukee is served by a community-based public school system, numerous hospital and health care facilities, and college, university, & religious institutions. The city also offers many entertainment opportunities, including summer festivals, performing arts attractions, and various major-league sports venues. The Lake States of the upper Midwest provide outstanding outdoor recreation opportunities, with many in close proximity to Milwaukee. How to Apply - Candidates interested in applying for career positions are encouraged but not required to submit the information requested as displayed below. Given this is a second advertisement for the position, we are sharing the forthcoming opportunity and advising potential candidates of the likely announcement on or about July 24. Contact Information - If you would enjoy working in this exciting environment please complete the optional outreach response form and submit to Scott Ohlman via email (scottaohlman@fs.fed.us) or fax (414-944-3963). If you would like additional information regarding the position, please contact Mark Boche, FAM Director, (mboche@fs.fed.us or 414-297-1280). 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