What is Haddon Cave and why is it highly recommended reading for every Aviation Professional
In 2006, the Afghan war against insurgents was in full swing. A multi nation force was active in the country. The British forces used...
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Secondary Flight Deck Barrier; safety or politics?
In June 2021 The US government DOT, Headed by Steve Buttigieg, developed the US DOT Spring Regulatory agenda. Four sections: Safer and...
Disaster averted; work to be done (CS-TNV incident Copenhagen)
Credit to website avherald.com and its owner Simon Hradecky On April 9th, 2022 an A320 approached Copenhagen Airport for a landing from a...
EU and EASA go political (and BCAA)
Unfortunately public agencies are increasingly under political influence these days and EASA is no exception. This web site is 100% anti...
Why do transitions go wrong and how to do it right
In recent years the number of aircraft transitions have skyrocketed; many leased airliners have been repossessed and are assigned to new...
Cessna Citation Tamarack Winglets Safety; a loose screw?
In the Aviation world there are many engineering activities going on that improve existing certified aircraft types or optimise them to a...
Quick tip for reactivation of B737's
There are currently many aircraft of several types being transitioned into operation after prolonged storage. The storage activities are...
UK CAA as independent Aviation Authority, Technical Implementation Procedures and more
Since beginning 2021 the separation of the UK from EU has become fact, a good number of arrangements have come in place. UK CAA is now an...
Embraer 190 accident Nov 2018
On 2-October-2018 a Aruba registered Embraer 190, operated by Air Astana was inducted into a well reputable and large MRO in Alverca do...
Space weather: Effects on Aviation
Recently EASA published two excellent Safety Information Bulletins which are a revision up from May-2012. SIB 2012-09R1 describes the 11...
Commercial gas turbine engines fan blade failures and certification code
After the most recent spectacular engine failure with United flight 328 from Denver to Honolulu, a prior incident with a sister ship with...
B777-200 fan blade failure 20-Feb-2021 (amended 8-Mar-2021)
Graphic picture and video's have been circulating on the internet of an incident with a Boeing 777-200 which showed a partially...
ICAO Annex 8 (Airworthiness) and regulators
Before World War 2, aviation safety regulation was, to a certain extent, left up to local councils, and regulators were seriously lacking...
Regulators and safety culture
In December the US Congress Commerce Committee issued a investigation report concerning to Aviation Safety oversight. The investigation...
Brexit Aviation regulatory transition arrangements
On 1-Jan-2021 Britain will be leaving the EU and also (regrettably) will leave the EASA union. This will have profound consequences in...
Royal Dutch Navy NH 90 accident and helicopter aerodynamics
On July 19, 2020 a NH90 Dutch Navy helicopter ditched in the sea near her base vessel located near the island of Aruba. The accident...
B737 MAX back in the air? Not so fast... (amended 11-Aug-2021)
On the 18th November, FAA administrator, Steve Dickson, signed Rescission of Grounding in order to rescind the Order of Prohibition that...
How safe are turbine engine rotor life limits?
On November 13,2020, an Antonov 124 departed from Novosibirsk with destination Vienna, Austria loaded with auto parts. Shortly after take...
FAA AD 2020-18-12 not adopted by EASA. A tell tale of a drift from the industry?
Recently FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) published AD 2020-18-12. This AD (Airworthiness Directive) is effective for certain Boeing...
EASA-JCAB TIP; EU-JAPAN Airworthiness acceptance procedures
Already some months ago, (June 2020) EASA and Japan signed the TIP (Technical Implementation Procedures) for mutually agreed on,...
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EASA EPAS 2020-2024
EPAS; EUROPEAN PLAN FOR AVIATION SAFETY PUBLISHED BY EASA
20-JAN-2020, EASA published the new EPAS. This document is interesting as it contains a look into the future of EASA rule making. The area of initial and continuing airworthiness forms an important part of the document. Chapter 9 and 10 of the document cover the airworthiness issue that will be subject to change in the coming 4 years.
Subjects like Class D cargo compartment fire protection, HP rotor integrity, AMC-20 update, airworthiness review processes and technical records requirements are expected to be updated. The document contains NPA numbers and organisations are encouraged to consult the document in order to be prepared for the future
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