Flight Safety Information December 24, 2019 - No. 264 In This Issue Incident: United B738 at Denver, Colorado Springs and Gunnison on Nov 28th 2019, autopilot inoperative Incident: Sky Express AT72 at Athens on Dec 22nd 2019, de-ice failure Incident: United B739 at Tampa on Dec 23rd 2019, rejected takeoff due to door indication Aviation business sued for '18 crash Comox Valley, B.C. man in his 70s identified as sole victim of Vancouver Island plane crash Boeing's firing of its CEO seen as move to 'to restore confidence' in wake of 737 Max crisis Authorities release updated account of Saturday's fatal plane crash U.S. Law Firms 'Hounded' Relatives of Ethiopian Airlines' Crash Victims US Coast Guard searching for pilot after crash off North Eleuthera Russia's most advanced fighter jet crashes, pilot survives Laura Taber Barbour Aviation Scholarship Fund Position:...Corporate Safety Investigator Call for Papers - ISASI 2020 Incident: United B738 at Denver, Colorado Springs and Gunnison on Nov 28th 2019, autopilot inoperative and weather prompt odyssey A United Boeing 737-800, registration N37298 performing flight UA-1612 from Indianapolis,IN to Denver,CO (USA), had remained at FL280 below RVSM airspace enroute due to the autopilots being inoperative. The crew decided to divert to Colorado Springs,CO due the weather conditions in Denver advising Colorado Springs they were an emergency divert and needed 1nm visibility for landing (Denver was a quarter of a mile). The aircraft was on short final to Colorado Springs' runway 17L the crew needed to go around at decision height due to being unable to establish visual contact with the runway. The crew attempted another approach to runway 17L but again needed to go around. The crew inquired about weather conditions in Denver and Pueblo,CO (USA), located about 33nm south of Colorado Springs. ATC reported Denver was still pretty much the same, Pueblo not much better. The crew decided to divert to "GUC" Gunnison,CO (USA) with Pueblo as an emergency diversion option, climbed to FL200 and landed safely at Gunnison about 46 minutes after the second go around in Colorado Springs. A passenger reported the captain admitted after landing in Gunnison that they knew the autopilot was inoperative prior to departure from Indianapolis. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1612/history/20191128/1110Z/KIND/KDEN http://avherald.com/h?article=4d100254&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Sky Express AT72 at Athens on Dec 22nd 2019, de-ice failure A Sky Express Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration SX-SEV performing flight GQ-260 from Athens to Kefallinia (Greece), was climbing out of Athens' runway 21L when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet due to the failure of an de-ice system. The crew decided to return to Athens, positioned for an approach to runway 21R but needed to go around due to weather. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 21R and landed safely about 22 minutes after the go around and about 65 minutes after departure. The airline reported a de-icing system failed prompting the return. Due to weather the aircraft needed to go around. Initial reports had suggested an engine technical issue. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d0ffba9&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: United B739 at Tampa on Dec 23rd 2019, rejected takeoff due to door indication A United Boeing 737-900, registration N28478 performing flight UA-588 from Tampa,FL to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Tampa's runway 01R when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (65 knots over ground) reporting a "door light". The aircraft returned to the apron. A passenger reported the crew announced a door sensor issue. Maintenance checked the aircraft, identified and rectified a sensor issue, and returned the aircraft to service. The aircraft departed again about 4 hours after the rejected takeoff and reached Chicago with a delay of 3.5 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d0ff8ed&opt=0 Back to Top Aviation business sued for '18 crash Central Flying Service, which bills itself as the state's oldest general aviation company, is one of several defendants in lawsuits arising from the crash of a private jet in Georgia a year ago that killed four executives of a Memphis company. The four executives were aboard a Cessna 560, a popular twin-engine business jet, that crashed shortly after takeoff from Fulton County Airport-Brown Field shortly after noon on Dec. 20, 2018. Its destination was Millington-Memphis Airport in Millington, Tenn. The aircraft was owned and piloted by Wei Chen, the founder and chief executive officer of Sunshine Enterprise Inc., a North American distributor of Chinese construction and industrial equipment based in Memphis. Also aboard the aircraft was John Chen, the company's chief operating officer; Danielle Mitchell-Robinson, the company's controller; and Bruce Pelynio, president of Heli Americas, a Sunshine subsidiary. Two lawsuits naming Central were filed last week in Pulaski County Circuit Court. One was filed by Zhaohui Xu Chen, who is Wei Chen's widow and the mother of their three children. The other lawsuit was filed by survivors of the remaining three company executives who died in the crash. Both lawsuits focus on the installation of a flight navigation system on the aircraft, which was performed by Central Flying Service staring in August 2018. The work was completed in early September 2018. Similar litigation filed in Georgia also identifies other defendants. They include Hill Aircraft, which Wei Chen engaged to manage the aircraft; Duncan Aviation of Atlanta, which performed work on the aircraft's autopilot system in July 2018 and again in October and December 2018; Eagle Aviation of West Columbia, S.C., which performed "extensive inspection, maintenance and repair" on the aircraft in October 2018; and Pinnacle Air Network, which is an alliance of more than 20 general aviation companies, including Central Flying Service and Eagle Aviation. Chen Aircrafts, the limited liability company Wei Chen formed to purchase the aircraft, and Zhoaohui Xu Chen, also are named as defendants in the Georgia litigation. The crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Richard Holbert, chairman and chief executive officer of Central Flying Service, said that while the litigation is in its early stages, he expects the company will be held blameless. "I'm quite confident that between the time we released the airplane on Sept. 4, 2018 -- when the owner accepted the airplane and the test flight checked that all systems are good -- and the crash on the 20th of December in which there were two or three intervening companies that did maintenance on that airplane, that Central will be ultimately absolved of any responsibility," he said. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/dec/24/aviation-business-sued-for-18-crash- 201/ Back to Top Comox Valley, B.C. man in his 70s identified as sole victim of Vancouver Island plane crash The victim of a fatal plane crash on a remote part of Vancouver Island's west coast was a Comox Valley man in his 70s, according to the BC Coroners Service. Neighbours have identified the victim as Hal Shulz. The aircraft was meant to land around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Courtenay Airpark, but never arrived, according to the facility. Search-and-rescue crews and aircraft were deployed Saturday afternoon, but due to darkness, the wreckage was not located until the following day. The crash site was discovered around 9 a.m. Sunday near Stewardson Inlet, about 10 kilometres northwest of Tofino, according to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said Monday that it was still determining whether it would deploy at team to the crash site. A spokesperson said the remote location of the crash was making access difficult, and that it may rely on search-and-rescue crews to recover the wreckage. The TSB confirmed the aircraft was a Cessna 172. The TSB and the BC Coroners Service are independently investigating the crash. The incident is the second fatal plane crash in about two weeks in British Columbia. On Dec. 10, three people were killed when a 1982 Piper Smith-Aerostar crashed on Gabriola Island. https://globalnews.ca/news/6331567/comox-valley-man-sole-victim-vancouver-island- plane-crash/ Back to Top Back to Top Boeing's firing of its CEO seen as move to 'to restore confidence' in wake of 737 Max crisis Boeing fired its chief executive officer Monday in a move intended to bring to a close the most tumultuous period in its 103-year history, marked by a bungled response to two fatal airplane crashes blamed on a flawed software program and poor oversight. Aviation industry analysts said the sudden dismissal of Dennis Muilenburg, who had worked for Boeing for more than three decades, was a desperate attempt by the company to win back the trust of regulators and the public after crashes of its 737 Max aircraft led to the deaths of 346 people and accusations that Boeing had misled regulators and its customers. Whether it would be enough was not immediately clear. "Their credibility has been shredded," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the committee that oversees aviation and a sharp critic of Muilenburg's leadership. "They have to rebuild it. This firing can be a turning point to restoring and redeeming the company, but there has to be a management house cleaning that reflects a change in the culture of secrecy." Others noted that Muilenburg would be replaced as CEO and president by Boeing's chairman, David L. Calhoun, who has served on Boeing's board for a decade and has no engineering background. In the short term, Calhoun would make a great leader because of his ability "to reassure the outside world and stabilize the situation," said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst for the Teal Group. But he is an unlikely agent of dramatic change. "In an ideal world he'd have aerospace engineering, program management and commercial marketplace experience," Aboulafia said. "This is not exactly a recipe for change." In a statement Monday, Boeing said "The Board of Directors decided that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the Company moving forward as it works to repair relationships with regulators, customers, and all other stakeholders. Under the Company's new leadership, Boeing will operate with a renewed commitment to full transparency, including effective and proactive communication with the FAA, other global regulators and its customers." But restoring confidence among the public, Boeing's suppliers, airlines and members of Congress won't be easy. And it comes as the company must deal with the fallout of halting production of the flawed 737 Max airplane, ongoing scrutiny by the Federal Aviation Administration, and lawsuits brought by the families of victims who died in the crashes. In the months since the crashes - one in October 2018 in Indonesia and the other in March in Ethiopia - revelation after revelation about the software's development and approval led relatives of the crashes' victims as well as members of Congress to angrily accuse Boeing of putting profits ahead of safety. Boeing, whose sales of commercial aviation aircraft have long been its cash cow, saw it's bottom line take an $8 billion hit. On Dec. 16, it announced that it would temporarily suspend manufacture of the 737 Max beginning in January. Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.), the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said that Muilenburg's departure was "long overdue." "Under his watch, a long-admired company made a number of devastating decisions that suggest profit took priority over safety," said DeFazio, who has been leading an investigation into the crashes and the development of the Max aircraft. "I hope the decision to remove Muilenburg means that Boeing is also ready to mark a new chapter in its commitment to safety and accountability." In October, on the anniversary of the first crash, Democrats confronted Muilenburg with documents they had gathered as part of their own investigation into the crashes, raising new questions about what Boeing knew about the risks posed by the design of an automated feature that was intended to mimic the handling of an earlier version of the plane but, in fact, repeatedly forced the nose of the plane down in a way pilots struggled to override under certain circumstances. Boeing had not revealed the details of the software's operation to airlines in an effort to portray the Max version of the plane as not requiring additional pilot training. Lawmakers took aim at Muilenburg directly, assailing him over his $30 million pay package and calling on him to resign. He did little to gain the confidence of the victims' families, who were sitting just feet from him, repeating a line about his boyhood on an Iowa farm so many times that it eventually prompted groans from those watching in the room. Aboulafia described the past year as a "cascading series of mistakes." "It doesn't get much worse," he said, "and it was made worse by very poor communication with the outside world: regulators, customers, Congress, suppliers, the general public. It was almost like a master class in bad communication." Muilenburg's departure was effective immediately. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a layoff could earn him as much as $39 million depending on the conditions of his removal. The company's chief financial officer, Greg Smith, will serve as interim chief executive during the transition period. Boeing's stock jumped nearly 3 percent Monday, to close above $337 a share. Before Monday, Boeing's share price had dropped 22 percent since the March crash, erasing about $52 billion of its market value. On Friday, Boeing's problems were compounded when, after a flawless launch to space, a Boeing spacecraft designed to fly NASA astronauts did not achieve the correct orbit when the capsule's engines failed to fire as expected. The latest misstep forced the cancellation of the spacecraft's planned mission to the International Space Station. Muilenburg was present for the launch of the Starliner capsule, but made no public statement. In a note to Boeing employees Monday morning, Smith thanked Muilenburg for his nearly 35 years at Boeing and wrote that he "gave his all to the company under extraordinarily difficult circumstances." "This has obviously been a difficult time for our company, and our people have pulled together in extraordinary ways," Smith wrote. "Over the next few weeks as we transition to new leadership, I am committed to ensuring above all that we meet the needs of our stakeholders - especially our regulators, customers and employees - with transparency and humility." The FAA issued a statement Monday saying Boeing informed the agency of Muilenburg's departure and reiterated that it is following no set schedule for when the Max will be cleared to fly again. "The FAA continues to follow a thorough process for returning the Boeing 737 MAX to passenger service," the agency's statement said. "We continue to work with other international aviation safety regulators to review the proposed changes to the aircraft. Our first priority is safety, and we have set no timeframe for when the work will be completed." "We expect that Boeing will support that process by focusing on the quality and timeliness of data submittals for FAA review, as well as being transparent in its relationship with the FAA as safety regulator." In a statement, Michael Stumo, whose 24-year-old daughter Samya Rose Stumo was killed in one of the 737 Max crashes, said that Muilenburg's resignation "is a good first step toward restoring Boeing to a company that focuses on safety and innovation. Now that it's known what he and top Boeing officials knew, yet ignored, prior to the crashes, it has become clear how the company eroded in quality over the years." Robert A. Clifford, an attorney representing the families suing the company, said Boeing's board "does not deserve a 'pat on the back' for this decision. In fact, their leadership decisions empowered Muilenburg and the company to create a culture where profits were put ahead of the safety of the global traveling public." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/23/boeing-chief-executive-dennis- muilenburg-resigns-board-seeks-restore-confidence-wake-max-crisis/ Back to Top Authorities release updated account of Saturday's fatal plane crash EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Authorities on Monday released updated information about the fatal crash of a plane at a camp in northern Vanderburgh County. The 1971 Piper Cherokee fixed wing aircraft crashed at 5:14 p.m. Saturday into an open field at Camp Reveal, off East Boonville-New Harmony Road. Philip M. Burke, 56, of Newburgh, was killed. He was the aircraft's pilot and lone occupant. He died of multiple blunt force trauma, according to Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear. The aircraft was owned by X-Cell Aviation Flight Training Center of Evansville. Burke had been a licensed private pilot with X-Cell Aviation since 2016. He had a passion for flying, according to his obituary information. Sheriff Dave Wedding's office said the aircraft was fueled at Tri-State Aero before taking off about 2:20 p.m. Saturday. It traveled north, and at 3:20 it turned south and returned toward Evansville. "The aircraft had been in contact with the Evansville tower prior to the crash, but no mayday or emergency transmission was received," according to a release from Wedding's office. The aircraft had attempted an emergency landing east of the main entrance to Camp Reveal. It was able to maneuver into an open field and avoid striking any buildings, according to earlier information released by the sheriff's office. Investigators are trying to determine why the plane crashed. Staff with the the Federal Aviation Administration were at the scene Saturday night and were joined Sunday by a National Transportation Safety Board investigator. A representative of Piper Aircraft was also on-scene to assist. Burke was a native of Jasper. Survivors include his wife of 28 years, Sarah. Boone Funeral Home is handling arrangements. https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2019/12/23/authorities-release-new- information-saturdays-fatal-plane-crash/2739171001/ Back to Top U.S. Law Firms 'Hounded' Relatives of Ethiopian Airlines' Crash Victims Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms. They showed up uninvited at memorials and at homes full of weeping relatives. They cold called. They left brochures. In one case a grieving husband was offered money for an appointment. One woman offered counseling and another said she was creating an emotional support group, without disclosing they were working for lawyers. Reuters interviewed 37 relatives of the victims, or their representatives, and found that 31 complained of inappropriate approaches by those saying they represented U.S. law firms. In some instances, the behavior may have been illegal or unethical under U.S. laws and rules barring solicitation and deceptive practices, several legal ethics experts said. Six firms were particularly aggressive in courting prospective clients after the Boeing plane nosedived into an Ethiopian field: Ribbeck Law Chartered and Global Aviation Law Group (GALG) of Chicago; The Witherspoon Law Group and Ramji Law Group from Texas; and Wheeler & Franks Law Firm PC and Eaves Law Firm of Mississippi. Witherspoon, Wheeler and Eaves denied any wrongdoing. Ribbeck, GALG and Ramji did not respond to requests for comment. Ribbeck Law and GALG have jointly filed two lawsuits against Boeing seeking "all damages available under the law" without being specific about the size of the claims. Three suits filed by Ramji have been dismissed. The other firms haven't filed any suits. By Thursday, there were 114 cases filed against Boeing in Chicago federal court on behalf of 112 crash victims, according to lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Robert Clifford. More than three dozen law firms are representing them. No trial date has been set. Boeing has said it is "cooperating fully with the investigating authorities" and said that safety is its highest priority. It has acknowledged errors in failing to give pilots more information on 737 MAX software involved in a Lion Air crash that killed 189 in Indonesia in October 2018 and the Ethiopian crash five months later, but Boeing has not admitted any fault in how it developed the aircraft. The 737 MAX is currently grounded. Boeing declined to comment on the lawsuits. Uninvited Guest An uninvited stranger turned up at Paul Njoroge's family home in Kenya just hours after a memorial service for his wife, his three small children, and his mother-in-law, who all died in the crash. Njoroge said the visitor gave him promotional materials for the law firm Wheeler and Franks. "I said, I don't know who directed you to this place. Everyone here is praying," Njoroge told Reuters. Two other families said they received visits around the time of memorial services from Wheeler's lawyers or people who said they represented the firm. James Ndeda, who Wheeler represented after he was injured in the 1998 embassy bombing in Kenya, said he visited Njoroge. The firm's partners, Bill Wheeler and Jamie Franks, asked Ndeda to help the firm connect with crash victims' families, Ndeda said. Wheeler sent him literature featuring his firm and another Mississippi firm, Eaves Law Firm. Ndeda said he went to visit victims' families either by himself, sent employees or accompanied Bill Wheeler or Jamie Franks, and sometimes Leo Jackson, an investigator with Eaves. Jackson declined to comment. Wheeler and Franks, and Eaves, said in a joint emailed statement they only met families if invited. "The story you have been told is completely wrong," they wrote. "We contacted no families without an invitation." They declined to answer further questions. Many Overtures Ethiopian Bayihe Demissie, whose flight attendant wife Elsabet was a victim, told Reuters a man who said he was from The Witherspoon Law Group called him three days after the crash. Bayihe said he was too upset to speak. People saying they represented more than 30 firms contacted him over the next few months, including Witherspoon again, and GALG, said Bayihe. The constant calls about compensation hurt because it felt like people were suggesting he could benefit from his wife's death, he said. Witherspoon denied the allegations. "This firm does not solicit or engage in any illegal practices. We do not represent any of the families involved in the tragic crash," Witherspoon's founder Nuru Witherspoon said in an email. Rejected Approaches A woman named Mihret Girma sent a Kenyan victim's family a message in August, inviting them to attend a meeting with a grief counselor and the Law Society of Kenya. At that time, she did not reveal she had ties to the firms GALG and Ribbeck, according to the family, who shared messages received from Mihret. Mihret was in a WhatsApp group with GALG staff and U.S. lawyers Manuel Ribbeck and Monica Ribbeck Kelly within three weeks of the March crash, other messages reviewed by Reuters show. Dozens of the messages show GALG staff and the Ribbecks discussing how to reach bereaved families. Mihret did not return calls or messages seeking comment. The Illinois state disciplinary commission censured Monica Ribbeck in 2014 for filing an aviation accident suit on behalf of someone who had already terminated her. In 2015, the commission's hearing board recommended she be suspended for 60 days for filing what it alleged was a frivolous action for legal discovery over the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines' Flight 370. That was overturned after a review. This year, the Ribbecks set up a new entity, GALG, according to messages between GALG and the Ribbecks that have been viewed by Reuters. GALG staff directed clients to the Ribbecks, messages and emails shared by several bereaved families show. GALG set up its website on March 28, only 18 days after the accident, and filed its articles of incorporation in Illinois on April 24. Amos Mbicha, whose sister and nephew died in the crash, said he helped more than ten law firms, including GALG, connect with bereaved families. He said he stopped working with GALG in October when the firm tried to contact a victim's relative after he had warned them not to. Neither Ribbeck nor GALG responded to requests for comment. Monica Ribbeck did not return multiple email and phone messages from Reuters. While many families interviewed by Reuters say they turned away cold callers, they typically wound up retaining lawyers after doing their own research. "Not all the lawyers are bad. If we say that, Boeing wins. We needed to find someone to get justice," said Tom Kabau, a Kenyan lawyer who lost his younger brother George in the crash and whose family has hired Husain Law and Associates and Wisner Law Firm. Potentially Huge Fees Lawyers representing victims of airline crashes can get millions of dollars in fees if they win or settle cases in U.S. courts, where there can be large payouts. Awards against an airline are capped if it was not negligent. But there is no limit for manufacturers, making lawsuits against Boeing potentially lucrative. Plaintiffs' lawyers in these kinds of cases don't usually charge fees up front but take at least 20 percent of any settlement or award. That standard practice is being followed in the Ethiopian crash cases, bereaved families say. Beyond the aggressive approaches by certain firms, in Ethiopia, one lawyer offered to pay for access. Adam Ramji of Texas-based Ramji Law Group sent Bayihe six messages in 20 minutes on July 13, and offered cash in exchange for a meeting, according to Bayihe and a review of his text messages. "Let me give you $100 for 15 min of your time," Ramji wrote. Bayihe has since filed a suit through Chicago-based Clifford Law Offices, telling Reuters he deliberately sought out a lawyer who had not pitched to him. Ramji filed three lawsuits in Chicago. A judge threw out two of them after the families concerned said the names of the "executors" of the estate who were named as the lawsuits' plaintiffs were unknown to them. A third suit was dismissed because there was no person by that name aboard the flight. Ramji did not respond to requests for comment. Lack of Resources U.S. states have ethics rules that prohibit lawyers or anyone acting on their behalf from soliciting business by phone or in person, in most cases over any time period. They also bar lawyers from giving anything of value to solicit a prospective client. There is also a U.S. federal law that forbids lawyers from contacting victims' families within 45 days but it appears to be only applicable to U.S. aviation accidents, according to two legal experts. Contacted about the cases cited in this story, Robert Glen Waddle, director and counsel at the Mississippi Bar's Consumer Assistance Program, declined comment. Steven Splitt, spokesman at the disciplinary commission of the Illinois bar, and a spokeswoman for the Texas disciplinary board, also declined to comment. U.S. disciplinary boards often don't have the resources to investigate complaints from abroad, said Jim Grogan, former deputy administrator and chief counsel at the Illinois bar disciplinary commission. "There are so many shadows in which people can act, especially abroad," said Grogan. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/12/23/552720.htm Back to Top US Coast Guard searching for pilot after crash off North Eleuthera UPDATE: The US Coast Guard has confirmed the pilot has been rescued, and is in stable condition. The flight departed from Stuart, Florida and was headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The US Coast Guard is searching for a missing pilot after an aircraft crashed into waters north of North Eleuthera. The Cessna 210 aircraft began experiencing engine difficulties and officials were notified of an occurrence that took place approximately 11.10 am, according to Air Accident Investigation Department. The department confirmed the US Coast Guard helicopter is presently on scene, adding investigations into the crash are ongoing. The plane is registered to Hinkel Donald CR Trustee Saint Crouix, US Virgin Islands, with registration number N50DH. https://ewnews.com/us-coast-guard-searching-for-pilot-after-crash-off-north-eleuthera Back to Top Russia's most advanced fighter jet crashes, pilot survives MOSCOW - Russian officials say a top-of-the-line fighter jet has crashed on a training mission but that its pilot bailed out safely. Russia's United Aircraft Corporation said in a statement Tuesday that the Su-57 fighter came down during a training flight near Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the country's far east. It said the plane's pilot safely ejected and there was no damage on the ground.The cause of the crash wasn't immediately known. The Su-57, which made its maiden flight in 2010, is Russia's most advanced fighter plane. It has stealth capability and carries sophisticated equipment and weapons. The twin-engine aircraft has been designed by the Sukhoi company to compete with the U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.The crash marks the first loss of a Su-57, 10 of which have been built at Sukhoi's plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for pre-production tests and combat evaluation. Some of them have been flown in combat during Russia's military campaign in Syria.The Russian air force has placed an order for 76 such aircraft to be delivered by 2028. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/world/russia-most-advanced-fighter-jet- crashes-pilot-survives/yjZkcDER7pTJajxFWYoiJM/ Back to Top Back to Top Position: Corporate Safety Investigator (Contract position reporting directly to Delta Air Lines) Responsibilities: The Corporate Safety Investigator will be responsible for conducting in-depth investigations into employee injuries, ground safety events and reports of general safety issues. These investigations will include but are not limited to: traveling to the incident scene, liaising with Government officials, conducting human factors focused interviews, analyzing data, developing recommendations, reporting findings to senior leaders, and writing detailed technical reports. The Investigator will support the Corporate Safety team on a variety of airline operations safety programs and projects. This position will be included on an on-call rotation, maintaining the ability to monitor operational incidents 24/7 during the rotation, identifying critical and major injury incidents, and reporting incidents to the appropriate leaders. Approximately 30% travel is required, sometimes at short notice. The position will report to the Manager of Corporate Safety Investigations and Compliance. Qualifications: The Corporate Safety Investigator must have investigative and technical writing experience. The Investigator should have a working knowledge of airline operations. Must be flexible, with the ability to think critically in a fast-paced environment. The Investigator must be able to communicate effectively communicate both verbally and orally with all levels of employees, from front line employees to senior executives. The Corporate Safety Investigator must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications. Preferred qualifications include experience in OSHA investigations and completion of OSHA 30. To apply for the position, please email a cover letter and resume to David Hammack (Manager of Corporate Safety Investigations and Compliance, Delta Air Lines, Inc.) at David.hammack@delta.com. Back to Top Call for Papers - ISASI 2020 Montreal Sheraton, Montreal PQ September 1 - 3, 2020 With "20/20 Vision for the Future" as our theme, the ISASI 2020 Committee is inviting interested individuals to submit abstracts for papers that address the future of aircraft accident investigation. Presentation topics that support the theme may include, but are not limited to: * Recent accident/incident investigations of interest. * Novel investigation techniques for aircraft, helicopter, and drone accidents. * Data investigation methods, techniques and future developments. * Airport investigation methods and techniques * Future investigator selection criteria and training needs. * Future of aircraft data capture and retrieval and protection of safety information. * Future developments in underwater wreckage recovery. * Future evolution of Family Assistance. We are also interested in papers that address the challenges surrounding the recent 737 Max accidents. While it is not our intent to discuss the accidents themselves, we are hoping to generate thought and discussion on the impact the accidents have had on to the industry as a whole and how it has affected the travelling public. Presentations must be in English and should be 25 minutes long. There will be an additional 5 minutes for questions at the end of each presentation. Abstracts should include the author's current CV [1 page only please] and be sent to isasi2020papers@shaw.ca Important dates: March 20th, 2020 - Last date for receipt of abstracts. May 8th, 2020 - Presenters informed of acceptance and provided with additional instructions. May 22nd, 2020 - Draft program for the 2019 Seminar Technical Program will be published. July 10th, 2020 - Last date for receipt of completed paper and PowerPoint presentation. Any papers not received by this date will be removed from the program and replaced by another speaker. If you have questions related to the paper topics or any other inquiries about the program, please contact the ISASI 2020 Program Chair at avsafe@shaw.ca Curt Lewis