Flight Safety Information March 10, 2020 - No. 050 In This Issue Thai aircraft collides with private jet in Lao capital airport Incident: Qatar B772 at Los Angeles on Mar 8th 2020, bird strike Incident: TAROM B738 at Bucharest on Mar 8th 2020, lightning strike Accident: Omni B763 at Shannon on Mar 8th 2020, hard landing Report: Pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive U.N. aviation agency says concerned about economic impact of coronavirus GE Aviation integrates C-FOQA with Polaris Aero Vector SMS FAA issues SAIB alerting R44 & R66 owners of potential battery leakage American Airlines to lease 22 787-8s from BOC Aviation EASA certifies CALC MRO arm for narrowbody line maintenance Indian carriers may ground more aircraft Boeing, Collins vow to continue tech investments Boeing shares plunge as FAA rejects proposal on MAX wiring SpaceX cargo ship hooks up with space station ERAU Short-Course in Aviation Regulation with FL CLEs ISASI 2020 - Call for Papers "Human Factors in Flight Safety" training course Thai aircraft collides with private jet in Lao capital airport VIENTIANE, March 10 (Xinhua) -- An Airbus A330 belonging to Thai Airways collided with a parked Gulfstream 450 private jet when taxiing to take off in Lao capital Vientiane's Wattay International Airport, according to Lao News Agency on Tuesday. According to local transportation media AeroLaos, nobody got hurt from the accident on Monday night. So far, there is no official report or announcement from the airport and the airways, but the involved TG575 flight airbus and the Gulfstream jet are still seen stranded in the airport. http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-03/10/content_75795776.htm Back to Top Incident: Qatar B772 at Los Angeles on Mar 8th 2020, bird strike A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-200, registration A7-BBE performing flight QR-739 from Doha (Qatar) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was on approach to Los Angeles' runway 24R when the aircraft received a bird strike. The aircraft continued for a safe landing. A post flight inspection revealed the radome received a large dent, an engine was examined for possible ingestion of debris. The return flight QR-740 was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 21 hours, then departed Los Angeles as flight QR-3258 to Doha. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QTR739/history/20200308/0445Z/OTHH/KLAX http://avherald.com/h?article=4d44c902&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: TAROM B738 at Bucharest on Mar 8th 2020, lightning strike A TAROM Boeing 737-800, registration YR-BGL performing flight RO-373 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Brussels (Belgium) with 80 people on board, was climbing out of Otopeni's runway 08R when the aircraft received a lightning strike. The aircraft continued the climb and was enroute at FL380 about 180nm northwest of Bucharest when the crew decided to return to Otopeni. The aircraft landed safely on Otopeni's runway 08L about 65 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 737-300 registration YR-BGE reached Brussels with a delay of 2:20 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bucharest about 30 hours after landing back. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d44c757&opt=0 Back to Top Accident: Omni B763 at Shannon on Mar 8th 2020, hard landing An Omni Air Boeing 767-300, registration N477AX performing flight OY-346 from Bangor,ME (USA) to Shannon (Ireland), landed on Shannon's runway 24 at 19:56L (19:56Z) but bounced and touched down hard a second time, tower had reported winds from 270 degrees at 20 knots maximum 35 knots and advised of turbulence at the touch down zone. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. While taxiing to the apron, tower inquired whether they had any turbulence over the touchdown zone, which the crew affirmed. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however. A post flight inspection revealed creases all around the forward fuselage. Ireland's Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) dispatched investigators on site. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Shannon 19.5 hours after arrival. http://avherald.com/h?article=4d449dfc&opt=0 Back to Top Report: Pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive Desperate pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max reactivated the jet's flight control software that prevents aerodynamic stalls when nothing else worked to stop their descent Ethiopian investigators are mostly blaming Boeing for last year's crash of a Ethiopian Airlines jet shortly after takeoff, saying in an interim report Monday that there were design failures in the jet and inadequate training for pilots. The update from Ethiopian investigators - timed to beat the anniversary of the crash on March 10, 2019 - pointed to the role played by a new flight-control system that Boeing installed on the 737 Max and which repeatedly pushed the nose of the plane down. The system, called MCAS, overwhelmed the pilots' attempts to control the plane. When it triggered for the fourth and final time, the pilots fought back by pulling on their control columns with up to 180 pounds of force, but the nose of the plane sank even more and the jet flew even faster. Shortly before impact, the plane was streaking downward at 575 mph - at a rate of more than 5,000 feet per minute - with its nose tilted down at a 40-degree angle, according to the interim report from Ethiopia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. All 157 people on board were killed when flight 302 crashed into a field six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa. Every Max jet worldwide was grounded within days of the crash - the second involving a Boeing Max in less than five months. The investigators issued several recommendations to Boeing and placed little blame on the airline or its pilots. In that regard, the Ethiopian update differed from a final report that Indonesian investigators issued after a 737 Max operated by Lion Air crashed in October 2018 and killed all 189 people on board. Data in the Ethiopian update, however, could renew questions about the pilots' actions - in particular, their decision to turn MCAS back on after first disabling it when the plane's nose pitched down. One aeronautics expert said restoring power to MCAS doomed the flight. Monday's interim report by Ethiopia's transport ministry was not remarkably different from a preliminary report the government issued last April. Boeing and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said they were reviewing the update, but both already seemed to be looking ahead to a final report that the Ethiopians are expected to issue later this year. "We believe it's important to have the full final report to evaluate it against other independent reports so that we might fully understand all of the factors -- both mechanical and human -- that played a role in this tragic loss of life," the FAA said in a statement from spokesman Lynn Lunsford. Boeing shares plummeted 13% in afternoon trading. The stock sell-off, however, may have been more closely related to the worsening coronavirus outbreak, which is undercutting demand for air travel, and a report that the Max could be grounded longer than Boeing expects while the company fixes a wiring problem with the planes. Wiring bundles are too close together, raising the risk of short-circuiting and fire in extreme situations. Boeing has been analyzing the issue for several weeks. The Wall Street Journal reported that FAA managers and engineers have recommended requiring Boeing to move the wiring on nearly 800 Max jets, which could further delay Boeing's schedule for returning the planes to flight later this year. The FAA said Monday it was continuing to discuss the matter with Boeing, and that the plane will only be cleared to fly when the agency is satisfied that all safety-related issues have been fixed. Monday's interim report by the Ethiopian investigators added to pressure on Boeing. It came three days after a congressional report said Boeing's development of the Max was marred by design failures and a "culture of concealment" to hide information from regulators and airlines. Democrats on the House Transportation Committee also slammed the FAA for poor oversight of Boeing. Committee leaders are vowing to propose changes in how FAA oversees aircraft manufacturers. The Ethiopian board made six recommendations, all aimed at Boeing or the FAA, which certified the plane in 2017. Boeing is addressing some of the recommendations by changing MCAS to make it less powerful. Boeing is also endorsing the use of flight simulators to train pilots on how MCAS makes flying the Max different from previous models of the 737. There were no recommendations for Ethiopian Airlines, which has defended the actions of its pilots. The update, however, pointed out again that pilots on flight 302 restored power to the MCAS flight-control system after initially turning it off. When they did that, the pilots couldn't counter the downward pitch caused by the position of the stabilizer, a horizontal fin on the tail that pushes the nose up or down, because they were flying so fast, said John Hansman, an aeronautics professor at MIT. It's unclear why, but the pilots had left the throttles fully open after takeoff. Hansman believes the pilots might have been too busy and distracted to notice. "They were saturated. They were dealing with so much stuff -- all those warnings," he said. "It is hard to diagnose exactly what is happening and what the causality is while you are trying to keep the airplane under control." In a statement, Boeing said it continued to provide technical help to the investigators as they finish their work. "We look forward to reviewing the full details and formal recommendations that will be included in the final report from the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau," said the statement by spokesman Gordon Johndroe. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/report-software-pushed-jets-nose-times-crash-69484629 Back to Top U.N. aviation agency says concerned about economic impact of coronavirus (Reuters) - The U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Monday it was concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on air transport and civil aviation. Airlines worldwide have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the epidemic, which has now claimed more than 3,800 lives and infected more than 113,000 people globally. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-icao/u-n-aviation-agency-says-concerned-about-economic-impact-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20X039 Back to Top GE Aviation integrates C-FOQA with Polaris Aero Vector SMS Global aviation leaders combine efforts to make flying safer GE Aviation announced the integration of C-FOQA (Corporate Flight Operations Quality Assurance) with Polaris Aero's safety management system - Vector SMS. This new integration with Polaris is a first of its kind in business aviation where information from flight data is automatically forwarded to another safety service provider (Vector SMS) using GE Aviation's API (application programming interface). C-FOQA and Vector SMS have more than 400 combined customers today including part 91 operators, charter carriers, and other operators of business aircraft. "We are thrilled to be integrating C-FOQA data into Vector SMS. This new capability streamlines the safety process and makes it easy for users to identify the underlying causes of safety events. By understanding the C-FOQA events and being able to link them to root causes in Vector SMS, flight departments can go from safety compliant to best-in-class", said Chris Connor, co-founder and CEO of Polaris Aero. FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance), also commonly referred to as FDM (Flight Data Monitoring), is the process of analyzing and reviewing routinely recorded flight data. Operators that adopt FOQA are better able to identify and eliminate potential safety hazards in flight operations. "This new integration saves time and reduces workload, ultimately improving the customer experience and allowing them to enhance safety in their organization," said Ben Ivy, senior product manager for GE Aviation. "We know that business jet operators care about safety as much as anyone, and in most flight departments everyone juggles responsibilities and wears multiple hats. Our partnership with Polaris Aero enables operators to focus on what's important with a comprehensive safety solution built specifically for business aviation professionals." SMS (safety management system) processes and methodology are a standard feature of any safety department. Aviation has specific SMS processes and standards that foster a culture where aviators are encouraged to learn from shared experiences in a non-punitive manner. Launched in 2005 in partnership with the Flight Safety Foundation and now used by more than 300 operators globally, C-FOQA is GE Aviation's premier service for helping business jet operators understand and improve safety. GE's patented analytics software fuses meteorological information, navigation data, and terrain mapping to identify safety events and measurements on thousands of flights every day. Released in 2013, Vector SMS is an app on Polaris Aero's VOCUS Safety Intelligence platform. Designed to simplify complex safety processes, Vector SMS makes it easy to report, analyze, audit, and trend safety concerns. The built-in communication and administrative tools facilitate engagement with everyone in the organization to help ensure an organization never forgets a lesson learned. Since its introduction to the airline industry more than 20 years ago, FOQA has been widely credited with reducing incident and accident rates at airlines where it has been adopted. In its 2017-2018 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Enhancements, the NTSB encourages aircraft operators to improve safety oversight of their aircraft by routinely reviewing recorded flight data in a structured program such as C-FOQA. About Polaris Aero Polaris Aero, LLC is an aviation software company that specializes in risk analysis and safety management. Its cloud based VOCUS Safety Intelligence platform hosts various applications, including the flagship product FlightRisk, an advanced risk assessment system; and Vector SMS, an organizational safety management system (SMS). VOCUS is what safety should be - Simple, Meaningful, Seamless! www.polarisaero.com About GE Aviation GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines, avionics, digital solutions and electrical power systems for aircraft. GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.geaviation.com/digital https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ge-aviation-integrates-c-foqa-153000645.html Back to Top FAA issues SAIB alerting R44 & R66 owners of potential battery leakage The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) to alert Robinson R44 and R66 owners of a potential leakage issue with some types of lead acid batteries. The issue affects three batteries produced by Concorde Battery, Inc. - Robinson part numbers B237-7 and P/N B237-8 (for the R66), and B237-4 (R44). "There have been a number of reports of lead acid batteries leaking electrolyte," the bulletin states. "Although the batteries are of absorbed glass mat (AGM) technology, leakage has occurred for batteries installed on their side (posts not oriented up)." Robinson has issued service information to re-orient some installations, as well as how to deal with any leakage. The FAA notes that Concorde has also incorporate improved procedures for batteries manufactured after January 2019 to minimize excess electrolyte. The FAA recommends that owners and operators of the affected aircraft review and comply with R44 Service Bulletin SB-99 or R66 Service Bulletin SB-28. Despite the need for an SAIB, the FAA said the issue "is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive" action. https://www.verticalmag.com/news/faa-issues-saib-alerting-r44-r66-owners-of-potential-battery-leakage/ Back to Top American Airlines to lease 22 787-8s from BOC Aviation American Airlines has agreed to lease 22 Boeing 787-8s from BOC Aviation, the lessor discloses in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The aircraft, which are on long-term leases, will deliver in 2020 and 2021. Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC) was originally going to buy the aircraft and lease them to American Airlines. However, BOC Aviation says it has entered into an agreement with BCC and the airline to buy the aircraft from The Boeing Company and lease them to American Airlines. BOC Aviation had a fleet of 523 aircraft owned, managed or on-order aircraft as at 31 December 2019. Among these are 15 787 family aircraft, of which 11 are owned, with one in its managed fleet and three on order. Cirium fleets data shows that the lessor currently has one 787-8 in its in-service fleet, on lease to Kenya Airways, and 10 of the larger 787-9s. https://www.flightglobal.com/american-airlines-to-lease-22-787-8s-from-boc-aviation/137160.article Back to Top EASA certifies CALC MRO arm for narrowbody line maintenance China Aircraft Leasing (CALC)'s MRO unit has been certified by European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to provide line maintenance services for the Airbus A320 family as well as the Boeing 737NG. FL ARI's EASA Part 145 certification comes about half a year after it received certification from Chinese aviation authorities for aircraft disassembly. The Harbin-based MRO firm hopes to also clinch EASA certification for base maintenance services "in the near future", says company chief Donatas Dockus. FL ARI, which is a joint venture between CALC, European MRO FL Technics and Aircraft Recycling International, currently provides line maintenance and repair services to two Chinese carriers. https://www.flightglobal.com/mro/easa-certifies-calc-mro-arm-for-narrowbody-line-maintenance/137142.article Back to Top Indian carriers may ground more aircraft With airlines from India withdrawing from China and on Monday Qatar not allowing travellers from India to enter, the number of aircraft operated by Indian carriers that will have to be grounded will increase dramatically. On March 6, Kuwait "temporarily suspended" all flights from seven countries, including India, for a week. The decision has been taken as a "preventive measure due to the spread of coronavirus worldwide. There is another school of thought which says that as many as four to five widebody aircraft of Indian carriers could be grounded. A widebody aircraft is generally an aircraft which can seat over 250 passengers and fly long distance like flying from India to Europe or America non-stop. Among the Indian airlines that fly to Kuwait are Air India and Air India Express. IndiGo, Air India It is estimated that between 6 and 8 Indian aircraft, a combination of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft operated by Indian carriers will get affected by the restrictions on movement of Indians by Qatar and Indian carriers' decision to withdraw services from countries like China. Among the India airlines that fly to China and have withdrawn their services are IndiGo and Air India. Explaining how an airline deploys its aircraft, a senior network planner said that on an India-China route the aircraft is used for up to 11 hours a day. "The flight is about 5 hours each way and includes one hour of ground time in China. If the aircraft has an early morning departure from India then it will be back by late evening and could probably be used for operating a domestic flight. But if it is a hopping flight say doing India-China-Japan-India then aircraft will be out for longer than 12 hours and will not be available to do any India operations. Now these aircraft will have to sit on the ground or if they are used to operate another flight then the chances are the aircraft which was used earlier to mount the flight will be grounded," the network planner explained. Challenges ahead With China operations suspended till June, an airline will find it difficult to redeploy the aircraft as redeploying from the international to the domestic skies is also not an easy job. "An airline will need to get the proper slots to start another flight domestically. It will also need time to be able to market and then sell the flight. Even if the airline is to use the aircraft which was used to operate flights to China then the chances are that another aircraft which was being used to operate this flight will be grounded," a network planning executive said. However, what might help the Indian airline industry is that the domestic civil aviation market is a large one. "People might change their travel plans and instead of travelling to an area affected by the virus, may decide to travel within the country," said another senior airline official. The former Commercial Director of a domestic airline was of the view that the domestic industry should use the fall in passenger demand, Indian carriers withdrawing from some markets and Indian passengers not being allowed into some countries as an opportunity to "get major servicing done on their aircraft so that these carriers can be back with a bang when the market bounces back and demand pick up again." https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/indian-carriers-may-ground-more-aircraft/article31024422.ece Back to Top Boeing, Collins vow to continue tech investments The downturn in aerospace stocks won't halt Boeing and Collins Aerospace from investing in new commercial aircraft technologies, executives from those manufacturers said on 5 March during discussions at the US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit in Washington, DC. The aviation industry has proven adaptability and will continue to innovate through the double crises of the Boeing 737 Max grounding and the coronavirus outbreak that is driving a downturn in air transport demand, says Collins Aerospace president Stephen Timm during the conference. "This will be a blip - it's a serious blip that we have to deal with today," Timm says. Boeing and Airbus are the largest customers of Collins, a subsidiary of United Technologies that built the flight deck displays for 737 Max aircraft and contributed work for the automated flight control software on those aircraft. These automated flight controls contributed to two fatal crashes, and Boeing is coordinating with the US Federal Aviation Administration to certificate 737 Max aircraft as safe to return to service. As regulators scrutinize new autonomous technologies for air travel Timm says "we're going to take a very pragmatic approach" during certification to ensure safety. Autonomy is becoming increasingly relevant for the fuel efficiency and safety of air travel but "for the foreseeable future you will see a pilot in command", Timm says. Budgets for innovation or new aircraft face an uncertain year in 2020. Airlines globally during 2020 could lose between $63 billion to $113 billion in revenue as governments try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, IATA reports. That financial hurt adds to the lost revenue faced by airlines with grounded Max aircraft in their fleets. The grounding of Max aircraft contributed to a loss of $636 million for Boeing during the full year 2019, compared with the $10.5 billion profit in 2018. Even if Max aircraft are cleared to return to service in mid-2020 as Boeing asserts, the downturn in air transport demand could hinder aircraft purchases. Despite this financial hurt, Boeing chief executive of commercial airplanes Stanley Deal says during the conference "we haven't stopped innovating", alluding to a new aircraft programme. "By definition we are going to continue to extend our product line," Deal says. "We're very serious about a product that will be somewhere between the Max 10 and the [Boeing 787]." The Chicago-based airframer's original draft for a New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) called for a range of 4,000-5,000nm (7,400-9,300km) with 270 seats for airlines to replace ageing Boeing 757 and 767 fleets. Boeing's newly-appointed chief executive David Calhoun has said the airframer intends to challenge Airbus with a new aircraft programme and is reevaluating what the NMA should be. "We have a lot of things to do to bring the Max back, but we are still making investments in the future," Deal says. https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/boeing-collins-vow-to-continue-tech-investments/137137.article Back to Top Boeing shares plunge as FAA rejects proposal on MAX wiring (Reuters) - Shares of Boeing Co dropped 12% on Monday after the planemaker's proposal to leave wiring bundles in place on the grounded 737 MAX failed to get the backing of U.S. aviation regulators, potentially delaying the plane's return to service. Boeing shares were down at $231.60 in early trading, a level not seen since 2017. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Boeing on Friday it did not agree with the planemaker's argument that the wiring bundles meet safety standards and now it is up to Boeing to decide how to proceed. Boeing in February said it did not believe it was required to separate or move wiring bundles on its grounded 737 MAX jetliner that regulators had warned could cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX, and lead to a crash if pilots did not react soon. There are more than a dozen different spots on the 737 MAX where wiring bundles may be too close together. Most of the locations are under the cockpit in an electrical bay. Boeing has noted in talks with the FAA that its 737 NG has the same wiring bundles and that it has been in service since 1997, logging 205 million flight hours without any wiring issues. A company official told Reuters in January, Boeing had been working on a design that would separate the wiring bundles, if necessary. Moving the bundles could pose further delays to the return of the MAX, however. A key certification test flight is not expected until April or later. Further, an interim report by the government in Addis Ababa said on Monday a faulty sensor reading and the activation of an anti-stall system on the 737 MAX preceded the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in 2019. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/boeing-shares-plunge-faa-rejects-143002565.html Back to Top SpaceX cargo ship hooks up with space station A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with 2.2 tons of supplies and equipment caught up with the International Space Station early Monday and then stood by while astronaut Jessica Meir, operating the lab's robot arm, locked onto a grapple fixture to wrap up a flawless rendezvous. It was the 20th and final flight of Dragon capsule under SpaceX's initial resupply contract with NASA and the last to be captured by the robot arm as the California rocket-builder transitions to a second-generation spacecraft that will fly itself in for docking starting later this year. "The SpaceX 20 mission is a milestone," Meir radioed after the spacecraft's capture at 6:25 a.m. EDT. "It is, of course, the 20th SpaceX cargo mission, but it is also the last SpaceX cargo vehicle captured by the Canada arm as future vehicles will automatically dock to the space station. ... Congratulations to SpaceX and all of the ISS partner teams involved." A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship launched Friday from Cape Canaveral caught up with the International Space Station early Monday and was captured by the lab's robot arm. NASA TV Launched late Friday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dragon spacecraft executed a textbook rendezvous with the station, bringing a bounty of needed crew supplies, science gear and space station equipment, including a European Space Agency experiment platform that will be attached to ESA's Columbus lab module. Packed inside the Dragon's pressurized cabin were 2,116 pounds of research material and experiment hardware, 123 pounds of spacewalk equipment, 483 pounds of space parts and other station gear and 602 pounds of crew supplies. "Some of the things the astronauts can be looking forward to include some candy and olives, salami as well as fresh food like grapefruit, orange(s), apples and even fresh garlic," said Leah Cheshier, NASA's mission control commentator. SpaceX launched the first Dragon flight to the space station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program in 2012. The company's initial CRS-1 contract, now valued at just over $3 billion, ultimately was extended to 20 flights, delivering more than 94,000 pounds of cargo. NASA later awarded a follow-on contract for additional missions through 2024. A little less than two hours after capture, the station's robot arm pulled the Dragon in for berthing at a port on the Earth-facing side of the lab's forward Harmony module. NASA TV Those flights will be carried out by reusable Dragon capsules based on the design of SpaceX's astronaut ferry ships. Equipped with the same propulsion, navigation and control systems, the next-generation Dragons will be able to fly themselves all the way in for docking without requiring use of the station's robot arm. Northrop Grumman also holds CRS contracts to deliver supplies to the space station using the company's Cygnus cargo ships and the company has carried out 13 cargo runs to date. But only the Dragon is capable of returning equipment and research samples to Earth - some 74,000 pounds worth going into the current mission. The CRS-20 Dragon that arrived Monday is expected to remain at the station for 28 days. After unloading the newly arrived cargo, the astronauts will repack the spacecraft with some 3,700 pounds of research samples, equipment in need of repairs or refurbishment and trash. Unberthing and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja, California, is targeted for April 6. https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-cargo-ship-hooks-space-014436830.html Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top "Human Factors in Flight Safety" training course, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-15 May 2020: Registrations now open Registrations are now open for the EAAP-recognised "Human Factors in Flight Safety" training course to be held in Lisbon from 11-15 May 2020. NetJets Europe will kindly host the course at their European HQ in Lisbon. Full details are provided in the course Information and Registration Brochure, available from the EAAP (European Association for Aviation Psychology) website: https://www.eaap.net/read/6055/initial-human-factors-in-flight-safety.html The experienced team of Brent Hayward and Dr Alan Hobbs will conduct the 27th iteration of this popular training course on behalf of EAAP. This year's course will also feature special guest speakers. The first of these courses was conducted by at Ispra, Italy in 1999, and since then the course has been continually updated and held regularly in locations including Luxembourg, Stockholm, Madrid, Lisbon, Interlaken, Dublin, Dubai and Barcelona, with a total of more than 480 participants attending to date. As detailed in the Information and Registration Brochure, there is a significant "Early Bird" discount for those who register by April 10th. EAAP members are offered further reduced registration fees. Please note that completion of this training course is recognised by EAAP as contributing towards requirements for those wishing to become an EAAP-certified Aviation Psychologist or Human Factors Specialist. Course participant numbers are limited, so those wishing to attend are encouraged to register and make hotel bookings as soon as possible. Those with any questions about the course, please email Brent Hayward: bhayward@dedale.net Curt Lewis