Flight Safety Information - May 13, 2021 No. 096 In This Issue : Accident: Key Lime SW4 and private aircraft at Denver on May 12th 2021, midair collision : Incident: Yamal SU95 at Novy Urgengoy on May 12th 2021, engine damage on landing : Accident: Azur B763 at Moscow on May 12th 2021, damaged stabilizer : FAA chief sees 'straightforward' Boeing 737 MAX electrical fix : Airbus and Air France ordered to stand trial over 2009 crash : Boeing wins FAA OK for 737 MAX electrical fix : Canada's Cargojet tells pilots it may shift some work to U.S. : FAA PROPOSES MORE CESSNA WING SPAR INSPECTIONS : New flight simulator to bring pilots to Grand Prairie for training : ATP PLANS TO TRAIN 20,000 PILOTS : Airbus revives plan for new single-aisle jet plant in Toulouse : Alaska Air orders 13 Boeing 737 MAX jets as travel demand rebounds : A Private Company Is About to Send the First Paying Crew to the International Space Station : RTCA - Webinar: Human Factors in Flight Deck Design & Certification : Royal Aeronautical Society - Maintaining Wellbeing: Opening up in the maintenance environment: 17 May 2021 - 18 May 2021 - Virtual Conference : Call for Nominations For 2021 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award : ESASI Annual Seminar : Graduate Survey Accident: Key Lime SW4 and private aircraft at Denver on May 12th 2021, midair collision A Key Lime Air Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II, registration N280KL performing flight KG-970 from Salida,CO to Denver Centennial,CO (USA) with one crew, was on a visual approach to Centennial's runway 17L cleared for the approach and was descending through 6400 feet about 3nm north of the threshold runway 17L at about 11:24L (16:24Z). A private Cirrus SR-22, registration N416DJ with two people on board, was cleared for a visual approach to runway 17R and was advised of the traffic landing on the parallel runway. The Cirrus descended through 6400 feet about 3nm north of the threshold of runway 17R, but overshot the centerlines of both runways 17R and 17L. The two aircraft collided, the Cirrus apparently struck across through the fuselage of the Metroliner just above the wings taking out the whole cabin section at that point. The Metro crew declared emergency on tower frequency reporting their right hand engine had failed and reported they saw another aircraft on parachute going down. After landing the crew advised, it had definitely been a mid air collision. The Cirrus pilot activated their parachute and landed in a field nearby with no injuries. The crew of the Metroliner managed to land the aircraft at Centennial Airport. The Cirrus with two people on board ended up about 2.7nm north of runway 17L in the area of the Cherry Creek Reservoir. The local Sheriff's Office gave the location of the Cirrus between E. Bellevue Ave and S. Cherry Creek Drive. The Sheriffs Office stated, the other aircraft was carrying cargo only and was flown by a single pilot. There were no injuries. The NTSB have opened an investigation and are dispatching investigators on site stating: "NTSB is investigating the May 12, 2021, mid-air collision involving a Metroliner & a Cirrus near Denver, Colorado. No injuries reported in connection with the collision. Initial report indicates collision happened as airplanes were landing. The NTSB will travel to the scene." https://avherald.com/h?article=4e74b6e5&opt=0 Incident: Yamal SU95 at Novy Urgengoy on May 12th 2021, engine damage on landing A Yamal Airlines Sukhoi Superjet 100-95, registration RA-89090 performing flight YC-245 from Tyumen to Novy Urgengoy (Russia) with 87 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Novy Urgengoy's runway 27, slowed and taxied to the apron. The airline reported a post flight inspection revealed damage to the inlet guide vanes and the fan blades of the left engine (SaM146). Damage was also found on the runway. Currently there are reconstruction works involving Novy Urgenoy's apron and runway. https://avherald.com/h?article=4e74d1b0&opt=0 Accident: Azur B763 at Moscow on May 12th 2021, damaged stabilizer An Azur Air Boeing 767-300, registration VP-BRA performing flight ZF-5034 (dep May 11th) from Fergana (Uzbekistan) to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia), completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing on Vnukovo's runway 06 about 4 hours after departure. Rosaviatsia reported however, that a post flight inspection revealed a dent of 310x80mm (12.2x3.1 inches) showing metal tearing at the lower right hand parts of the surface of the stabilizer. A trap door at the fuselage/centerplane junction above the inboard flap of the right wing was missing. An inspection of runway and taxi route did not reveal any foreign objects. Rosaviatsia rated the damage substantial. https://avherald.com/h?article=4e7490dd&opt=0 FAA chief sees 'straightforward' Boeing 737 MAX electrical fix WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told a U.S. House panel that an electrical issue that grounded about 100 Boeing 737 MAX planes last month worldwide appeared to be a "pretty straightforward fix." FAA Administrator Steve Dickson told the U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee overseeing transportation that he was fully confident in the safety of the MAX that returned to service after being grounded for 20 months following two fatal crashes in five months. "It is performing as well or better overall than any other airplane out there in the aviation system right now," Dickson said. The FAA has daily meetings with Boeing to discuss the MAX's performance, Dickson said. In February, the FAA said it was tracking all Boeing 737 MAX airplanes using satellite data under an agreement with air traffic surveillance firm Aireon LLC. Reuters reported on May 4 that the FAA asked Boeing to supply fresh analysis showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged in three areas of the jet in April. Boeing declined to answer Wednesday when it might submit service bulletins to airlines allowing them to make fixes. The electrical problems have suspended nearly a quarter of its 737 MAX fleet. Dickson said the FAA "is looking at both the root cause of how that change was introduced into the manufacturing process and making sure we run down whether there were any other implications." Airlines pulled dozens of 737 MAX jets from service in early April after Boeing warned of a production-related electrical grounding problem in a backup power control unit situated in the cockpit on some recently built airplanes. The problem, which also halted delivery of new planes, was then found in two other places on the flight deck, including the storage rack where the affected control unit is kept and the instrument panel facing the pilots. The FAA said the issue impacts 109 in-service planes worldwide. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/faa-chief-says-boeing-737-150939444.html Airbus and Air France ordered to stand trial over 2009 crash PARIS (Reuters) -Air France and Airbus should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter over their role in a 2009 crash in the Atlantic that killed 228 people, the Paris court of appeal ruled on Wednesday. The ruling reverses a 2019 decision not to prosecute either company over the accident, in which the pilots lost control of the Airbus A330 jet after ice blocked its airspeed sensors. Victims' families welcomed the ruling, but Airbus and Air France said they would seek to overturn it at the Cour de Cassation, France's highest appeal court. "The court decision that has just been announced does not reflect in any way the conclusions of the investigation," Airbus said in an emailed statement. Air France "maintains that it committed no criminal fault at the root of this tragic accident", said a spokesman for the carrier, which is part of Air France-KLM. Air France flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed on June 1, 2009, killing everyone on board. French investigators found that the crew had mishandled the situation arising from the loss of speed data from sensors blocked with ice and caused an aerodynamic stall by holding the aircraft's nose too high. The earlier decision not to go to trial drew legal challenges from the families as well as pilot unions and prosecutors who had pursued charges against Air France alone. Wednesday's ruling upheld new demands for a trial of both companies from senior prosecutors who have accused Air France of pilot training failures and Airbus for underestimating dangers posed by known problems with the speed sensors. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/air-france-airbus-stand-trial-072955115.html Boeing wins FAA OK for 737 MAX electrical fix Clearing the way for a return to service after flights were halted in April. Boeing has won approval from U.S. regulators for a fix to an electrical grounding issue that had affected about 100 737 MAX airplanes. An FAA official confirmed the news. Boeing sent two bulletins to airlines on Wednesday (May 12) regarding the fixes. The announcement is a relief for U.S. air carriers that have been waiting to get the planes back into service before the summer travel season. Particularly as travel demand begins to improve. The FAA administrator said he was fully confident in the safety of the MAX. It was approved to return to service in November 2020 after being grounded for 20 months following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. The electrical issue reportedly emerged after Boeing changed a manufacturing method as it worked to speed up production of the jetliner. The issue was linked to a backup power control unit in the cockpit on some recently built airplanes. The problem, which also halted delivery of new planes, was then found in two other places on the flight deck. The top three U.S. 737 MAX operators - Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines - removed more than 60 jets from service after the notice from Boeing. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting. https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeing-wins-faa-ok-737-101410567.html FAA PROPOSES MORE CESSNA WING SPAR INSPECTIONS More Cessna 210 models and some aircraft in the Cessna 177 series would require visual and eddy current inspections of the wing carrythrough spar lower cap and other measures under an airworthiness directive the FAA proposed on May 11. The AD, which is open for public comments until June 25, was proposed in response to the May 2019 in-flight breakup of a Cessna 210M flying a low-altitude aerial survey mission in Australia, after which examination “identified fatigue cracking that initiated at a corrosion pit.” It would apply to about 3,421 U.S.-registered aircraft of Textron Aviation Inc.’s Cessna models 210N, 210R, P210N, P210R, T210N, T210R, 177, 177A, 177B, 177RG, and F177RG models. A previous AD that took effect in March 2020 covered about 1,520 aircraft of earlier Cessna 210 models. AOPA reported on that AD and follow-up actions the FAA has taken to help owners and operators comply. Reports of corrosion on the later Cessna 210 models and Cessna 177s, suggesting that the corrosion “is likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design,” prompted the new proposal. It calls for “visual and eddy current inspections of the [carrythrough] spar lower cap, corrective action if necessary, application of a protective coating and corrosion inhibiting compound (CIC), and reporting the inspection results to the FAA.” AOPA is carefully evaluating the AD, said Christopher Cooper, AOPA senior director of regulatory affairs. The FAA estimated the compliance cost for inspecting the aircraft, applying the protective coating, and reporting inspection results to the FAA at $1,827.50 per aircraft. Comments on the proposed AD may be submitted online or by mail to U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Please include Docket No. FAA-2020-1078; Project Identifier AD-2020-00716-A at the beginning of your comments. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/may/12/faa-proposes-more-cessna-wing-spar-inspections New flight simulator to bring pilots to Grand Prairie for training The simulator is located at Airbus Helicopters’ headquarters. Airbus Helicopters has begun operating a new flight simulator that is expected to draw pilots from around the world to its headquarters in Grand Prairie, the company announced in a press release. The new full-motion simulator will provide training on Airbus’ H145, a twin-engine helicopter used for various purposes such as law enforcement and medical transport. This is the first simulator of its kind in North or South America, according to the company. Previously, customers had to travel to Germany for training. Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen joined company leaders at a ceremonial dedication Monday. Airbus has sold 40 H145s and plans to sell up to 50 of the twin-engine helicopters a year for the foreseeable future, according to a news report in Vertical, an industry magazine. Because of the popularity of the aircraft, Airbus has “seen a significant increase in demand for simulation,” Romain Trapp, president of Airbus Helicopters and head of the North America region, told the magazine. The simulator is part of the Helisim Simulation Center, a $22 million facility at Airbus Helicopters’ Grand Prairie campus. Roughly 1,500 pilots and maintenance personnel currently receive training at the center every year, according to the press release. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/05/12/new-flight-simulator-to-bring-pilots-to-grand-prairie-for-training/ ATP PLANS TO TRAIN 20,000 PILOTS ATP Flight School opened an advanced pilot training center at Arlington Municipal Airport near Dallas that may help stem a pilot shortage that temporarily waned but did not halt during the coronavirus pandemic. ATP Flight School plans to train 20,000 pilots by 2030. The new Texas location augments the firm’s 30-year presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The 13,875-square-foot facility includes classroom space, dedicated pilot briefing space, an advanced simulator bay with multiple flight training devices, and an adjoining 12,000-square-foot maintenance center. The training center was developed for efficiency with an eye on the ATP Airline Career Pilot Program. "The increased capabilities of the new Arlington flight training center will be crucial in meeting the training demands of the post-pandemic pilot shortage," said ATP Director of Marketing Michael Arnold. ATP currently operates 62 locations and plans to train 20,000 airline pilots by 2030. The company is accepting delivery of 100 Piper Archer training aircraft ordered in 2018 and has hiring partnerships with 30 regional airlines. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/may/12/atp-plans-to-train-20000-pilots Canada's Cargojet tells pilots it may shift some work to U.S. (Reuters) - Canada's Cargojet Inc has threatened to move work to the United States unless it wins exemption from rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue because of their cost, according to a deal rejected by its pilots seen by Reuters. Cargojet has said it wants to reduce costs and grow in the United States as Canada's largest cargo carrier benefits from an increase in air freight demand due to a decline in "belly capacity” from passenger aircraft grounded during the pandemic. The Ontario-based company, which reported 30% higher quarterly revenues this month, has hired more than 60 pilots in the past three to four months to meet stronger demand and comply with Canadian rules that went into effect in December. Those shorten the number of hours pilots can work at night and extend their rest periods, among other conditions. But 65% of Cargojet's 283 pilots on Wednesday voted against supporting the company's bid for an exemption from regulator Transport Canada, their union Unifor said by email. The company does not need union support for the exemption but hoped to have it. Cargojet, which operates certain flights for Amazon.com Inc, had offered to protect jobs as part of the deal. Cargojet Chief Executive Ajay Virmani told analysts this month he was seeking a U.S. investment or partner for its "growth strategy across the border." Cargojet did not respond to a request for comment. Transport Canada was not immediately available for comment on Wednesday but said on Tuesday it had not received an exemption request from Cargojet. Cargojet warned that it might have to lay off up to 130 pilots and move "part of its operation" to the United States due to fatigue rules that create "an uneven playing field" with American cargo carriers, according to the proposed deal. The agreement generated controversy among pilots on both sides of the border, pitting concerns over protecting Canada's hard-won fatigue rules against jobs at a time when cargo has emerged as an oasis of growth in aviation. Scott Doherty, a Unifor official, said in an interview it was a problem for "us to be losing jobs to the U.S. during a pandemic because they play by a different set of rules." While U.S. cargo pilots have restrictions in their contracts to prevent fatigue, they are not comparably covered by federal regulations. That disparity is a sore point for U.S. unions, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which want the same American rules that protect against fatigue in the cockpit of passenger airlines to also cover cargo operators. https://www.yahoo.com/news/canadas-cargojet-tells-pilots-may-102031152.html Airbus revives plan for new single-aisle jet plant in Toulouse By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has revived plans for a new production line for its A321neo jet in Toulouse, France, as it reshapes production of the medium-haul single-aisle jets that it hopes will lead its factories out of the coronavirus crisis. The European planemaker said on Wednesday the new line, to be installed in the deserted assembly hall where it once built the now-abandoned A380 superjumbo, would open by end-2022. Airbus decided in 2019 to halt output of the world's largest jetliner and the last A380 rolled out in March, leaving the world's second-largest industrial building in limbo. Airbus plans to use part of the Jean-Luc Lagardere building to add a new line with state-of-the art facilities to meet demand for the smaller A321neo, which has seen a rise in demand to represent more than half of its single-aisle backlog. That will replace one of the original lines used for the A320, a slightly smaller and earlier model, in Toulouse. Airbus suspended similar plans in April last year when the outbreak of COVID-19 forced it to cut global production, angering French unions who called for the plan to stay intact. The relaunch comes as Airbus tells suppliers to be ready for a further recovery in single-aisle output to 53 jets a month by end-2022, first reported by Reuters on Tuesday. Toulouse, where Airbus is headquartered, is one of four sites used worldwide to assemble its single-aisle planes. Currently only its lines in Hamburg, Germany, and Mobile in Alabama are equipped to make the A321neo, which has a dominant share of sales against large versions of Boeing's 737 MAX. The new facility will also be able to handle production of the A320neo sister model, whose sales are more balanced against the competing Boeing 737 MAX 8, as well as the newest A321XLR variant which Airbus also plans to assemble in Hamburg. The two planemakers have clashed over where the centre of the market is for such types of planes, but are increasingly involved in a contest over production strategy as they seek to deliver on bulging order books for single-aisle aircraft. The new Toulouse line will employ 500 people and deploy robots introduced at the latest of four lines in Hamburg, despite teething problems with the new production technology. Airbus said it aimed to return to pre-crisis single-aisle production between 2023 and 2025. Before the pandemic, its factories were running at a record 60 single-aisles a month. Jefferies analyst Sandy Morris said Airbus could regain output of 57 single-aisle jets a month in 2024. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/airbus-revives-plan-single-aisle-071245934.html Alaska Air orders 13 Boeing 737 MAX jets as travel demand rebounds (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group said on Wednesday it would expand its fleet with 13 orders for Boeing Co 737-9 MAX airplanes and 17 Embraer 175 jets, as the U.S. carrier prepares for bookings to come back after coronavirus vaccinations. "Alaska expects domestic travel to return to pre-COVID levels by the summer of 2022, which will require more aircraft across Air Group," the company said in a statement. The orders for the 737-9 MAX are part of Alaska Air's purchase options from December, when it had ordered 23 of the MAX airplanes. The company expects to take deliveries of nine out of 13 737-9 MAX planes in 2023, and four in 2024. Alaska Air said the 17 Embraer 175 jets will grow its regional fleet to 111 planes, with deliveries in 2022 and 2023. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/alaska-air-orders-13-boeing-185641916.html A Private Company Is About to Send the First Paying Crew to the International Space Station Outer space is rapidly becoming Outer Space, Inc., as the rise of private launch providers is making it increasingly easy to turn a buck in an industry that was once exclusively a not-for-profit government operation. The commercialization of low-Earth orbit took a big step forward yesterday, with NASA’s announcement that the space agency has inked a deal with Houston-based Axiom Space, in which Axiom will fly the first purely commercial crew to the International Space Station (ISS)—and pay NASA handsomely for the privilege. “We are excited to see more people have access to spaceflight through this first private astronaut mission to the space station,” said Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations, during a May 10 press conference. “This is another first for human space flight,” added Phil McAlister, NASA’s director of commercial spaceflight development. “I’m very bullish on the commercial crew market.” If all goes according to plan, Axiom’s four-man crew will take off for the station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft sometime in Jan. 2021. The mission will be commanded by Axiom Vice President and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, a veteran of three space shuttle missions and one space station rotation. He will be joined by an international team of space rookies: American entrepreneur Larry Connor, Israeli investor and former fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe, and Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy. The crew will spend two days making their way to the station and eight days aboard, conducting scientific experiments along with the regular crew and promoting various charities in their home countries. They expect to be kept exceedingly busy. “Eytan, Larry and Mark are not interested in being tourists,” says López-Alegría. “They are looking forward to doing meaningful work aboard the ISS as well as [publicizing] the Cleveland and Mayo Clinics, the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation and [Israel’s] Ramon Foundation. In some ways, the crew had better work, because they and Axiom are spending top dollar to go to to space. In addition to the amount the astronauts are paying SpaceX for flying them to the station—officially undisclosed but estimated at about $55 million a seat—Axiom is paying NASA a hefty fee for playing host. Food for the visiting crew, for example, runs $2,000 per day per person. Clothing, hygiene products, sleeping bags and more add another $1,500 per person per day. And these are the small-ticket items. Simply launching those supplies from Earth aboard cargo vessels comes in at up to $164,000 per person, per day. The real sticker shock, however, comes from paying for the labor the long-duration space station crew members will perform while helping their visitors—another $5.2 million per mission. Space-to-ground communications, mission planning and execution add another $4.8 million. The payments won’t go only one way: for example, NASA is paying Axiom $1.69 million for various services, including providing cold stowage aboard the Crew Dragon to ship station experiments back to Earth. As with many good business deals, everyone winds up making some money—though Axiom and its astronauts are clearly paying much more, mostly because they have the will and the wallet to do so. “It’s true that right now, it’s not very democratic; you have to be in a pretty select demographic to be able to afford it,” said Lopez-Alegria. “But we’re all working to get the prices to come down. And I think if you follow the trend of costing, for example, commercial aviation, they all start out high and come down.” NASA is entirely open to hosting other companies aboard the ISS, and expects at least some to step forward. But for now Axiom is the big—indeed only—dog. The company is looking to launch private crews to the station at a pace of about two per year, depending on the availability of docking ports at the ISS—which, with NASA and Russian cargo vehicles forever shuttling up supplies and private travel to the station only growing, can be as hard as finding a free gate at an airport. “The traffic to and from ISS is growing considerable,” says Mike Suffredini, former director of the space station program and now president and CEO of Axiom. “There are only two available docking ports so port availability is a consideration.” But if Axiom has its way, there will be more ports—and indeed more station—and therein lies a way for the company to make more money. In 2020, NASA and Axiom inked a deal for the company to add an additional module to the station, with a plan for two more to follow. In the mid-to-late 2020s, the ISS will be old enough to be retired and de-orbited, being sent on an incineration plunge through the atmosphere. Before it does, the newer, shinier Axiom modules will detach, becoming a free-flying, albeit modest, space station of their own. Axiom will then be the one charging fees to visiting crews—and setting the standard for other private stations that may want to follow its lead. Space, once run entirely on the government’s dime, is discovering the free market—and so far it likes it fine. https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-company-send-first-paying-205639428.html Webinar: Human Factors in Flight Deck Design & Certification Wednesday, May 19, 1pm ET Free to attend The role of ergonomics in flight deck design continues to remain a critical safety priority in aviation. RTCA brings together key stakeholders including FAA, Airbus, Honeywell, Collins Aerospace, and Applied Ergonomics Group to identify how we can work together to enhance the integration of Human Factors from concept of design through product certification. An audience Q&A session follows the discussion. After the session, Captain Bob Fox of ALPA presents a Tech Talk: “Airline Pilots – The Most Important Safety Feature on An Aircraft “. Register: https://bit.ly/3tvK4HH Maintaining Wellbeing: Opening up in the maintenance environment 17 May 2021 - 18 May 2021 Virtual Conference 13:30 - 17:00 BST Ever since the tragic Germanwings accident in 2015 there has been growing interest in the mental health and wellbeing of pilots, even to the extent that EASA has recently introduced new rules on the mental fitness of aircrew. Of course, pilots are not the only aerospace professionals whose wellbeing has a direct impact on safety. There are many humans in the chain equally vulnerable to the stresses and strains of modern life, and not least aircraft maintainers. However, are their needs being recognised, never mind being addressed? Following a successful recovery from an airborne incident the passengers and crew are rightly given every assistance to get over the traumatic experience, but what about the engineers worried that something they might have done was the cause of the incident? They are frequently the ones who have to immediately recover the aircraft, perhaps without a thought by anyone as to how they might feel about it and the impact this could have on their performance. This Conference takes a unique look at wellbeing and mental health from the maintainers point of view. What are the specific challenges faced by aircraft engineers and the business case for addressing these challenges? How widespread is the problem? Individual and organisational coping mechanisms will be discussed and we will hear thoughts from the CAA. This is a significant opportunity to shine a light on the challenges faced by maintainers who can often be taken for granted. Your attendance would help us to start a new conversation at a time when arguably the need is at its greatest. Please do see the full programme below using the blue button. Delegate fees: RAeS Member: £40+VAT Non Member Engineers special offer 50% off £40+VAT Non Member: £80+VAT RAeS Corporate Partner: £60+VAT RAeS Student/Apprentice Affiliate Member: £20+VAT BOOK NOW View the full programme now Call for Nominations For 2021 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The Award is scheduled to be presented during Flight Safety Foundation’s annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS). Presented annually since 1956, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award recognizes notable achievement in the field of civil or military aviation safety in method, design, invention, study or other improvement. The Award's recipient is selected for a "significant individual or group effort contributing to improving aviation safety, with emphasis on original contributions," and/or a "significant individual or group effort performed above and beyond normal responsibilities." Mechanics, engineers and others outside of top administrative or research positions should be especially considered. The contribution need not be recent, especially if the nominee has not received adequate recognition for their achievement. Nominations that were not selected as past winners may be resubmitted for consideration in subsequent years. Please note that self-nominations will not be considered. The Award Board, composed of leaders in the field of aviation, meets each year to conduct a final review of nominees and selection of the current year's recipient. Please help us identify and honor this year's most deserving recipient. Nominations, including a 1-to-2-page narrative, can be submitted via the Laura Taber Barbour Foundation website at http://ltbaward.org/the-award/nomination-form/. Nominations will be accepted until June 4th, 2021. For more information, including a complete history of Award recipients, see www.ltbaward.org. About the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation and Award The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award's story dates back 75 years. On April 14, 1945, after visiting family in Pittsburgh, Laura Taber Barbour was aboard a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 when it crashed into the rugged terrain of Cheat Mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia. All passengers and crew were killed. In 1956 her husband, Dr. Clifford E. Barbour and son, Clifford E. Barbour, Jr., in close association with The Flight Safety Foundation, established the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award in her honor. For the past 65 years, this long distinguished award recognizing crowning achievements in aviation safety worldwide has been presented at Flight Safety Foundation’s International Aviation Safety Summit. In 2013, The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation was formed as an independent, non-profit, charitable organization composed of members of the Award Board, the aviation community, and the Barbour family. In addition to annual presentation of the Award, in 2019 the Foundation initiated a scholarship program that provides tuition support to worthy students pursuing professional aviation studies leading to a career. As the Foundation broadens the scope of its intent, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award will continue to spotlight those champions who pioneer breakthroughs in flight safety. For more information on the Foundation, the Award, and past winners, visit http://LTBAward.org ESASI Annual Seminar Dear ESASI Members and Friends, The ESASI Committee has decided to convert the ESASI Annual Seminar into a webinar. The dates remain the same. It will be held on Zoom on the afternoons of the 1st and 2nd of July 2021. The ESASI Committee has been working with our hosts in Hungary to organize ESASI 2022 in Budapest in Spring 2022. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS • Challenges faced by air safety investigators. • The environment, and culture, that air safety investigators operate in. • Practical experience of applying investigation techniques. • New techniques to aid the investigation. • Investigating UAVs. • Investigating accidents involving manned spacecraft. • Topical cases studies. Details of proposed presentations should be sent to Thorkell Agustsson and Brian McDermid by the 14th May 2021 at presentations@esasi.eu Best regards Steve Hull - ESASI Secretary Graduate Survey My name is Pierre DION, I am an airline Captain and student at City, University of London doing an MSc in Air Safety Management. Department of Mathematics of City, University of London We are looking for volunteers to participate in a study of "Artificial Intelligence in Safety Management System". As a participant in this study, you would be asked to answer 18 questions for an anonymous questionnaire. Your participation would involve one session of approximately 10 minutes of your time. Please follow the link below. Thank you. Survey Link: https://cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UCz8cT2NDRdIxg Thank you. Pierre DION Curt Lewis