Flight Safety Information March 25, 2010 - No. 060 In This Issue Jet flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai Tupolev 204 Accident (Russia)... American Airlines jet diverts to Phoenix House To Add Tougher Pilot Training Standards to FAA Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jet flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai MUMBAI: A Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight with 106 passengers on board today returned to Mumbai airport and landed in emergency conditions due to a technical fault in one the engines, an Airport official said. The flight landed safely, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson told PTI here. A Jet Airways spokesperson said an alternative aircraft was arranged to ferry the passengers to their destination. "Full emergency was declared at 18:51 for Jet Airways Mumbai-Chennai Flight 9W-461. The flight landed safely at 19:11," the spokesperson said. "The decision to bring back the aircraft was taken as a precautionary measure," the spokesperson said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jet-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-Mumbai/articleshow/5720035.cms Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tupolev 204 Accident (Russia) Status: Preliminary Date: 22 MAR 2010 Time: 02:35 Type: Tupolev 204-100 Operator: Aviastar-TU Registration: RA-64011 C/n / msn: 14507413640 First flight: 1993 Engines: 2 Soloviev PS-90A Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 Airplane damage: Destroyed Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: 1 km (0.6 mls) from Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) (Russia) Phase: Approach (APR) Nature: Ferry/positioning Departure airport: Hurghada Airport (HRG/HEGN), Egypt Destination airport: Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME/UUDD), Russia Flightnumber: 1906 Narrative: A Tupolev 204-100 passenger jet, registered RA-64011, was destroyed when it crash-landed in a forest while on approach to Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME), Russia. The airplane operated Aviastar-TU flight flight TUP1906 on a ferry service from Hurghada Airport (HRG), Egypt. All eight crew members surived the accident. The flight operated on a passenger service from Moskva-Domodedovo Airport to Hurghada the day before, carrying 210 passengers. Shortly after takeoff the crew noticed a burning smell in the cabin and returned to Domodedovo. An electric heater had malfunctioned. The flight continued to Egypt after repairs had been accomplished. The return flight to Moscow was a ferry flight without passengers or cargo. Three flight crew members, an engineer and four flight attendants were on board. Weather reported about the time of the accident (23:34 UTC / 02:35 local): UUDD 212330Z 16003MPS 0100 R14R/0450N R14L/0700U FG VV001 03/02Q1002 64290050 14290045 NOSIG= [Wind 160 degrees at 3 m/sec; 100 m visibility; vertical visibility 100 ft.; temperature 3 degrees C, dewpoint 2 degrees C; runway visual range for runway 14R: 450 m, Not changing significantly and for runway 14L: 700 m improving] UUDD 220000Z 17003MPS 0250 R32R/0700N FG VV001 02/02 Q100282290045 NOSIG= (aviation-safety.net) Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Airlines jet diverts to Phoenix PHOENIX (AP)- An American Airlines passenger jet headed from San Francisco to Miami made a precautionary landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport because of a generator problem. Airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely says the pilot of the twin-engine Boeing 767 decided to divert the plane on Tuesday afternoon because of a problem with one of two generators. Without the second generator, the pilot would have to run an auxiliary power unit. Flight 476 was carrying 225 passengers and a crew of nine. Huguely says no injuries were reported and that passengers would be placed on a later flight. Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ House To Add Tougher Pilot Training Standards to FAA Bill The House was poised Wednesday to add language intended to strengthen airline pilot training standards to a bill to reauthorize operations of the Federal Aviation Administration and modernize the air traffic control system. To pave the way for a House-Senate conference, the House this week is expected to take up a FAA reauthorization bill passed by the Senate on March 22 and paste in the text of its own bill, along with a separate measure to stiffen training standards for airline pilots. The House could vote on the package as soon as Thursday, after the Rules Committee acts Wednesday to set the process in motion. To buy time for potentially difficult negotiations on the broad FAA bill, the House passed a three-month extension Wednesday morning that will keep aviation programs running through July 3. The drive to toughen pilot training standards was spurred by a string of deadly regional jet crashes. The measure would require every pilot in an airline cockpit to have what is known as an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, which requires, among other things, 1,500 hours of flight time. It is the highest grade of pilot certification and allows a pilot to act as the pilot-in-command of a commercial passenger plane. Pilots currently need only 250 hours of flight training to fly for a commercial airline, which some lawmakers say is inadequate. Some flight schools and the administration have sounded cautionary notes, however, about setting inflexible standards. As a result the bill was modified to give the FAA some leeway, though it retains the 1,500-hour mandate. Comprehensive pre-employment screening for pilots also would be required, as would creation of a database to give airlines access to a pilot's comprehensive record. Current law requires the release of information only for the previous five years. Additionally, the measure would require the FAA to issue a new rule on pilot fatigue standards within a year of enactment. http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003621870 Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC