Flight Safety Information October 17, 2018 - No. 211 In This Issue Incident: Azul AT72 near Montes Claros on Oct 16th 2018, lightning strike Incident: Cityjet RJ85 at Nuremberg on Oct 16th 2018, hydraulic failure Incident: LGW DH8D at Zagreb on Oct 16th 2018, unsafe gear Incident: Easyjet A321 near Milan on Oct 11th 2018, smoke in cockpit EVAS - Cockpit Smoke Protection Incident: Endeavor CRJ9 at Detroit on Oct 13th 2018, brakes overheat indication Incident: Jeju B738 at Jeju on Oct 16th 2018, burst tyre on landing Incident: China Airlines B738 at Kaohsiung on Oct 16th 2018, burst both left main tyres on landing Two killed in jet fighter crash in Ukraine Serious licensing, security and record keeping issues found in Bahamas EMB-110 accident LIBIK Fire Suppression Kits for the Cabin and Flight Deck Top Aviation Safety Body To Probe Air Hostess' Fall From Air India Plane (India) Whistleblower wins federal case against Homer air carrier that fired him EASA paves the way to enable safe air travel of urban air mobility and air taxi aircraft You Can Now Check Into Shanghai's Airport Automatically With Facial Recognition Technology NATA, NBAA Welcome New FAA Guidance on Training Aviation safety summit focus on dangerous goods handling Baker aviation HOT-STOP® 'L' offers proactive solution to...lithium battery containment Caltech Mom Wins Nobel Prize, Son Is JPL Mars Flight Tech GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY Business Aviation Safety Consortium (BASC) Meet and Greet at NBAA, BACE 10/17/18, 0800 Air Traffic Control Investigation from SCSI Position Available: Deputy Director of Safety Medallion Foundation - PROVIDING ASSURANCE IN YOUR SYSTEMS MITRE SMS December Courses HIGH ALTITUDE FLYING: WHAT EVERY PILOT NEEDS TO KNOW - Course Incident: Azul AT72 near Montes Claros on Oct 16th 2018, lightning strike An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQZ performing flight AD-5733 from Vitoria da Conquista,BA to Belo Horizonte,MQ (Brazil), was enroute at FL160 near Montes Claros,MG (Brazil), about 200nm north of Belo Horizonte, when lightning struck the aircraft prompting the crew to divert to Montes Claros for a safe landing on runway 12. Passengers reported the aircraft entered clouds, there was some rain then a flash and a bang. The crew announced there had been a lightning strike. The airline reported the captain decided to divert due to technical difficulties following the lightning strike. The passengers were bussed to Belo Horizonte. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0e2c0&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Cityjet RJ85 at Nuremberg on Oct 16th 2018, hydraulic failure A Cityjet Avro RJ-85 on behalf of Air France, registration EI-RJU performing flight AF-1010 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Nuremberg (Germany), was descending towards Nuremberg when the crew reported a hydraulic failure. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Nuremberg's runway 10 with emergency services on stand by. The return flight AF-1011 was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Nuremberg about 14 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0e057&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: LGW DH8D at Zagreb on Oct 16th 2018, unsafe gear A LGW Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Eurowings, registration D-ABQA performing flight EW-9900 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Zagreb (Croatia) with 56 people on board, was on final approach to Zagreb's runway 05 when the crew went around due to an unsafe gear indication. After working the checklists the crew declared emergency and decided to divert to Vienna, the aircraft climbed to FL100 for the diversion. The aircraft landed safely on Vienna's runway 11 about 45 minutes after the decision to divert and about 70 minutes after the go around. The airline reported a sensor indicated a problem with the landing gear, the crew decided to divert to Vienna as a precaution, where the aircraft landed safely and without any problem. The aircraft is being examined. The aircraft is still on the ground in Vienna 13 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0df20&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Easyjet A321 near Milan on Oct 11th 2018, smoke in cockpit An Easyjet Airbus A321-200, registration G-POWU performing flight U2-8386 from Kefallinia (Greece) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 about 270nm southeast of Milan Malpensa when the crew descended the aircraft to FL240 but continued in the general direction towards London. The aircraft was about 100nm southeast of Milan Malpensa when the crew decided to divert to Milan Malpensa reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Malpensa's runway 35R about 20 minutes after the decision to divert and about 40 minutes after leaving FL360. A replacement A320-200 registration OE-IVI reached London Gatwick with a delay of about 2 hours. The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 27 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0dc97&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top Incident: Endeavor CRJ9 at Detroit on Oct 13th 2018, brakes overheat indication An Endeavor Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N905XJ performing flight DL-3306 from Detroit,MI to Indianapolis,IN (USA), was climbing out of Detroit when the crew stopped the climb at 7000 feet due to a brakes overheat indication. After working the checklists the crew determined the indication was likely false, left the gear extended and continued the flight to Indianapolis at 7000 feet. The aircraft landed safely in Indianapolis about one hour after departure. A passenger reported about 5 minutes after takeoff they heard the gear being cycled several times, then the gear was left extended, however, the aircraft did not turn. After about 20 minutes the captain announced a brakes temperature sensor was showing an overheat condition, a sensor malfunction was likely, they would continue the flight at low altitude and with gear extended, a significant delay was possible on arrival. Landing was otherwise normal, emergency services received the aircraft. Other flights usually climb to FL200 for the short hop from Detroit to Indianapolis. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL3306/history/20181013/1626Z/KDTW/KIND http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0d8d0&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Jeju B738 at Jeju on Oct 16th 2018, burst tyre on landing A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, registration HL8049 performing flight 7C-107 from Seoul Gimpo to Jeju (South Korea) with 189 people on board, had safely landed on Jeju's runway 07 and was about to vacate the runway via high speed turn off P5 when one of the right hand main tyres burst prompting the crew to stop the aircraft just past the hold short line (clear of the runway). The passengers disembarked onto the taxiway, the aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron. The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 4.5 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0cde6&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: China Airlines B738 at Kaohsiung on Oct 16th 2018, burst both left main tyres on landing A China Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration B-18652 performing flight CI-712 from Manila (Philippines) to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) with 98 people on board, landed on Kaohsiung's runway 09 (length 3150 meters/10,340 feet) but burst both left hand main tyres on roll out. The aircraft became disabled about 2100 meters/6890 feet past the runway threshold. The passengers disembarked onto the runway via mobile stairs. The runway was closed for about 5.5 hours until the aircraft could be moved to the apron. Related NOTAMs: A3818/18 NOTAMR A3817/18 Q) RCAA/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2235N12021E005 A) RCKH B) 1810160534 C) 1810160900 E) RWY 09/27 CLSD DUE TO DISABLED ACFT. A3817/18 NOTAMN Q) RCAA/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2235N12021E005 A) RCKH B) 1810160354 C) 1810160600 E) RWY 09/27 CLSD DUE TO DISABLED ACFT. Metars: RCKH 160430Z 29010KT 260V320 8000 FEW016 SCT035 31/23 Q1011 NOSIG RMK A2987= RCKH 160400Z 27010KT 250V310 7000 FEW016 SCT200 31/23 Q1011 NOSIG RMK A2987= RCKH 160339Z 27010KT 240V310 7000 FEW016 SCT025 31/22 Q1011 NOSIG RMK LOCAL REPORT A2988= RCKH 160330Z 27010KT 7000 FEW016 SCT025 31/22 Q1011 NOSIG RMK A2988= RCKH 160300Z 29006KT 250V350 7000 FEW016 SCT025 31/22 Q1012 NOSIG RMK A2989= RCKH 160230Z VRB04KT 9999 FEW016 31/20 Q1012 NOSIG RMK A2990= RCKH 160200Z 34005KT 300V020 7000 FEW016 31/21 Q1012 NOSIG RMK A2990= RCKH 160130Z 36004KT 310V050 7000 FEW016 29/22 Q1013 NOSIG RMK A2992= RCKH 160100Z 36004KT 330V040 7000 FEW015 29/22 Q1013 NOSIG RMK A2992= The tired tyres: http://avherald.com/h?article=4bf0c9ea&opt=0 Back to Top Two killed in jet fighter crash in Ukraine. One may be from Fresno guard unit A fighter jet in the Ukrainian Air Force has crashed in the Ukraine, killing the Ukrainian pilot and also a U.S. service member - possibly from the U.S. Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing based in Fresno. Details are few and a spokesman for the California Air National Guard in Fresno said all information about the crash would be coming from United States Armed Forces Europe. The jet fighter involved was a Su-27UB, according to thedrive.com website. The jet fighter is known as the Flanker and was designed by Russia. The accident happened about 5 p.m. local time (approximately 7 a.m. Fresno time) on Oct. 16, 2018, near the village of Ulaniv, about 185 miles southwest of the Ukranian capital Kiev, the website reported. The 144th Fighter Wing is participating in Clear Sky 2018, an exercise in which nations train together. The exercise is being held in the Ukraine. Troops from the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark and Estonia are participating with F-15Cs from the U.S. and aircraft from Poland, Romania and Ukraine. USAFE confirmed that a crash occurred involving a service member from the United States: "We are aware of a Ukrainian Su-27UB fighter aircraft that crashed in the Khmelnytskyi region during Clear Sky 2018 today. The incident is currently under investigation and do not have any other information to provide at this time. We will provide more information as soon as it becomes available," the statement said. Later, the statement was updated: "We have seen reports claiming a U.S. casualty and can confirm a U.S. service member was involved in this incident. It is currently under investigation and we will continue to provide more information as it becomes available." https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article220127450.html Back to Top Serious licensing, security and record keeping issues found in Bahamas EMB-110 accident Status: Final Date: Tuesday 9 January 2018 Time: 19:40 Type: Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante Operator: Pineapple Air Registration: C6-MIC C/n / msn: 110407 First flight: 1982 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 Aircraft damage: Substantial Aircraft fate: Repaired Location: Governor's Harbour Airport (GHB) ( Bahamas) Phase: Landing (LDG) Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Nassau-Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS/MYNN), Bahamas Destination airport: Governor's Harbour Airport (GHB/MYEM), Bahamas Flightnumber: 978 Narrative: An Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante suffered a gear collapse and runway excursion at Governor's Harbour Airport, Bahamas. The aircraft departed Nassau Airport at 19:00 hours local time on an instrument flight plan. Initially a Beech 1900 had been scheduled for this flight, but the airline decided to use C6-MIC, an EMB-110 Bandeirante, instead. A revised flight plan was not submitted to ATC. Weather at the destination, Governor's Harbour Airport, was poor due to heavy rainfall. The pilot in command of the aircraft initially attempted a landing on runway 15 at Governor's Harbour Airport but executed a go-around when visual contact was lost due to heavy rain. On the second attempt for landing, a decision was made to switch to runway 33 and while on final approach to runway 33, visual contact was lost again and a second go-around was executed. On the third attempt the pilot landed on runway 33, but seconds after touchdown there was a collapse of the left main landing gear which subsequently led to a runway excursion taking place. Investigators noticed that the landing gear selector switch was located in the "UP" position. Consultation with the operator's maintenance personnel and the aircraft manufacturer has determined, based on the systems operation, that if the landing gear switch is placed in the "UP" position and the gear contact micro-switch on either landing gear is contaminated with dirt, water or other contaminants, or if the switch is shorted out for whatever reason, it is possible that the gear may not retract when commanded by the selection of the gear switch. In this instance, it is possible that the gear position lights may still indicate "3-green lights" (which normally indicates the gear as being "down and locked") despite the gear selector handle being selected to the "UP" position. However, once you land or the contaminant is removed or the "system short" is corrected, or no longer exists, there is a possibility that the gear could collapse (if the gear selector switch is in the "UP" position, as was the case). The AAID believes this to be the case, as no mechanical irregularities have been found or could be replicated that would otherwise explain why the gear collapsed. The AAID also investigated the licensing and record keeping regarding the flight crew. It appeared that the captain of the flight initially had a US FAA license. During his stay in the US, he was convicted and incarcerated for controlled substance violations. As a consequence his FAA commercial pilot license was revoked for life on 11 August 2009. After returning to the Bahamas, he applied for an Airman License Validation based on a (revoked!) Foreign License in June 2011. It is unclear if he received this validation at that time. He was issued a commercial pilot license in May 2013, which was renewed in 2015 and valid until August 2020. The AAID found that no duty time, flight time or sectors were recorded for the captain between a proficiency check was completed on March 2013 and January 9, 2018 (date of the accident). It also appeared that the Nassau-Lynden Pindling International Airport refused to issue an ID badge to the captain for unescorted access to the restricted airside, citing his US criminal record. Nevertheless he subsequently obtained an ID badge issued by the Grand Bahama Airport Company in Freeport, Grand Bahama. This was not valid for Nassau Airport, yet he managed to gain airside at Nassau without any problems. Probable Cause: The AAID attributes this accident to "pilot error." The poor decision making exercised by the crew in attempting several landings in severe weather has been determined as the probable cause of the accident. Also contributing to this accident was the actions of the crew where, after 2 failed landing attempts and executing 2 go around maneuvers, they failed to realize the landing gear selector handle was selected in the "UP" position when the aircraft was configured for the 3rd landing. The situation was further exacerbated by additional human factor errors such as operating under periods of high stress, departing after such long delays, operating in severe weather, and flying at night- all factors experienced by the crew, which are contributory in this accident. Crew training, qualification, and authorization has been investigated and found questionable and also may have contributed to the accident. Accident investigation: Investigating agency: AAID Bahamas Status: Investigation completed Duration: 249 days (8 months) Accident number: AO-18-000002 Download report: Final report https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180109-0 Back to Top Back to Top Top Aviation Safety Body To Probe Air Hostess' Fall From Air India Plane (India) The wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft was preparing to take off for New Delhi when Harsha Lobo fell on the tarmac from a height of 20 feet MUMBAI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau or AAIB has started a probe into the incident where a 53-year-old flight attendant fell from a parked Air India plane while closing its door at Mumbai airport, an official said on Tuesday. The flight attendant, who suffered serious injuries after falling from the plane on Monday, is stable, though her right leg requires multiple surgeries, the authorities at Nanavati Hospital said. The wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft was preparing to take off for New Delhi when Harsha Lobo fell on the tarmac from a height of 20 feet, apparently through a gap between the rear door and the step ladder. "The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has taken over the probe into the incident at the Mumbai airport in which a female flight attendant had fallen off from the Boeing 777 aircraft Monday morning," a senior official in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. AAIB is the top investigation body under the civil aviation ministry and has the mandate to probe accidents relating to planes registered in India. "The incident is being treated as serious and for this reason, the AAIB has been asked to carry out a probe," the official added. On Monday, a DGCA official had also said the aviation regulator is probing the incident. Air India's safety wing is also investigating the causes that led to the incident. COMMENT The authorities at Nanavati Hospital said the flight attendant's health condition is stable. She is responding to treatment. "Her right leg requires multiple surgeries in the next few days," the hospital said in a statement. https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/top-aviation-safety-body-to-probe-air-hostess-harsha-lobos-fall-from-air-india-plane-1933004 Back to Top Whistleblower wins federal case against Homer air carrier that fired him A federal judge has sided with an Anchorage pilot who filed a whistleblower claim that Homer-based Bald Mountain Air Service fired him for reporting safety problems. Brian Bell lost his job in 2012 - two days days after a Federal Aviation Administration inspection at Bald Mountain's Anchorage hangar prompted by Bell's complaint of falsified safety records and gaps in drug and alcohol testing. An order released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor says Bell is entitled to more than $500,000 in back pay plus $10,000 in damages and attorney fees. Bell is entitled to interest on lost earnings back to 2012, his attorney said Monday, putting the total award at roughly $750,000. Bald Mountain also must offer him a line-pilot job once he renews his medical certificate, according to the 72-page order signed by an administrative law judge. Bell, who is currently working part-time as an Uber driver, hasn't held a job as a pilot since he was fired, his attorney Paul Stockler said. It's unclear whether Bell wants to go back to work at Bald Mountain - or whether the company wants him back, Stockler said. "If they're amenable to it, without going down that road, we can discuss some financial arrangements," he said. The company can appeal the federal decision. Bald Mountain is reviewing the decision and order, attorney Aaron Sperbeck wrote in an email Monday. The company plans to file an appeal within 10 days to clarify "certain legal inconsistencies within the decision," Sperbeck said. The company was "very pleased" to see that the judge agreed with Bald Mountain on several issues, overturning findings in a preliminary report from 2016, he wrote. Among other things, the judge found no proof that Bald Mountain "blacklisted" Bell within the aviation community. The order filed last week came more than two years after Bald Mountain appealed a 2016 preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration that found Bell had reason to think he was fired over his complaints to the FAA over safety concerns. Administrative Judge Scott R. Morris heard from witnesses and examined evidence before producing the order, which he signed Wednesday. Among Bell's claims: Bald Mountain deactivated a malfunctioning fire detection system on a medevac plane; employees were ordered to hide maintenance issues from FAA investigators; and the company forged training records. A top regional OSHA official at the time called the 2016 finding "significant" given the penalties involved. It was one of just a handful of aviation whistleblower cases in the four-state region. It triggered an FAA investigation that led to more than $67,000 in civil penalties. The company's operations manager served a suspension and the chief pilot lost his FAA certifications. Bald Mountain conducts bear-viewing flights, ferries oil workers to the North Slope and once held a medevac contract for Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. A Bald Mountain Twin Otter hit a bystander in the head as it took off from a remote sea ice airstrip during a U.S. Navy submarine training exercise in March. Bell started flying in 1974, holds a commercial instrument certificate with instrument and seaplane ratings, and holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, according to the order. He served with the National Air Disaster Alliance Foundation and testified in Florida during hearings into the 1996 crash of a ValuJet flight that killed 110 people. Bald Mountain told the federal administrative judge that Bell was a micro-manager whose abrasive personality prompted the company to start the process of replacing and firing him before he reached out to FAA officials. The judge found some merit in Bald Mountain's contention that Bell's termination was in the works before he reported safety problems to the FAA. But, the order states, Bald Mountain operations director Gary Porter's testimony about his motives for suspending and firing Bell "contains several problems that erode its credibility." Porter also provided "evasive" testimony when asked directly if he backdated and falsified two handwritten safety reports, according to the order. The judge found Bell established that Porter knew he was the employee who notified the FAA and that played a role in his decision to fire him. Along with the fines, Bald Mountain was also ordered to expunge Bell's personnel records connected to his complaint and refrain from "retaliating or discriminating" against him for bringing the claim. Bald Mountain must email copies of the OSHA decision to employees, officers and directors within 21 days of the order. The company must also post an OSHA fact sheet: "Whistleblower Protection for Employees in the Aviation Industry." https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2018/10/16/whistleblower-wins-federal-case-against-homer-air-carrier-that-fired-him/ Back to Top EASA paves the way to enable safe air travel of urban air mobility and air taxi aircraft On 15th October, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) opened a public consultation on its proposal of airworthiness standards which will enable the certification of small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. This is to develop the first component of the regulatory framework to enable the safe operation of air taxi and electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft in Europe. EASA is committed to ensure the highest level of safety standards for operations over cities and the commercial transport of passengers while also providing lighter standards to promote innovation for the initial phases of development and other types of operation such as leisure flights. The certification objectives will therefore depend on the type of operation, providing flexibility and proportionally. The new standards will apply to person-carrying VTOL aircraft. In its initial version, the requirement will be limited to aircraft with a passenger seating configuration of 5 or less and a maximum certified take-off mass of 2 000 kg or less. The Agency is engaging with its international partners in order to work together towards achieving common standards. The proposal is open for comments until 15th November. https://www.suasnews.com/2018/10/easa-paves-the-way-to-enable-safe-air-travel-of-urban-air-mobility-and-air-taxi-aircraft/ Back to Top You Can Now Check Into Shanghai's Airport Automatically With Facial Recognition Technology A woman passes an entrance with a facial recognition system during the International Army Games-2018 on July 29, 2018 in Korla, China. (SHANGHAI) - It's now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology, part of an ambitious rollout of facial recognition systems in China that has raised privacy concerns as Beijing pushes to become a global leader in the field. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport unveiled self-service kiosks for flight and baggage check-in, security clearance and boarding powered by facial recognition technology, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Similar efforts are underway at airports in Beijing and Nanyang city, in central China's Henan province. Many airports in China already use facial recognition to help speed security checks, but Shanghai's system, which debuted Monday, is being billed as the first to be fully automated. "It is the first time in China to achieve self-service for the whole check-in process," said Zhang Zheng, general manager of the ground services department for Spring Airlines, the first airline to adopt the system at Hongqiao airport. Currently, only Chinese identity card holders can use the technology. Spring Airlines said Tuesday that passengers had embraced automated check-in, with 87% of 5,017 people who took Spring flights on Monday using the self-service kiosks, which can cut down check-in times to less than a minute and a half. Across greater China, facial recognition is finding its way into daily life. Mainland police have used facial recognition systems to identify people of interest in crowds and nab jaywalkers, and are working to develop an integrated national system of surveillance camera data. Chinese media are filled with reports of ever-expanding applications: A KFC outlet in Hangzhou, near Shanghai, where it's possible to pay using facial recognition technology; a school that uses facial recognition cameras to monitor students' reactions in class; and hundreds of ATMs in Macau equipped with facial recognition devices to curb money laundering. But increased convenience may come at a cost in a country with few rules on how the government can use biometric data. "Authorities are using biometric and artificial intelligence to record and track people for social control purposes," said Maya Wang, senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch. "We are concerned about the increasing integration and use of facial recognition technologies throughout the country because it provides more and more data points for the authorities to track people." http://time.com/5426691/shanghai-airport-facial-recognition/ Back to Top NATA, NBAA Welcome New FAA Guidance on Training NBAA and NATA expressed appreciation for new FAA guidance paving the way for standardized training for on-demand Part 135 pilots. Published in a draft Advisory Circular (AC142-SCC), the guidance addresses concerns delivered by an industry working group regarding certified training centers using standardized curricula to streamline training for pilots. "It's great to see the FAA respond to the industry's recommendations and provide a much-needed update to training guidance as well as administrative relief for on-demand air carriers," said John McGraw, NATA director of regulatory affairs and a member of the working group. "The standardized curriculum concept will allow operators to train with pilots from other companies and ease the transition for pilots moving between companies. It also removes the need to conduct individualized supplemental training for inspectors and check airmen for each Part 135 operator," said McGraw. The draft AC introduces a Training Standards Board to develop a standardized training program for each aircraft type. According to NBAA and NATA, the board will represent training centers, OEMs, operators, and the FAA. The new guidance is the focus of a special education session on Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. at NBAA-BACE 2018. This session will be moderated by McGraw and feature panelists from the FAA and other working group members. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-10-15/nata-nbaa-welcome-new-faa-guidance-training Back to Top Aviation safety summit focus on dangerous goods handling The sixth Annual World Aviation Safety Summit (WASS) will provide a focus on approaches for handling dangerous goods, organisers of the event revealed today. Hosted by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, WASS 2018 is set to return for its sixth edition on December 11 and 12 at Roda Al Bustan, Dubai. More than 1.25 million dangerous goods shipments are handled and transported by air each year, according to statistics from the International Air Transport Association (Iata), with air cargo forecast to increase 4.9 per cent annually for the next five years. Against the backdrop of this expected rise in dangerous goods transportation, WASS 2018 will address areas at the forefront of debate among policy-making and regulatory bodies. In particular, Lithium-Ion batteries used to power mobile phones, laptops and other consumer devices have been a longstanding focus for regulators, airlines and cargo service operators alike. In 2010, a UPS aircraft transporting 80,000 Lithium-Ion batteries crashed after a fire broke out onboard. This year, the US Federal Aviation Administration reported a 48 per cent increase in Lithium-Ion related incidents as compared to last year, from 31 in 2016 to 46 in 2017. There is also increasing concern over the use and storage of Lithium-Ion batteries aboard passenger aircraft. In August 2018, a Ryanair flight was evacuated while at the gate after a power bank caught fire. A Delta flight was also halted shortly before take-off in March 2018, with cabin crew responding to an exploded device that had been stowed. During WASS 2017, risks of stowing Lithium-Ion batteries on passenger flights were discussed following US and UK electronics bans that prevented travellers from certain countries from taking electrical items larger than a smartphone into the cabin. Many carriers around the world have since restricted the storage of Lithium-Ion devices in aircraft holds. The 2018 edition of the summit will bring together local and international stakeholders, providing a platform to assess the latest aviation safety procedures and future-proof regulatory frameworks. Attendees and participants include officials from regulatory authorities, airline and airport operators, aircraft manufacturers, pilot associations, safety organizations and air traffic control service providers. Nicholas Webb, managing partner of Streamline Marketing Group - the event organisers, said: "While air transport is one of the safest means of mass travel in the world, maintaining this status requires constant vigilance and concerted efforts to mitigate against emerging safety concerns. The World Aviation Safety Summit is recognized globally as an essential gathering for industry and sector leaders. It is an important opportunity to develop discussions among key circles, from manufacturers and pilots to policy-makers and regulators. We are looking forward to welcoming delegates to Dubai for productive sessions around some of the most pressing areas related to aviation safety, and aim to contribute to maintaining air transport's status as one of the safest forms of travel." http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/426313/Aviation-safety-summit-focus-on-dangerous-goods-handling Back to Top Baker aviation HOT-STOP® 'L' offers proactive solution to lithium battery containment Introducing New Off-Shore Helicopter Stowage Fire Containment Option NBAA-BACE 2018 - Orlando, Florida - Baker Aviation, the Master Distributor for the HOT-STOP® 'L' Fire Containment Kits, has introduced a new proactive fire containment solution for the off-shore helicopter industry that is used as a storage vessel during transport to and from drilling rigs. 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Baker Aviation is committed to ongoing research and development throughout the year to further prove HOT-STOP's performance against today's modern technology of water proof devices and vigorously powered battery chargers which most travel with today. Recent testing was performed at Aeroblaze, a Fort Worth based, FAA registered laboratory. Test videos and copies of the laboratory test reports can be viewed here or from the HOT-STOPL.com website. HOT-STOP® 'L' products are manufactured in the USA by Industrial Energy Products (IEP). For more information contact Baker Aviation, the Master Distributor for HOT-STOP 'L' Fire Containment Kits at +1-972-248-0457 or visit us at NBAA-BACE 2018 booth #1512 and enter to win a phone/e-cig containment bag. About HOT-STOP® 'L' The HOT-STOP® 'L' bags are made up of multiple durable fabrics with a felt inner core that has a 3200ºF melting point which is sandwiched between two outer layers that have a 2080ºF melting point and are proven to absorb energy and fire while eliminating the escape of smoke, sparks, and flames. Multiple sizes are available to fit various devices up to the large 27" x 26" bag designed to contain defibrillators and all-in-one computers and custom solutions are available. Optional accessories are also available for larger bags, including a carry/stowage sling and an exterior carry bag with zipper. The HOT-STOP® 'L' EVO series was introduced to target the airlines that are looking for containment solutions that will minimize the risk of unknown devices being brought on board, including portable charger/battery packs, e-cigarettes, and internal equipment, such as defibrillators, and electronic flight bags that are carried inside the cockpit. The added zipper technology offers an additional layer of security with its zero tolerance, airtight closure that is designed to contain a device in full thermal runaway until it has burned out. It can be deployed in five to six easy steps. About Baker Aviation Baker Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance, management, and charter company, licensed to provide professional aviation services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. ARG/US Platinum-Rated, Baker is headquartered at Meacham International Airport, in Fort Worth, Texas, with maintenance facilities at Addison Airport, in Addison, Texas, specializing in airframe maintenance for Hawker, King Air, Beechjet, Citation, Learjet, Falcon, Challenger, and Gulfstream aircraft. Baker expanded its offerings as a stocking distributor of PMA Parts from Omega Aircraft Articles and established a dealership for LED Lighting with Aircraft Lighting International. Baker Aviation Maintenance is also the exclusive master distributor of the HOT-STOP® 'L' Fire Containment Kit product line. To learn more, please visit Baker-Aviation.com or call +1-972-248-0457. Back to Top Caltech Mom Wins Nobel Prize, Son Is JPL Mars Flight Tech James Bailey works on Mars 2020 in Building 179, Highbay 1. "What the heck does Mom want? Oh, Mom probably doesn't understand the time difference, she's in Dallas right now and is probably still thinking it's California time...maybe she just wants me to go check on her cats..." A litany of mundane explanations ran through James Bailey's bleary mind at 3:23 a.m. on October 3 when he was awakened from a deep sleep by three phone calls from his mother's cell number. Bailey silenced his phone for the first two, getting grumpier with each ring. Call #3 did the trick. He picked up the phone and said groggily, "What do you want?" With great excitement and maybe a tinge of impatience, his mother said, "I wish you had picked up your phone, but I just won the Nobel Prize." Bailey bolted upright, thrilled by the news and fueled by adrenaline. "I was overjoyed for her. It's fairly difficult to verbalize how I feel," he said. He never did manage to go back to sleep that night. In a few hours, he'd be able to share the news with his colleagues when he arrived at his job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Building 179, High Bay 1 -- the clean room where he is a flight technician working on Mars 2020. Bailey's mother is Frances Arnold, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA. Her 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors her pioneering work in creating new, improved enzymes in the laboratory using the principles of evolution. Arnold shares the prize with two other scientists. Arnold's bio has an abundance of academic milestones and stellar awards. She was the first woman to receive the 2011 Charles Stark Draper Prize from the National Academy of Engineering. She is also the first woman and one of just a few individuals elected to all three branches of the National Academies: for Medicine, Sciences and Engineering. Bailey traveled a different path than his mother to his job at JPL. Growing up in Pasadena, he didn't thrive in conventional schools, so he pursued vocational training in welding and machining. After high school, he worked on high-performance cars at a local shop. At 20, he joined the Army, where he was trained as a Blackhawk helicopter mechanic and became part of a flight crew. After wrapping up six years of military service, including crucial work on medical evacuation helicopter teams in Afghanistan, he learned JPL was looking for people with an aviation background to work as flight technicians. Bailey fit the bill, and he was hired. "If you do something wrong in aviation, lives are at stake, and that same level of detail needs to be taken here, because we send spacecraft that we can't repair, so they have to be perfect the first time," Bailey said. Eventually, Bailey hopes to continue his education in aerospace and mechanical engineering. After all, engineering and science are a family tradition. In addition to his mother's career, his biological father, James E. Bailey, was a chemistry professor at ETH Zurich, and his stepfather, Andrew Lange, was a Caltech professor of astrophysics. His mother's father was a nuclear engineer, one of her brothers worked on developing microprocessors, and her other brother is a professor who conducts cancer research at Rutgers University. Bailey has vivid childhood memories of visiting Caltech labs with his parents, which he believes pushed him toward science and mechanics. But he added, "I really think it's genetic." And in his family, that affinity for STEM fields is shared by men and women. Bailey met a lot of female students and professors through his parents. "When I first heard about the struggles of women and STEM, I was a little surprised, like, 'This is really a thing?' That's because I had a small, biased view of it, being surrounded by brilliant female engineers and professors." Bailey said that since the Nobel Prize announcement, his mother has received a massive influx of bottles of Champagne, flower deliveries and phone calls, plus group emails from every corner of the family. When Arnold goes to the official Nobel ceremony in Sweden in December, she will be accompanied by her family, and she will bring her graduate students to express gratitude for all they've done and to inspire them to pursue their dreams. "My mom would want everybody to know that it's a collaboration of everyone to achieve these big goals," Bailey said. He has seen firsthand the value of collaborations in his mother's career and in his own. "The beautiful balance of working here at JPL is that you have some of the most brilliant minds from all backgrounds, whether technical or theoretical, you have the camaraderie of the sharpest technicians and others working with some of the smartest engineers, and they find the perfect balance of making it all work," he explained. When Bailey is not at work sporting a bunny suit in a clean room, he is mentoring his younger brother who wants to be a machinist, remodeling a house, and restoring classic cars -- a '66 Chevelle and a '71 Blazer. "I've always got to keep a wrench in my hands, so I work on the rover during the day, and I work on my projects at night, but I need to be mechanically involved," Bailey said. For more information about Frances Arnold's Nobel Prize, visit: http://www.caltech.edu/news/frances-arnold-wins-2018-nobel-prize-chemistry-83926 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7262 Back to Top GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY I am a grad student at City University of London and am completing work on my Masters in Aviation Safety. In my thesis I am trying to determine what the competencies are for being an airline Captain. This is to complement the 9 competencies That ICAO identifies for training pilots. My ultimate goal is to identify the relevant competencies and determine if they are trainable from a flight education standpoint. The first step is to determine the state of Captain/Command training in the United States. The link provided for a survey via survey monkey that hopefully will help me establish a baseline of where we are at in the industry in the US. Thank you for your consideration. Regards, Captain Jeff Kilmer FDX 901-651-6070 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/58SMR3B Back to Top Business Aviation Safety Consortium (BASC) Meet and Greet at NBAA, BACE 10/17/18, 0800 Meet members, the Standardization Board, founder, and interested folks to get more information and "gas up" before the show! You have heard about us! Now you can meet us! Just before you head into the show on October 17, stop at the Dunkin' Donuts (just up the road from the Convention Center at 9898 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819-8103) around 0800, and let us fill up your tank with coffee and/or breakfast, as you get to meet other awesome folks continually striving to achieve excellence! We will be there no later than 0700, and will stay until the last BASC member or interested party is satisfied. If you are tired of substandard safety initiatives, run by folks that could care less about you and your workload, and after many weeks and unnecessary "gyrations" provide a drab certificate that delivers little or no value, come check us out! As a team, we are OPERATIONAL, literally all over the world. We know what works, and we know what it is like to be in your shoes. We can be your twelfth man on the field to help you achieve your SMS and operational goals, develop an anchored proactive and predictive safety culture, and provide the confidence that you need to continue leaning forward at the cutting edge of safety and operational excellence! Welcome Home! ### About the Business Aviation Safety Consortium (AviationConsortium.com, LLC or BASC): Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, BASC serves as a logical partner for SMS, regulatory, and operational excellence verification for high performing business aviation organizations. BASC was founded in 2016 and accepted the first member in January of 2017. For more information, visit http://www.aviationconsortium.com Back to Top Back to Top Deputy Director of Safety Overview: The Deputy Director of Safety is responsible for supporting the association's existing aviation safety programs and developing new safety initiatives to benefit HAI's membership. Essential Functions of the Position Include, but Are Not Limited To: • Providing auxiliary support to the Director of Safety • Serving as the HAI safety representative on various industry, government, and international boards, task forces, and meetings • Providing feedback for the association's response to proposed safety-related regulations and legislative initiatives • Collecting, researching, and analyzing safety and accident data for subsequent statistical reporting • Developing and implementing new HAI industry safety initiatives • Routinely interacting with aviation related agencies and organizations in support of the rotorcraft industry • Supporting all aspects of HAI's accreditation programs (IS-BAO & HAI APS) that assist helicopter operators in reducing incidents and accidents, while improving industry safety culture • Providing safety supervision for flight activities at the association's annual trade show and exposition, HAI HELI-EXPO® • Responding to requests for rotorcraft safety assistance from HAI members and the general public • Serving as staff liaison for assigned HAI committees • Contributing content for use in HAI's printed and electronic publications • Making safety presentations on behalf of HAI as necessary • Other duties as assigned The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Desired Qualifications for the Position Include: • College or advanced degree related to aviation safety and/or management • Five or more years of related helicopter safety background, training, and experience • Certificated helicopter pilot and/or maintenance technician • Previous experience with helicopter or other aviation-related organization • Prior international experience preferred • Experience with auditing protocols and accreditation programs • A passionate commitment to the promotion of helicopter safety • Highly motivated, able to work independently and in a team environment • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with prior experience in creating and delivering written proposals and public presentations • Research, data analysis, and report writing experience • Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite • Detail oriented, self-starter, with strong organizational and time management skills • Ability to travel The above qualifications are representative, but not all-inclusive, of the experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position. 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