Flight Safety Information July 25, 2017 - No. 148 In This Issue Accident: American A319 enroute on Jul 24th 2017, odour sickens 4 passengers Accident: Lufthansa A321 near Munich on Jun 29th 2017, fumes in cabin Accident: British Airways B772 enroute on Jul 23rd 2017, fumes in crew rest compartment EVAS - Cockpit Smoke Protection Incident: Korean B789 at Toronto on Jul 17th 2017, runway incursion Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A Missing (Argentina) Pilot survives vintage military jet fire near Nevada airport Ambulance clips wing of Delta flight at Atlanta airport AS350 Fuel Tank Flight Tests Start; FAA Weighs New Industry Recs FAA Provides BasicMed Outreach China and Russia to strengthen aviation cooperation Robinson safety director blames pilots for crashes Airline recruits new executive to oversee its air crews USAIG to Provide Complimentary One Year Subscription to Sporty's Takeoff App Pro The Hong Kong CAD extends support from CAAi A Whole Lot of Corporate Planes Could Soon Be Grounded Lack of safety management systems found in "numerous" marine, aviation accident investigations: TSB 'A painful and frustrating experience': Horizon Air scheduling havoc will continue into the fall Boeing Sees Need for 1.2 Million Pilots and Technicians by 2036 Stratos Unveils 714 Jet at AirVenture 'Son of Corcorde' moves closer as NASA to begin taking bids to build $390m supersonic prototype NASA VIDEOS: YOU CAN NOW WATCH ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SPACE SHUTTLES, HYPERSONIC JETS AND FLYING BATHTUB Cranfield Safety and Accident Investigation Course. ISASI 2017, San Diego CA...August 22 - 24. 2017 GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST (SURVEY) Accident: American A319 enroute on Jul 24th 2017, odour sickens 4 passengers An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N9018E performing flight AA-1625 from San Antonio,TX to Miami,FL (USA) with 96 people on board, was in flight when four passengers began to complain about an odour and resulting headache. The aircraft continued to Miami for a safe landing about 2.5 hours after departure from San Antonio. Miami Dade Police reported only 4 passengers reported feeling sick (headache) due to a bad odour on board. 2 of them were taken to a Miami university hospital. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1625/history/20170724/1215Z/KSAT/KMIA http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac10486&opt=0 Back to Top Accident: Lufthansa A321 near Munich on Jun 29th 2017, fumes in cabin A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIDP performing flight LH-2045 from Berlin Tegel to Munich (Germany), was descending towards Munich, the flight attendants had already taken their seats, when a pungent odour of vomitus and engine oil occurred in the cabin prompting at least one flight attendant to don the smoke hood. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 26R. One flight attendant was taken to a hospital, where blood and urine samples were taken. According to information The Aviation Herald received one flight attendant is still on sick leave issued by a pulmonary specialist and is estimated to remain on sick leave at least for another 4 weeks. Germany's BFU reported on Jul 24th 2017, that the occurrence has been reported to the BFU, however, was not rated a serious incident or accident and is not being investigated. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 13 hours, then resumed service. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac0fed8&opt=0 Back to Top Accident: British Airways B772 enroute on Jul 23rd 2017, fumes in crew rest compartment A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-YMMC performing flight BA-2202 (dep Jul 22nd) from Cancun (Mexico) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), landed safely on Gatwick's runway 26L. A number of crew members reported feeling unwell and requested medical assistance after experiencing odour of sweaty socks while taking a rest in the crew rest compartment during the flight. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Gatwick Airport 36.5 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac0f7cb&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top Incident: Korean B789 at Toronto on Jul 17th 2017, runway incursion A Korean Airlines Boeing 787-900, registration HL8082 performing flight KE-74 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Seoul (South Korea), was taxiing for departure, however crossed the hold short line runway 05 at taxiway B without clearance. An Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300, registration C-GBZR performing flight RV-1927 from Warsaw (Poland) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 258 passengers and 8 crew, was on final approach to runway 05 but was instructed to go around due to HL8082 crossing the hold short line. The Boeing 767 went around, positioned for another approach and landed safely. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac0ecfb&opt=0 Back to Top Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A Missing (Argentina) Date: 24-JUL-2017 Time: Type: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A Owner/operator: Private Registration: LV-MCV C/n / msn: 361SA Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 3 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Aircraft missing Location: - Argentina Phase: En route Nature: Private Departure airport: San Fernando Destination airport: Las Lomitas Narrative: The airplane is missing between San Fernando and Las Lomitas. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=196871 Back to Top Pilot survives vintage military jet fire near Nevada airport Officials walk from the crash site after a vintage single-engine British-built military jet crashed and burned in the desert just after takeoff from the Henderson Executive Airport in Henderson, Nev. Monday, July 24, 2017. The pilot escaped serious injury, authorities said. A vintage single-engine British-built military jet crashed and burned in the desert just after takeoff from a suburban Las Vegas-area airport, but authorities said the pilot escaped serious injury. The pilot was the only person aboard the Strikemaster jet when it crashed just before noon Monday about a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) south of Henderson Executive Airport, according to police, fire, airport and Federal Aviation Administration officials. No one on the ground was injured, and the closest homes were about a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) away, Henderson fire spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said. Airport spokeswoman Christine Crews said police were interviewing the pilot after the crash, and FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said the pilot also will meet with agency investigators. His name was not immediately made public. The Strikemaster is a two-seat light-attack aircraft. Nearly 150 of the jets were produced by British Aircraft Corporation from 1967 to 1984. http://www.kansas.com/news/business/article163439078.html **************** Date: 24-JUL-2017 Time: -12:00 Type: BAC Strikemaster MK80 Owner/operator: Attack Aviation Foundation Inc Registration: N605GV C/n / msn: EEP/JP/3681 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: South of Henderson Executive Airport (KHND), Las Vegas, NV - United States of America Phase: Take off Nature: Unknown Departure airport: Henderson Exec (KHND) Destination airport: Narrative: The aircraft impacted desert terrain shortly after takeoff from Henderson Executive Airport (KHND) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airplane was partially consumed by the apparently post-impact fire and the sole pilot onboard was not injured. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=196868 Back to Top Ambulance clips wing of Delta flight at Atlanta airport, FAA says CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - More than 100 passengers had to be moved from one Delta flight to another after an Atlanta Fire and Rescue ambulance clipped the wing of the plane at the world's busiest airport. Channel 2's Tom Jones spent Monday working to figure out what happened. Passengers wanted to know what happened when they learned of the incident. "How can that happen," a passenger wondered out loud. The plane had about 144 passengers on it, authorities said. The plane was about to push off when the incident stunned a passenger, "If the airplane was on the concourse and then the airplane hit it ... Yeah somebody really messed up," Felecia Hollowell said. It happened Sunday afternoon around 2 p.m. when Delta released a statement saying Flight-2244 was stationary at the gate prior to push back when the ambulance came into contact with the wingtip. Delta said it put the passengers on an alternate flight, putting them about an hour and a half behind schedule. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is now investigating. "Somebody wasn't paying attention that's what that sounds like to me," Hollowell told Jones. Jones went to the fire department looking for answers and asked officials how the emergency vehicle got so close to the plane? "Well at the gate where we respond, they were responding to an emergency call," Sgt. Cortez Stafford with the fire department told Jones. Stafford says the driver of the medical unit was trying to get close to the gate to help someone in distress. "There were some ground clearance issues as far as looking up to see where he could back out at and he just misjudged," Stafford said, adding that there was minor damage to the plane and the passengers were moved as a precaution. Authorities told Jones that the driver could be disciplined. "This person will take additional training to understand what exactly happened just so we don't have this happen again," Stafford said. Stafford said the driver reported what happened and said, there are guidelines paramedics have to follow when traveling near airplanes, adding that an investigation will determine if those guidelines were followed. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/faa-investigates-how-ambulance-clipped-wing-of-delta-flight-at- hartsfield-jackson/570304751 Back to Top AS350 Fuel Tank Flight Tests Start; FAA Weighs New Industry Recs Texas Game Warden AS350 B3e The Texas Game Warden unveiled a new Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3e earlier this year to enhance search and rescue and disaster response efforts. Photo courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife As Robertson Fuel Systems and Vector Aerospace started flight tests of their AS350 crash-resistant fuel tank, the FAA is weighing new industry recommendations for promoting partial retrofits of such safety upgrades in more legacy helicopters. The moves are part of an FAA and industry initiative to reduce the chance of post-crash fires in survivable helicopter crashes. The effort, which the agency began in 2015, was accelerated after a fatal Air Methods AS350 post-crash fire that year focused public and political attention on the issue. That initiative will be among the certification topics discussed at R&WI's Rotorcraft Business & Technology Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 20 to 21. Robertson and Vector said they began flight tests at Vector's Langley, British Columbia, facility after a 50-foot drop test demonstrated the crash-resistant tank's could withstand impact without leaking - an FAA requirement. "Witnessed by the FAA, the successful drop test was a critically important milestone that cleared the way for flight testing and certification to be completed this year," said Robertson CEO Newman Shufflebarger. Vector's VP of business development for airframe and avionics solutions, Elvis Moniz, said longtime customers Air Methods Corp. and WeatherTech Aviation will be launch partners for the tank. The companies are developing it as a direct replacement for all models of the Airbus Helicopters light single, including the H125 (AS350 B3e) and EC130B4. In addition to its crash-resistant fuel bladder, the design includes a magneto-resistive fuel quality transmitter to keep the tank from being compromised in an accident. Robertson plans to display the AS350 tank at booth 351 during the Airborne Law Enforcement Assn. Expo 2017, July 24 to 29 in Reno, Nevada. The companies' progress comes as the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee is assessing new proposals from its Rotorcraft Occupant Protection Working Group to encourage partial retrofits of crash-resistant fuel systems on new-production rotorcraft as an effective means of preventing injuries from post-crash fires. In the works before the July 3, 2015, Air Methods air ambulance crash whose post-crash fire killed the AS350 pilot and severely injured two crewmembers, the industry working group was created formally in November 2015. It was charged with identifying feasible means of getting more of the 80% of the commercial helicopters flying in the U.S. today without crash-resistant fuel systems retrofitted with them. Helicopters type certificated in the U.S. after October 1994 are required to have crash-resistant fuel systems. Helicopters type certificated before then are not, even if they were manufactured after that time. The 19-member working group initially told the FAA in November 2016 that requiring those "legacy" helicopters to comply fully with the 1994 standards would be cost-prohibitive. The FAA last January directed the working group to recommend what parts of the 1994 standards might be incorporated in new-production legacy helicopters to reduce post-crash fire injuries in survivable accidents. In May, the working group told the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee of its analysis that helicopters whose fuel systems partially complied with the 1994 crash-resistance standards "are equally effective at preventing post-crash fires and thermal injuries" to occupants and they "reduced the post-crash fire rate by 90 to 100% for fires due to fuel spillage in survivable accidents." Based on that, the group recommended that the FAA adopt new rules requiring installation of components meeting some parts of the 1994 standards in newly manufactured legacy helicopters. The working group's proposals are covered in R&WI's July/August issue. http://www.rotorandwing.com/2017/07/24/as350-fuel-tank-flight-tests-start-faa-weighs-new- industry-recs/ Back to Top FAA Provides BasicMed Outreach For pilots who are still not sure about how the BasicMed program works, or if it's right for them, the FAA's latest Safety Briefing magazine aims to answer all of your questions. The issue, available for free download online (PDF), includes a Q&A, an infographic that walks you through the procedures and advice on how to talk to your doctor about the options. It also features a listing of all the FAA safety forums scheduled for this week at the FAA Safety Center at EAA AirVenture, which cover a range of topics, including what you need to know about over-the-counter drugs, visual flight illusions, fatigue, stress and more. Updates on the FAA medical are offered at the Safety Center on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and Friday at 10 a.m. The new BasicMed rules took effect in May. Under the rules, private pilots can choose to fly without a medical certificate, under most conditions. The details of how the rule works can be found at the FAA website. The FAA has also posted a video and a checklist online to help pilots navigate the new system. https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Provides-BasicMed-Outreach-229338-1.html Back to Top China and Russia to strengthen aviation cooperation China and Russia have pledged to strengthen their cooperation in civil aviation, including in aircraft airworthiness certification. The two sides signed relevant documents following a meeting on 21 July, says the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). These include increasing the number of routes and frequencies between the two countries. They also had an in-depth discussion on certification issues involving Russia's aviation products in China. No further details were disclosed. The CAAC adds that passenger traffic between the two countries climbed 15% in 2016 to 1.9 million and that China remains the largest tourist group into Russia for four consecutive years. This summer, 26 operators will have 326 passenger and cargo services between 21 Chinese cities and 13 Russian cities, an increase of 40 services from a year ago. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/china-and-russia-to-strengthen-aviation-cooperation- 439613/ Back to Top Robinson safety director blames pilots for crashes A senior executive of Robinson Helicopter Company and the mother of a crash victim have publicly clashed over the safety of the machines. A file photos shows a Robinson R44 helicopter taking off in Latvia in 2011.A file photo of a Robinson R44: The manufacturers' helicopters are among the most popular models in New Zealand. Photo: 123RF The manufacturer's safety director, Bob Muse, told an aviation conference in Hamilton that the helicopters had a better record than some of its rivals, but a woman who lost her son in a crash disagreed. Mr Muse had flown out from California to speak to pilots and other aviation professionals about their fears over the helicopters. His trip follows a series of reports that found faults with the Robinson, and it remains on a safety watchlist at the Transport Accident Investigation Commission. In total, 18 people have been killed in what are called mast-bumping accidents involving the Robinson R22, R44 and R66 helicopters in New Zealand since 1991, prompting several government agencies such as the Department of Conservation to stop using them. The machines make up about a third of the country's helicopter fleet. Mr Muse told the conference he cared deeply about preventing loss of life in helicopter crashes. It was horrible and tragic, he said; it was like losing a member of the family. However, he said the helicopters were safer than those of some other brands and insisted New Zealand had to face up to pilot behaviour as the elephant in the room. "New Zealand pilots became desensitised to the hazard ... that is our belief" "New Zealand pilots became desensitised to the hazard ... that is our belief" - Bob Muse "Because of the practice of flying this machine outside its design limitation, New Zealand pilots became desensitised to the hazard of low-g pushover manoeuvres - that is our belief," he said. Mr Muse showed a video of this kind of behaviour, in which a pilot deliberately caused his craft to swoop about the sky, reducing the helicopter's g-force to a dangerous level. Not all accidents were caused by this sort of reckless behaviour, he said. Some were caused by inexperience, and others had unknown causes. Louisa Patterson's son, James, was killed in a Robinson R44 crash near Queenstown in 2015 along with his friend, Steve Combe. She rejected Mr Muse's defence. Since that crash there had been 118 similar accidents around the world, leading to 65 fatalities, 44 of which were due to unexplained in-flight break-ups, she said. "And that is not New Zealand, that is America, Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, so this is not a New Zealand problem." Mr Muse responded by saying 44 fatalities was a tiny fraction of the 35 million flying hours that pilots flying the helicopters had built up. The meeting then became very heated and media were asked to leave. Outside the meeting, Aviation New Zealand chief executive John Nicholson said the debate was important. He said the stand-off over the machines' safety was dragging on - some people liked them, others did not - and was causing the people who owned Robinsons and those who serviced them serious financial difficulties. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/335752/robinson-safety-director-blames-pilots-for-crashes Back to Top Airline recruits new executive to oversee its air crews PSA Airlines has named a new vice president who will oversee its flight operations. The airline, which is the main regional carrier for American Airlines out of Dayton International Airport, has named Keith Stamper as vice president of flight operations, managing its pilots' flight and training. Coming from Trans States Airlines as director of flight operations, he will report to PSA president Dion Flannery as the airline continues its significant national ramp up of air crew. PSA Airlines, whose fleet is now up to 118 jets, has a workforce of 3,000. "Keith is a highly-accomplished pilot and aviation professional with more than 20 years of regional airline experience," Flannery said. "His collaborative, lead-by-example approach to successfully overcome challenges makes him the ideal person to lead our flight and inflight operations workgroups as we continue our dramatic growth at PSA." Stamper will oversee the Dayton-based airlines safety, reliability and productivity initiatives for all of its flight-related operations. The company, a of American Airlines, now has 3,000 employees nationwide, 2,250 of them flight operations employees including pilots and flight attendants. Stamper, who at one time as chief pilot for Comair, has held a number of roles in training and flight operations for airlines. His job will be important for the company as it continues to massively expand its fleet of CRJ aircraft thanks to several orders from its parent company. With the company seeing its fleet and workforce nearly triple in a few years, PSA has ramped up recruiting efforts to bring more flight crew aboard for what will be a fleet of 150 regional jets. This has meant new incentives, partnerships with schools and a strategy to hire pilots out of the military for private sector work. Its benefits include the lucrative possibility for pilots to eventually land a job with American's mainline business. The company also said it will hire a Vice President of Systems, Operations Control and Planning role to support Stamper, but has not yet filled the position. PSA now has 118 aircraft and flies 700 flights a day to 90 destinations. https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2017/07/24/airline-recruits-new-executive-to-oversee- its-air.html Back to Top USAIG to Provide Complimentary One Year Subscription to Sporty's Takeoff App Pro NEW YORK, NY (July 24, 2017) - Sporty's, the world's largest pilot shop, has been offering high quality aviation products and supplies for more than 50 years. USAIG and Sporty's have now teamed up to include one-year subscriptions for two pilots to Sporty's Takeoff App Pro (a $119.98 value) with all new Owner Pilot aircraft policies. Aircraft covered under the Owner Pilot category are General Aviation aircraft piloted by the owner or an owner-associate, and typically used for a combination of pleasure and business flying. Users of the Pro version of the Takeoff App enjoy both standard plus exclusive "Pro Version" content, all delivered in an ad-free experience on their iOS devices. This fun and easy-to-use app delivers fresh aviation content to your iPad or iPhone every day and allows you to customize topics to match your preferences. It presents content beneficial to pilots anywhere on the experience spectrum, from student pilot to seasoned IFR flier. Additionally, Owner Pilot policyholders renewing their insurance with USAIG can either renew an existing annual subscription with Sporty's or initiate a new one for $44.99 through this offer (a 25% savings from the $59.99 base cost.) Further instructions will be provided to policyholders upon renewal. USAIG, one of the world's leading aviation-specific insurance providers, continually upgrades its popular suite of safety programs to keep pace with changes and improvements in aviation safety protocols. Eligible policyholders can choose annually from a range of safety-enhancing programs and services delivered by the industry's leading providers. Please visit the Owner Pilot Proficiency section of our website for further details. About USAIG United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) provides a full spectrum of coverage options for owners, operators, manufacturers and maintainers of corporate, private and commercial aircraft. In 1928, our founders - World War I pilots and businessmen David Beebe and Reed Chambers - saw the need for an insurance company that truly understood aviation. We remain a world aviation insurance leader delivering innovative, custom-tailored insurance products and services, including Performance Vector safety programs and Performance Vector PLUS good experience returns. Additionally, USAIG has established Performance Vector Unmanned specifically for UAS policyholders by providing the added benefit of safety services at no cost to the insured. United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. manages USAIG, maintaining the industry's largest network of underwriting and field claims offices. USAU's wholly owned subsidiary, Toronto-based Canadian Aviation Insurance Managers manages the Canadian Aircraft Insurance Group insurance pool. USAIG is a subsidiary of General Re Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company. Follow us on Twitter @USAIG_CAIG, Facebook & LinkedIn. usaig.com About Sporty's Now in its 55th year, Sporty's has grown from a one-man operation launched by Hal Shevers to the world's largest pilot shop and an iconic general aviation brand. Sporty's operations extend to airport management, avionics installation and repair, aircraft maintenance, a residential airport community, new aircraft sales and flight training, including for the University of Cincinnati's professional pilot program. Located at Clermont County/Sporty's Airport (I69), Sporty's is philanthropically dedicated to expanding the general aviation community with both pilots and skilled technicians. Follow us on Twitter @Sportys, Facebook & LinkedIn. Sportys.com Back to Top The Hong Kong CAD extends support from CAAi The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD) has appointed CAA International (CAAi), a part of the UK Civil Aviation Authority's International Directorate (UK CAA ID), to provide advisory and technical assistance with airworthiness, flight operations and flight crew licencing matters. Building on a long-standing partnership, HKCAD has chosen CAAi as a well-respected advisory organisation to continue providing assistance on a desktop basis. HKCAD, CAAi and UK CAA ID share the common purpose of sustainably raising global aviation standards. CAAi will provide technical and advisory expertise, on various Authority matters, including airworthiness and aircraft maintenance licensing, via a dedicated focal point. The support will also include identification and resolution of regulatory challenges associated with flight operations, development of standards and procedures for various technical issues under ICAO Annex 6 and internal inspecting and safety oversight systems. Matthew Margesson, Head of International Development for CAAi said, "We are delighted to continue our very strong relationship with the HKCAD and with the provision of technical support and cooperation. Through our strong partnership over many years, we have jointly been able to help support the raising of global aviation standards, protecting the aviation system.". The project is expected to last three years. For more information, please contact: stuart.coates@caainternational.com Back to Top A Whole Lot of Corporate Planes Could Soon Be Grounded In just a few months, the FAA will institute a new requirement for all aircraft allowed to ply the skies. Every plane must have a technology, called ADS-B, that automatically communicates flight data from aircraft to air traffic controllers. It's part of the FAA's ongoing $20 billion overhaul of U.S. airspace aims to boost safety and efficiency in increasingly busy air corridors across the U.S. But business jet operators are quickly running of runway ahead of an FAA-mandated deadline to equip all aircraft with ADS-B before Jan. 1, 2020. While passenger airlines have moved to upgrade their jetliners on time, operators of business jets have proved particularly slow to bring their aircraft up to spec. Government research shop MITRE estimates that out of 26,700 business jets in the U.S., 20,731 still needed to be equipped as of March 2017. "The industry should be doing double what it's doing now, per day," says Mark Francetic, regional avionics sales manager for Duncan Aviation, one of the handful of companies equipped to perform ADS-B installs. "Right now if we continue on our path, we're looking at meeting about 50 percent of airplanes." That estimate could prove optimistic. According to MITRE, the industry currently averages about 75 installs per month, a rate that would potentially leave more than 17,000 aircraft grounded on the first day of 2020. And even if business fliers rushed to add the technology closer to the deadline, they're likely to run into delays, since the number of aviation shops that can install it are limited. Grounding thousands of aircraft could temporarily bring the business aviation industry-which employs 1.2 million people and contributes $150 billion to U.S. economic output-to a screeching halt, but there's little chance the FAA will extend the deadline, industry sources say. "When we have ADS-B for everyone, that's when we actually get return on this investment," says Chris Benich, head of regulatory affairs at Honeywell (HON, +1.00%), a maker of ADS-B components. "That's why they're going to stick with that date. That date isn't moving." http://fortune.com/2017/07/24/corporate-planes-faa-ads-b/ Back to Top Lack of safety management systems found in "numerous" marine, aviation accident investigations: TSB Fifteen years after four passengers drowned in an accident aboard an amphibious sightseeing vehicle across the Ottawa River from the nation's capital, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada warned Thursday that there has "been only limited progress" on expanding the application of safety management systems "to a broader range of companies." In its annual report to Parliament, TSB said safety management systems have been on its watchlist since 2010. The watchlist "identifies the key safety issues that need to be addressed to make Canada's transportation system even safer," said TSB, a separate organization from Transport Canada that investigations incidents in rail, marine, pipelines and aviation. "Numerous recent investigations have found companies that have not managed their safety risks, either because they were not required to have an SMS or because their SMS was not implemented effectively," TSB said in its annual report, released July 20. In that report, TSB also expressed concern about runway overruns. This past May, TSB warned in an investigation report that not all Code 4 runways in Canada have a 300-metre runway end safe area "or a means of stopping aircraft that provides an equivalent level of safety." That investigation was into an June 5, 2015 runway overrun in Montreal, which resulted in no injuries. TSB recommended in 2007 that Transport Canada "require all Code 4 runways" to have a 300- metre runway end safety area "or a means of stopping aircraft that provides an equivalent level of safety." That recommendation was made in an investigation report into the August, 2005 Air France accident at Toronto International Airport. An Airbus A340 landed about 3,800 feet beyond the threshold of a 9,000 foot runway, continued at 80 knots past the end of the runway, and came to a stop on the east side of Etobicoke Creek. The upper portion of the fuselage was consumed by fire and 12 occupants of the Air France plane were seriously injured. "Pilots must receive timely information about runway surface conditions," TSB said July 20, 2017 in its annual report to Parliament. "TC must require appropriate runway end safety areas (RESAs); and, Canadian airports must invest in RESAs or other engineered systems and structures to safely stop aircraft that overrun. The TSB remains concerned that without these actions, risks to the public remain." TSB said this past June that the Leviathan II whale watching vessel, which capsized Oct. 25, 2015 near Tofino, British Columbia, did not operate under a certified safety management system and was not required by law to do so. Related: Death rate on Canadian fishing vessels a 'disturbing statistic,' warns Transportation Safety Board That report was released 13 years after TSB recommended Transport Canada "take steps to ensure that small passenger vessel enterprises have a safety management system." In 2004, TSB released a report into the sinking of the Lady Duck, a vehicle built using a converted Ford F-350 truck chassis. On June 23, 2002, the driver of the Lady Duck noticed the vessel was floating lower than normal in the Hull, Quebec marine. Occupants were ordered to abandon ship but four passengers drowned after becoming trapped under the fabric awning. "The picture that emerged from this investigation was one of an organization pursuing minimal compliance with regulations rather than one seeking to minimize risk through all available means," TSB said of the Lady Duck. In its report on the capsizing in 2015 of the Leviathan II, TSB noted that under Canadian law, passenger vessels carrying more than 12 passengers on an international voyage subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) "are required to develop a formal" safety management system. That ruled does not apply to the Leviathan II which was conducting whale watching tours Oct. 25, 2015 out of Tofino and Ucluelet. After a breaking wave hit, 24 passengers and three crew members were thrown into the cold seawater without floatation aids. Six passengers died. "If companies that operate passenger vessels do not implement risk management processes to identify and address environmental hazards in their area of operation, such as the potential formation of breaking waves, then there is a risk of a similar capsizing and loss of life," TSB said in the report. In a report on an aviation accident, released Aug. 17, 2016, TSB said it has "been calling" on Transport Canada "to implement regulations requiring all operators in the aviation industry to have formal safety management processes, and for TC to oversee these companies' safety management processes." That report arose from an accident June 10, 2013 when a King Air ran out of fuel and was forced to conduct an emergency landing in a field short of St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec airport. "The aircraft was extensively damaged, and the four occupants sustained minor injuries," TSB said in 2016. The King Air pilot determined that 500 pounds of fuel were needed to carry the flight and to land with a 30-minute reserve and although the weight-and-balance form "showed that there were 580 pounds of fuel at the time of departure" TSB estimated that in fact there were about 220 pounds of fuel. "When risks are managed by means of a single layer of defence, such as relying on a single person to ensure flight safety, deviations from regulations or from standard practice can occur, thereby increasing the risk of incident or accident," TSB said in the report. The issue of SMS will remain on TSB's watch list until the federal government "implements regulations requiring all commercial operators in the air and marine industries to have formal safety management processes and effectively oversees these processes," TSB says on its watchlist page. http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/lack-safety-management-systems-found-numerous- marine-aviation-accident-investigations-tsb-1004117809/ Back to Top 'A painful and frustrating experience': Horizon Air scheduling havoc will continue into the fall A Bombardier Q-400 operated by Alaska Airlines Horizon Air takes off earlier this year at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport. (Ted S. Warren/AP) The pilot-shortage crisis at Alaska Air subsidiary Horizon Air continues after multiple flight cancellations. The airline is contracting with SkyWest as well as bringing in Alaska Airlines jets to handle hundreds of flights in the fall. Following the cancellation of hundreds of flights affecting thousands of passengers this summer due to a pilot shortage, the crisis at regional airline Horizon Air is set to continue into the fall. Because Horizon, a unit of Alaska Air Group, doesn't have enough pilots qualified to fly its Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft, management is cutting hundreds more flights in September and swapping in aircraft from an outside contractor and from the mainline Alaska Airlines fleet to backfill the holes in the schedule, according to internal memos obtained by The Seattle Times. In a memo to Horizon staff last week, Chief Executive Dave Campbell lamented "numerous cancellations since December" and wrote that in June "we watched our efforts fall apart ... a painful and frustrating experience." Stabilizing Horizon's operation "will mean taking a few steps back," he continued. "Beginning September 4th, we will further reduce our flight schedule." Horizon Air cutting hundreds of flights this summer due to pilot shortage He said the details are still being worked out. Calling this "a hard pill to swallow," Campbell said it's necessary "to get our operation back on track." Joe Sprague, senior vice president of external affairs at Alaska Air Group, said in an interview that the airline hopes to minimize the impact on passengers who have already booked tickets by flying Alaska Airlines 737 jets or regional carrier SkyWest Bombardier CRJ aircraft in place of the Horizon Q400s. Sprague said those aircraft swaps may not matter much to passengers, although they might see a schedule shift if, say, one large Alaska 737 substitutes for a couple of Q400 flights. Horizon, which carries passengers on shorter flights throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond, canceled more than 318 flights in June. Then, realizing drastic action was needed, the airline canceled in advance 6.2 percent of its August flights, affecting 17,000 passengers. Throughout July, Horizon has been working its schedule day-to-day, trying to handle any cancellations with at least a couple of days' notice, Sprague said. Passengers stranded Some passengers have reported a great deal of inconvenience from the tumult. Seattle resident Steve Breaux said he and his wife were left stranded overnight in Reno while returning from a July 4 break in Lake Tahoe, when their Horizon flight to Seattle was canceled. "The next 24 hours were incredibly frustrating, with Alaska/Horizon booking us onto other flights that ended up being overbooked, then rebooking us onto one alternate itinerary after another," Breaux said. "We ended up getting home 24 hours late after a total of five itinerary changes." Both Breaux and his wife missed work as a result. The airline later offered each a $400 voucher toward future flights. Bringing in outside planes is intended to minimize the number of such bad travel experiences. In an internal memo to Horizon cabin crews last week, Kieran Whitney, director of Crew Resources at Alaska Airlines, said that starting in September, SkyWest will supply up to six Bombardier CRJ 50-seat or 70-seat regional jets to fly in place of the Q400s, which seat up to 76 passengers. He listed 21 daily round trip flights between Seattle, Portland, Spokane and Boise where the SkyWest jets will be substituted for Horizon planes. That means Horizon cabin staff will have less work, which the company hopes to handle by offering unpaid leave and part-time work to employees who volunteer. "We're not planning any furloughs," said Sprague. Working around the U.S. pilot rule Alaska Air's Sprague characterized the crisis at Horizon as short-term, saying the company has about 60 trainee pilots going through induction classes this summer who should be available to fly by December. In the meantime, Horizon is offering "200 percent premium pay" to pilots who fly extra flights beyond their normal schedule, though still within Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. The airline has also boosted its recruiting staff and is working with aviation schools on recruitment. And it offers hiring bonuses of up to $20,000 for Q400 pilots to join the company - $15,000 at completion of two months of training and $5,000 more after a year of service. On a June internal "pilot chat" with Horizon staff, LaMar Haugaard, director of the airline's pilot development and recruiting, outlined another "creative" approach that could help to recruit pilots longer-term. One of the hurdles that slows the hiring of pilots is the current U.S. requirement that pilots must have 1,500 flight hours of experience before they can fly for a passenger airline. The FAA introduced that requirement following the 2009 crash of Colgan Air flight 3407, a Q400 aircraft. That tragedy in upstate New York killed 50 people and an investigation found significant pilot error. But because of the pilot shortage, regional airlines that have been pushing to weaken that requirement may soon get their wish: Legislation proposed this month by a U.S. Senate committee would allow classroom training and time on simulators to be counted toward the 1,500 hours total "flight hours." The argument for such a change is that time in a sophisticated simulator that replicates the flight deck of a large airliner could actually be more valuable than flight hours in a small private plane. Haugaard outlined another workaround to the U.S. rule that Horizon is considering. He said Alaska Air is in discussion with "a major international airline" about a plan to have prospective pilots go overseas, "operating under different rules," and build up their 1,500 flight hours flying for the foreign airline in a Bombardier Q300 turboprop, an earlier variant of the Q400, then returning to the U.S. to fly for Horizon. Sprague said this is "not a plan that's been finalized" and declined to discuss it in detail. However, he said the company is considering all options to expand the pool of qualified pilots. "We really are trying to be thoughtful and creative and appropriately aggressive to ensure we have a steady pipeline of new pilots coming to Horizon Air," he said. Airline-pilot unions contend that the pilot shortage is largely due to the low pay at regional carriers like Horizon and the limited options to transfer to better-paid jobs flying for bigger mainline carriers. Though starting pay at Horizon has been increased from $30 an hour to $40 an hour, pilots are paid only for flight time. The maximum number of flight hours allowed in a 28-day period is 100. That translates to about $48,000 a year. Alaska Air Group Chief Executive Brad Tilden will be pressed to provide more information about Horizon's plans to deal with the ongoing flight schedule problems on Wednesday, when the company releases its second-quarter earnings. http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/horizon-air-scheduling-havoc-will- continue-into-the-fall/ Back to Top Boeing Sees Need for 1.2 Million Pilots and Technicians by 2036 Boeing expects the world's commercial aviation industry will require more than 1.2 million pilots and mechanics over the next 20 years, placing an unprecedented strain on airline recruiters and training organizations to keep up with demand. According to Boeing, the airline industry will require 637,000 new pilots, 648,000 new mechanics and 839,000 cabin crew members during the period. The eighth such annual forecast produced by Boeing, the 2017 edition shows a 3.2 percent increase in demand for pilots compared with the 2016 outlook, and a 4.6 percent decline from the previous year's forecast for mechanics. Boeing attributes the decrease to its projections of fewer maintenance hours needed on the 737 Max narrowbody compared with those needed for the airplane that now predominates among Boeing operators, the 737NG. The Boeing forecast shows the most pronounced demand for pilots, technicians and flight attendants in the Asia-Pacific region, which, according to Boeing, stands soon to surpass North America as the world's biggest commercial aviation market. Specifically, Asia-Pacific will need 253,000 new pilots over the forecast period, as well as 256,000 mechanics and 308,000 cabin crew. While North America promises to command the second highest demand for pilots and mechanics, at 117,000 and 118,000, respectively, Europe will need more cabin crew, at 173,000, than will North America (154,000). https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2017-07-24/boeing-sees-need-12-million- pilots-and-technicians-2036 Back to Top Stratos Unveils 714 Jet at AirVenture The Oregon-based manufacturer's ambitious very light jet arrived in Oshkosh with a fresh paint job and new interior. Stratos 714 Stratos Aircraft unveiled the 714 very light jet with a brand new paint job and fresh interior at AirVenture 2017. Stratos Aircraft The Stratos 714 VLJ has been more than ten years in the making, originating with a conversation between CEO Michael Lemaire and Chief Technology Officer Carsten Sundin. On Monday, their team proudly displayed the fruit of their labor at EAA AirVenture, as the 714 kicked off the morning's activities at Boeing Plaza. With fresh paint and interior, the jet quickly attracted the attention of AirVenture guests, and Lemaire addressed the crowd with a smile as he detailed the 714's long journey from an idea to proof of concept. The goal, Lemaire recalled, was to create a jet that could fly at 400 knots over a range of 1,500 nautical miles, and today those numbers are becoming a reality, flying four people comfortably at 41,000 feet. The interior can be configured for up to six people. For the time being, the company is working on a prototype 714 powered by a Pratt &Whitney JT15B-5 engine. So far, the prototype has accumulated about 60 hours of flight testing. The ultimate goal for the 714 is certification with a Pratt & Whitney 535E, the same engine that powers the Phenom 300. The documents and testing have been set up to accommodate the certification effort, Sundin said; however, Stratos Aircraft needs additional funding to achieve this goal. The next step for the 714 is more testing, as the team still has plenty of work ahead. But so far everything is as Lemaire and Sundin hoped during their original brainstorm session. Stratos 714 The Stratos 714 features intuitive side-stick controls and an integrated panel and FADEC that put the pilot in complete control. Stratos Aircraft "We are at about 70 hours of flight tests, and the pilots like it," Lemaire said. "The two pilots who have been lucky enough to fly the plane so far said they really like the way it handles, so that's a good sign." Because there's still more testing ahead, Stratos is not yet taking orders for the 714; however, the team hopes to make significant flight progress by the year's end. Lemaire and Sundin are confident that this VLJ will be a strong competitor for similar jets. Obviously, there's a great deal of pride that comes with showing off the proof of concept, especially first thing on Monday morning at AirVenture. Sundin told Flying that he's incredibly proud of the 714, and it was a truly special moment for him and the production team to see their hard work come to life with the blue and white paint design and that unmistakable new jet smell. Of course, it was even better to see the reaction and approval from the AirVenture guests. Stratos 714 The 714 can fly four people at 400 kn over a range of 1,500 nm, or six (1+5) over 1,200 nm. Stratos Aircraft http://www.flyingmag.com/stratos-unveils-714-jet-at-airventure Back to Top 'Son of Corcorde' moves closer as NASA to begin taking bids to build $390m supersonic prototype that could cut travel time from London to New York in half * Lockheed Martin has been working on the preliminary design for such the craft * NASA plans to award contract in early 2018, and is aiming for 2021 flight tests NASA is to begin accepting proposals to build a radical low noise supersonic passenger plane. The space agency says it is ready to begin taking bids in August for construction of a demonstration plane in a project worth $390 million over five years, according to Bloomberg The radical new craft could cut the six-hour flight time from New York to Los Angeles in half - and reduce the sonic boom so it can fly over populated areas. QueSST is designed to fly at Mach 1.4, 55,000 feet above the ground. Lockheed's plan is to build a craft 94 feet long with room for one pilot. It will fly as high as 55,000 feet, and run on one of the twin engines that power Boeing Co.'s F/A-18 fighter jet. QUIET SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT QueSST is designed to fly at Mach 1.4, 55,000 feet above the ground. The aircraft is shaped to separate the shocks and expansions associated with supersonic flight to reduce the volume of the shaped signature, and was developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works over 20 years. Recent research has shown it is possible for a supersonic airplane to be shaped in such a way that the shock waves it forms when flying faster than the speed of sound can generate a sound at ground level so quiet it will hardly will be noticed by the public, if at all. NASA is hoping to achieve a boom 60 dBA lower than other supersonic aircraft, such as the Anglo- French Concorde, according to Aviation Week. The first year of funding is included in President Trump's 2018 budget proposal. 'Supersonic flight offers the potential to improve the quality of life of those that fly, by greatly reducing travel time,' said Peter Coen, NASA's Commercial Supersonic Technology project manager. 'In the nearer term, NASA's development of quiet supersonic flight technology needs support, interest and engagement from the community to ensure that the potential sound is acceptable to those on the ground,' Coen said. Earlier this year, in what was said to be a 'significant milestone' for supersonic passenger flight, NASA completed the preliminary design review of its low-boom X-plane. The Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) design aims to reduce the sonic boom that occurs as these aircraft move faster than the speed of sound, with hopes to bring it down to a soft 'thump' to allow for flights over land. Experts from NASA and Lockheed Martin now say the QueSST design could meet these requirements, and say flight tests could begin as early as 2021. NASA plans to release the full request for proposals in August, following the recent draft request. In what's said to be a 'significant milestone' for supersonic passenger flight, NASA has completed the preliminary design review of its low-boom X-plane. Experts from NASA and Lockheed Martin say the QueSST design could reduce the sonic boom to a 'thump' Lockheed Martin partnered with NASA as lead contractor in February 2016. Its scale model for the Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental plane was put through the 8-by 6-foot supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center last month, and the space agency has now completed the preliminary design review. The design will be finalized over the next few months, and will undergo a static inlet performance test and low-speed wind tunnel test. NASA now plans to solicit proposals and award a contract to build the first piloted, single-engine craft. 'Managing a project like this is all about moving from one milestone to the next,' said David Richwine, manager for the preliminary design effort under NASA's Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. 'Our strong partnership with Lockheed Martin helped get us to this point. 'We're now one step closer to building an actual X-plane.' While Lockheed Martin has been working on the preliminary design, with hopes to move on to build the demonstrator, NASA has opened the door for other companies to submit their own designs as well, according to Aviation Week. Lockheed's research shows the design can maintain that sound level at commercial size and his team's planned demo will be 94 feet long, have room for one pilot, fly as high as 55,000 feet, and run on one of the twin engines that power Boeing Co.'s F/A-18 fighter jet. The space agency is hoping to achieve a sonic boom 60 dBA lower than other supersonic aircraft, such as Concorde, according to Aviation Week. The space agency is looking for plans to develop, build, and flight test an X-plane, and will award a contract in 2018. At the end of June, Lockheed Martin wrapped up its 17-month, $20 million contract with NASA for the preliminary design of the low-boom demonstrator concept. The design was be put through a four-day review. And, bidders will have the option to use this for the demonstrator's detailed design, according to Aviation Week. Lockheed Martin, however, is hoping to secure the top spot. THE PLANE THAT FLEW PASSENGERS FROM LONDON TO NY IN THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet that was operated until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 k per hour at cruise altitude) and could seat 92 to 128 passengers. Twenty aircraft were built including six prototypes and development aircraft. It was first flown in 1969, but needed further tests to establish it as viable as a commercial aircraft. Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued flying for the next 27 years. It is one of only two supersonic transports to have been operated commercially. The other is the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144, which ran for a much shorter period of time before it was grounded and retired due to safety and budget issues. Concorde was jointly developed and manufactured by Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) under an Anglo-French treaty. Concorde's name, meaning harmony or union, reflects the cooperation on the project between the United Kingdom and France. In the UK, any or all of the type are known simply as 'Concorde', without an article. Twenty aircraft were built including six prototypes and development aircraft. Air France (AF) and British Airways (BA) each received seven aircraft. The research and development failed to make a profit and the two airlines bought the aircraft at a huge discount. Concorde was retired in 2003 due to a general downturn in the commercial aviation industry after the type's only crash in 2000, the September 11 attacks in 2001, and a decision by Airbus, the successor to Aérospatiale and BAC, to discontinue maintenance support. 'We are ready to go on building that demonstrator,' said Rob Weiss, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs executive vice president and general manager, at the AIAA Aviation 2017 forum, Aviation Week reports. 'We feel we have a technological advantage in the amount of investment we have made in the tools and the vehicle itself.' It's been decades since NASA has worked on a manned supersonic X-plane, and after the contract is awarded in 2018, the winning team will undergo critical design review in 2019 to bring the plan closer to life. Then, the agency plans to see the first flight tests in the first quarter of 2021. For the most part, the demonstrator tests will take place across two phases at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, and culminating at the base housing at Edwards AFB. The first will focus on aircraft build, checkout, and supersonic flight envelope expansion set for late 2021, followed by efforts focusing on low-boom acoustic validation, according to Aviation Week. Then, in 2022, researchers will assess the ground signature of the demonstrator, and the effects on atmospheric and flight conditions from the boom. According to Aviation Week, NASA is hoping the low-boom X-plane will support changes in FAA regulations, to allow supersonic flight over land. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4726762/NASA-begin-taking-bids-build-390m-son- Concorde.html#ixzz4npdKRMEo Back to Top NASA VIDEOS: YOU CAN NOW WATCH ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SPACE SHUTTLES, HYPERSONIC JETS AND FLYING BATHTUBS ON YOUTUBE NASA's video archive is a trove of supersonic jet flights, space shuttle tests and even massive explosions. And there's good news: The U.S. space agency has now made hundreds of these videos available on YouTube. NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California has begun the process of migrating approximately 500 videos from its archives to the video sharing platform. Some 300 of the videos have been uploaded so far, many of which contain amazing footage not widely seen by the public. Highlights include a 2004 compilation video that shows the X-43A, a hypersonic plane that in 2004 twice set the world record for the fastest speed traveled by a jet-powered aircraft, going at almost 5,000mph (Mach 6.8) in March 2004 before raising it to nearly 7,000mph (Mach 9.6). The archival footage covers important tests carried out by NASA that have enabled it to develop its space program. A historic video from 1981 depicts the Columbia space shuttle, which was the first reusable and piloted spacecraft to be launched into orbit by the U.S. and return safely to Earth. The launch was more than 20 years before the same shuttle disintegrated upon reentry to Earth's atmosphere in a 2003 mission, killing all seven crew members onboard. Other videos are a little more lighthearted and amateur. A 1962 home video shot by NASA engineer Dale Reed shows a test flight of the M2-F1-a plane affectionately known as the "flying bathtub"- while there are also several videos of mock emergency rescue missions, where astronauts are pushed head-first down a slide to safety. Finally, there are also some videos on the research center's channel that show tests that didn't quite go to plan. Most notably, a video uploaded in March shows the 1984 test flight of a Boeing 720 aircraft. The test was a Controlled Impact Demonstration, showing what would happen if the plane collided with an obstacle, and an additive had been added to the jet fuel that was supposed to suppress fire. But when the remotely-controlled jet hit the obstacle, it burst into a fireball that took over an hour to extinguish. Prior to the migration to YouTube, the videos were available on the website of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, which has a clunky database of archival footage. But the space agency hopes that moving its videos to YouTube will make more people aware of what their engineers have been up to. "Our hope is that by moving the content to more accessible platforms, NASA fans and media personnel will be able to access the content more regularly and become more fully immersed in what is happening at NASA," the agency's social media manager, Rebecca Richardson, told Motherboard. http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-videos-you-can-now-watch-archive-footage-space-shuttles- hypersonic-jets-639440 Back to Top Safety and Accident Investigation New for 2017/18: Download our short course brochure here The Cranfield Safety and Accident Investigation Centre (CSAIC) is dedicated to high-quality teaching, research and consultancy in transportation safety management, human factors and accident investigation. Continuing professional development We offer a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) programmes, which are designed for the air, marine and rail transport sectors - as well as other safety-critical industries. Our short course portfolio includes: * Fundamentals of Accident Investigation - a three-week course focusing on the fundamental skills required by an accident investigator. * Airworthiness Fundamentals - a five-day course featuring all aspects of airworthiness, from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. * Applied Marine Accident Investigation - a three-week course concentrating on applying techniques to the specialised aspects of marine operations and types of accidents. Many of our CPD programmes can also be used towards our postgraduate qualifications. CSAIC's intensely practical focus is supported by the people delivering our teaching and research - and leading organisations choose us to deliver inventive solutions to their real-life problems or enhance their operational capabilities through research and training. Find out more: Download your free brochure here or call an advisor on: T: +44 (0)1234 754189 ISASI 2017, San Diego CA August 22 - 24. 2017 The International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) will hold their 48th annual seminar at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina from August 22 - 24, 2017. This year's theme is: "Investigations - Do They Really Make a Difference?" All up to date information including the link for registration and hotel reservations can be found at www.isasi.org. Dates to Remember Early Registration rate cut off is midnight July 5, 2017 PDT Seminar rate at the hotel will end on July 27. After that date there will be no guarantee that rooms will be available. We look forward to seeing many of you in San Diego Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUEST (SURVEY) Pavement Management Research Request Hello, my name is Mary Popko and I am a student as San Diego State University currently working towards a B.S. in Statistics. I would like to request your participation in my survey regarding pavement management through the use of advanced technology. The survey is less than ten questions long. Thank you so much for your assistance. Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WJ8T9M6 Curt Lewis