This Transport Canada document is a crucial tool for managing hazardous interactions between wildlife and aircraft in the vicinity of airports. For example, some land-use activities near airports’ such as waste-disposal sites’ attract high-risk bird species and, therefore, directly impact aviation safety. Transport Canada strives for the holistic, proactive management of wildlife hazards by applying…… Continue Reading →
Aviation safety experts aim for the Runway Safety Initiative to provide the tools to prevent runway excursions…. Continue Reading →
Boeing reminds that Smoke, fire, fumes events occur daily in commercial aircraft…… Continue Reading →
Voluntary safety reports by flight attendants prove to be more valuable than expected… Continue Reading →
Another interesting article dealing with runway incursions…… Continue Reading →
Flight crews primarily use their judgment to identify and report hard landings, but recorded flight data also might be useful to gauge the severity of the impact before a conditional maintenance inspection is performed. The accident record shows that hard landings often involve substantial damage and sometimes result in fatalities…. Continue Reading →
Data from numerous safety studies indicate that approach and landing accidents account for a significant proportion of air transport accidents. The aviation industry is committed to reducing the number of these accidents. One effort has led to the creation of a toolkit containing industry data and recommendations for use by airlines worldwide…. Continue Reading →
Visual illusions take place when conditions modify the pilot’s perception of the environment relative to his / her expectations. Visual illusions may result in landing short of the runway, hard landing or runway overrun, but may also cause spatial disorientation and loss of control…. Continue Reading →
Slush may induce poor/nil aircraft braking action, contrary to runway friction readings…. Continue Reading →
Controller and Pilot ACAS regulation and training… Continue Reading →