Flight Safety Information - April 8, 2022 No.070 In This Issue : Accident: DHL B752 at San Jose on Apr 7th 2022, hydraulic failure results in runway excursion : Incident: Calm AT42 at Rankin Inlet on Apr 4th 2022, hydraulic failure : Incident: United B738 at Denver on Apr 6th 2022, flaps disagree : Regulator calls for complete flight safety (China) : ACSF Adding Programs To Cast Wider Safety Net : BIS Takes Enforcement Actions Against Three Russian Airlines Operating Aircraft in Violation of U.S. Export Controls : Russian Pilots Protest EASA’s Blanket Flight Ban : Russian-owned Jumbo Jet Stuck at German Airport over Sanctions : Frontier Airlines wants to ditch jet bridges in Denver and board by stairs : Call for Nominations For 2022 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award : Accident: DHL B752 at San Jose on Apr 7th 2022, hydraulic failure results in runway excursion A DHL Air Boeing 757-200, registration HP-2010DAE performing flight D0-7216 from San Jose (Costa Rica) to Guatemala City (Guatemala) with 2 crew, was climbing out of San Jose's runway 07 at about 09:40L (15:40Z) when the crew stopped the climb at about FL210 declaring Mayday due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew worked the related checklists. The aircraft subsequently returned for an approach to runway 07 about 45 minutes after departure. After touchdown at 10:24L (16:24Z) the crew lost control of the aircraft, which spun around and went off the runway causing the aircraft to break up into two parts, both main gear struts collapsed. The crew was able to exit the aircraft without serious injuries. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f719c2d&opt=0 Incident: Calm AT42 at Rankin Inlet on Apr 4th 2022, hydraulic failure A Calm Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-300, registration C-FJYW performing flight MO-213 from Arviat,NU to Rankin Inlet,NU (Canada) with 12 people on board, was nearing Rankin Inlet about 20nm before the airport when the crew received indication the blue hydraulic system's pressure was low. The crew worked the related checklist shut the system down, which rendered flaps, nose wheel steering and other systems inoperative. The crew declared emergency and continued for a safe landing in Rankin Inlet. The Canadian TSB reported maintenance repaired a leak in the blue hydraulic system. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f71a61e&opt=0 Incident: United B738 at Denver on Apr 6th 2022, flaps disagree A United Boeing 737-800, registration N33294 performing flight UA-1478 from Denver, CO to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 178 people on board, was climbing out of Denver's runway 25 when the crew advised departure they would stop their climb at FL180 to run some checklists subsequently declaring emergency reporting a flaps disagree indication. The aircraft burned off fuel and returned to Denver for a safe landing on runway 35L about 105 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N37290 reached San Francisco with a delay of 6 hours. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f71878a&opt=0 Regulator calls for complete flight safety (China) The head of China's civil aviation regulator has called on the sector to closely examine its safety record and performance following the Flight MU5735 tragedy in March, which claimed the lives of all 132 people on board. Speaking during a teleconference on Wednesday, Feng Zhenglin, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said new measures must be introduced throughout the sector to ensure complete flight safety. "Flight safety is closely associated with the stability of the whole of society and concerns thousands of households," Feng added. He called on the industry to learn from the accident－the cause of which remains under investigation and which ended the nation's 12-year-long record of flight safety, strictly adhere to the principle of "people first, life first" and carefully handle its aftermath. Flight MU5735 crashed on a mountain in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on March 21. Feng asked the sector to investigate the cause of the accident, review the lessons learned from it and strengthen safety in all aspects to ensure complete flight safety. He also asked the industry to fully reflect on the tragedy in order to have a better and profound understanding of civil aviation safety. Feng required the sector to carry out safety inspections to discover and eliminate safety hazards. He added that the industry should take safety and people's lives as a priority and enhance its professional training and management of employees, including pilots, maintenance staff members, and workers from the operation and air traffic control teams. Feng also emphasized the improvement of the dual-risk prevention mechanism, which involves improving risk control at different levels and eliminating safety hazards. He also required officials in the sector to pay close attention to safety, improve their knowledge of civil aviation safety, boost real-time monitoring and conduct research on early warning and prevention of flight risks. Following the accident, the administration carried out a two-week safety inspection throughout the nation's aviation sector, which ended on Tuesday, covering regional civil aviation administrations, airline companies, airports and pilot training organizations. The administration required all related parties in the sector to closely examine their own safety performance, while it also conducted random checks to ensure the true effectiveness of these evaluations. According to the administration, some safety hazards were found and eliminated during the inspection. Regional civil aviation administrations also conducted inspections, including random checks, to ensure the elimination of safety hazards throughout the sector. http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-04-08/detail-ihaxeryf5448764.shtml ACSF Adding Programs To Cast Wider Safety Net The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) is continuing to expand its reach into new programs and initiatives to raise the bar on safety for small and large operators alike. Speaking during the ACSF Safety Symposium in Daytona Beach, Florida on Tuesday, chairman Robert Rufli, who is v-p of flight operations and director of operations for Pentastar Aviation, said the organization’s leadership has “had a couple of strategic meetings in the last few years to try to help the Air Charter Safety Foundation begin to focus in different areas.” Rufli expressed a need to have a broader outreach, noting that there are about 2,000—mostly small—Part 135 operators that must prepare for mandates such as safety management systems (SMS). “We need to help them understand how to do it and how to do it right.” He stressed that SMS is more of an art form than a process and said, “we don’t want those [operators] to just have a process, we want them to have an effective SMS. So that's what we want to do. We want to reach out into our industry and reach down to the smaller operators and really help them.” ACSF last year launched an SMS tool that is scalable to operations of all sizes and is offered for free to customers that participate in the association’s Aviation Safety Action Plan (ASAP) program that it administers for operators in concert with the FAA. The next direction for ACSF, Rufli said, is flight data monitoring (FDM). “We see that as the next big thing in the industry that could really make an impact,” he said. “We just want to be your gatekeeper.” ACSF president Bryan Burns stated that the organization began beta testing an FDM program this year with three operators and the goal is to gather data and open it up broadly as it has with the ASAP program. In addition, ACSF is starting to work with academia to build data on which to develop what Rufli called state of the industry reports. “You don’t fix anything unless you measure it,” he remarked, adding these reports can highlight key safety issues. Along with that, ACSF, working in concert with the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), hosted its first Business Aviation Safety Roundtable in February. The roundtable brought together industry safety professionals to take a deep dive into issues that need to be addressed. “You gave us your ideas and our next step is to take those into business roundtables regionally. We are going to try to get small operators in the rooms and listen to what their issues are,” Rufli said, and noted that the regional sessions are also going to serve as means to educate smaller operators on the tools available for SMS and other safety initiatives. Magellan Jets COO and ACSF vice-chair Todd Weeber encouraged attendees to “show up and help us knock on doors” to bring the Part 91 operators, as well as 135 operators to these events. He stressed the importance because the general public doesn’t discern between a Part 91 and 135 operation when an accident occurs. While these new efforts are ongoing, ACSF is continuing to build on its ASAP program, which provides a non-punitive avenue to report safety violations and deficiencies. These reports are reviewed and used to address problems and the data is accumulated to discover more systemic safety issues. Launched in 2012, the ASAP program now encompasses 209 companies that account for 254 certificates, Rufli reported. This represents 60 percent of all the participating certificates in the country, he noted, adding it also includes Part 121 operations. “We have a major resource for [operators],” Rufli said. “I can’t talk enough about how much ASAP has really made an impact.” He cited as examples, cases where air traffic control has changed arrivals as a result of ASAP reports. “There are all kinds of things happening because of ASAP. It’s extremely important.” Burns emphasized further, noting that 90 percent of the ASAP reports are single-source and said this is information that may never have been unearthed without the program. Additionally, ACSF is seeing traction with its collaboration with the FAA and NATA in the effort to combat illegal charter. The safety foundation manages an illegal charter hotline as part of that effort. “It’s picking up,” Rufli remarked, noting the European Union has now contacted ACSF to learn how it is administered. With these initiatives ongoing, Rufli told attendees at the symposium that ACSF remains open to other ideas to help forward its mission, which he said “is really just to promote the highest level of safety for the industry. We want to be forward thinkers.” https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-04-05/acsf-adding-programs-cast-wider-safety-net BIS Takes Enforcement Actions Against Three Russian Airlines Operating Aircraft in Violation of U.S. Export Controls Trade enforcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 7, 2022 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov Today, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod issued orders denying the export privileges of three Russian Airlines – Aeroflot, Azur Air, and UTair – due to ongoing export violations related to comprehensive export controls on Russia imposed by the Commerce Department. These three Temporary Denial Orders (TDOs) terminate the right of these airlines to participate in transactions subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including exports and reexports from the United States. Today’s TDOs are issued for 180-days and may be renewed. “The Biden Administration has imposed historic sanctions on Russia for its unwarranted aggression in Ukraine. With today’s temporary denial orders, the Department of Commerce takes another significant action to hold Putin and his enablers accountable for their inexcusable actions,” said Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo. “We are cutting off not only their ability to access items from the United States but also reexports of U.S.-origin items from abroad. Any companies that flout our export controls, specifically those who do so to the benefit of Vladimir Putin and the detriment of the Ukrainian people, will feel the full force of the Department’s enforcement.” “The images we are seeing coming out of Ukraine demonstrate Vladimir Putin’s barbarism, brutality, and blatant disregard for human life. The Department of Commerce, along with the entire Biden-Harris Administration, have taken swift and unprecedented action to ensure that Russia, and its enablers, pay a price for their actions,” said Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves. “We are already seeing the impact of the Commerce Department’s export controls, with U.S. exports to Russia of items subject to new licensing requirements having decreased by 99 percent by value compared to the same time period last year. With today’s action we send a clear message to those who deliberately disobey those same controls: defy our export controls at your own peril. “Companies that violate the expansive export controls we have imposed on Russia will find themselves the target of Commerce Department enforcement action,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod. “With our allies and partners, we will continue to stand with the people of Ukraine as they respond to Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of their country.” The TDOs issued today represent the first enforcement actions taken by BIS in response to Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine, and the severe restriction in export privileges of these companies is a reminder to parties in Russia as well as throughout the rest of the world that U.S. legal authorities are substantial, far-reaching, and can have a meaningful impact on access to global commerce by parties found to be in violation of U.S. law. BIS has led the Department of Commerce’s efforts in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by taking a number of powerful regulatory actions and issuing public notice to the global community as to potential violations of the EAR in the civilian aerospace sector. On February 24, 2022, BIS imposed expansive controls on aviation-related items to Russia, including a license requirement for the export, reexport or transfer (in-country) to Russia of any aircraft or aircraft parts on the Commerce Control List. On March 2, 2022, BIS further excluded any aircraft registered in, owned, or controlled by, or under charter or lease by Russia or a national of Russia from being eligible for license exception Aircraft, Vessels, and Spacecraft (AVS). Accordingly, any U.S.-origin aircraft or foreign aircraft that includes more than 25% controlled U.S.-origin content is subject to a license requirement if, for example, it is Russian-owned or operated and exported to Russia. On March 18, 2022, BIS publicly released a list of private and commercial aircraft it had been tracking as likely operating in violation of the EAR. This action notified the public that, absent authorization from BIS, the operation of, or service to, any aircraft on the list or owned by Russian parties in violation of the EAR may lead to enforcement actions from BIS, which may include substantial jail time, fines, loss of export privileges, or other restrictions. BIS further updated the list on April 30, 2022 and will continue to maintain and update the list as circumstances warrant. The list and additional information on BIS’s actions in response to the Russian invasion is available online here: https://bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/country-guidance/russia-belarus. Aeroflot, Utair, and Azur Air engaged in and continue to engage in recent conduct prohibited by the EAR by operating controlled aircraft subject to the EAR without the required BIS authorization. Pursuant to Section 746.8 of the EAR, all international flights conducted by the aforementioned airlines into Russia would have required export or reexport licenses from BIS. Additionally, any domestic Russian flights by the same airlines on aircraft reexported to Russia after March 2, 2022 without the required BIS license are also in violation of General Prohibition Ten (GP10). GP10 prohibits continuing with transactions knowing that a violation has occurred or is about to occur. Aeroflot operated multiple aircraft subject to the EAR, including, but not limited to, on flights into and out of Moscow, Russia from/to Beijing, China; Delhi, India; Antalya and Istanbul, Turkey; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, respectively. Aeroflot subsequently operated some of the same aircraft on domestic flights between Moscow, Russia and Vladivostok, Russia and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, respectively. Azur Air operated multiple aircraft subject to the EAR, including, but not limited to, on flights into and out of Moscow, Russia from/to Antalya, Turkey; Male, Maldives; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Nha Trang, Vietnam, respectively. Azur Air subsequently operated some of the same aircraft on domestic flights between Moscow, Russia and Samara, Russia; Irkutsk, Russia; Kaliningrad, Russia; Mineralnye Vody, Russia; and Novosibirsk, Russia, respectively. UTair operated multiple aircraft subject to the EAR, including, but not limited to, on flights into and out of Russia from/to Khujand and Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Yerevan, Armenia; Baku and Ganja, Azerbaijan; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, respectively. UTair subsequently operated some of the same aircraft on domestic flights between Moscow, Russia and Syktykar, Russia and Ukhta, Russia, respectively. The issuance of a TDO is one of the most significant civil sanctions under the EAR and is issued by the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement to deny the export privileges of a company or individual to prevent an imminent or on-going export control violation. These BIS TDOs were issued under the authority of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the EAR. BUREAUS AND OFFICES Bureau of Industry and Security https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2022/04/bis-takes-enforcement-actions-against-three-russian-airlines-operating Russian Pilots Protest EASA’s Blanket Flight Ban A Russian pilot who lives in Europe is asking aviation officials there to get more specific in aviation sanctions prompted by the invasion of Ukraine. Boris Samoylenko told AVweb the EU’s ban on Russian aviation has grounded pilots who have no connection to the Putin regime other than the fact they hold Russian passports. “Holders of PPL licenses can’t rent airplanes in their flying clubs, students can’t continue training, self-employed commercial pilots can’t work, aircraft owners are grounded too, and even drone owners can’t fly their drones,” Samoylenko told AVweb. He said he’s asking EASA officials to adopt the more prescriptive approach adopted by the FAA in the U.S. to target the sanctions appropriately. Samoylenko said EASA issued the blanket ban on all Russian pilots, except those who work for non-Russian companies, on Feb. 28 in response to the invasion of Ukraine. He said the U.S. originally issued similar sanctions but about two weeks later changed them to target only Russians on the International Trade Administration’s Consolidated Screening List, which tells U.S. officials with whom they can’t conduct business. Samoylenko said the EU apparently cast a much wider net to try to ensure Russian pilots who shouldn’t be flying in Europe couldn’t find any loopholes but the result goes too far and may be illegal. Samoylenko said many of the grounded pilots he knows support Ukraine and are involved in relief efforts. “We believe that solidarity with one nation must not be a reason to treat the other nation discriminatively, especially on such a high legislative level,” he said. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/russian-pilots-protest-eus-blanket-flight-ban/ Russian-owned Jumbo Jet Stuck at German Airport over Sanctions Koblenz — A Russian-owned jumbo jet will not be allowed to take off from Hahn Airport in south-western Germany for the time being. The Boeing 747 cargo plane from the airline Cargologicair UK is stuck in the Hunsrück mountains in Rhineland-Palatinate state. The airport, which filed for insolvency late last year, says it collects a daily parking fee of around 1,200 euros (around 1,300 dollars) for the plane. "As the airline Cargologicair UK and its aircraft fall under current EU sanctions, a take-off ban was imposed on the Boeing 747, which had a maintenance stop at Frankfurt-Hahn airport," the state aviation and aviation security authority Landesbetrieb Mobilität told dpa. It is not expected that the sanctions will be lifted in the short term, they said. The daily parking fee is three euros per tonne, making it around 1,200 euros for this aircraft weighing some 400 tonnes, said Jan Markus Plathner, a spokesman for Hahn's insolvency administrator. Frankfurt Hahn Airport is some 100 kilometres west of Frankfurt, where the major international airport hub Frankfurt Airport is located. Germany's Transport Ministry said Cargologicair UK is "100% owned by Cargo Logic Holding Ltd, which is owned by Mr Alexey Isaikin and Mr Sergey Shklyanik. Both are Russian citizens." Isaykin also holds a Cypriot passport, but the ministry said that was irrelevant in this case and that "Russian citizenship is the determining factor for the assessment." Cargologicair UK did not inititally comment on request. https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/news/21263268/russianowned-jumbo-jet-stuck-at-german-airport-over-sanctions Frontier Airlines wants to ditch jet bridges in Denver and board by stairs This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Prepare to get some fresh air if you’re flying Frontier Airlines out of its Denver hub starting in 2024. The ultra-low-cost carrier wants to move from a traditional jet bridge set up at Denver International Airport’s (DEN) A Concourse to 14 ground-loading gates on the far-east side of the same concourse. Frontier will build or remodel 120,000 square feet, which will also include support space and maintenance facilities. The proposal cleared a procedural hurdle with a Denver City Council committee on Wednesday and will be voted on by the full council later this month. Frontier will use two doors to board its fleet of Airbus aircraft, speeding up the boarding and deplaning process. This will save the company money, the airline believes, because it will be able to schedule the planes for less time on the ground. That keeps them in the air — and earning revenue — for longer. A combination of airstairs and switchback ramps will be used, making the aircraft accessible for those with limited mobility. It also means that Frontier’s passengers will now be exposed to Denver’s sometimes harsh winter weather as they board these planes. The cost savings was emphasized by Frontier’s CEO, Barry Biffle, who also promised new service as a result of the expansion, on top of the 80 cities currently served out of DEN. “A dedicated ground boarding facility will benefit customers by cutting in half the time for boarding and deplaning through the use of both the front and rear aircraft doors,” Biffle said in a statement. “That, in turn, will reduce our time on the ground between flights by nearly half and nearly double our number of aircraft operations per gate.” In bringing ground-boarding gates to one of its hubs, Frontier is deploying a strategy it uses at other stations and one that Ryanair uses through its ultra-low-cost network in Europe, where it often saves money by not paying airports for the use of jetbridges. One major airport where Frontier already does this is at the South Terminal of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), which it shares with Allegiant Air. More: Farewell to the misery of Gate 35X, the only thing everyone in Washington could agree on As Frontier brings ground boarding to Denver,that concept is falling out of favor in other parts of the country, perhaps most prominently in the Washington, D.C., area. Last year, American Airlines closed its infamous Gate 35X regional jet ground boarding complex at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), as it opened a new RJ concourse on the north side of the airport. Meanwhile, the operator of nearby Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Thursday announced that it too was proposing to build 14 new gates — ones that included jet bridges, replacing a ground-loading regional jet concourse. https://thepointsguy.com/news/frontier-airlines-boarding-stairs-denver/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | March 28, 2022 CONTACT: Philip Barbour, 205-939-1700, 205-617-9007 Call for Nominations For 2022 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2022 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 this fall. 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 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. 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 Committee, 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 through June 3, 2022. 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 more than 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 distinguished award recognizing outstanding achievements in aviation safety worldwide has been presented at Flight Safety Foundation’s International Aviation Safety Seminar. 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 the annual presentation of the award, in 2019 the Foundation initiated a scholarship program that supports worthy students pursuing professional aviation studies. As the Foundation broadens its scope, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award will continue to recognize those who significantly contributed to aviation safety. For more information on the Foundation, the award, and past winners, visit http://LTBAward.org Curt Lewis