Flight Safety Information January 1, 2020 - No. 001 In This Issue Incident: Ural A320 near Ekaterinburg on Dec 31st 2019, engine shut down in flight Incident: THY A333 at Port Harcourt on Dec 31st 2019, runway excursion, tyre damage Incident: SkyUP B739 near Kiev on Dec 28th 2019, unreliable airspeed Airplane heading to SFO from London forced to make emergency landing Incident: Commut E145 at Portland on Dec 30th 2019, rejected takeoff due to smoke on flight deck PARKED PLANE SPINS AROUND WHEN OTHER AIRCRAFT CLIPS ITS TAIL IN TORONTO Crashed F100 oscillated sharply before losing height: Bek Air AIR SAFETY IN 2010S BETTER THAN EVER DESPITE BOEING 737 MAX TRAGEDIES Boeing clashes with FAA over 727 auxiliary tank explosion risk Saudi Aviation Association, BAE Systems Sign MoU Sino-French aviation university project breaks ground in east China Avation Leases Two New ATR 72-600 Aircraft To Swedish Carrier Hong Kong Airlines Taken To Court Over Non-Payment Of Aircraft Elon Musk says SpaceX hopes to launch Starship for the first time within '2 to 3 months RESEARCH SURVEY...SMS for small operators: does it make sense? Flight Safety Officer Course from SCSI Laura Taber Barbour Aviation Scholarship Fund Incident: Ural A320 near Ekaterinburg on Dec 31st 2019, engine shut down in flight An Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BCI performing flight U6-99 from Novosibirsk to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), was enroute at FL320 about 230nm westsouthwest of Ekaterinburg (Russia) when the crew needed to shut an engine (CFM56) down and decided to divert to Ekaterinburg. The aircraft drifted down to FL210 and landed safely in Ekaterinburg about 45 minutes after leaving FL320. A replacement A319-100 registration VQ-BTP reached Moscow with a delay of 6.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 14 hours after landing. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d15b453&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: THY A333 at Port Harcourt on Dec 31st 2019, runway excursion, tyre damage A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-LOL performing flight TK-627 (dep Dec 30th) from Istanbul (Turkey) to Port Harcourt (Nigeria), suffered a number of damaged tyres upon landing in Port Harcourt at about 03:30L (02:30Z). Sources claim the captain landed the aircraft next to the runway due to confusion of runway lights (edge lights confused for center line lights). Local media claim citing Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority NCAA that the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Nigeria's NCAA confirmed the occurrence rated a serious incident, Nigeria's Accident Investigtion Board is going to investigate. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Port Harcourt about 15 hours after landing. The return flight TK-628 was cancelled. Metars: DNPO 310400Z 00000KT 4000 HZ NSC 21/20 Q1009 NOSIG= DNPO 310300Z 00000KT 5000 HZ NSC 21/21 Q1009 NOSIG= DNPO 310200Z 00000KT 5000 HZ NSC 24/23 Q1009 NOSIG= DNPO 310100Z 00000KT 5000 HZ NSC 24/23 Q1009 NOSIG= DNPO 302300Z 00000KT HZ NSC 24/21 Q1009 NOSIG= The tyre damage: http://avherald.com/h?article=4d15ab9d&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: SkyUP B739 near Kiev on Dec 28th 2019, unreliable airspeed A SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration UR-SQJ performing flight PQ-431 from Kiev (Ukraine) to Tbilisi (Georgia), was climbing through FL270 out of Kiev when the crew stopped the climb at FL270 due to unreliable airspeed but continued into the direction of Tbilisi. About 10 minutes later the crew descended the aircraft to FL200 and turned around to return to Kiev. The aircraft subsequently entered a hold at FL190 to burn off fuel. The aircraft landed safely back in Kiev about 110 minutes after departure. The airline reported the aircraft had departed with a delay due to problems with the starter of one of the engines (CFM56). The passengers disembarked, the aircraft was repaired and departed again about 14 hours later only to return again due to problems with the speed display systems. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d15b5a1&opt=0 Back to Top Airplane heading to SFO from London forced to make emergency landing SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - A flight heading from London to San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday had to make an emergency landing in Canada, according to airport officials. The flight is now scheduled to arrive at SFO by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening. According to Frank Reardon, the flight was forced to land due to a medical emergency. United Flight - 900, Boeing 777-222(ER). https://www.kron4.com/news/national/airplane-heading-to-sfo-from-london-forced-to- make-emergency-landing/ Back to Top Incident: Commut E145 at Portland on Dec 30th 2019, rejected takeoff due to smoke on flight deck A CommutAir Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of United, registration N13161 performing flight UA-4987 from Portland,ME to Newark,NJ (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Portland's runway 11 when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed, vacated the runway and stopped clear of the runway reporting, they had a lot of de-ice fluid and smoke on the flight deck, it was brief but thick enough they didn't want to continue. The aircraft returned to the apron. A passenger reported the captain announced they had fumes/smoke in the cockpit, they believed due to excess of de-icing fluid in the engines. The runway conditions would have been good despite the heavy snow fall at the time. The aircraft, that had been delayed by about 6 hours for departure already, remained on the ground for 16 hours, then departed again for the flight and reached Newark with a delay of 22 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d15ce4c&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top PARKED PLANE SPINS AROUND WHEN OTHER AIRCRAFT CLIPS ITS TAIL IN TORONTO Both aircraft were unoccupied at the time A Boeing 777 has clipped the tail of another plane at Toronto airport. The Air Canada jet, which was being towed at the time, banged the tail of the Airbus A321 aircraft belonging to the same carrier. Video footage shows the 777's left-hand wing hitting the parked narrow-body jet with enough force to spin the Airbus aircraft around. It's understood that both aircraft were unoccupied at the time of the incident. Toronto Pearson International Airport is the Canadian flag carrier's largest hub. It handles around 50 million passengers a year and is the second-busiest airport in North America after New York JFK. An Air Canada spokesperson told The Independent: "The incident occurred during the towing of a Boeing 777 at Toronto-Pearson on December 27, when the aircraft came into contact with a parked Airbus A321 stationed on the tarmac, away from the terminal. "Both aircraft were empty at the time and there were no injuries. We are investigating the incident. The Boeing 777 has since returned to service and the A321 is being repaired." It's not the first time two aircraft have collided. In July, two planes collided at Amsterdam Schiphol airport when an easyJet aircraft crashed into a KLM plane during pushback. Both aircraft were damaged due to the contact. One passenger onboard the easyJet flight, from Amsterdam to London Gatwick, said the plane's wing was "lodged" into the KLM aircraft's tail. In April, two planes collided during foggy weather at East Midlands airport. A Ryanair plane clipped a stationary Jet2 aircraft when it was taxiing to the stand at the Derbyshire airport. No passengers were onboard either aircraft at the time of the incident and no-one was injured. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-canada-boeing-777-airbus- a321-toronto-airport-video-a9265631.html Back to Top Crashed F100 oscillated sharply before losing height: Bek Air Kazakh carrier Bek Air has disclosed details of the in-flight upset which affected the Fokker 100 which crashed on take-off from Almaty on 27 December. Bek Air states that the aircraft's airframe and engine de-icing systems had been activated, and that the jet departed with zero flap extension. Zero flap is a normal available take-off setting for Fokker 100s. The aircraft accelerated along runway 05R, from which it was conducting a full-length take-off roll, and became airborne at 07:20:36 at a speed of 148kt. Bek Air adds that the aircraft's Rolls-Royce Tay engines and other systems were functioning normally with no anomalies evident. The carrier has not stated whether the aircraft underwent an external de-icing process before departure. As the aircraft lifted off, it immediately started oscillating, apparently initially to the left before rolling sharply 18.7° to the right, then 14.5° left, then 10.9° right. While the inquiry has yet to reach any conclusions, similar oscillations on take-off have previously been recorded in Fokker 100s whose wing lift has been impaired by ice contamination. Over the course of the flight, which lasted just 36s, the aircraft never exceeded 20ft in height, according to the airline's data. After only 10s or so, the aircraft lost height completely, travelling virtually along the ground - but with a nose-up attitude of some 12-13° - for around 15s. The data, which has not been independently verified, indicates the landing-gear was retracted 30s after take-off, about 6s before the jet collided with obstacles. Bek Air insists the ill-fated Fokker 100 had been properly maintained The Fokker 100 involved in the accident (UP-F1007) had accumulated 52,771 cycles, the carrier states. Its captain had logged over 21,000h including more than 4,000 in command of Fokker 100s. The first officer had 5,000h on type out of 11,500h in total. Bek Air insists the aircraft, which it received from German operator Contact Air in 2013, had undergone all necessary maintenance "in strict accordance" with regulations, and had been released to flight in late October after C1, C2 and D2 checks. Ulyanovsk-based Spektr-Avia repainted the aircraft following the maintenance work, the carrier adds. Kazakhstan's government has distanced itself from the Bek Air disclosures, stating that - in accordance with ICAO standards - official details of the inquiry are supposed to be given by the investigative commission. Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee has been tasked with analysing the flight recorders, and has yet to reveal findings from the data. https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/crashed-f100-oscillated-sharply-before-losing- height-bek-air/135962.article Back to Top AIR SAFETY IN 2010S BETTER THAN EVER DESPITE BOEING 737 MAX TRAGEDIES The death toll of 251 in five aviation tragedies in 2019 was lower than the number who die on the roads worldwide in 100 minutes For airline passengers, 2019 was one of the safest years in history - and ended a decade that saw fewer lives lost than any other since the start of the jet age. At the moment when the whole planet had begun 1 January 2020, the Dutch aviation consultancy, To70, published its annual Civil Aviation Safety Review. It examines accidents to large passenger aircraft used by most travellers. The author, Adrian Young, said: "Despite a number of high profile accidents this year's fatal accident rate is lower than the average of the last five years." The worst tragedy involved an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max on 10 March 2019, in which 157 passengers and crew died. The plane type was grounded worldwide within days because of concerns that software in the flight control system forced the aircraft nose down despite the pilots' efforts to save it. The day before, 12 people had lost their lives when a vintage Douglas DC3 crashed in a rural area of central Colombia. The plane, which was built in 1945, was on a scheduled passenger service for the Laser airline. The third fatal accident of the year took place at Russia's busiest airport, Moscow, on 5 May. The pilots of an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet encountered control problems a few minutes after take off and returned to make an emergency landing. Passenger jet makes emergency landing after 'attempted hijacking' Forty-one of the 78 passengers and crew aboard the Russian-built aircraft died. The previous year, 71 people perished in another plane crash near Moscow. On 24 November 2019, after a gap of more than six months with no fatal accidents on commercial flights, a Dornier 228 propeller plane belonging to Busy Bee crashed in a densely populated area shortly after take-off from Goma in Democratic Congo. Nineteen people onboard and 10 on the ground died. Four days before the end of the year, Bek Air flight 2100 crashed less than a minute after take-off from Almaty airport in Kazakhstan. All but 12 of the 93 passengers and five crew survived. The captain was one of the victims. The intended destination of the Fokker 100 jet was the capital, Nur-Sultan. The five accidents cost a total of 251 lives. The aviation industry suffered an average of one fatal accident every 5.58 million flights. To - 70 said that the numbers of accidents and fatalities were roughly half as many as 2018. The all-time low was in 2017 with only two fatal accidents, which resulted in the loss of 13 lives. Mr Young said: "Whilst the accident rate for 2019 was low, there are fundamental issues about how we organise our industry that must be addressed. After two fatal crashes, can we ever trust the Boeing 737 Max again? "Fatal accidents involving the Boeing 737 Max in 2018 and 2019 have asked difficult questions of the aviation industry. "The issue of derivatives - when a new model of an aircraft type is considered a development of a previous one - is something that is rarely discussed outside the airworthiness world. "The question as to whether the 737 Max was a derivative too far is still unanswered. "We do expect that these questions will be answered and that the 737 Max will likely return to service in 2020. "It may go on to serve the aviation industry and the travelling public very well, for probably the next 20 years." Despite the two Boeing 737 Max tragedies, and the loss of two Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777s in 2014, the 2010s showed a steady trend towards safer skies. According to the United Nations, there are 1.35 million road fatalities every year worldwide - meaning that the death toll in the five aviation tragedies during the year was lower than in 100 minutes on the roads globally. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-safety-2019-crash-boeing- 737-max-ethiopian-airlines-aeroflot-passengers-crew-accident-a9266231.html Back to Top Boeing clashes with FAA over 727 auxiliary tank explosion risk Boeing and the US FAA have clashed over a safety modification for Boeing 727s, with the regulator rejecting three attempts by the airframer to have the proposal withdrawn. The FAA's concern centres on 727s fitted with Boeing's body-mounted auxiliary fuel tanks. It argues that the fuel-quantity indicating system presents a potential electrical ignition source and, within 12 months, operators should either modify the system, to eliminate the risk of explosion, or de-activate the fuel tanks. But Boeing has objected to the requirement, on three fronts. It insists its own safety assessment shows the 727 does not have an unsafe condition, that the likelihood of an undetected latent electrical fault of the indicating system is "extremely remote", and that the type's vulnerability is limited. Boeing's 727 is an ageing model, first flown in February 1963 Boeing points out that 272 aircraft were built with the auxiliary tanks but only six were operated under FAA jurisdiction when the modification was originally proposed. The FAA, however, has refused to withdraw the directive which takes effect on 4 February 2020. It says Boeing did not give specific details about its safety assessment, whereas the FAA believes the architecture, along with the component and installation design details, present a risk which requires corrective action. Boeing has previously acknowledged that the 727 auxiliaries are high-flammability tanks, and the FAA says the combination of an in-tank wire fault and a hot short outside of the tank could result in an ignition source. There are similarities between 727 fuel-quantity indicating system architecture and that of the 747 variant involved in the fatal loss of TWA flight 800, through a fuel explosion, in July 1996. Boeing claims the fleet exposure is continuing to decline as a result of ageing and retirements, and that the FAA's proposals will generate unnecessary costs and will not advance air safety. The FAA counters that it is obliged to inform about aircraft affected by safety issues, regardless of where they are operated, adding that its determination of the unsafe condition was "not driven" by a fleet risk assessment. It also accuses Boeing of contradicting itself over the probability of an undetected latent electrical fault condition in the indicating system, after the airframer submitted special federal aviation regulation reports stating that a latent in-tank failure condition could not be claimed to be extremely remote. Boeing sought an extension to the 12-month compliance interval, but the FAA has refused, stating that the period is "adequate" - although it will consider requests for extensions if sufficient data is submitted to justify such a measure. The FAA has also turned down a Boeing request to revise the cost estimate. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/boeing-clashes-with-faa-over-727-auxiliary-tank- explosion-risk/135973.article Back to Top Saudi Aviation Association, BAE Systems Sign MoU The Saudi Aviation Association signs a memorandum of understanding with BAE Systems Saudi Development and Training. (SPA) The Saudi Aviation Association signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding with BAE Systems Saudi Development and Training. The MoU seeks cooperation to boost the two sides' presence in the local market of aircraft maintenance. They will work together to devise new programs to develop Saudi youths in the field of aircraft maintenance and operation to reach common solutions that elevate this sector to meet the aspirations of the Kingdom's leadership. Prince Fahd bin Meshaal bin Saud, President of the Saudi Aviation Association, expressed his great optimism with the MoU, pointing out that the Association seeks through its plans to upgrade its services to keep pace with the Kingdom's development. https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2061451/saudi-aviation-association-bae- systems-sign-mou Back to Top Sino-French aviation university project breaks ground in east China HANGZHOU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A Sino-French aviation university project has broken ground in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, over the past weekend. The university in Yuhang District, which is yet to get regulatory approval, is the result of cooperation and exchanges between Chinese and French higher education institutions. In January 2018, Beihang University and the French Civil Aviation University signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly build the Sino-French Aviation University in Hangzhou. The university is designed to cover an area of 100 hectares, including a 33-hectare industrial park, and is scheduled to be finished in 2022. Beihang Hangzhou Innovation Institute, officially launched on Nov. 20, is responsible for the university construction preparations and teaching staff recruitment and training. Xu Huibin, president of Beihang University, said the Sino-French Aviation University will help foster top-class aviation personnel for China, France and the rest of the world. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/31/c_138669673.htm Back to Top Avation Leases Two New ATR 72-600 Aircraft To Swedish Carrier (Alliance News) - Avation PLC on Tuesday said it will lease two new ATR 72-600 aircrafts to Braathens Regional Airways AB, a Norwegian-owned Swedish airline. The commercial passenger aircraft leasing company acquired the aircraft from French- Italian manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional GIE. Deliveries of the crafts are scheduled for mid-January and March, Avation added. https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1577797937501732100/avation-leases- two-new-atr-72-600-aircraft-to-swedish-carrier.aspx Back to Top Hong Kong Airlines Taken To Court Over Non-Payment Of Aircraft Hong Kong Airlines has been taken to court over the non-payment of aircraft leased from an Irish firm. The South China Morning Post reports that Awas Leasing One LLC is owed $2.9 million by the struggling airline. Hong Kong Airlines, Unpaid Rent, Lawsuit Hong Kong Airlines is facing a lawsuit over unpaid aircraft rent. Photo: Getty Images As 2020 begins, 2019 seems like a year that Hong Kong Airlines would rather forget. Towards the end of the year, the airline has seen some troubles. In fact, the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority even threatened to revoke the carrier's air operators certificate. The issue hasn't been helped by ongoing protests in Hong Kong which have led to a sharp decline in passenger numbers in the latter portion of the year. A troubled end of the year The end of the year hasn't been great for Hong Kong-based carrier Hong Kong Airlines. The airline has been in the headlines a fair bit, and not for the best reasons. The story really kicks off in September, when Hong Kong Airlines announced it was cutting capacity. This was attributed to falling passenger numbers. Towards the end of the month, the airline sent an Airbus A350 to France to enter storage. At the end of November, Simple Flying reported that 1,600 employees of Hong Kong Airlines were experiencing a delay in receiving their salary. The same day, the airline announced it would close its last long-haul route. This was the route to Vancouver, with last bookings being taken for February 2020. Hong Kong Airlines hasn't had the best end to 2019. Photo: Airbus Things escalate Things began to escalate in December. As financial troubles began to mount for the carrier, it switched off its inflight entertainment system. On Monday the 2nd of December, the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority gave the airline until the end of the week to prove financial viability. The very next day, the airline's owners secured a loan for half a billion dollars. Seven of the airline's aircraft were then seized in mid-December. What now? Now, the owners of Hong Kong Airlines' Aircraft are beginning to fight back. According to the South China Morning Post Alafco, an aircraft leasing company sued the airline over $35M it was owed three weeks ago. Now, Awas Leasing One LLC is joining the action with its own suit. It claims the airline owes it almost $3 million for two Airbus aircraft. Will 2020 treat Hong Kong Airlines any better? Photo: Airbus Awas is seeking unpaid rent in addition to interest on the amount. It also claims that Hong Kong Airlines failed to ground the aircraft as requested following notice on the 19th of December. https://simpleflying.com/hong-kong-airlines-taken-to-court-over-non-payment-of- aircraft/ Back to Top Elon Musk says SpaceX hopes to launch Starship for the first time within '2 to 3 months.' But the ship may be just one of 20 different prototypes. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has posted new details about Starship: a fully reusable and potentially industry-upending rocket system that may land the first people on Mars. In September, Musk unveiled the first 16-story prototype. However, a pressure test in November caused the Starship to partly explode, shooting its giant domed bulkhead hundreds of feet into the air. Over the weekend, Musk shared photos and videos of a new ship under construction at SpaceX's South Texas launch site. He also told fans that its first flight "is hopefully 2 to 3 months away." But Musk added that the first Starship to launch - if it does indeed fly by the spring - may be just one of perhaps 20 different prototypes the company could build. At SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, progress sometimes looks like a dramatic explosion and an assembly line of shiny new spaceships. During a fuel-tank-pressurization test on November 20, an accidental explosion blew the top off SpaceX's first 16-story prototype of Starship, a steel rocket system that may one day ferry colonists to Mars. However, just five weeks after that failure, Musk said a brand-new version of the rocket ship may launch before the end of March. "First flight is hopefully 2 to 3 months away," Musk tweeted over the weekend. Musk shared the video while visiting SpaceX's work yard in Boca Chica, Texas, where workers were toiling away on new domes for the ship. The 30-foot-wide domes cap a Starship's fuel tank, and it is the same part that popped off the first prototype, flew hundreds of feet into the air (as one video on YouTube shows), and smacked into marshy grasses across the road from the company's launch site at the southern tip of Texas. "Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure)," Musk tweeted with a video showing parts being worked on. Musk also added: "We're now building flight design of Starship SN1, but each SN will have at least minor improvements, at least through SN20 or so of Starship V1.0." Put another way, Musk is not feeling too attached to Starship prototypes because SpaceX may build as many as 20 different versions before engineers settle on a "1.0" design to fly cargo and people. One of those passengers includes the Japanese tech entrepreneur and billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who has purchased Starship's first crewed flight around the moon for an unknown sum of money. SpaceX's new Starship will rely on Tesla's most powerful electric-car motor spacex starship sn1 serial number 1 steel test model boca chica south texas sunset On Monday, Musk shared another photo of progress on Starship SN1, which showed the ship's huge dome. The image showed geodesic dome welded to a shiny circular band of steel. Many other bands of steel welded together will make up the Starship's tube- shaped body. When a fan asked Musk what would move Starship's winglike flaps, Musk tweeted that several Plaid electric motors - the strongest manufactured by Tesla, the car company of which Musk is CEO - would do the work. "Simpler, lighter & more fault tolerant. Rear flaps each need ~1.5 megawatts," Musk added, referring to an amount of power that about 1,500 window air conditioners might consume at once. "It's like moving the entire wing of an aircraft!" SpaceX also plans to build a 22-story rocket booster called Super Heavy for its new launch system. During launch, a Starship spaceship would ride atop a booster in a stack about 387 feet (118 meters) tall, disconnect after the booster runs low on fuel, and rocket its way into orbit. spacex starship mars rocket size ship super heavy booster scale dimensions measurements illustration The whole Starship system, if realized, would be the most powerful launcher ever created; each launch would pack enough thrust to haul about 100 tons (about seven fully loaded school buses' worth of mass) and 100 people into orbit at a time. What's more, both parts are being designed to be fully reusable many times with little to no repair. If it works and costs about $5 million per launch, as Musk has previously intimated, the scheme could lower the cost of launching people and cargo into space by 10 to 100 times. Musk said in September that he hoped to launch a Starship into orbit by mid-2020 and maybe even fly a person before the end of that year. Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, said during a recent NASA teleconference that "we are aiming to be able to drop Starship on the lunar surface in 2022" and fly Maezawa around the moon in 2023. However, both SpaceX leaders made these statements before the first Starship prototype's bursting. The company will also have to clear several regulatory and practical hurdles - including the existence of a hamlet called Boca Chica Village within 1.5 miles of its launch pad - before it can launch any prototypes to orbit from South Texas. https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-spacex-hopes-221539095.html Back to Top RESEARCH SURVEY SMS for small operators: does it make sense? As part of an independent research project at Lund University, we'd like to hear from small business/private aviation operators about their experience with Safety Management Systems (SMS). Does your organisation have an SMS, and a workforce of 20 or less? Does the SMS generate value? Do you think there might be a disconnect between the SMS requirements and t he capabilities of your organisation? Considering the current lack of scientific research and peer-reviewed literature for this particular sector of aviation, this is a rather unique opportunity to share feedback in complete anonymity and to help identify any issue requiring focused attention. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey now, but also to share the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYDPYYT Any assistance to advance the industry's understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the SMS framework will be greatly appreciated! For any question or comment, please do not hesitate to contact st1830de- s@student.lu.se. Many thanks, and best wishes for 2020! Stéphane De Wolf MSc student, Human Factors & System Safety Lund University Back to Top Back to Top 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