Flight Safety Information October 2, 2014 - No. 202 In This Issue Flight MH370's grave may be deep in southern Indian Ocean's trenches PRISM TO HELP PREPARE FOR E-IOSA Airbus wins European approval for its new A350 jet Air Canada pilots warned over pornographic material hidden in flight deck ISASI 2014 - Annual Seminar, October 13-16, 2014 Upcoming Events Employment Flight MH370's grave may be deep in southern Indian Ocean's trenches Deep underwater volcanoes and towering ridges discovered on sea floor by Australian authorities searching for missing flight More than 106,000 sq km of the search area in the southern Indian Ocean have been surveyed. Photograph: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Remnants of volcanoes, towering ridges and deep trenches have been discovered on the seabed of the southern Indian Ocean by experts mapping the underwater terrain as part of the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Australian authorities have released the three-dimensional images, revealing for the first time details about the sea floor where efforts are being concentrated to find the jet, which is presumed to have crashed into the sea on 8 March. The area in which the plane is thought to have gone down is remote and largely unexplored, and officials are conducting an intensive survey of the seabed before the underwater probe for the plane can begin. "The recently acquired high-resolution bathymetry [underwater survey] data has revealed many of these seabed features for the first time," the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the agency leading the search, said in a statement. "It is also revealing finer-scale seabed features that were not visible in the previous low-resolution, satellite-derived bathymetry data." The MH370 search area off Western Australia includes the seabed on and around an extensive, mountainous ridge that once formed the margin between two geological plates. The expanse has many of the features typically found in such areas, with tectonic movements having created now-extinct volcanoes, rugged ridges up to 300m high and trenches 1,400m deep compared with the surrounding sea floor, the bureau said. The bureau said identifying these features would help navigation during the underwater search phase - due to begin in October - for the Boeing 777. Australia has vowed to do all it can to find MH370, which was carrying 239 people, many of them Chinese, when it went missing during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean far off the west coast of Australia after diverting off-course for unknown reasons, but a massive air, sea and underwater search has failed to find any wreckage. Experts have used technical data to finalise its most likely resting place ahead of next month's underwater search. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/flight-mh370s-grave-may-be-deep-in-southern-indian- oceans-trenches Back to Top Back to Top Air Canada pilots warned over pornographic material hidden in flight deck Explicit material was found on board its Embraer fleet Air Canada officials have been forced to warn its staff not to stash sexually explicit material in the flight deck of its Embraer fleet, a leaked bulletin sent to staff has revealed. The internal message from Rod Graham, Air Canada's chief pilot and director of fleet operations and training, said "inappropriate material" had "once again" been discovered on a company aircraft. CBC News obtained the message as part of an on-going investigation and published it in full on their news site. The email, sent September 2013 but only recently published, said those placing material in flight decks will be subject to discipline "to the full extent of the law and our corporate policies". This could include having their contract terminated or facing criminal charges, it added. The bulletin was reportedly sent four months after a similar message was issued and six years after a female pilot said pornography had been displayed, glued and tucked in a variety of areas in the cockpit on Air Canada's Embraer fleet of planes. Her complaint was investigated by the airline, who found "evidence of racial or ethnic prejudice as well as sexual materials in the work place," CBC News reports. Peter Fitzpatrick, a spokesperson for Air Canada, said it is aware of concerns about "inappropriate materials" discovered on the flight deck of some aircraft. He said one formal complaint had been filed. Mr Fitzpatrick told the network: "The material in question consisted almost entirely of inappropriate business cards and was confined mainly to one aircraft type and route, our Embraer E-90s operating to Las Vegas. "Air Canada has a strict zero tolerance policy to protect its employees against harassment of any kind, including inappropriate materials that may offend co-workers. "Air Canada took immediate corrective action to adapt its pilot training accordingly and regularly reminds employees that such materials are not tolerated in the workplace." http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/air-canada-pilots-warned-over-pornographic-material-hidden-in- flight-deck-9769026.html Back to Top Want to make a quick 100 bucks??? Complete this 15 min online survey... Optimal Strategix Group Inc. invites you to complete a 15 minute survey offering feedback on 3 product concepts targeted at protecting you from harmful chemicals and solvents while working on your tasks. Complete this survey before September 30,2014 and earn a cool $100. If you are interested, please click on the below link - http://survey.confirmit.com/wix/p3070608493.aspx INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS ISASI 2014 45TH ANNUAL SEMINAR "Investigations and Safety Management Systems" This year's seminar will take place at the Stamford Hotel in Glenelg, near Adelaide, Australia, from 13 -16 October, 2014. All current information regarding seminar registration, hotel reservations and speakers can be found on the official seminar website at www.asasi.org. Questions can be directed to: Mr. Lindsay Naylor ISASI 2014 Seminar Chair lindsaynaylor77@gmail.com or Ms.Barbara Dunn International Seminar Chair - ISASI avsafe@shaw.ca Back to Top Upcoming Events: ISASI 2014 - Annual Seminar October 13-16, 2014 Adelaide, Australia www.isasi.org IASS 2014 Abu Dhabi, UAE November 11-13, 2014 http://flightsafety.org/meeting/iass-2014 ERAU SMS Seminars Daytona Beach, FL Nov. 17-18 & 19-21, 2014 www.erau.edu/sms ICAEA-ANAC-CIPE Aviation English Workshop. Buenos Aires, Argentina. International Civil Aviation English Association Workshop, hosted by Argentina ANAC and CIPE. "Skills and competencies needed in aviation communications: The Latin American Challenge." Open to anyone interested in aviation English. Nov. 20-21, 2014. www.icaea.aero ERAU UAS FUNDAMENTALS COURSE December 9 - 11, 2014 ERAU Daytona Beach Campus, FL www.daytonabeach.erau.edu/uas Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) NTSB Training Center, Ashburn, VA March 10-11, 2015 www.acsf.aero/symposium FAA Helicopter Safety Effort three-day safety forum April 21-23, 2015 Hurst, Texas eugene.trainor@faa.gov www.faahelisafety.org Back to Top Employment: Positions Available: Pilots (India) TATA SIA Airlines Limited pilots@airvistara.com www.airvistara.com Curt Lewis