Flight Safety Information March 9, 2015 - No. 045 In This Issue No Sign of Distress in Malaysia Jet's Crew, Report Says MH370 Report Finds Nothing Unusual About Crew, Aircraft Delta jet's brakes under scrutiny after skidding off runway Jet Blue Airliner Diverted to Sioux City Global air safety improves despite high-profile losses Qantas retires its oldest aircraft, the City of Canberra 747-400 PROS 2015 TRAINING Saudia undergoes safety auditing by IATA team Swiss pair launch effort to pilot solar-powered plane around globe Upcoming Events JOBS AVAILABLE No Sign of Distress in Malaysia Jet's Crew, Report Says HONG KONG - The Malaysian government released on Sunday the most comprehensive report to date on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a Boeing 777 jetliner one year ago, revealing for the first time that the pilot and co-pilot of the plane had displayed no discernible signs of distress before the ill-fated flight. The information on the psychological state of the crew members was but one aspect of the 584-page report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which is presumed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean about seven hours after vanishing from air traffic controllers' screens in the early hours of March 8 last year. The report summarized the maintenance situation of the aircraft and the actions by air traffic controllers, and offered a minute-by-minute account of the events that Saturday morning. No sign of the plane has been found after a year of searching by a host of countries, led by Australia. There have been no definitive clues as to why the plane, with 239 passengers and crew members, suddenly ceased communicating with controllers and made a turn to the southwest on a flight from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing, causing what is arguably the biggest aviation mystery in history. The search effort in the first month was likely made even more difficult by the fact that a battery on one of the plane's emergency locator beacons had expired more than a year earlier, the report said records showed. Four ships continue to scour a patch of ocean the size of West Virginia, using special sonar in an effort to locate the aircraft where experts estimate it probably ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. "Together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists. Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found," Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia said in a statement on Sunday, referring to the flight number of the missing plane. In the past year, many investigators have pointed to the possibility that the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah; the co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid; or someone else deliberately flew the plane to its doom. Mr. Zaharie, who was 52 at the time of the disappearance, had no life insurance policy, and neither he nor the co-pilot had shown signs of "social isolation," drug or alcohol abuse, or any other behavioral changes before the flight, the report said. Closed-circuit television cameras at airport security checkpoints did not spot any changes in the mannerisms of Mr. Zaharie or the co-pilot compared with previous days. "The captain's ability to handle stress at work and home was good," the report, which drew on police investigations, said of Mr. Zaharie. "There was no known history of apathy, anxiety or irritability. There were no significant changes in his lifestyle, interpersonal conflict, or family stresses." Mr. Fariq, who was 26, did have a life insurance policy, though the report did not say whether this was unusual. He was promoted to first officer, though still under training, on the 777 the previous November, and this flight was to have been his last before he became a fully qualified first officer. The report did not go into detail on his psychological profile. Continue reading the main story Reconstructing the Plane's Path The main communications systems of the Malaysia Airlines plane ceased working about 40 minutes into the flight, forcing investigators to try to piece together the plane's location from other systems. What investigators refer to as "the rogue pilot theory" has emerged as the most plausible explanation for the plane's disappearance. But the investigators have cautioned that the only evidence is circumstantial and that the theory lacks supporting factors, like a motive. Others still suspect some other cause, with possibilities including mechanical failure, fire, hijacking or sabotage. The maintenance information revealed in the report said that the crew's emergency oxygen supply had been refilled on March 7, just before the flight's departure. Relatives of the passengers hunger for answers. Some 153 of the 227 passengers were Chinese, and on Sunday, family members and friends of the flight's Chinese passengers gathered at the Lama Temple in central Beijing to reassert their demands for answers. They have been frustrated by the Malaysian government's handling of the case. The report released Sunday, required under international regulations, revealed the battery for the locator beacon on the plane's data recorder had expired in December 2012, with no records showing that it had been replaced. A source close to the Malaysian government said that the airline had changed the battery but that the written records had not been updated. A defective beacon would have added to the extraordinary challenges faced by search teams in the aftermath of the plane's disappearance, as they listened in vain for signals from the devices in the deep waters far off the Australian coast. The report said that the battery's expiration meant that there was no guarantee that the data recorder beacon would have sent signals out for the full 30 days it was designed to transmit, if at all. The beacon for the cockpit voice recorder had been replaced and was due to expire in June of last year. Malaysia came under withering criticism after the plane disappeared because the government was seen as withholding crucial information that showed the aircraft probably turned around and flew south and west across Peninsular Malaysia. For days, Malaysia directed rescue ships and planes north and east to the South China Sea, around the area where the plane was last seen by air traffic controllers, who rely on identifying signals emitted from the aircraft's transponders. That transponder information disappeared from screens at 1:21 a.m. on March 8, 2014. The report was unsparing in its condemnation of the Malaysian authorities' extremely slow response to the airplane's disappearance, noting that it took more than five hours from the plane's last transmission for the government to send an alert that the plane had disappeared and more than 10 hours from the last transmission for the first search-and-rescue plane to take off. The report gave new details on how several primary air search radars, which do not rely on the transponder information, tracked a contact as it moved from Flight 370's last known position, crossed Peninsular Malaysia and headed out into the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean beyond. But no one that night appeared to associate that blip with Flight 370. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/09/world/asia/missing-malaysian-airliners-crew-behaved-normally-report-says.html?_r=0 Back to Top MH370 Report Finds Nothing Unusual About Crew, Aircraft No red flags were raised in the interim report A relative of a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a gathering at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing on Sunday. By GAURAV RAGHUVANSHI, ANDY PASZTOR and JASON NG KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The most comprehensive official report into Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 revealed no new leads into what caused the jet's disappearance, compounding public frustrations over the fruitless search for wreckage in the southern Indian Ocean. The 584-page report comes on the anniversary of the disappearance of the Boeing 777, which vanished from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. It was the third progress report released by international teams of experts, but didn't break new ground about the background of the crew, the condition of the jet or the sequence of events. The report did offer fresh details of the confusion and communication problems that emerged among air controllers and officials after the plane vanished. It also said the battery powering the plane's flight-data recorder had expired in December 2012, more than a year before the jet disappeared, and no record was available to show that it had been replaced. The battery for the other "black box" recorder, intended to capture cockpit conversations and sounds, had been replaced as scheduled. The expired battery reduced the likelihood of search crews, using a flotilla of ships and aircraft, finding the black boxes. The slip-up also raises questions about how rigorously the carrier complied with maintenance requirements over the years, some outside experts said. The pilots, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53 years old, and first officer Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, had valid licenses and showed no abnormal behavior before the flight, the report said. Both pilots and cabin crew had normal financial profiles and didn't have any major disciplinary problems against them. Such interim reports frequently contain more-specific theories or safety warnings, even if no final conclusions are reached. In the case of Flight 370, the team of 19 independent investigators from seven countries-including the U.S., France, China and the U.K.-is expected to continue the probe. The group's factual summary doesn't explicitly support earlier conclusions of Malaysian authorities that someone disabled the jet's primary satellite-messaging system and caused the plane's transponders to stop working during an earlier portion of the flight. The Malaysian government said the objective of the report, which was required by the International Civil Aviation Organization one year after the disappearance, wasn't to assign blame. Contact was lost with Flight 370 less than an hour into its flight over the South China Sea, en route to Beijing. The report confirmed that the last verbal communication from the aircraft was from Capt. Zaharie as the plane was about to exit Malaysian airspace and be transferred to Vietnam's air traffic control. Military radar from Malaysia and Indonesia tracked the plane deviating from its course until it vanished over the Strait of Malacca. The only sign of the jet during its final hours came from periodic signals to and from a satellite, as the aircraft headed over the southern Indian Ocean. The report provides new details about the confusion and missed signals as controllers and airline personnel struggled to comprehend how an aircraft suddenly dropped off radar scopes and ended all radio communication. According to the timeline in the document, airline personnel waited roughly 40 minutes after the last radar contact to start sending repeat text messages to the cockpit using satellite connections, asking the pilots to contact the company. Except for two brief periods, which the report didn't explain, the basic link between the satellite and the plane remained operational throughout the flight-although all data and voice messages stopped. The report shows a Malaysian controller repeatedly asking his Vietnamese counterpart whether search-and-rescue procedures had been activated five hours after the last radio transmission from Flight 370. The question isn't understood, and the Vietnamese controller responds with the word "estimated." "Negative...SAR, search and rescue, search and rescue," the Malaysian controller says. "You activated your search and rescue?" "Ya, that's right, that's right," the Vietnamese side finally responds. But an all-out search didn't begin for several more hours. Families of the Flight 370 passengers held a series of remembrance events during the weekend and expressed skepticism over the report and frustration that nothing had been found that would enable them to fully know the fate of their loved ones. "We are surprised there is nothing in the report," said accountant Yap Chee Leong, whose brother, Yap Chee Meng, was on his way to Beijing for work. "We hope the government is telling us the truth but I don't think they are." About 100 friends and relatives of the passengers and crew, including some from China, gathered Sunday in a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall. Many wore T-shirts saying, "Never give up. Search on." White balloons were sent aloft with prayers and family members shared stories of their loved ones from a stage. Some in the crowd wept. EXCERPTS From the telephone conversation between the Kuala Lumpur air traffic control center and MAS operation center: 2120:16 UTC [0520:16 MYT] MAS Operations: Morning. 2120:17 UTC [0520:17 MYT] KL: Morning Mas ops aaa centre here any news on Eight Seven Zero? 2120:20 UTC [0520:20 MYT] MAS: Negative sir ... still ... we are ...haa. 2120:23 UTC [0520:23 MYT] KL: I see. 2120:23 UTC [0520:23 MYT] MAS: This is aaa... actually I don't know how to explain but we are under aa... mode very stressful mode down here. 2120:35 UTC [0520:35 MYT] KL : Yeah yeah yeah laa because even Ho Chi Minh. 2120:38 UTC [0520:38 MYT] MAS: Okay boss. From the telephone conversation between the Kuala Lumpur air traffic control center and Ho Chi Minh control center: 2214:27 UTC [0614:27 MYT] KL: Halo your your your SAR room is act... active now. 2214:31 UTC [0614:31 MYT] HCM: Aah ... for Malaysian Three Seven Zero. 2214:33 UTC [0614:33 MYT] KL: Affirm affirm Malaysian Three Seven Zero is it activate your your SAR your SAR search and rescue is it activated uuh. 2214:41 UTC [0614:41 MYT] HCM: Estimated. 2214:42 UTC [0614:42 MYT] KL: Negative is it aah... you aah... you activated your SAR room or not you open up your your.. 2214:49 UTC [0614:49 MYT] HCM: I am not understand you say confirm you have any information about it. 2214:52 UTC[0614:52 MYT] KL: Neg... negative, negative we don't have any information so at the moment we activate we activate our SAR Room now The new report deals only briefly with the intricacies of choosing locations for the underwater search for wreckage. The report also avoids some of the theories previously raised by Australian investigators-including the notion that someone on board switched on the autopilot system to take the plane to a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. Several hours after it disappeared, the jet continued to transmit digital information to a satellite-leaving a trail of data that investigators mined to help identify a likely crash site far off the southwestern coast of Australia. Prime Minister Najib Razak affirmed that Malaysia was committed to finding the aircraft. Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, said in Beijing that the search would continue. China had the most passengers on board and has kept up diplomatic pressure to extend the search. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search for Flight 370 wouln't end if the scouring of the current 60,000-square-kilometer search area comes up empty, the Associated Press reported. The search "can't go on forever, but as long as there are reasonable leads, the search will go on," Mr. Abbott was quoted as saying. The main nations involved in the search-Malaysia, Australia and China-are due to take stock of the underwater operations when the current search zone is completed in May. The plane was carrying enough fuel to fly for seven hours and 31 minutes-including reserves to divert for an emergency landing- compared with the planned flight time of five hours and 34 minutes, the report said. No significant weather trouble was recorded along the plane's flight path. http://www.wsj.com/articles/mh370-report-finds-nothing-unusual-about-crew-aircraft-1425806149 Back to Top Delta jet's brakes under scrutiny after skidding off runway: report (Reuters) - The Delta Airlines plane that skidded off a runway at New York LaGuardia airport last week may have had brake problems, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that cited two unnamed sources familiar with the federal probe. Based on information from the "black box" and interviews with the pilots of Delta Flight 1086, federal investigators are focusing on the brake systems since other aspects of the touchdown were working as expected, the report said. The investigation is also looking at the condition of the runway and the impact of snow and ice. Air traffic safety experts cautioned the investigation is still in its early stages, according to the report. The Boeing Co MD-88 aircraft was en route from Atlanta on Thursday and slid on the tarmac and crashed through a fence, barely stopping short of Flushing Bay. Several of the 127 passengers and five crew members suffered minor injuries after the plane skidded off runway 13, it's nose hanging out over the edge of the bay. Representatives for Delta and the National Transportation Safety Board could not immediately be reached. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/09/us-usa-newyork-airport-idUSKBN0M500320150309 Back to Top Jet Blue Airliner Diverted to Sioux City Sioux City (ABC9 News)- Jet Blue Airlines flight 415 from JFK in New York to SFO in San Francisco, CA was diverted to Sioux City Sunday night. John Backer, the operations manager at Sioux Gateway Airport, confirmed to ABC9 News, Sunday night there was a medical emergency aboard the plane. A first officer became faint and passed out during the flight while flying between Sioux City and Sioux Falls. He said it's unclear whether their emergency flight diversion was brought to Sioux City before or after the crew member fainted. The plane safely landed in Sioux City and was met by emergency medical personnel. Backer said the crew member was taken to Mercy Medical Center, his condition is unknown. But the pilot did confirm to Backer during the evening that the officer was able to walk off the plane himself, which Backer says is encouraging. The plane will take off early Monday morning, around 1 a.m., so the roughly 150 passengers were kept behind the TSA checkpoint. They were provided dinner while they waited. http://www.siouxlandmatters.com/story/d/story/jet-blue-airliner-diverted-to-sioux-city/67610/5dztxqE0ZEWjitqVgtgVmQ Back to Top Global air safety improves despite high-profile losses But IATA figures do not include shooting down on flight MH17 The global aviation industry recorded the lowest accident rate in history in 2014, despite the high-profile losses of flights MH370 and MH17. According to data from IATA, the 2014 jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per one million flights) was 0.23, or the equivalent of one accident for every 4.4m flights. This was an improvement over 2013 when the global hull loss rate stood at 0.41 and also an improvement over the five-year average of 0.58. There were 12 fatal accidents involving all aircraft types (jet and turboprop) in 2014, with 641 fatalities, compared to an average of 19 accidents and 517 deaths per year over the previous five-year period. However the loss of flight MH17, which is widely believed to have been shot down by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, was not included in the figures, as it was not classified as an "accident". "Any accident is one too many and safety is always aviation's top priority. While aviation safety was in the headlines in 2014, the data show that flying continues to improve its safety performance," said Tony Tyler, IATA's director general & CEO. "The shooting down of MH17 took with it 298 lives in an act of aggression that is by any measure unacceptable. Governments and industry have come together to find ways to reduce the risk of over-flying conflict zones," he added. Regarding MH370, which disappeared on 8 March 2014, IATA said it welcomed the proposal by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with regards to the global tracking of commercial aircraft, which is now being trialled in Australia. The initiative will see commercial aircraft report their positions every 15 minutes when flying over remote areas. In terms of jet aircraft, Africa and North Asia both posted zero hull losses in 2014, while North America (0.11), Europe (0.15) were both below the global average. Asia Pacific (0.44), Latin America & Caribbean (0.41), the Middle East & North Africa (0.63) and CIS (0.83) all improved compared to 2013. The accident rate for turboprop aircraft however, was significantly higher than jet aircraft. The world lost 2.30 turboprop aircraft per million flights in 2014, although this is also an improvement on the previous five-year average of 2.78. http://www.traveldailymedia.com/219055/global-air-safety-improves-despite-high-profile-losses/ Back to Top Qantas retires its oldest aircraft, the City of Canberra 747-400, to Wollongong aviation museum QANTAS 747-438 VH-OJA landing at Wollongong 08MAR15 YOUTUBE: The City of Canberra lands at Illawarra Airport A Qantas jumbo jet has made history, landing at a regional airport in New South Wales to become the first 747-400 in the world to go on public display. The City of Canberra was retired to Wollongong after 25 years of service and will become a prized addition to an aviation museum based at Illawarra Regional Airport. Thousands of people gathered in and around the small airport to watch the landing. The crowd cheered and applauded as the Boeing 747-400 made a tricky landing on the short and narrow runway, which at 1,800 metres is less than half the length of Sydney Airport's runways. Illawarra Airport's runway is also just 30 metres wide but the aircraft has a wingspan of 64 metres, so the two outside engines hung over the runway's edge on landing. The Canberra left Sydney Airport and flew at just 4,000 feet and at a much slower speed than usual for its 15-minute hop down to Wollongong. Pilot pokes his body out of cockpit hatch The aircraft was met by a Qantas ground crew and tugged to its final position where the pilots disembarked. Captain Greg Matthews handed the keys to the jumbo to the president of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Bob De La Hunty. The society has Australia's biggest collection of flying and static historic aircraft including a plane affectionately known as "Connie", a Lockheed Super Constellation originally built for the United States Air Force in 1955. The plane is similar to the one used by Qantas during that period. "It's a bit sentimental but it's going to a great home down here and we know it's going to be looked after by the society volunteers," Captain Matthews said. "It's great for the local region, it's a great tourist attraction, and we know it's in good hands here. "It's a very historic aircraft and it forms a huge part of Qantas' history and I'm just proud to have been involved in its last flight down here [Sunday]." Some of the thousands of people who turned out to witness the event had camped near the airport since last Thursday. The Canberra is the oldest aircraft in the Qantas fleet and holds the record for the longest ever non-stop commercial flight for its trip from London to Sydney in 1989. Captain Rob Greenop was one of the four pilots who flew on that record-breaking flight, and he said he was happy the Canberra was not sent to a "plane graveyard" in the United States, as usually happens to decommissioned aircraft. "It's sad to see the old girl put out to pasture but it's nice to see her here rather than the sands in Nevada waiting to be broken up," Captain Greenop said. "It's great to be here from the beginning to the end." The plane has flown 85 million kilometres, which is equivalent to 110 return trips to the moon. Its last commercial flight was from Johannesburg to Sydney in January this year. The final crew signed their names on a wall inside the aircraft. The Boeing 747s, fondly known as jumbos, were introduced in the early 1970s. They revolutionised air travel as they could carry more people further, making flying more accessible, particularly for Australians. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-08/qantas-jumbo-arrives-at-wollongong/6288748 Back to Top Back to Top Saudia undergoes safety auditing by IATA team Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, director general of Saudia, and Mohammed Miteb with members of the international auditing team. (AN photo) Saudia undergoes safety auditing by IATA An expert team from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) inspected the facilities of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) on the ground as well as on its flights for the purpose of safety auditing. The team included experts of operation safety, aircraft piloting, maintenance and evaluation of work environment. "They inspected all safety measures taken by Saudia for its daily operations," said an airline official. The experts inspected ground facilities such as air and ground operations, aircraft maintenance hangars, Prince Sultan Aviation Academy and aviation services as well as other airline facilities that required safety auditing. Mohammed Miteb, vice president of Saudia for safety and quality, said the team from the French company Quali-Audit was assigned by IATA to complete the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) to renew operational safety certificates. Airlines have to comply with a series of international safety standards and conditions to get IOSA certification and this is one of the conditions for an airline to maintain its IATA membership. In some countries IOSA certification is required for an airline to get license for regular operation. The IATA team inspected eight operational aspects of Saudia including air safety management systems, operations management, work environment of the safety and quality department and training and maintenance divisions. "The team also traveled in some Saudia flights as part of field auditing of all procedures followed during the journey," Miteb said. Saudia is one of the first airlines to conduct such an auditing before it becomes mandatory. "This reflects the airline's confidence in its safety procedures," Miteb said, adding that the internal safety measures followed by the airline are tougher than international standards," he added. http://www.arabnews.com/economy/news/715491 Back to Top Swiss pair launch effort to pilot solar-powered plane around globe The Solar Impulse 2 takes off at Al Bateen airport in Abu Dhabi, at the start of an attempt to fly around the world in the solar-powered plane, March 9, 2015. Two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, on Monday embarked on the attempt to fly around the world on the solar-powered airplane that is expected to last for five months and is aimed at promoting clean technology in the aviation sector. An historic attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered aircraft the weight of a minivan began Monday as the plane took off from Abu Dhabi on the first leg of its record-breaking journey. The Swiss-made, single-seat plane left Abu Dhabi's Al Bateen Executive Airport just as the sun was rising. The plane, incredibly light but with a wing-span longer than that of a 747 jet, runs only on solar power. Its wings carry just over 17,000 solar cells that transfer solar energy to four electrical motors that then power the plane's propellers. Electric bikes followed the plane, the Solar Impulse 2, as it taxied to take off, to prevent the wings from touching the runway, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported. Solar Impulse founder Andre Borschberg flew the plane on the first leg of its 21,700-mile journey around the world. He will trade off with fellow Swiss co-founder Bertrand Piccard during layovers. "After 16 years of a dream, and 12 years of hard work, we hope it will work," an excited Bertrand told the BBC after the plane took off. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg, right, smiles with his compatriot pilot Bertrand Piccard before flying the Solar Impulse 2, at Al Bateen airport in Abu Dhabi, at the start of an attempt to fly around the world in the solar-powered plane March 9, 2015. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters) Some legs of the 25-day, five-month global journey will mean five full days and nights of flying solo, such as when its crosses both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It is due back in Abu Dhabi in late July or August. The plane will stop at various locations around the world - for the pilots to rest and do maintenance - but also, more importantly, to spread the message about clean technologies. The cockpit of the plane, about the size of a telephone booth, is so cramped it holds only one person. The pilots will not be able to stand while flying, however, but the single seat reclines for stretching and its cushion can be removed to access a toilet. "We never feel alone in the cockpit, though," Bertrand told the BBC. He said millions of people around the world were behind the prototype effort to find a more sustainable and cleaner alternative to fossil fuel-powered aircraft. He pointed out that flight pioneer Charles Lindbergh also flew in a small cockpit, whereas now jets can hold hundreds of passengers. The plane weighs just over 5,000 pounds, about as much as either a minivan or a mid-sized truck. An empty Boeing 747 jet weighs about 400,000 pounds.The solar cells line the top of the aircraft's long wings and energy-dense lithium-ion batteries sustain it during night-time flying. On its first leg, the plane will head to Muscat, Oman, a journey that will take it about 10 hours. A typical passenger jet would take just one hour to make the same journey. The best speed for the plane is about 28 mph, the pilots told the Associated Press news agency. The slow speed of the plane means the journey's legs will take several days and nights of non-stop flying. Borschberg has been practicing yoga and Piccard self-hypnosis to get ready for the historic endeavor, the AP reported. They aim to rest a maximum of 20 minutes straight, repeating the naps 12 times over a 24-hour period - similar to how a lone round-the-world yachtsman catches small periods of sleep. Goggles worn over the pilot's eyes will flash lights to wake him up, the AP said, and armbands placed underneath their flying suits will buzz if the plane isn't flying level. The plane will reach an altitude of around 28,000 feet during daytime hours to catch the sun's rays. At night, when flying over oceans, it will fall to around 5,000 feet. After two stops in India, the plane will head to China, where it will stay for a month until the days are longer to catch more of the sun's energy. It also plans stops in Myanmar, Hawaii, Arizona and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The path across the Atlantic will depend on the weather and could include stops in southern Europe or Morocco. Those interested can follow the aircraft on Solar Impulse's Web site, tracking its battery status, energy consumption, location and flight path, as well as how much the pilot has slept and how much food and water he has left. There is also a live feed of the plane's Monaco-based control room with occasional footage from the cockpit. Solar Impulse supporter Prince Albert of Monaco attended the Monday take-off. Other sponsors include Masdar, Abu Dhabi's clean-energy company, Omega, Google and Moet Hennessey, among others, the AP reported. "Now the adventure has started," Piccard told the news agency at take-off. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/solar-powered-plane-attempts-to-fly-around-the-world-without-fossil-fuel/2015/03/09/958f83e2-c62c-11e4-b2a1- bed1aaea2816_story.html Back to Top Upcoming Events: Fundamentals of IS-BAH March 31, 2015 Houston, TX USA https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1657518 IS-BAH Auditing April 1, 2015 Houston, TX USA https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1657519 Fundamentals of IS-BAH June 15, 2015 St. Hubert, Quebec Canada https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1659069 IS-BAH Auditing June 16, 2015 St. Hubert, Quebec Canada https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=1659079 Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) NTSB Training Center, Ashburn, VA March 10-11, 2015 www.acsf.aero/symposium ERAU NextGen 101 Seminar April 21-22, 2015. Washington D.C. http://proed.erau.edu/programs/specialized-industry-training/nextgen-101-seminar/index.html FAA Helicopter Safety Effort three-day safety forum April 21-23, 2015 Hurst, Texas eugene.trainor@faa.gov www.faahelisafety.org ERAU OSHA & Aviation Ground Safety Seminar Daytona Beach, FL Apr.13-17, 2015 www.erau.edu/cmas ERAU Aviation Safety Program Management Seminar Daytona Beach, FL Apr.20-24, 2015 www.erau.edu/cmas Safety Smackdown Partnership for Corporate Aviation Training San Antonio, TX April 20-22, 2015 http://www.p4cat.org/ ERAU Aircraft Accident Investigation Seminar Daytona Beach, FL Apr. 27-May 1, 2015 www.erau.edu/cmas ERAU Advanced Aircraft Accident Investigation Seminar Prescott Campus, AZ May 4-8, 2015 www.erau.edu/cmas ERAU Aviation SMS Seminar Daytona Beach, FL May 12-14, 2015 www.erau.edu/sms Back to Top JOBS AVAILABLE: Vice President Aviation Aerosafe Risk Management recruitment@aerosafe.com.au MID-LEVEL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR/MISHAP INVESTIGATOR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25539&siteid=5313&AReq=4926BR&Codes=ICLC EXPERIENCED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR/MISHAP INVESTIGATOR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25539&siteid=5313&AReq=4927BR&Codes=ICLC Manager Airport Operations Safety in Portland Oregon Alaska Airlines https://tam.alaskaair.com/psc/asjobs/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=25161&SiteId=10&PostingSeq=1 ? 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