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Flight Safety Foundation

Type: Organization

Name: Flight Safety Foundation

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Continental Airlines

FSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes

Citing ongoing criminal prosecution of Continental Airlines for the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris, the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is asking governments worldwide to form multinational, independent air accident investigation boards. The foundation ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Aviation International News]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation, International Civil Aviation Organization, Alcohol Abuse, Continental Airlines

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

International Civil Aviation Organization

Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes

During the 22nd Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar held in Lisbon, Portugal this week, the Flight Safety Foundation embraced recommendations to form a Multidisciplinary Task Force of legal experts from the aviation industry, law enforcement, judicial ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Rotor & Wing]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation, International Civil Aviation Organization, Alcohol Abuse

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

AeroSafety World On SMS

The latest issue of Flight Safety Foundation's is online (and free to all who can click upon it). The cover story is on the January 2008 British Airways 777 . A more instructive piece for TAT readers may be by USC Aviation Safety and Security Program ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by Aviation Week]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation, Michael Barr, Aviation

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Boeing Company

Weener Nominated for Safety Board

Earl Weener, a former Boeing engineer and a fellow at the Flight Safety Foundation, was nominated by President Obama to fill the last vacancy on the NTSB. If he is confirmed by the Senate, he will be the third pilot on the five-member Board.Before he ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Aviation International News]

Entities: Boeing Company, Flight Safety Foundation, National Transportation Safety Board

First Reported Feb 26 2010 - Updated Feb 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Singapore Aviation Academy

Business Aviation Safety Seminar (BASS) Asia 2010

Presented by Flight Safety Foundation,International Business Aviation Council,National Business Aircraft Associationand Asian Business Aviation AssociationHosted by the Singapore Aviation AcademySingapore Aviation AcademyChangi Village, SingaporeToday's ... [Published Feb 26 2010 by Rotor & Wing]

Entities: Business Aviation, Singapore Aviation Academy, Flight Safety Foundation, Singapore

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Concorde SST Stands Trial

Air Safety WeekThe question in front of the French court during the trial related to the 2000 Concorde crash is whether it was Concordeâ€™s design or an accident that caused the crash. The trial also raises the question of criminalization in the air safety ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by Pillsbury Law]

Entities: Criminal, Aviation, Flight Safety Foundation, Sanctions

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

IATA

Report cites fewer airline crashes, more deaths in 2009

There were 18 fatal airline accidents last year compared with 23 fatal accidents in 2008, the International Air Transport Association said. However, there were 685 fatalities in 2009 compared with 502 the previous year, the association said. Those numbers ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by Nigeria Guardian]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation, Turboprop, IATA

First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 3 Documents

Fewer airline crashes in 2009

A Funny and entertaining look at the annoying things with airline passenagers. Was R153.95 Now R138.56Washington - Fewer airline crashes occurred around the world in 2009 than during the previous year, but deaths increased, an industry group said on ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by News24.com]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation, Air France Flight 447, Comoros, Turboprop

First Reported Dec 23 2009 - Updated Dec 24 2009 - 1 Documents

US plane overshoots Jamaica runway

An American Airlines Boeing 737 carrying more than 150 passengers and crew overshot the runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica late on Tuesday, cracking open its fuselage and halting just short of the Caribbean sea, authorities and eyewitnesses ... [Published Dec 23 2009 by ONE News]

Entities: Jamaica, Daryl Vaz, American Airlines, Bill Voss, Flight Safety Foundation

First Reported Dec 01 2009 - Updated Dec 01 2009 - 1 Documents

WIRE WATCH: Obama at West Point; Addressing Innovation; Hearing on Pilot Fatigue

By Mary Lu Carnevale Explaining Afghanistan Strategy: President Barack Obama travels to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to deliver his long-awaited address to the nation explaining the new war strategy for Afghanistan. He is widely ... [Published Dec 01 2009 by WSJ.com: Washington Wire]

Entities: Invention, Barack Obama, Federal Aviation Administration, Robert Gates

First Reported Nov 09 2009 - Updated Nov 09 2009 - 1 Documents

Pilot Safety Symposium and Job Fair Set by FltOps, Flight Safety Foundation

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- FltOps.com will team with the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), to present the next in its series of pilot safety symposiums and job fairs, on Saturday, November 21, at the New York-LaGuardia Airport Marriott. ... [Published Nov 09 2009 by Auto & Transportation]

Entities: Flight Safety Foundation

First Reported Oct 24 2009 - Updated Oct 24 2009 - 2 Documents

Pilots Deny Sleeping, Arguing, Fighting But Won't Say What They WERE Doing As Flight Went Haywire

Let us assume for a moment that the pilots actually weren't asleep as Northwest 188 flew 150 miles past its destination (unlikely, but go with it). Then what WERE they doing? They've denied sleeping, fighting, and arguing. Any bets? ... [Published Oct 24 2009 by Clusterstock]

Entities: Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States), RICHARD COLE, Bill Voss

Quotes

...The FSF called upon an upcoming ICAO 'High Level Safety Conference' on March 29-April 1, 2010 in Montreal to convene a group of legal experts "to urgently provide better protection of sources of safety information, including protection of witness statements and admission of errors against criminal prosecution, except in the most egregious of cases involving willful misconduct, drug or alcohol abuse, or falsification."

Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes [Rotor & Wing - Mar 16 2010]

Quinn adds that 'to ere is human, to report is not,' and therefore "there is a need for safety professionals to openly discuss errors without fear of reprisal."

Concorde SST Stands Trial [Pillsbury Law - Feb 19 2010]

More Content

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FSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes [Aviation International News - Mar 19 2010]
Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes [Rotor & Wing - Mar 16 2010]
AeroSafety World On SMS [Aviation Week - Mar 12 2010]
Weener Nominated for Safety Board [Aviation International News - Mar 04 2010]
Business Aviation Safety Seminar (BASS) Asia 2010 [Rotor & Wing - Feb 26 2010]
Concorde SST Stands Trial [Pillsbury Law - Feb 19 2010]
Report cites fewer airline crashes, more deaths... [Nigeria Guardian - Feb 19 2010]
Fewer airline crashes in 2009 [News24.com - Feb 18 2010]
Airlines crash less, but more people die [Breaking News.ie - Feb 18 2010]
Plane Crashes Down, Deaths Up In 2009 [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Feb 18 2010]
Airline safety: Human error is the biggest obst... [Denver Post - Feb 14 2010]
World Food Programme to host global aviation sa... [Business Intelligence Middle East - Feb 14 2010]
TAM renews operational safety international cer... [Just 4 Airlines - Feb 13 2010]
TAM Airlines: TAM Renews IOSA Operational Safet... [RBC Dain Rauscher - Feb 10 2010]
TAM renews IOSA Operational Safety Certification [Just 4 Airlines - Feb 10 2010]
No Safety Reforms One Year After New York Plane... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Feb 02 2010]
Trial opens, a decade later, in Concorde crash [Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 02 2010]
US plane overshoots Jamaica runway [ONE News - Dec 23 2009]
Pilot Safety Symposium and Job Fair Set by FltO... [Auto & Transportation - Nov 09 2009]
Pilots Who Missed Airport By 150 Miles: We Were... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Oct 24 2009]
Aviation industry records 502 accidents in 2008 [Xinhua News Agency - Jul 05 2009]

Blogs

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Port of Singapore’s Counter Terrorism Preparedness [IntelliBriefs - Jan 29 2010] WEBLINK: http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/pape ... Column by Sushant Deb General OverviewThe Port of Singapore (POS) refers to the collective ...
WIRE WATCH: Obama at West Point; Addressing Inn... [WSJ.com: Washington Wire - Dec 01 2009] By Mary Lu Carnevale Explaining Afghanistan Strategy: President Barack Obama travels to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to deliver his long-awaited ...
Pilots Deny Sleeping, Arguing, Fighting But Won... [Clusterstock - Oct 24 2009] Let us assume for a moment that the pilots actually weren't asleep as Northwest 188 flew 150 miles past its destination (unlikely, but go with it). Then what WERE ...