"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
— Captain A. G. Lamplugh, British Aviation Insurance Group, London. Circa early 1930's. This famous phrase has been reproduced on posters and plaques many times, with the attribution of 'anonymous.' I was told at a book signing that André Priester (one of the first Pan Am employee's) may have said it, and decided to check this with R. E. G. Davis who is curator of air transport history at the Smithsonian and author of a book on Pan Am. Ron called me back and told me the phrase pre-dates Priester, but that his research shows the originator of the phrase was Captain Lamplugh, who was quite well known in British aviation circles after W.W.I. |
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Interim Report: Accident of AF447
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On 2 July 2009, the BEA published an Interim Report.
This is the Summary from that Report:
"On 31 May 2009, flight AF447 took off from Rio de Janeiro Galeão airport bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle. The airplane was in contact with the Brazilian ATLANTICO ATC centre on the INTOL – SALPU – ORARO route at FL350. There were no further communications with the crew after passing the INTOL point. At 2 h 10, a position message and some maintenance messages were transmitted by the ACARS automatic system. Bodies and airplane parts were found from 6 June 2009 onwards by the French and Brazilian navies."
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IFALPA - Swine influenza (H1N1)
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In recent days the Federation has been contacted on a number of occasions with requests for advice on the risk to pilots, crews and passengers from swine influenza (swine flu) and the best means to deal with or mitigate the risk. At present there is no aviation specific advice regarding the virus available. However the Federation’s medical experts are monitoring the situation and will continue to do so while the perceived risk remains high. In the meantime, they recommend that pilots and crews exercise normal hygiene procedures. In addition please find below the following information supplied by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Preparing ASEAN for Open Sky
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This Report discusses how the ASEAN countries can move towards Open Sky. Open Sky is a target which has been set for 2015 in “The Roadmap for the Integration of ASEAN:
Competitive Air Services Policy”, prepared by the ASEAN Air Transport Working Group and endorsed by the ASEAN Transport Ministers during the during their 9th Meeting in Myanmar last October 2003. Open Sky will be an important component of the overall economic integration of ASEAN, since transport links are critical to bringing down barriers to trade, and facilitating change.
The objective of this Report is to assist in preparing ASEAN for Open Sky in several ways: by providing information about what Open Sky has meant for other regions; by outlining the dimensions of Open Sky - the various policy options open to ASEAN countries; by indicating how these are likely to work; by outlining the benefits and costs which are likely to be associated with these policy options; by providing countries with a framework with which they can analyse the probable impacts from individual policy options, and from Open Sky as a whole; by indicating possible problem areas, and how they can be addressed; and by suggesting ways in which the move to Open Sky can be facilitated.
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AeroSafety World - April 2009
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When the windshield of the Raytheon King Air 200 was shattered at 27,000 ft, the pilots feared that the pressure differential might cause a blowout. They decided to depressurize the cockpit and donned their oxygen masks, not realizing that the oxygen system shutoff valve was closed.
Both pilots lost consciousness because of oxygen starvation. By the time they recovered, the airplane had descended uncontrolled for 17,600 ft and had withstood — successfully, for the most part — aerodynamic loads of 4 g.
Mark Lacagnina tells the story of the accident and the findings of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board in the April AeroSafety World. That story, and much more, is yours for a click.
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Global Aviation Safety Roadmap
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Leadership in safety requires an understanding of the situation, an acceptance of responsibility, a commitment to action and clear strategies and targets. For Goverments and States, safety leadership must involved taking the issue form the margins to the mainstream to help guide policy and action. For industry, it must reach beyond the design and technology penetrate the mangemensts and culture of aviation. The attainment of safe system is the highest priority in aviation. The moral imperative for action to reduce the accident rate still further is self-evident, the operational benefit is immense, and the business case highly compeling.
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ICAO Asia Pacific
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This paper uses both world-wide and country-level analysis to describe the relationship between air transportation and economic activity. In particular, we describe how economic, infrastructural, institutional and geographic factors affect the mapping of cargo and passenger flows to the enabled flows of labor, knowledge, investment, remittances, tourism and goods. We also identify the role of government and exogenous drivers in this relationship. We illustrate the relationship using several examples: Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Jamaica, China and India. |
| Best Practices in ANSP Commercialization |
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by Glen McDougall, MBS Ottawa, CANADA
Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA |
| Institutional Reform of Air Navigation Service Provision in Indonesia and Nigeria |
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By Glen McDougall
The world of air navigation service institutions is changing. Throughout the world, governments have been commercializing these entities. With varying degrees of liberalization, ranging from departmental units with budgetary autonomy to state owned enterprises, public-private partnerships and not-for-profit organizations, many countries have freed their air navigation service providers (ANSPs) from political priorities, civil service constraints, budgetary difficulties and the burden of fulfilling a broad spectrum of government driven initiatives such as employment and economic growth. As a result, these new organizations are better able to focus on their core business of improving aviation safety and providing better service to their customers – airlines, business aviation, recreational aircraft owners, and military & state aircraft. |
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Notice to Users:
This document is an unedited advance version of an ICAO publication as approved, in principle, by the Secretary General, which is rendered available to the public for convenience. The final edited version may still undergo alterations in the process of editing. Consequently, ICAO accepts no responsibility or liability of any kind should the final text of this publication be at variance from that appearing here. |
ICAO - Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP)
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The air transport industry plays a major role in world economic activity and remains one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy. One of the key elements to maintaining the vitality of civil aviation is to ensure safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sustainable conditions at the global, regional and national levels.
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Industry Highlights:
Business Travel Awards 2009: International Airport (source: www.cntraveller.com)
Rank
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Airport |
Score |
| 1 |
Beijing Capital International, China |
87.30 |
| 2 |
Incheon International Seoul, South Korea |
86.44 |
| 3 |
Changi, Singapore |
86.38 |
| 4 |
Schiphol, Amsterdam |
86.17 |
| 5 |
Hong Kong International |
85.65 |
| 6 |
Dubai International |
85.56 |
| 7 |
Madrid Barajas International |
84.53 |
| 8 |
Kuala Lumpur International |
84.47 |
| 9 |
Sydney |
84.40 |
| 10 |
Barcelona |
83.35 |
| 11 |
Zurich
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77.63 |
| 12 |
Frankfurt |
76.84 |
| 13 |
Munich |
76.53 |
| 14 |
Copenhagen |
72.74 |
| 15 |
Vancouver |
71.06 |
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