Flight Safety Information - August 9, 2022 No.153 In This Issue : Incident: UPS MD11 at Toronto on Jul 25th 2022, engine shut down in flight : Incident: THY B738 at Salzburg and Istanbul on Aug 7th 2022, hydraulic and flight control problems : Incident: Croatia DH8D at Zurich on Aug 6th 2022, gear problem on arrival : Incident: American A321 near Grand Junction on Aug 6th 2022, engine shut down in flight : IAI 1124 Westwind - Runway Excursion (Brazil) : Boeing 787 Dreamliner Cleared for Deliveries : Why India Trounces the US When It Comes to Female Airline Pilots : Airbus delivered 46 jets in July, books big China order : US Navy recovers jet blown off aircraft carrier from bottom of ocean : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 2 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 3 : GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 4 Incident: UPS MD11 at Toronto on Jul 25th 2022, engine shut down in flight A UPS United Parcel Service McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, registration N284UP performing flight 5X-487 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Louisville,KY (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing through FL140 out of Toronto when the crew heard a loud bang and felt moderate vibrations, the #3 engine's (PW4460, right hand) EGT went immediately into the red area. The crew worked the checklists, shut the engine down and declared emergency. The aircraft returned to Toronto for a safe landing. The Canadian TSB reported maintenance could not determine the cause of the engine failure and replaced the engine. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fcaa39d&opt=0 Incident: THY B738 at Salzburg and Istanbul on Aug 7th 2022, hydraulic and flight control problems A THY Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-JHY performing flight TK-1384 from Salzburg (Austria) to Istanbul (Turkey), was climbing through about FL240 when the crew received indication that the hydraulic system B suffered low pressure and 0 quantity. The crew continued the climb at to FL370 and the flight to Istanbul. The aircraft was on approach to Istanbul when the crew aborted the approach at about 5000 feet reporting flight control problems. The aircraft entered a hold for about 50 minutes while the crew worked the related checklists, then commenced the approach to Istanbul's runway 35R and landed safely about 65 minutes after stopping the first approach. The aircraft is still on the ground in Istanbul about 26 hours after landing. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fcaa272&opt=0 Incident: Croatia DH8D at Zurich on Aug 6th 2022, gear problem on arrival A Croatia Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration 9A-CQA performing flight OU-4462 from Split (Croatia) to Zurich (Switzerland), was on approach to Zurich's runway 14 when the crew initiated a go around from about 2500 feet MSL reporting problems with the landing gear. Emergency services were deployed into their stand by positions while the aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 14 after working the related checklists. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail. The aircraft remained on the ground in Zurich for about 18.5 hours, then positioned to Zagreb (Croatia) and remained on the ground in Zagreb for another about 17 hours before returning to service. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fca9fd5&opt=0 Incident: American A321 near Grand Junction on Aug 6th 2022, engine shut down in flight An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N165US performing flight AA-2065 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Salt Lake City,UT (USA) with 170 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 10nm south of Grand Junction Airport,CO (USA) when the left hand engine suffered a series of compressor stalls prompting the crew to shut the engine down, declare emergency and divert to Grand Junction Airport. The aircraft landed safely on Grand Junction Airport's runway 29 and stopped on the runway for an inspection of the left hand engine by emergency services. A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration N556UW reached Salt Lake City with a total delay of 11.5 hours. The airline reported a possible mechanical problem prompted the diversion to Grand Junction. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4fca7a61&opt=0 IAI 1124 Westwind - Runway Excursion (Brazil) Date: Sunday 7 August 2022 Time: 10:50 Type: IAI 1124 Westwind Operator: Brasil Vida Táxi Aéreo Registration: PR-OMX MSN: 363 First flight: 1981 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Aircraft damage: Substantial Location: Goiânia-Nacional de Aviação Aerodrome, GO ( Brazil) Phase: Landing (LDG) Nature: Test Departure airport: Goiânia-Nacional de Aviação Aerodrome, GO (SBNV), Brazil Destination airport: Goiânia-Nacional de Aviação Aerodrome, GO (SBNV), Brazil Narrative: An IAI 1124 Westwind, PR-OMX, suffered a runway excursion after landing at Goiânia-Nacional de Aviação Aerodrome (SBNV), Brazil. The aircraft went through a concrete wall and chain link fence before coming to rest. The Westwind took off from runway 14 at SBNV at 10:12 hours local time on a local test flight. Shortly after reaching FL340, the aircraft began a high speed descent back towards the airport, touching down on runway 31 at 10:50 hours. The aircraft then veered off the left side of the runway https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20220807-0 Boeing 787 Dreamliner Cleared for Deliveries Changes to manufacturing processes satisfied regulators worried about the safety of the large aircraft. Aviation giant Boeing will be allowed to resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft “in the coming days,” after the company made changes to its manufacturing process, U.S. air safety regulators announced Monday. Deliveries of the top-selling widebody have been halted since spring 2021, but, “Boeing has made the necessary changes to ensure that the 787 Dreamliner meets all certification standards,” Federal Aviation Administration officials said. Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen met with safety inspectors in South Carolina last week to confirm they were satisfied with the company’s improvements, which were made to ensure they comply with standards and to identify potential risks after defects were uncovered on the plane. “The FAA will inspect each aircraft before an airworthiness certificate is issued and cleared for delivery,” the FAA said. “We expect deliveries to resume in the coming days.” The 787’s travails date to late summer 2020, when the company uncovered manufacturing flaws with some jets. Boeing subsequently identified additional issues, including with the horizontal stabilizer. The difficulties curtailed deliveries between November 2020 and March 2021. Boeing suspended deliveries later in spring 2021 after more problems surfaced. A company spokesman told AFP that Boeing will “continue to work transparently with the FAA and our customers toward resuming 787 deliveries,” but did not confirm the firm had received final FAA approval. During a July 27 earnings conference call, CEO Dave Calhoun described the company as “on the verge” of garnering approval, though he declined to give a precise target date. Earlier this month, AFP reported that Boeing had won approval to resume deliveries, but the FAA had yet to issue formal notice. At the end of June, Boeing had 120 Dreamliner planes in inventory and was producing the jet “at very low rates,” the company said in a filing. https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/article/21248311/boeing-787-dreamliner-cleared-for-deliveries Why India Trounces the US When It Comes to Female Airline Pilots • India may have some lessons for other nations and sectors • Hiring more women can help airlines battle staff shortages Nivedita Bhasin became the world’s youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn’t get nervous at the sight of a woman flying their plane. Three decades after Bhasin’s career began, female pilots are no longer a rarity in India, making the country a success story when it comes to diversity in the airline industry. India has the highest percentage of female pilots globally, the International Society of Women Airline Pilots estimates, with about 12.4% of all pilots women, compared with 5.5% in the US, the world’s largest aviation market, and 4.7% in the UK. The statistics raise questions about how a nation -- which placed 135th among 146 countries on the World Economic Forum’s ranking of nations based on gender parity -- was able to reverse the trend in this particular industry. Some of the answers may offer lessons for other countries and sectors striving to get more women into their ranks. Businesses that are more diverse tend to perform better, and some studies have even shown that female pilots have fewer safety incidents. Hiring more women could also help airlines address the staff shortages that are disrupting travel as the world emerges from the Covid pandemic and demand rebounds. Trailblazers like Bhasin say Indian women are being encouraged by a string of factors from outreach programs to improved corporate policies and strong family support. Many Indian women were drawn to flying through an air wing of the National Cadet Corps, formed in 1948, a kind of youth program where students are trained to operate microlight aircraft. To make the expensive commercial pilot training more accessible to women, some state governments are subsidizing it and companies such as Honda Motor Co. give full scholarships for an 18-month course at an Indian flying school and help them get jobs. “India has started decades ago recruiting women into STEM positions, including pilots,” said Michele Halleran, a professor and director of diversity initiatives at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. “In the U.S., we have only started the demand for a diversity movement in aviation because of our current drastic pilot and technician shortage.” The Indian Air Force began recruiting women pilots for helicopters and transport aircraft back in the 1990s. It wasn’t until this year that they were allowed to take up fighter roles. Some airlines in India are devising policies to retain female talent. IndiGo, India’s largest passenger airline, said it offers flexibility to women pilots and crew to continue working safely, excluding flying duties, during pregnancy. It gives 26 weeks of paid maternity leave that is required under law and also offers creches for childcare. Women pilots can opt for a flexible contract with two weeks leave in a calendar month, until a child is 5 years old. Vistara offers pregnant pilots and cabin crew the option of temporary jobs on the ground or administrative roles until they are ready to fly, according to a spokesperson. It also gives paid maternity leave for six months and reimburses creche fees. Some carriers also assign a driver and guard to drop and pick up women flying late at night, Hana Khan, a commercial pilot with an Indian airline, said. Many female pilots in India also have a more prosaic explanation for their successes: Family support. India’s familial structure, where extended families often live together and grandparents and aunts often help raise children or manage households, is particularly helpful in an industry that demands long hours and regular travel away from home, pilots say. “It’s no secret we have the support of parents and it’s a norm to hire staff,” said Zoya Agarwal, who got international media attention when she flew Air India’s first nonstop flight from San Fransisco to Bengaluru with an all-women crew last year. “Women like me can fly to San Fransisco for five days and not think about what’s happening at home. You have that comfort.” The absolute numbers of women pilots still tend to be higher in developed countries than in India because airline markets in places like the US are much larger, with a bigger total staff of both men and women. Still, hiring more women can ease a persistent deficit of pilots and airport workers that is forcing airlines to reduce and cancel flights, threatening to snarl the aggressive revival in traffic. Boeing Co. estimates that the world will need more than 600,000 new pilots in the next two decades. Sponsored Content Take a Closer Look at Your Customer Centricity Salesforce Some believe the benefits might extend even further, and may already be contributing to India’s airline safety rankings, which exceed some developed nations. The US had almost five times as many fatal air accidents as India since 1945, while the UK has had 15 more deadly incidents, according to Aviation Safety Network. Some of the differences in statistics could simply be the outcome of the US being a larger aviation market than India as more flights increase the probability of accidents. Even so, many pilots believe that having a large percentage of women is at the very least helpful to safety. A study called Gender Differences In General Aviation Crashes, which assessed airplane and helicopter crash data between 1983 and 1997, found that crash rates for male pilots exceeded that of women. Women operate aircraft “more safely” accounting for only 3% of accidents even as they constituted 10% of all US army helicopter pilots, according to Women in Combat Arms: A Study of the Global War on Terror, which compared the accident rates of men and female pilots from 2002 to 2013. Bolstering diversity has the potential to make air travel safer because women often take a more measured approach to risk and are therefore involved in fewer accidents than men, said Halleran, the professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Kunjal Bhatt, chief flight instructor at Indian flight school Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, said she found women trainees particularly “meticulous” and showing greater dedication to succeed because the stakes are higher for those who go against the social norms to pursue this profession. Indian female pilots of Air India Pilots and crew members of Air India of San Francisco-Delhi flight in 2017.Photographer: Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Indian women who’ve succeeded in the airline industry are educating girls about aviation. Harpreet A De Singh, who became the first woman to head an Indian airline when she took charge of Alliance Air Aviation Ltd. in 2020, conducts outreach programs in schools to raise awareness about jobs including pilots, technicians and air traffic controllers. “Over a period of time this consistent effort all over the country has led to large number of women choosing a profession some didn’t even know it existed,” Singh said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/why-india-trounces-the-us-when-it-comes-to-women-airline-pilots Airbus delivered 46 jets in July, books big China order PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA) on Monday confirmed slower deliveries in July as a supply crunch left semi-finished jets outside its factories without engines, but bolstered its future business with confirmation of a major new order from China. The European planemaker said it had delivered 46 planes in July, down from 60 in the previous month and 47 in July 2021. Airbus last month revised down its delivery forecast for the year to 700 aircraft from a previous goal of 720 after gaps in the supply chain left it without enough engines. Several newly assembled and liveried A320neo jets could be seen parked, with red counterweights instead of engines, outside Airbus headquarters near Toulouse, France, last week. Airbus produces the bulk of its narrow-body jets in Toulouse and Hamburg, Germany. July's tally of 46 deliveries confirms a Reuters report last week that Airbus had delivered just over 45 jets read more . For the first seven months of the year, Airbus handed over 343 jets, or a net total of 341 after deducting two A350 jets built for Aeroflot but impossible to deliver due to sanctions. Airbus had booked these as deliveries in its 2021 accounts but they were still on the ground in France when the West imposed sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine. read more The planemaker subsequently revoked the order from Aeroflot for the two jets and on Monday said it had sold two A350s to Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS). It also announced it had cancelled orders from Aeroflot for a further four A350s. Airbus meanwhile booked a major order for almost 300 jets from state airlines in China, announced last month, along with a handful of orders from a quiet Farnborough Airshow. read more So far this year, Airbus has sold 843 planes or 656 after adjusting for cancellations. U.S. rival Boeing Co (BA.N), which dominated Farnborough headlines as it scrambled to inject momentum into its 737 MAX, whose largest variant faces uncertainty over certification, is due to publish its latest delivery data on Tuesday. The Airbus order numbers do not yet reflect a decision by the European group to break with Qatar Airways in the latest twist to a bitter contractual and safety dispute. read more Reuters exclusively reported last week that Airbus had revoked all outstanding orders from Qatar Airways for A350 jets, severing all remaining new jet business with the Gulf carrier. The two groups have been waging a rare public battle for months over the degraded exteriors of more than 20 jets that the airline says could disrupt the A350's anti-lightning defences and which Airbus and European regulators insist are safe. Neither company has so far commented on the wholesale A350 cancellation, which industry sources say will be reflected in future monthly Airbus order bulletins in September or October. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-delivered-46-jets-july-books-big-china-order-2022-08-08/ US Navy recovers jet blown off aircraft carrier from bottom of ocean (CNN)A US Navy team recovered a military jet from a depth of 9,500 feet in the Mediterranean Sea on August 3 after the aircraft had blown overboard during "unexpected heavy weather" in July, a release from US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said. The jet was aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier, when it blew overboard on July 8, the release said. The service members who recovered the aircraft used a remotely operated vehicle to attach "specialized rigging and lift lines" to the jet while it was underwater. After attaching the rigging, the recovery team then attached a lifting hook to the rigging to "raise the aircraft to the surface" of the ocean and "hoist it" onto the multi-purpose construction vessel Everest, a separate motor vessel that can be used for a variety of purposes in the ocean, the release said. Once the aircraft had been recovered from the depths of the ocean and put on the MPV Everest, the team transported the aircraft to a "nearby military installation," the release said. The aircraft will then be transported from the military installation to the US, the release added. The team that recovered the aircraft included service members from several different naval units, among them members from Task Force (CTF) 68, Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, service members assigned to the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, Naval Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic and US Sixth Fleet, the release said. "The rapid response of the combined team... allowed us to conduct safe recovery operations within 27 days of the incident," Lieutenant Commander Miguel Lewis, US Sixth Fleet salvage officer, said in the statement. "Our task tailored team operated safely and efficiently to meet the timeline." https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/us-navy-recovers-aircraft/index.html GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 1 Hello! As part of an MIT survey, we are looking for experienced pilots to help evaluate past aviation convective weather interactions. Participants will be asked to evaluate flight segments which may (or may not) have deviated due to the tactical weather situation. Participation is entirely remote via email, and will take about 15-30 minutes, depending on the number of cases you wish to label. If you are interested in participating, please use the link at the bottom to read more about the study and let us know that you are interested! 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To support my project research with data I have created a web survey for aviation stakeholders, and via this way, I kindly ask your help by participating in this survey. The survey is not affiliated with any airline, training organisation, or any other. Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous (if desired by the participant). The survey will take about 10 minutes of your time to complete. Also, I would be very grateful if you could forward this message to other pilots in your contact list or spread the word in the airline or air force you are working for. Please click the link below to enter the survey: Cranfield online: https://cranfielduniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3wmR7hnC5mE3QyO Thank you in advance for your time and patience. Your participation is highly appreciated. GRADUATE RESEARCH SURVEY - 4 I am an air traffic controller by profession, currently studying an MSc in Safety and Human Factors in Aviation at Cranfield University. As part of my MSc, I am conducting research for my thesis. My objective is to capture stakeholder views on UTM regulation. Specifically on its implementation, development, and operations, partly based on ICAO common core framework and principles for global harmonisation and interoperability of UTM. I tried to develop a multi-item survey to collect responses. I will perform a statical analysis of the collected data and critically evaluate the results. I kindly ask for your time to answer the questionnaire and your help in sharing it with your UAS-UTM network would be highly appreciated. Please find the link below: https://cranfielduniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00oihP8zXsynTO6 Curt Lewis