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SAFO Issued for Thunder Airmotive-serviced Accessories

The FAA charges the California-based MRO continued to return aircraft parts to service after its air agency certificate was yanked in 2013.

Maintenance and Modifications

NTSB Marks 50th Anniversary

In the five decades since being established, it has made more than 14,500 recommendations to improve transportation safety.

Regulations and Government

AviationManuals and Fireside Team Up on Emergency Response

Partnership will allow the companies to provide collaborative ERP manuals and services, with each of them focusing on their core strengths.

DOT IG Auditing FAA Drone Operation Waivers

Audit objectives will be to assess FAA’s processes for granting waivers, and its risk-based oversight of UAS operators with waivers.

Regulations and Government

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APG Highlights Runway Analysis, Dynamic Curtailment

Aircraft Performance Group’s iPreFlight iOS app helps aircraft operators meet safety requirements.

Fatalities Drop but Total Bizav Accidents Increase

Turbine business airplane accidents worldwide claimed the lives of fewer people in the first quarter—16 compared to 25 in the same period last year.

AOPA Urges NTSB To Review Genav Probable Causes

AOPA expressed concerns that the NTSB is approving "speculative" probable causes with little evidence.

African Airlines Face Slew of Pilot Recruitment Challenges

Dearth of properly trained flight crew raises safety concerns

FSF Releases Second Aviation Safety Toolkit

GSIP was launched in October 2014 to study how aviation safety data are used and to produce toolkits that can be used by aircraft operators.

ICAO Punts on Airspace Risk Assessment

The agency’s limitations in this role have been “revealed” since launching its conflict zone information repository after the 2014 downing of flight MH17.

EASA: U.S. Operators Can't Use MMEL in Europe

U.S. Part 91 twin turboprops and jets flown in Europe must now operate with a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) developed for that specific aircraft

Regulations and Government

Neurological Device Holds Promise for UPRT Training

Three-axis rotational apparatus can accurately recreate upset conditions.

LOC-I, Runway Excursions Top NBAA's 2017 Safety List

Topics were identified via a data-driven review by the NBAA Safety Committee as primary risk-mitigation targets for all business aircraft operators.

ACSF Symposium Emphasizes Safety Program Execution

Safety systems must be more than button-pushing exercises if they are to work as intended.

Charter & Fractional

NTSB Offers Guidance on Tail-rotor Effectiveness

Loss of tail rotor effectiveness can lead to loss of control, Board warns

FAA Concerned about Runway Status Light Confusion

RWSLs are meant to be a last line of surface-movement defense.

FBOs Lag In Safety-program Push

FBOs might not feel external pressure to boost safety efforts, but the good news is some are doing so anyway.

Big Safety Data on Horizon for Offshore Helicopter Industry

HeliOffshore and GE Aviation are jointly developing a global safety management system.

Collaboration Drives Safety Leadership At HeliOffshore

In less than three years, HeliOffshore has transformed the offshore helicopter industry's approach to safety.

Helicopter Safety on the Rise as Accidents Decline

Based on data from 50 countries, the number of helicopter accidents has been on a downturn for the past several years.

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