The Power of Safety Leadership: Paul O’Neill, Safety and Alcoa In his book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change, Charles Duhigg, described the reaction to Paul O’Neill’s first presentation as the new CEO of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) in 1987: A few minutes before noon, the new […]
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An overweight helicopter, flown with a known defect, ditched during a poorly executed approach to a GOM drilling rig, then water taxying was attempted…
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First A350XWB Delivered to Qatar Airways Launch customer Qatar Airways has taken delivery of the first Airbus A350XWB, an A350-900, A7-ALA (MSN06), in Toulouse. The A350XWB family features three versions: A350-800, A350-900 and A350-1000. In a typical two-class configuration, the A350-800 will accommodate 276 passengers, while the A350-900 and the A350-1000 will seat 315 and
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EC175 (now H175) Enters Service with NHV Following the handover of the first two 7.5t, 16 passenger Airbus Helicopters EC175s to Belgian operator NHV on 11 December 2014, the type entered service just days later on contract to German oil and gas company Wintershall. The aircraft are on the Dutch register and based at Den Helder in the Netherlands (the
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Grob 120TP Glass Cockpit Certified The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified the glass cockpit version of the Grob Aircraft G120TP turboprop trainer (Type Certificate Data Sheet EASA.A.565 Issue 2 includes major change optional change note OÄM 565-17). The addition of the glass cockpit also results in an additional Special Condition onto the CS-23 Amendment 1 based
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Bell 525 Fly-By-Wire Update Bell Helicopter gave an update this month on the Fly-By-Wire (FBW) system being developed for their new super-medium helicopter, the 525 Relentless, at the 8th Rotorcraft Symposium in Cologne. This event was organised by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The paper by Mike Bothwell and Awais Razais is downloadable as part of a large zip file for the whole symposium
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Further Category A EBS Approved More Category A Compressed Air – Emergency Breather System (CA-EBS) options are now approved against the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) standard in CAP1034. These approvals are under the accessory approval requirements of British Civil Airworthiness Requirements (BCAR) A4-8. Category A EBS was a recommendation from the CAA Review, which resulted in
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Helicopter Ditching – EASA Rule Making Task RMT.0120 Update (NPA 2016-01 Helicopter ditching and water impact occupant survivability) The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) gave an update at their 8th Rotorcraft Symposium on the rule making task (RMT.0120) looking at helicopter ditching requirements. The paper is downloadable as part of a large zip file for the whole symposium
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The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has issued the following press release: In 1944, delegates from 54 nations gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago at the invitation of the United States of America. At this event, the participants concluded and signed the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known
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Elbit Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) for Helicopters and regional Aircraft Elbit Systems presented to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 8th Rotorcraft Symposium today. The paper is downloadable and a prior video is available to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XMm-AAdo5zc UPDATE 5 July 2016: Certification of the SkyLens system on the ATR turboprop family is expected in 2017: EASA
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James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management James Reason, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, set out 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error management in his book Managing Maintenance Error: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Hobbs and published in 2003). These principles are valid beyond aviation maintenance and are well worth re-visiting: Human error is both universal
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