Flight Safety Information May 7, 2018 - No. 091 In This Issue Incident: Jetstar A320 at Melbourne on May 5th 2018, gear problem after departure Incident: Singapore A333 at Kolkata on May 5th 2018, hydraulic leak Incident: ANZ A320 at Dunedin on May 5th 2018, bird strike Incident: Easyjet A319 at Menorca on May 5th 2018, bird strik Incident: Privilege B752 near Brindisi on May 5th 2018, loss of cabin pressure Incident: Germania A319 near Muenster on May 4th 2018, loss of cabin pressure Incident: American MD82 near Springfield on May 3rd 2018, "a couple of things going on" EVAS - Cockpit Smoke Protection JetBlue Airlines plane windshield shattered while en route to Tampa International Airport Istanbul-bound passengers shaken after aircraft engine 'catches on fire' at Erzurum Airport 'Noxious smell' forces Allegiant Airlines flight out of Indianapolis to make emergency landing 'Flight Deck LIBIK - Lithium-Ion Battery Incident Kit Gowair passes IATA safety audit...Spanish airline Gowair passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit Study of airline pilots highlights the danger of relying on predictable scenarios for training Accidents that changed aviation: Controlled flight into terrain Ukraine, Turkey to jointly create An-188 military transport aircraft New May/June 2018 Issue of FAA Safety Briefing Features the PEGASAS Center of Excellence Call for Nominations For 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award 2018 CHC Safety & Quality Summit Early Registration Now Open 'BASS - Business Aviation Safety Summit - 2018' Don't miss the HFACS workshop in Las Vegas June 12th & 13th Incident: Jetstar A320 at Melbourne on May 5th 2018, gear problem after departure A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VFV performing flight JQ-506 from Melbourne,VI to Sydney,NS (Australia), was climbing out of Melbourne's runway 34 when the crew reported a problem with the landing gear, stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Melbourne for a safe landing on runway 34 about 25 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration VH-VQA reached Sydney with a delay of 2.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 21 hours on the ground. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b83e8f3&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Singapore A333 at Kolkata on May 5th 2018, hydraulic leak A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration 9V-STY performing flight SQ-516 from Singapore (Singapore) to Kolkata (India), was descending towards Kolkata when the crew advised a hydraulic leak, they would not be able to vacate the runway and needed to be towed to the apron. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Kolkata's runway 19L and stopped on the runway. The aircraft was towed to the apron. The runway was closed for about 20 minutes. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 20 hours, then departed for the return flight as SQ-517D and reached Singapore with a delay of about 19 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b83d6dc&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: ANZ A320 at Dunedin on May 5th 2018, bird strike An ANZ Air New Zealand Airbus A320-200, registration ZK-OAB performing flight NZ-680 from Dunedin to Wellington (New Zealand) with 88 passengers on board, was in the initial climb out of Dunedin's runway 03 when a bird impacted the aircraft. The crew continued the climb and was enroute at FL280 when the crew decided to divert to Christchurch, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 02 about 35 minutes after departure. The airline confirmed the aircraft encountered birds once airborne and diverted to Christchurch. Another aircraft continued to Wellington. A replacement A320-200 registration ZK-OXG reached Wellington with a delay of about 3 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b831ee8&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Easyjet A319 at Menorca on May 5th 2018, bird strike An Easyjet Airbus A319-100, registration G-EZBD performing flight U2-2256 from Menorca,SP (Spain) to London Luton,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Menorca's runway 01 when one of the engines (CFM56) ingested a bird prompting the crew to stop the climb at 3000 feet and return to Menorca for a safe landing on runway 01 about 25 minutes after departure. A passenger reported the crew returned the aircraft to Menorca with a damaged engine due to a serious bird strike. The flight was cancelled, passengers were offered a refund or transfer. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 26 hours after landing back. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b83d4fa&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Privilege B752 near Brindisi on May 5th 2018, loss of cabin pressure A Privilege Style Boeing 757-200 on behalf of Condor, registration EC-ISY performing flight DE-1679 from Corfu (Greece) to Leipzig (Germany) with 164 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing through FL330 out of Corfu when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft landed safely on Brindisi's (Italy) runway 31 about 17 minutes after stopping the climb at about FL330. A replacement Privilege Style Boeing 757-200 registration EC-HDS was dispatched to Brindisi and delivered the passengers to Leipzig with a delay of 6:45 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Brindisi about 14 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b833143&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Germania A319 near Muenster on May 4th 2018, loss of cabin pressure A Germania Airbus A319-100, registration D-ASTU performing flight ST-4212 from Muenster (Germany) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 129 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL280 out of Muenster when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL080 due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft levelled off at FL080 about 7 minutes later, performed a low approach to Dusseldorf's (Germany) runway 05R and positioned for a landing on Muenster's runway 07 about 62 minutes after initiating the emergency descent and about 20 minutes after the low approach to Dusseldorf. The airline reported a technical problem with the cabin pressure controller. The aircraft was repaired over night and delivered the passengers to their destination the following morning. The passengers were offered hotel accomodation over night. The occurrence aircraft reached Palma Mallorca the following day with a delay of 13 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b830fb6&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: American MD82 near Springfield on May 3rd 2018, "a couple of things going on" An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N7541A performing flight AA-970 from Kansas City,MO to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was enroute at FL330 about 50nm southwest of Springfield,MO (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Springfield. The crew advised they had "a couple of things going on", the autopilot and autothrust had disconnected, an interior fan had failed and smell of smoke and burning had occurred. The crew requested ILS runway 14 and landed safely on that runway about 20 minutes later. The crew checked with tower whether there was any smoke visible from the back of the aircraft, tower reported seeing no smoke. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL970/history/20180503/1406Z/KDFW/KMCI http://avherald.com/h?article=4b828a6e&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top JetBlue Airlines plane windshield shattered while en route to Tampa International Airport TAMPA, Fla. - A JetBlue flight from San Juan to Tampa was diverted to Fort Lauderdale due to a windshield issue. JetBlue fight 1052 was in the air heading to Tampa Sunday afternoon when the outer layer of the windshield shattered. #photooftheday not how I expected my flight home from Puerto Rico to Tampa would end. Co-pilot cockpit window shattered. @abc_action_news #tampa #fortlauderdale #diverted #safe #landing #airplane #news A post shared by Michael Paluska (@michael_paluska) on May 6, 2018 at 10:46am PDT JetBlue sent the following statement on the incident: "JetBlue flight 1052 from San Juan to Tampa diverted to Fort Lauderdale in an abundance of caution following a report of damage to one of the outer layers of the cockpit windscreen. The flight landed safely at approximately 1:00 p.m. local time. Customers have been accommodated on another aircraft." https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/jet-blue-airlines-plane-windshield-shattered-while-en-route-to-tampa-international-airport Back to Top Istanbul-bound passengers shaken after aircraft engine 'catches on fire' at Erzurum Airport Passengers of an Istanbul-bound Anadolujet flight out of Erzurum Airport in Turkey's east voiced frustration and anger after the aircraft's right wing engine suddenly caught on fire on May 5. "It was a horrible scene. It was a near-death experience," said Yunus Emre Kavas, a passenger, describing the panic on board. The commercial flight, which was supposed to take off at 8:25 p.m. local time carrying 189 people had barely made it to the runway when flames burst out of its right wing engine. People began to scream. Some began running to the front of the plane and some fainted, according to Kavas. "It would have been a disaster if it had happened while flying," he said. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-bound-passengers-shaken-after-aircraft-engine-catches-on-fire-at-erzurum-airport-131364 Back to Top 'Noxious smell' forces Allegiant Airlines flight out of Indianapolis to make emergency landing INDIANAPOLIS -- An Allegiant Airlines flight from Indianapolis to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday evening after a "noxious smell" was detected in the cabin. Allegiant Flight 1878 took off from the Indianapolis International Airport at 3:00 p.m. Sunday. It was scheduled to land at Myrtle Beach International Airport at 4:27 p.m. Mid-flight, however, flight attendants came on the intercom and informed passengers that the plane was going to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport due to a "noxious smell" in the cabin. The plane landed at Asheville Regional Airport, where passengers were asked to deplane. A passenger aboard the flight told RTV6 that as she did so she could smell a "burning, smoky smell" near the cabin. In a statement to RTV6, Allegiant said the flight was diverted to Asheville "out of an abundance of caution to check out an electrical odor. The cause of the odor was not yet known. As of 9:00 p.m., passengers said they had been informed there would be an additional 25-30 minute delay as a problem had been detected in an air conditioning valve in the plane sent to pick them up. https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/noxious-smell-forces-allegiant-airlines-flight-out-of-indianapolis-to-make-emergency-landing Back to Top Back to Top Gowair passes IATA safety audit Spanish airline Gowair passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). Gowair commenced operations in 2017. It operates a single Airbus A320 on charter flights in Europe and for ACMI leases to other airlines. The IOSA programme is an evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. IOSA uses internationally recognised quality audit principles and is designed to conduct audits in a standardised and consistent manner. It was created in 2003 by IATA. All IATA members are IOSA registered and must remain registered to maintain IATA membership. https://news.aviation-safety.net/2018/05/05/gowair-passes-iata-safety-audit/ Back to Top Study of airline pilots highlights the danger of relying on predictable scenarios for training A person who can perform a task in a predictable situation won't necessarily be able to perform that same task when surprised, according to new research published in The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology. The study suggests that flight training should include elements of surprise. "My background is in Human Movement Sciences (human kinetics, sports, neurology, etc.) The human ability to learn how to skilfully interact with the world has always fascinated me. The world is endlessly complex, yet somehow we can take it on," said study author Annemarie Landman, a PhD student at Delft University of Technology. "I love this process, not only as a subject of research but also as personal experience, e.g. in sports or games. The subject of performing under surprise or stress is interesting to me because these challenging conditions reveal how the brain works. Besides that, I respect it when people are driven to get the best out of themselves under challenging conditions, and I'd like to help them do that." The researchers used a motion-base flight simulator to test 20 airline pilots on their ability to recover from a stall in two situations. The pilots first performed recoveries from eight different upsets in a set order. Then they performed recovery procedures for four stalls. After this, the pilots were instructed that their aircraft would stall three minutes after they passed a particular landmark. They were required to perform proper stall recovery procedures. In one situation, the stall occurred in accordance with the instructions. But for other pilots, the stall occurred about 5 seconds before the landmark was even reached. The pilots in this situation were also distracted prior to the stall by the researchers asking them to provide a rating on a sickness scale. The researchers found that the surprise stall negatively affected the pilots' adherence to the stall-recovery procedures. "The goal of the study was to show that being skillful when you are not surprised and being skillful when you are surprised are two very different things," Landman told PsyPost. "A surprise requires different mental processes and actions: it requires you to make sense of what is happening and react to the events. If you never practice this because you always train with predictable and scripted scenarios, then your trained skills may not hold up in an emergency situation. Those skills are said to be 'brittle' instead of resilient." As one pilot told the researchers, he had a different "mental image" of the upcoming task and had to quickly change his frame of mind after the surprise stall. The study, like all research, has some limitations. "The study merely showed that it's dangerous to ignore the challenges posed by surprising situations," Landman explained. "However, how to train pilots for these situations is still not very clear. Is it, for instance, necessary to surprise pilots during simulator training, or to train under stress? If so, to what extent?" "Shortly, I will publish a study in which I compare simulator training that is very one-sided and predictable, with training that is more variable and unpredictable," she added. "The idea is that in unpredictable and variable training, you are forced to make sense of what is happening, and you build better mental models. The results of this study are very promising. They suggest that including variability and unpredictability in simulator training is very helpful in teaching pilots how to deal with surprises." The study, "The Influence of Surprise on Upset Recovery Performance in Airline Pilots", was authored by Annemarie Landman, Eric L. Groen, M. M. (René) van Paassen, Adelbert W. Bronkhorst and Max Mulder. http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/study-airline-pilots-highlights-danger-relying-predictable-scenarios-training-51162 Back to Top Accidents that changed aviation: Controlled flight into terrain By: John Cox When an airplane impacts the ground with no mechanical problems or failures and weather is not a factor, accident investigators call it a Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) accident. Once it was the leading cause of fatal accidents; now it rarely occurs. What changed? In the 1970s and '80s, airplanes were impacting the ground at an alarming rate. Too often, airplanes with no mechanical or weather issues were involved in accidents due to the pilots not realizing where they were or becoming distracted. In 1970, a flight carrying the Marshal University football team struck a hill while attempting to land in Huntington, W-Va. The pilots had executed their descent below the minimum descent altitude. Tragically, all aboard were fatally injured. This type of accident happened too frequently, and pilot training focused on situational awareness was not slowing the rate. Eastern Airlines Flight 401 descended into the Everglades on Dec. 29, 1972. TWA Flight 514 flew into a mountain Dec. 1, 1974, as it approached Washington Dulles. Eastern suffered another disastrous accident in La Paz, Bolivia, on Jan. 1, 1985, when a 727 flew into Mount Illimani. Existing Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS) were not providing critical warnings, and the false-alarm rate was too high. Could GPWS be improved? The goal was for an avionics manufacturer to develop a better system that would warn pilots of an impending collision with the ground. A few people thought it was possible; one was Don Bateman. An engineer and inventor, Bateman reasoned if accurate location information was compared with three-dimensional maps, then a computer could determine if ground impact was likely and provide warning to the pilots in time for a successful escape. Bateman built a prototype of this warning system and testing began. As with any complex technology, updates and modification were necessary. The system matured and by the early 1990s was tested in airline-type operations. During the night of Dec. 20, 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 approached Cali, Colombia. The pilots had complex navigation challenges and misunderstood what the flight management computer was telling them. The result was the Boeing 757 turned out of the valley and into mountainous terrain. While the onboard GPWS finally did provide a warning, it was too late. The airplane slammed into a mountainside, another CFIT accident. Following the accident, airlines began to equip airliners with the improved GPWS known as Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning (EGPWS). The number of CFIT accidents began to decrease as the number of EGPWS "saves" increased. Bateman's system worked. The FAA recognized the need for this safety enhancement to be mandated. In 2000, all airliners were required to install EGPWS, now called Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS). This technology would dramatically reduce one of the most common accident types. Today, the rate of CFIT accidents is much lower, and most are due to airplanes in some countries not having TAWS installed. Very few TAWS-equipped aircraft are involved in this type of accident; the few that have occurred resulted from the pilots ignoring the TAWS warnings. Pilots are trained to react immediately to a TAWS warning. The number of aircraft that have landed safely after this warning grows every year. TAWS is life-saving technology that improved aviation safety. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/cox/2018/05/06/aviation-safety-ending-controlled-flight-into-terrain-accidents/581708002/ Back to Top Ukraine, Turkey to jointly create An-188 military transport aircraft Ukraine and Turkey will implement a joint project to create an An-188 military transport aircraft, according to the Facebook page of the Ukrainian government portal. "Ukraine and Turkey are moving to practical implementation of a joint project to create an An-188 military transport aircraft. The military transport aircraft project involves the full westernization of all components, the introduction of modern and reliable technical solutions, as well as full compliance with NATO standards, both in terms of equipment and in terms of the tactics of the use of the aircraft," reads the report. The aircraft will be able to carry military hardware of all types, military and construction equipment, helicopters, up to 300 soldiers, as well as humanitarian cargoes, pallets and containers. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on his Facebook page that it was a "promising military transport turbojet aircraft that fully complies with NATO standards." https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/2455362-ukraine-turkey-to-jointly-create-an188-military-transport-aircraft.html Back to Top https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2018/media/MayJun2018.pdf Back to Top FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2018 CONTACT: Philip Barbour, 205-939-1700, 205-617-9007 Call for Nominations For 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The award will be presented during the 71st Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place Nov. 12-15 in Seattle, Wash. Presented since 1956, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award recognizes notable achievement in the field of civil or military aviation safety in method, design, invention, study or other improvement. The award's recipient is selected for a "significant individual or group effort contributing to improving aviation safety, with emphasis on original contributions," and a "significant individual or group effort performed above and beyond normal responsibilities." Mechanics, engineers and others outside of top administrative or research positions should be especially considered. The contribution need not be recent, especially if the nominee has not received adequate recognition. Nominations that were not selected as past winners of the Award can be submitted one additional time for consideration. Please note that self-nominations will not be considered. The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award's story dates back 70 years. On April 14, 1945, after visiting family in Pittsburgh, Laura Taber Barbour was aboard a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 when it crashed into the rugged terrain of Cheat Mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia. All passengers and crew were killed. In the years following, her husband, Dr. Clifford E. Barbour and son, Clifford E. Barbour, Jr., established the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award in her honor. The Award Board, composed of leaders in the field of aviation, meets in June of each year to conduct a final review of nominees and selection of the current year's recipient. Please help us honor this year's most deserving recipient. Nominations, including a 1-2-page narrative, can be submitted via the Laura Taber Barbour Foundation website at http://ltbaward.org/the-award/nomination-form/. Nominations will be accepted until June 14, 2018. For more information, including a complete history of Award recipients, see www.ltbaward.org. ABOUT THE LAURA TABER BARBOUR AIR SAFETY AWARD: The Award was established in 1956 through early association with the Flight Safety Foundation and from its founding has enjoyed a rich history of Award Board members, nominees and Award recipients. In 2013, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation was formed from members of the Award Board, the aviation community and the Barbour family. As the foundation plans to broaden the scope of its intent, with great purpose, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award will continue to spotlight those champions who pioneer breakthroughs in flight safety. Back to Top 2018 CHC Safety & Quality Summit Early Registration Now Open IRVING, TX - May 1, 2018 - CHC Helicopter today announced the official opening of early bird registration for its signature aviation safety event, the annual CHC Safety and Quality Summit. From May 1 through May 31, interested delegates will have the opportunity to register for this year's' event at a discounted early bird rate of $1085 (USD). After May 31, the regular price for registration goes up to $1185 (USD). Now entering its fourteenth year, the CHC Safety and Quality Summit draws more than 500 industry professionals from nearly 30 countries to gather to share the latest in safety best practices and the human factors elements in safety. This year, delegates will come together to discuss the theme: Building Safety at Every Level: Does this start at the top or with front line employees? The 2018 CHC Safety and Quality Summit will take place October 2-4 at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, near CHC's global headquarters. To register and learn more about the Summit visit www.chcsafetyqualitysummit.com. For additional questions, please email summit@chcheli.com. About CHC For more than 70 years, CHC Helicopter has provided safe, reliable, cost-effective helicopter service in some of the most remote and challenging environments around the world. With extensive experience transporting customers in the oil and gas industry, supporting search-and-rescue and EMS contracts, and providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services, our dedication to safety and reputation for quality and innovation help our customers reach beyond what they thought possible. Visit www.chcheli.com for information. Contact Information SUMMIT Irina Sakgaev Safety & Quality Applications Specialist +1.604.232.7302 summit@chcheli.com MEDIA Cameron Meyer Communications Specialist +1.214.262.7391 Cameron.Meyer@chcheli.com www.chcsafetyqualitysummit.com Curt Lewis