Flight Safety Information November 11, 2013 - No. 232 In This Issue 5 dead in plane crash in northwestern Ontario Engine cover falls from Spirit jet after Chicago takeoff Four killed in small plane crash near the Bahamas Airline industry prioritizes passenger safety Liquids ban to be lifted at European airports; is the U.S. next? Indonesian Army helicopter crash kills 13: Country's aviation safety record poor Think ARGUS PROS Embry-Riddle Aviation Symposium - Singapore Watch for: AVIATION MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING EXCHANGE Flight Safety Information - Searchable Database Follow FSI on Twitter 5 dead in plane crash in northwestern Ontario Ontario Provincial Police say a Bearskin Airlines twin engine turbo prop crashed just after 6:30 local time Sunday evening on its approach to the airport at Red Lake. RED LAKE, Ont. - Five people are dead after a Bearskin Airlines plane crashed on approach to the Red Lake airport in northwestern Ontario and burst into flames. Two people survived the crash of the twin-engine turboprop just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Ontario Provincial Police said. The two pilots were among those killed, said Sgt. Rob McDonough at the provincial police communications centre in Thunder Bay. The survivors were identified as a 29-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, both from Winnipeg. "The one male was actually the one that called us to report the crash. He was able to pull the woman out of the wreckage prior to it becoming fully engulfed in flames," McDonough said. The two were taken by ambulance to hospital where McDonough said they were treated for non-life- threatening injuries. He noted the man was able to walk to the ambulance, while the woman appeared to have suffered a back injury. During the crash McDonough said the 19-passenger aircraft knocked down some Hydro lines. "The plane was totally destroyed by the flames," he said. "Upon impact it burst into flames and then set bush around it on fire as well." A local fire crew quickly doused the flames in both the plane and the woods, he added. Provincial police issued a release early Monday, saying the names of the deceased would be released after their next of kin were notified. The plane had taken off from Sioux Lookout, Ont., on a flight to Red Lake, 270 kilometres north of Kenora, and about 100 kilometres east of the Manitoba boundary. There's no word yet on the cause of the crash, but McDonough said Transportation Safety Board investigators from Winnipeg were expected to arrive at the site Monday afternoon. Bearskin Airlines is based in Sioux Lookout and has operated since 1963, employing 300 people in Ontario and Manitoba. Its fleet of 16 Metro Fairchild planes serve 18 destinations in the two provinces. In May, 1995 a Bearskin aircraft collided with a Piper Navajo near the Sioux Lookout airport, killing all eight people on board the two planes. http://globalnews.ca/news/958863/5-dead-in-plane-crash-in-northwestern-ontario/ ************* Status: Preliminary Date: Sunday 10 November 2013 Time: 18:44 Type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III Operator: Bearskin Airlines Registration: C-FFZN C/n / msn: AC-785B First flight: 1991 Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 Total: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 Airplane damage: Written off Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Red Lake Airport, ON (YRL) (Canada) Phase: Approach (APR) Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Sioux Lookout Airport, ON (YXL/CYXL), Canada Destination airport: Red Lake Airport, ON (YRL), Canada Flightnumber: 311 Narrative: Bearskin Airlines Flight JV-311 from Sioux Lookout, ON (YXL) to Red Lake, ON (YRL), crashed while on approach to runway 26 at Red Lake Airport. Both pilots and three of the five passengers were killed in the accident. 18:44 LT / 00:44 UTC: Wind 320 degrees at 10 knots; Visibility: 8 miles; Light snow, low drifting snow; Scattered clouds at 2000 feet AGL CYRL 110100Z 32010KT 8SM -SN DRSN SCT020 M11/M13 A3011 RMK SC3 VIA CYPL SLP224 CYRL 110044Z 32010KT 8SM -SN DRSN SCT020 RMK SC3 ACCIDENT CHECK VIA CYPL CYRL 110000Z 30014G22KT 10SM -SN DRSN OVC018 M10/M13 A3008 RMK SC8 SLP212 www.aviation-safety.net Back to Top Engine cover falls from Spirit jet after Chicago takeoff CHICAGO (AP) - An engine cover has fallen off a Spirit Airlines jet, forcing the aircraft to return to a Chicago airport shortly after taking off. The airline says Flight 409 bound for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., landed safely at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Saturday morning. No one was injured. Spokeswoman Misty Pinson says the flight crew received an indication of a possible mechanical problem, declared an emergency and returned to Chicago. Passengers were put on another aircraft. The right engine housing, known as cowling, was recovered on airport property. It and the aircraft were being inspected. The airline is investigating the incident and had no immediate information on a possible cause. http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/11/10/engine-cover-falls-from-spirit-jet-after-chicago- takeoff/3490929/ Back to Top Four killed in small plane crash near the Bahamas A single engine aircraft crashed in the waters off Grand Bahama island on Sunday, killing all four passengers on board, authorities said. All of the passengers are believed to be Americans who were on a sightseeing tour near the archipelago's northernmost island, said Bahamas Police Superintendent Stephen Dean. Dean said emergency response teams found plane debris floating in the Atlantic. Assistant commissioner of Bahamas Police Emrick Seymour said that they could not release the identities of the passengers before their next of kin are notified, but "initial" information indicates that all of them were foreigners. The small plane took off from Grand Bahama, the archipelago's closest island to Florida, Sunday morning at around 11 a.m. local time. A call was received by the police about the crash. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/10/21394864-four-killed-in-small-plane-crash-near-the- bahamas Back to Top Airline industry prioritizes passenger safety CLEVELAND - One of the busiest travel seasons of the year is just a few weeks away. Nearly 25 million people are expected to fly the friendly skies between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Probably the last thing on the minds of holiday travelers is safety. Getting the family packed and to the airport is stressful enough, not to mention getting holiday gifts wrapped and checked at the airport. But safety should be the first priority when planning holiday air travel - not an afterthought. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, nearly 95 percent of all airline passengers will survive airline crashes. Only one in 1.2 million flights will end in a crash. Most of those crashes will happen in the first three minutes after takeoff or in the final eight minutes before landing. The airline industry has taken great strides to protect passengers in emergency situations. "Riding on a commercial airplane has got about the same amount of risk as riding an escalator," explained MIT aviation expert John Hansman. We have a dramatic story for you coming up tonight on NewsChannel5 at 11. Chris Flanagan goes inside a burning plane to show you what the aviation industry is doing to protect passengers in emergency situations. Plus, how you can improve your chances of surviving an airline crash. We're on your side explaining techniques so you and your family would be able to make a safe escape. It's all part of our "5 On Your Survival Guide" reports, airing every night this week on NewsChannel5 at 11. http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/Airline-industry-prioritizes-passenger-safety-- 5-On-Your-Side-Survival-Guide-#ixzz2kLEBaCCm Back to Top Liquids ban to be lifted at European airports; is the U.S. next? London's Heathrow Airport screeners in January will begin using a screening device to test liquids carried by passengers onto planes. The U.S. is considering several options for liquids screening. Liquids ban to end at European airports In the U.S., Transportation Security Administration officials are looking into several technologies for liquids screening. Above, a TSA officer discovers unallowable liquids in a passenger's carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Are you tired of having airport security screeners toss away your bottles of water, shampoo or lotion? Change is on the way in some parts of the world. Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization in Ohio, has built a screening device that London's Heathrow Airport began installing last week to test liquids carried by passengers onto planes. Heathrow Airport screeners will begin using the device in January, when the European Union will start allowing some liquids, aerosols and gels onto planes under a phased timetable. In the U.S., Transportation Security Administration officials are looking into several technologies for liquids screening. Battelle officials say their liquids scanner, the LS10, is among those devices. But the TSA says you shouldn't expect to carry your favorite bottle of soda or shampoo onboard at U.S. airports in the near future. "Liquid explosives are a serious threat, and we aren't ready to move away from the ban on liquids," the TSA said in a statement. The Battelle screening device uses this technology to test containers of liquid for potential explosives: A radio frequency wave and an ultrasonic pulse are passed through the liquids so the device can assess the contents by analyzing the signals after they pass through. The LS10 device looks like a slot machine. An airport screener places a bottle of liquid into an opening in the machine and then pulls down a large black lever, which starts the testing mechanism. The device can be used with see-through or opaque bottles, metal cans or ceramic containers. The test takes two to five seconds per container. To start, Heathrow will let passengers carry onboard duty-free liquids bought in the airport and medicine. It plans to ease its policy to allow other liquids within a year or so. In Europe and in the U.S., passengers are not allowed to bring containers with more than 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) of liquid in carry-on bags onto a commercial plane. The scientists at Battelle said scanning liquids with the LS10 won't make them unsafe to use. "There is no danger of altering the liquid in any way," said Wesley Pirkle, senior research scientist at Battelle. Parents may benefit most from new rules on electronics on planes Parents of small children may be cheering the loudest over news that five of the nation's largest carriers have been cleared to let passengers use portable electronic devices throughout commercial flights. A new survey of air travelers found that the most important aspect of the new policy is that it will make it easier to keep children entertained. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Oct. 31 that it will let passengers use e-readers, tablets, music players and other hand-held devices throughout a flight as long as the gadgets are switched to "airplane mode" and are emitting no signal. In the past, the FAA required that passengers turn off and stow away all electronic devices during takeoffs and landings. The new rule still requires that passengers put away heavier devices, such as laptops, that could tumble free during turbulence. Cellphone calls are still banned. In an online survey of 744 adults by satellite television company Dish Network Corp., respondents said the most important aspects of the rule change are that the electronic devices will keep children entertained (26%) and enable fliers to catch up on email (24%) and read books (17%). A week after the FAA approved the new rules, United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue and US Airways have filed and received approval from the agency to adopt the new rules. Southwest Airlines hopes to get such clearance from the FAA by the end of November. In addition, Southwest officials said they are working to allow their passengers to use the planes' wireless Internet while the aircraft are on the tarmac during takeoffs and landings. There is a good reason airlines have rushed to adopt the new rules. According to the Dish survey, 56% of respondents said the new rules would affect their choice of airlines and 11% reported "separation anxiety" when they turn off their devices. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1111-travel-briefcase-20131111,0,2099448.story#axzz2kLSvBBMc Back to Top Indonesian Army helicopter crash kills 13: Country's aviation safety record poor An Indonesian Army helicopter has crashed in the jungle, killing 13 people. The army helicopter was carrying eight crew members and 13 construction workers who were being transported, along with their building supplies to a building site. According to The Inquisitr on Nov. 9, the Indonesian Army helicopter went down due to engine trouble. Indonesia is a country with one of the poorest aviation safety records in Asia. It might very well have the poorest aviation record in the whole world. A spokesperson for the army confirmed that the helicopter went down with 13 people dead and the rest were burned in the crash. The helicopter, a Russian-made Mi-17 aircraft was "completely destroyed," reported the spokesperson. Eight of the construction workers were among the dead and five of the crew members died. The military took over the evacuation of the survivors. The area where the helicopter came down is so remote, it is only reached by helicopter. There are no roads near the crash site, so the evacuation was no easy feat for the http://www.examiner.com/article/indonesian-army-helicopter-crash-kills-13-country-s-aviation-safety-record- poor Back to Top Back to Top Embry-Riddle Aviation Symposium Sunday 9th February 2014 Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) Singapore SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES For more information, please contact sponsor@aeropodium.com Media Partners Aircraft Financing and Leasing in Asia SYMPOSIUM CHAIRMAN Professor Graham J. F. Hunt, Head of Asia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Asia CONFIRMED EXPERT-SPEAKERS - George Arnokouros, Vice President Legal, AerCap - Christophe Chicandard, Senior Vice President Marketing Asia Pacific, Aircastle Singapore - Bill Cumberlidge, Executive Director, KV Aviation - Lorenzo Di Loreto, Associate Director, Aviation, Samsung C&T - Peter Huijbers, Regional Head of Commercial - Asia Pacific, Hong Kong Aviation Capital - Roland H. 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