Flight Safety Information July 16, 2019 - No. 142 In This Issue Boeing seeks to reassure plane leasing firms as grounding of its 737 Max grinds on Accident: Emirates A388 near Chennai on Jul 10th 2019, turbulence injures passengers and crew Incident: Indigo A20N near Goa on Jul 15th 2019, engine problem Incident: Lingus B752 near Shannon on Jul 15th 2019, de-icing fault Incident: TyumenSpecAvia YK42 at Saratov on Jul 14th 2019, hydraulic failure, runway excursion American Airlines plane diverted to Yuma after report of smoky odor in cabin Atlas Air Cargo Airplane Landing At BWI Suffers Brake Malfunction, Starts Smoking Off-duty pilots, engineers barred from travelling in flight cockpit (India) Changi Airport uses speakers that mimic bird distress calls to prevent birds from hitting planes Grandmother Arrested At LaGuardia Airport After TSA Officers Find Loaded Handgun In Bag Indonesian Airline Tells Passengers No Photos, Videos Inside Cabin Most Bizcraft Now Exempt from EASA Datalink Rules Fresh calls for public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety SpaceX: Leaky valve caused crew capsule to explode in test ISASI - 2019 Upcoming USC Aviation Safety & Security Program Courses Boeing seeks to reassure plane leasing firms as grounding of its 737 Max grinds on • Boeing sought to update aircraft leasing and appraisal firms in a closed-door meeting on the grounding of the 737 Max. • The planes have been grounded since mid-March following two fatal crashes. • Regulators have said there is no firm timeline for returning the planes to service. Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are stored in an area adjacent to Boeing Field, on June 27, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. After a pair of crashes, the 737 MAX has been grounded by the FAA and other aviation agencies since March, 13, 2019. Boeing on Monday sought to reassure aircraft financing and leasing firms that it is working "tirelessly" to get its 737 Max planes back in the air after two fatal crashes that have removed its bestselling aircraft from service worldwide during the height of the summer travel season. In a closed-door meeting at the Harold Pratt House, a mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Boeing executives outlined its planned changes to controversial software that was implicated in the two crashes, as well as updates to pilot training and fielded questions from lessors and others in aviation finance, according to invitations seen by CNBC and participants in the meeting. The meeting comes as Boeing is trying to win back trust from the public and customers after the two crashes claimed 346 lives and prompted regulators worldwide to order airlines to ground the planes. The Chicago-based company has met with airlines and other customers around the world since the crashes. Aircraft lessors are big customers of Boeing and their trust is key to maintaining a healthy sales pipeline. About a third of the more than 380 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that have been delivered are leased rather than owned, according to consulting firm ICF. Airlines that bought the jets have scrambled to meet peak summer travel demand with fewer planes in their fleets and have canceled thousands of flights as a result. Over the weekend, American Airlines joined United Airlines in removing the planes from their schedules through early November, the fourth time it's delayed the planes' projected return date. Once regulators approve the planes, airlines will have to train their pilots on the changes, which could take more than a month. Boeing has said it expects to complete and hand over its fixes for the planes in September. Regulators have repeatedly said they have no firm timeline to recertify the planes, a point Boeing reiterated during the meeting, according to participants. The delays will keep aircraft out of service as the busy Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel season approaches. Since the grounding, now in its fifth month, Boeing has slashed production rates and paused deliveries of the aircraft. New orders of the planes have ground to a halt but Boeing has a backlog of more than 4,000 737 Max aircraft. Boeing is scheduled to report second-quarter results July 24. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/15/boeing-seeks-to-reassure-plane-lessors-737-max-grounding-drags-on.html Back to Top Accident: Emirates A388 near Chennai on Jul 10th 2019, turbulence injures passengers and crew An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EEM performing flight EK-449 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was enroute at FL400 near Chennai (India) when the aircraft encountered turbulence. The crew continued the flight for a safe landing in Dubai about 3 hours later. An unknown number of passengers were taken to hospital. The airline reported a few passengers and crew received minor injuries when the aircraft encountered sudden and severe turbulence about 3 hours prior to landing. First aid was provided on board and medical assistance was arranged at Dubai airport. Passengers reported fellow passengers were thrown against the cabin ceiling, seat belt signs were illuminated after the first jolt. Service carts and all sort of loose items were distributed all across the aisles and aircraft following the jolts. A number of passengers were bleeding, bruises and a whiplash were treated on board. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ca6780c&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Indigo A20N near Goa on Jul 15th 2019, engine problem An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITU performing flight 6E-162 from Goa to Ahmedabad (India) with 180 people on board, was climbing out of Goa when the crew stopped the climb at FL280 and drifted down to FL240 due to a right hand engine (PW1127G) problem. The aircraft returned to Goa for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Goa about 10 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ca6762f&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Lingus B752 near Shannon on Jul 15th 2019, de-icing fault An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBR performing flight EI-111 from Shannon (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 178 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL320 about 190nm northwest of Shannon when the crew decided to return to Shannon due to a fault with the de-icing systems. The aircraft landed safely back in Shannon about 75 minutes after departure. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 90 minutes, then departed again and is estimated to reached JFK with a delay of about 2.5 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ca6747f&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: TyumenSpecAvia YK42 at Saratov on Jul 14th 2019, hydraulic failure, runway excursion on landing A TyumenSpecAvia Yakovlev Yak-42D, registration RA-42418 performing flight TUM-9722 from Surgut to Saratov (Russia) with 110 passengers and 8 crew, reported a hydraulic failure during the approach. The aircraft continued to land on Saratov's runway 30 at 17:46L (13:46Z) but veered right off the runway and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground abeam the landing zone of the opposite runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage. Saratov Airlines reported the flight Surgut to Saratov went off the runway while landing. None of the 110 passengers and 8 crew were injured. A number of Russian's news agencies claim the runway excursion occurred during takeoff for flight TUM-9723. http://avherald.com/h?article=4ca65637&opt=0 Back to Top American Airlines plane diverted to Yuma after report of smoky odor in cabin YUMA, AZ (3TV/CBS5) - An American Airlines plane had to divert to Yuma, Arizona on Monday morning. American Airlines said flight 436 from San Diego to Charlotte had to divert to the western Arizona city after reports of a "smoky odor" in the cabin. The plane landed safely and everyone was able to deplane without any issues. There were 148 passengers and five crew members on board the Airbus A320 aircraft. According to American Airlines, a maintenance team is evaluating the aircraft and they are working to get all passengers to Charlotte as soon as possible. https://www.azfamily.com/news/american-airlines-plane-diverted-to-yuma-after-report-of-smoky/article_f5f0c3b2-a742-11e9-9da1-0b6711082457.html Back to Top Back to Top Atlas Air Cargo Airplane Landing At BWI Suffers Brake Malfunction, Starts Smoking LINTHICUM, Md. (WJZ) - A partially-engaged brake on an Atlas Air airplane prompted an emergency response at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Monday night. An Atlas Air spokesperson said the flight landed safely at BWI but officials saw smoke coming from the left landing gear. The smoke was determined to be coming from a brake that was still partially engaged after landing. The plane's brakes and tires are being replaced, the spokesperson said. The plane is expected to be back in service for its next scheduled flight. Airport fire and rescue crews responded to the plane as a precaution, a BWI spokesperson said. No injuries were reported. The plane, a Boeing 767-300, was carrying cargo for Amazon. The cargo flight landed at BWI Monday evening after taking off from Riverside, California. No passengers were on board. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/07/15/amazon-plane-emergency-bwi-maryland/ Back to Top Off-duty pilots, engineers barred from travelling in flight cockpit (India) DGCA's new rule clearly states that airline officials can take the extra seat in the aircraft only under certain specific conditions.The DGCA said all airline operators were directed to ensure that no travel in cockpit is permitted The regulator's directions came after an off-duty pilot of Air India tested positive in a pre-flight alcohol test NEW DELHI: Aviation regulator DGCA Monday barred airline officials, including pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers, from travelling in the cockpit when they are off-duty or on leave. The regulator's directions came after an off-duty pilot of Air India tested positive in a pre-flight alcohol test on Saturday when he was scheduled to travel in the cockpit of a plane from Delhi to Bengaluru. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the national carrier to take strict action against the pilot. This practice of off-duty or on leave officials is in violation of the Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) 3 of 1997, it said. The DGCA also said this practice "provides cover to officials who are authorised to travel in the cockpit while on leave or off-duty and detected BA (breath-analyzer) positive". In an order, the regulator said it has come to its notice that the Operations Manual Part-A of Air India permits travel of airline officials such as pilots and AMEs (aircraft maintenance engineers) in cockpit "even when they are on leave or have not been assigned any duty whatsoever prescribed in AIC 3 of 1997". The regulator added, "The portion of the Operations Manual Part-A so far as it is in violation of AIC 3 of 1997, is void ab-initio and stands repudiated with immediate affect." "All airline operators are hereby directed to amend their Operations Manual Part-A to align with AIC 3 of 1997 with regard to travel in cockpit and submit to the DGCA for approval," it said. The DGCA said all airline operators were directed to ensure that no travel in cockpit is permitted in violation of AIC 3 of 1997. AIC 3 of 1997, issued by the DGCA, clearly states that airline official can take the extra seat (called jump seat) in the aircraft only in certain specific conditions such as "when necessary for safe operation of aircraft" or "better practical understanding and knowledge of the functions of the instruments". https://www.livemint.com/news/india/off-duty-pilots-engineers-barred-from-travelling-in-flight-cockpit-1563250902755.html Back to Top Changi Airport uses speakers that mimic bird distress calls to prevent birds from hitting planes Non-lethal and more creative way of doing it. A bird strike in Paris left a Singapore Airlines plane a little worse for wear. Bird strikes are actually common However, bird strikes happen more often than people think. According to USAToday, there were 14,661 wildlife collisions with civilian aircraft in 2018, which is more than 40 times per day. In fact, an estimated 80 per cent of bird strikes go unreported, meaning the number of actual incidents are likely to be much higher. Most bird strikes happen during take-off and landing, which is logical, since there are fewer birds at an aircraft's cruising altitude. However, bird strikes can also happen at higher altitudes, with the highest recorded bird strike at an altitude of 11,300 m. How dangerous is a bird strike? Although a bird strike may seem relatively harmless (unless you are the bird), it is actually a significant threat to flight safety. A 6.5 kg bird hitting an aircraft going 280 knots (or 518km/h) will exert a force of approximately 32 tonnes. Fortunately, with advances in aviation technology, individual bird strikes are not very dangerous, as modern aircraft are designed to fly even with one engine down. However, multiple bird strikes, or striking particularly large birds, can cause serious incidents. One famous example was the "Miracle on the Hudson" in 2009. An Airbus A320 struck a flock of Canada Geese shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, and lost all engine power. The pilots were unable to divert to the nearest airport, and had to ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River. Eyewitness view of the 2009 Hudson landing. Image via Janis Krum. Birds clearly punch above their own weight, being able to bring down entire aircraft single-handedly. Can a bird strike be prevented? Airports around the world employ different methods to reduce the possibility of bird strikes. In the wake of the Hudson incident, airports within New York began a systematic bird-killing program, leading to nearly 70,000 birds killed by 2017. Other airports prefer to utilise non-lethal and more creative methods methods. In Changi Airport, there is a special wildlife management team, whose job is to patrol the airport and disperse birds with speakers which mimic bird distress calls. In addition, modern aircraft also have to adhere to strict regulations to ensure that they are resistant to bird strikes. Regulations from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) dictates that aircraft engines have to withstand a bird up to 3.6kg within the engine inlet area, while being able to safely shut down without catching fire. But how do aircraft manufacturers test their engines? Simple. Bird carcasses are fired from a compressed air-cannon to simulate high speed bird strikes. Jet engines undergoing testing. Image via General Electric. Whole chickens, similar in size to ones that can be found in the supermarket, are often fired at speeds of over 600km/h into running engines to test our aircraft. https://mothership.sg/2019/07/changi-airport-birds/ Back to Top Grandmother Arrested At LaGuardia Airport After TSA Officers Find Loaded Handgun In Bag NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A grandmother was arrested at LaGuardia Airport on Monday after Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded handgun in her luggage. The TSA says the North Carolina woman was traveling with two of her grandchildren. Officers spotted the gun when her suitcase went through a checkpoint X-ray machine. According to the TSA, the gun was loaded with six bullets, including one in the chamber. The woman allegedly said she had borrowed the bag and didn't know there was a gun inside. Port Authority Police arrested the woman on weapons charges. The TSA says this was the sixth firearm detected at LaGuardia Airport checkpoints so far this year. Last year, TSA officers stopped only two guns at the airport. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/07/15/grandma-arrested-gun-in-bag-laguardia-airport/ Back to Top Indonesian Airline Tells Passengers No Photos, Videos Inside Cabin • Airline issues directive after passenger posts pictures, video • Customers can still take personal shots such as selfies Airlines have for years been embarrassed by photographs and videos taken by disgruntled passengers with smartphones and posted on social media. Indonesia's national carrier is fighting back. PT Garuda Indonesia issued a directive on Tuesday asking passengers not to take snaps or record footage inside the cabin. Days earlier, a business-class customer's video blog had shown Garuda flight crew handing out food menus scribbled on scraps of paper. As well as menus, the plane also ran out of champagne and white wine, the blogger said. Garuda said the circular wasn't a response to the blog. It's aimed at ensuring passenger comfort and privacy, and making sure the airline complies with laws governing aviation and electronic information, said Corporate Secretary Ikhsan Rosan. "Passengers are still allowed to take pictures for personal reason such as selfies, as long as it doesn't disturb or cause inconvenience to others," Rosan said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/sit-back-relax-and-don-t-take-photographs-garuda-asks-flyers Back to Top Most Bizcraft Now Exempt from EASA Datalink Rules Aircraft that have a certified maximum seating capacity of 19 passengers or fewer and a maximum certified takeoff weight of 100,000 pounds or less, and with a first individual certificate of airworthiness issued before February 5, 2020 are now exempt from revised European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) datalink communications requirements (regulation EU 2019/1170). Older aircraft, those with an individual certificate of airworthiness first issued before January 1, 1995, have been exempt from the start, and the February 1, 2020 compliance date for equipage by non-exempt aircraft also remains unchanged, as does the airspace (above FL285) in which datalink communications is required. When the original requirement was adopted in 2009, it applied to all large aircraft (except older airframes) with an expectation that 75 percent of the fleet would be equipped before the February 2020 compliance deadline. If the ongoing datalink implementation rates are to meet the original goal of 75 percent by next year's deadline, EASA says the "criteria for exemptions should be amended." Along with older aircraft, the exemption categories now include operators of aircraft with Future Air Navigation Systems 1/A systems installed, as well as operators of aircraft designed to carry 19 passengers or fewer. This exemption is separate from the January 30, 2020 datalink communications compliance deadline for operations at all altitudes in the North Atlantic. Those provisions remain unmodified. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-07-15/most-bizcraft-now-exempt-easa-datalink-rules Back to Top Fresh calls for public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety The appeal comes after an AAIB report highlighted fatigue as a possible cause of a 'near miss'. A union has stepped up its calls for a public inquiry into offshore helicopter safety, after a watchdog highlighted fatigue concerns in a report. The Air Accidents Investigation Board (AAIB) found that tiredness among ground staff may have contributed to a "near miss" at Aberdeen Airport involving an Airbus 175 helicopter. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is calling on the Scottish Government to launch a public inquiry into safety standards for those working in the North Sea. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "Following on from the images of a damaged tail rotor on a 175, the findings of fatigue and a lack of care for engineers working on the offshore helicopter fleet is deeply disturbing for offshore workers and their families. "The Government's abject failure to take this problem seriously over the last decade is another slap in the face for offshore workers who keep our economy ticking over but are simply expected to get on with travelling in helicopters that are subject to dangerous levels of commercial pressure. "This 'out of sight, out of mind' approach to the safety of offshore workers must be faced down and an independent public inquiry launched into the safety of offshore helicopters, including the commercial pressures that this latest safety investigation has again flagged up. "RMT will be stepping up the pressure on government and safety agencies for that inquiry this week." The incident referred to by the union - which took place on July 10 2018 - was investigated by the AAIB and detailed in its latest report. It found that, during approach to land, the landing gear appeared to deploy normally, but at touchdown it collapsed due to a engineering failure. Passengers were then disembarked while the helicopter was in a low hover, because of its low fuel state. The report said the aircraft was then landed safely, using sandbags to support the fuselage. An investigation found that part of the helicopter's frame replacement had not been connected properly during repair works. The review also identified that the engineer tasked with the replacement works had not completed the task before. In addition, they had only taken two rest days over the preceding 31-day period. This had not been identified by the shift managers and contravened the company's fatigue management procedures. AAIB said it is possible that these factors contributed to the failure of the engineer. The helicopter suffered some minor damage. The Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse, said: "The offshore workforce's concerns on helicopter safety are a shared priority of the highest order. "While we have no legal or regulatory powers in respect of aviation safety and the power to call a public inquiry rests with the UK government, we have made clear to our industry partners that nothing is more important than ensuring the safety of those who work offshore. "We are very sympathetic to the underlying concerns of the offshore workforce and have raised specific issues with employers on their behalf. However, we do not believe a public inquiry into helicopter safety would, at this time, add to the significant streams of work being undertaken by the Civil Aviation Authority, unions, operators and other stakeholders in developing and implementing a range of safety measures to address concerns that have been raised. "We also recognise that stakeholders, such as the Oil and Gas Authority, Step Change for Safety and Oil and Gas UK, continue to work to further encourage improvements in helicopter safety. This is an issue that I have also raised at the Oil and Gas Industry Leadership Group that I co-chair, and will continue to engage with all stakeholders - including helicopter operators - on the matter, given the issue's importance to the sustainability of offshore operations too. "Although the regulation of aviation safety, including offshore helicopter flights, is a matter currently reserved to UK Ministers under the Scotland Act 1998, for our part we believe there should be a collaborative approach to health and safety offshore and we will continue to work with partners, including UK-wide regulators and trade unions, to achieve this." https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fresh-calls-public-inquiry-north-091905811.html Back to Top SpaceX: Leaky valve caused crew capsule to explode in test FILE - In this March 3, 2019 file photo provided by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is pictured about 20 meters (66 feet) away from the International Space Station's Harmony module. SpaceX says a leaky valve caused its crew capsule to explode during a test back in April. The company announced the preliminary results of its accident investigation Monday, July 15, 2019. SpaceX's crew Dragon capsule had just returned from a successful test flight to the International Space Station and was undergoing a ground test at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (NASA via AP, File) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A leaky valve caused a SpaceX crew capsule to explode during a ground test back in April, destroying the spacecraft and dealing a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts. The company announced the preliminary results of its accident investigation Monday. SpaceX's crew Dragon capsule had just returned, minus astronauts, from a successful test flight to the International Space Station and was undergoing a ground test April 20 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The abort-system thrusters were 100 milliseconds away from firing, when the spacecraft exploded and was destroyed. Hans Koenigsmann, a SpaceX vice president, said a check valve allowed a slug of liquid oxidizer to leak into the high-pressure abort system. The titanium valve ignited, leading to the blast. The check valves will be replaced with more reliable disks, according to Koenigsmann. The valve failure was "something that we didn't expect and a great lesson for us," he said. "My emphasis is really on making sure this is safe." Koenigsmann said the repairs to other capsules can be carried out alongside other work. But while it's not impossible, "it's getting increasingly difficult" to fly astronauts on the capsule by year's end, he told reporters. He declined to give a tentative launch date for the test flight with astronauts, adding that more issues could crop up in the coming months. Kathy Lueders, NASA's commercial crew program manager, also was reluctant to discuss potential launch dates for SpaceX - or even Boeing. The companies had been shooting to launch astronauts to the space station by the end of the year. Boeing has yet to conduct a test spaceflight of its Starliner capsule without anyone on board; late summer is a possibility. "I hope it's this year" that astronaut flights resume from Cape Canaveral, Lueders said. "But we're going to fly when it's the right time and when we know that we'll be flying our crews safely." NASA astronauts have not launched from the U.S. since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. Instead, NASA has been paying tens of millions of dollars per seat on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, to get astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX, meanwhile, has been launching space station supplies for NASA since 2012. The next liftoff is Sunday evening. https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-leaky-valve-caused-crew-205212187.html Back to Top Back to Top ISASI 2019 Future Safety: has the past become irrelevant? The Hague Marriott Hotel & World Forum The Hague September 3 - 5, 2019 *** Early Bird registration ending soon *** ISASI 2019 is pleased to announce that the Preliminary Program is now available. The Seminar's agenda includes a wide range of topics including accident case studies, airport and airline operations, human factors and commercial space accident investigations. Presentations will be given by industry experts, accident investigators, manufacturers and academics. To find out more about the program and how to register, please visit the seminar website at - www.ISASI2019.org Questions about registration can be sent to Barb Dunn at avsafe@shaw.ca As a reminder - Early Bird registration ends at midnight on July 28, 2019 MST (GMT-7). In order to receive the seminar rate at the hotel, reservations must be made by July 28. On Monday 2nd September, the day before the start of the ISASI Seminar, there is also a choice of three Tutorials: Monday (Tutorial) program: Tutorial 1 - Hosted by the Dutch Safety Board A. Aviation Safety versus Medical Confidentiality (morning) B. Communications with Victims and Relatives (afternoon) Tutorial 2 - Military accident investigation. Hosted by the Military Air Safety Investigators (MASI) - a subset of ISASI - this tutorial is the forum for International Military Accident Investigators to share knowledge on their respective capabilities, experiences, processes and procedures with a view to the development of future relationships and common practices. Back to Top Photo Credit: Glen Grossman, Los Angeles Police Department Air Support Division Upcoming USC Aviation Safety & Security Program Courses Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance Safety principles and practices needed to manage the problems associated with aircraft maintenance operations. August 5-9, 2019 4.5 Days Tuition: $2575 Data for Safety Management Collection and analysis of flight data to contribute to safety management and improve safety performance. August 5-9, 2019 4.5 Days Tuition: $2575 SeMS Aviation Security Management Systems Applying SMS fundamentals to aviation security and cyber security. August 12-16, 2019 4.5 Days Tuition: $2575 Software Safety Identifying, understanding, and preventing software hazards and their root causes, with lessons on methods to create and document a software safety case. August 12-15, 2019 4 Days Tuition: $2125 Aviation Law & Dispute Resolution Legal processes, trends, and practices affecting aviation safety, accident investigation, and aviation regulation. This is the successor to the previous Legal Aspects of Aviation Safety & Role of the Technical Witness in Litigation courses. August 19-22, 2019 4 Days Tuition: $2125 Safety Management Systems for Ground Operation Safety Practices and methodologies for the identification and mitigation of hazards in all phases of airport ground operations. August 19-21, 2019 2.5 Days Tuition: $1300 Accident/Incident Response Preparedness Planning for the complex, challenging, and stressful investigation, legal, family response, and communcations situations after an accident. August 26-29, 2019 4 Days Tuition: $2125 Human Factors in Aviation Safety Theoretical and practical knowledge of Human Factors in aviation operations. August 26-30, 2019 4.5 Days Tuition: $2575 Earn Credit for FlightSafety Master Technician-Management Program Students taking the following USC courses will earn elective credits towards FlightSafety International's Master Technician-Management Program • Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance • Human Factors in Aviation Safety • Gas Turbine Accident Investigation • Helicopter Accident Investigation • Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance • Safety Management for Ground Operations Safety • Accident/Incident Response Preparedness Earn Points Toward NBAA Certified Aviation Manager Program Students taking the following USC courses will earn two points toward completing the application for the National Business Aviation Certified Aviation Manager Exam. • Aviation Safety Management Systems • Accident/Incident Response Preparedness • Human Factors in Aviation Safety • Aircraft Accident Investigation • SeMS Aviation Security Management Systems For further details, please visit our website or use the contact information below. Email: aviation@usc.edu Telephone: +1 (310) 342-1345 Curt Lewis