...successful emergency landing was made. The aircraft had been manufactured in 1969 and had since accumulated 35,496 airframe flight hours and 89,680 landings (Aircraft Accident Report, Aloha Airlines, Flight 243, 1989). Owing to the short distance between destinations on some Aloha Airlines routes, the maximum pressurization differential was not reached in every flight. Thus the number of equivalent full pressurization cycles was significantly less than 89,680. Nevertheless, the aircraft was nearly 19 years old. On the other hand, It was also operating with long-term access to warm, humid, maritime air effecting in critical corrosion risk. Probable Cause: fuselage, attachment fatigue and separation Contributing Factors: 1) Maintenance: improper inspection of aircraft, low Supervision, inadequate Company/operator management 2) Inadequate surveillance of operation from FAA (organization) side 3) Aircraft/equipment, inadequate airframe Manufacturer Investigation showed the large loss of pressure cabin skin was caused by rapid link-up of many...
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...maintenance as the main cause of the crash. Therefore this paper briefly analyze the proactive safety management system, proactive hazard identification system that any airline safety manager should implements to avoid accidents and make sure maintenance and inspections are conducted at regular intervals. Finally, it also summarize the duties of airport safety manager and the contingency plan that can be put into action after the plane crashes at the airport, to minimize the casualties and save as many lives as possible. Brief History United airline flight two three two was scheduled from Stapleton Airport (Denver) to O' Hare International airport (Chicago) on July 19th. The flight encountered power failure in its second engine and lost all its flight controls therefore crew members were able to save only ninety six lives. After NTSB investigation, it was found that engine failed because of the manufacturing defect in the fan disk which had caused fatigue and finally cracked due to accumulation of impurities. The fan disk in the second engine could not handle the fatigue and as a result it cracked losing all its hydraulic fluid. National Transportation and Safety Board claimed that the crack was detected during the regular inspection but was not fixed by the maintenance department. The lack of responsibilities by the...
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...Influence of time pressure on aircraft maintenance errors TAKAHIRO SUZUKI, TERRY L. VON THADEN, WILLIAM D. GEIBEL University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Introduction Even though proper maintenance is crucial for aviation safety, tracing the effect that human error in maintenance operations has on accidents and incidents remains a difficult task. According to a UK Civil Aviation Authority study (2003), maintenance and inspection deficiencies ranked fourth (12%) as a factor in aviation accidents overall. Other studies have described that as technology has improved, aviation accidents attributed to mechanical failures alone have decreased, yet those attributed to human error have not shown the same reduction (Wiegmann & Shappell, 2003). Aircraft maintenance requires high reliability and is an important concern in the human factors realm for several reasons. On the one hand, automation, which has reduced flight crew workload, does not apply in maintenance operations (Reason & Hobbs, 2003). On the other hand, maintenance tasks generally access critical areas where human errors lead to serious consequences (Reason, 1997). From a human factors perspective, in the current competitive environment of commercial aviation, occupational opportunities relating to aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs) are declining. While oil prices soar, fares remain low due to competition (Bond, 2008). Employing fewer technicians and making turnaround at the airport gate shorter are...
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...procedures and processes as it should be done for a CESSNA aircraft: The "once over" As you approach the aircraft, give it a "once over." From a distance you can see the whole airplane, and this vantage point can reveal such problems as flat tires and bent or damaged wings, gear struts, fuselage, or empennage. Do not assume that the airplane is okay because you just flew it 10 minutes ago. ARROW check When you reach the cockpit, check first for the necessary documents—the FAA says an airplane cannot legally fly without them. Make sure the airplane has an ARROW, the acronym that helps you remember the required documents: airworthiness certificate, registration, radio station license, operating limitation documents, and weight and balance information. You will most likely find them all in a clear plastic pouch attached to a cockpit wall. The airworthiness certificate tells who built the airplane and when. It stays with the airplane throughout its life. It must be displayed so that it is visible to crew and passengers. Even though the registration is commonly used as evidence of ownership, it merely gives the airplane's nationality. A new registration is required when ownership changes; the "pink"...
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...United States (U.S.), the United Kingdom (UK), Germany, and France are costly. Furthermore, Fielding, Lo, and Yang (2010) attribute the same to an increase in aeronautical fuel. As such, aircrafts need to balance between making profits and losses related to repair and maintenance overhead costs. However, the main conundrum that every stakeholder asks is whether or not it is safe to have airplanes maintained by mechanics in foreign countries? Following the many maintenance-related incidents, airlines are becoming more skeptical of these abroad service providing companies and personnel. Such accidents results from negligence, incompetent, lack of coordination and documentation of maintenance records. Given that most incidents are also associated to mechanical and electrical issues, human faults, and failure to observe safety procedures and regulations, this report intends to examine the prevailing situation and provide necessary recommendations to mitigate risks, damage on properties, and loss of human life. To achieve this goal, focus is on the management and regulation of global maintenance, overhaul, and repair of facilities...
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...Air Charter Business Proposal i Air Charter Business Proposal from an Information Technology Perspective. Steven R. Marcum, Steven Cross and Jeffery Prendergrast Introduction to Management Information Systems MGMT 221 Professor Ira Strauss January 15, 2011 Air Charter Business Proposal ii Abstract The objective of this project is to develop a business proposal for an air charter company that caters to the tourism trade from an information technology standpoint operating in the Hawaiian Islands. The technologies that will be discussed will range from hardware and software requirements for weather, flight planning, crew scheduling and maintenance operations. To begin we will examine the flight planning system known as Jeppesen Flite Star IFR which is considered one of the world's leading desktop flight planning technologies. It includes advanced features and innovations such as Vector Plus mapping technology and vector chart themes, which offer low and high altitude en-route chart emulations as well as user-customizable charts which includes all of the complexities involved in the planning of a typical commercial airline flight from the aspect of the flight operations dispatcher. Next as we continue we will turn the discussion to crew scheduling which will lead us to Flight Pak which provides management with aircrew scheduling in both local and ZULU times. The discussion will point to how the system will provide more accuracy in the scheduling...
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...qtr_02 10 A quArterly publicAtion boeing.com/commerciAl/ AeromAgAzine building better communication New Air Traffic Surveillance Technology complying with the Aging Airplane Safety rule new tool for collaboration on in‑Service issues Fuel conservation Strategies: Descent and Approach AERO cover photo: 777 APU exhaust bay. AERO contents 03 building better communication Four years ago, we reintroduced AERO magazine in response to a boeing customer support survey. late last year, we went back to you to find out how well we are doing. 07 New Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Air traffic service providers and regulators are moving toward airspace and flight operations to enable greater flexibility and adaptability along with assuring improved traffic flow, capacity, efficiency and safety. A key part is the transition from radar to ADS‑b surveillance. 07 15 complying with the Aging Airplane Safety rule new materials help operators comply with the u.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s new rule on aging airplane safety. 21 15 new tool for collaboration on in‑Service issues 21 boeing introduces a new collaboration platform that integrates two previous elec‑ tronic bulletin boards in a single application and includes a number of new features. 25 Fuel conservation Strategies: Descent and Approach 25 www.boeing.com/c o m m e r c i A l / A e r o m A g A z i n e the descent and approach...
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...ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Research and Analysis Report – AR-2008-055 An Overview of Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Alan Hobbs Ph.D. December 2008 ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Research and Analysis Report AR-2008-055 Final An Overview of Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Alan Hobbs Ph.D. - iii - Published by: Postal address: Office location: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail: Internet: Australian Transport Safety Bureau PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 62 Northbourne Ave, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory 1800 020 616; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6440 Accident and incident notification: 1800 011 034 (24 hours) 02 6247 3117; from overseas + 61 2 6247 3117 atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au www.atsb.gov.au © Commonwealth of Australia 2008. This work is copyright. In the interests of enhancing the value of the information contained in this publication you may copy, download, display, print, reproduce and distribute this material in unaltered form (retaining this notice). However, copyright in the material obtained from other agencies, private individuals or organisations, belongs to those agencies, individuals or organisations. Where you want to use their material you will need to contact them directly. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, you must not make any other use of the material in this publication unless you have the permission of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Please direct requests for further...
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...FISCAL IMPACT OF GROUND OPERATION INCIDENT INVOLVING AIRCRAFT Tan Poh Tiong, Sherman AE6200 – Individual Project (Aircraft IEng) 27 April 2014 SUMMARY For the year 2010 to 2012, ground operation incident involving aircraft has cost the United Kingdom (UK) aviation industry an estimate of US$ 20 Million. It is estimated that each incident involving traditional aircraft (mainly metallic structure) would cost the Aircraft Operation (AO) close to US$ 1 Million in expenditure and if the aircraft is assumed to be of high composite ratio, the cost of each incident increase by 50% to US$ 1.5 Million. Do note that this cost does not include damage to the facilities, equipment, or vehicles. Which mean the overall cost could be higher than the estimate. If damage were assumed in all ground operation incident report, the estimated cost would increase 3.5 times. And with high composite ratio aircraft becoming the norm, the cost could spiral upward in excess of more than 5 times. Thus, it is important these ground operation incidents are reduced. Ground operation incident, occurs primarily due to human errors. Possible common reasons include insufficient training, complacency and environmental factors. There are also no detailed legislations in place to regulate the industry, unlike Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) organisations, which is governed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of UK. Since human errors aren’t a new problem, many researches have been...
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...2408-14-1 (Uncorrected Fault Record Aircraft) (chap 2). DA Form 2408-14 (Uncorrected Fault Record) will no longer be used for aviation equipment. Incorporates Standard Army Maintenance System procedures (chap 3). Adds procedures for documentation of component repair at Aviation Intermediate Maintenance and depot levels of maintenance (chap 3). Adds phase maintenance and periodic inspection documentation procedures (chap 3). Adds information on migrating automated DA Form 2410 (Component Removal and Repair/Overhaul Record) data (chap 3). Changes DA Form 2410 and instructions. Therefore, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Guide/Workbook for the DA Form 2410, The Army Maintenance Management System Aviation (TAMMS-A), October 1992, is obsolete (chap 3). Adds instructions for DA Form 2408-16 (Aircraft Component Historical Record) and DA Form 2410 to track aircraft survivability equipment electronic countermeasures and avionics systems Line Replaceable Units that have software installed (chaps 3 and 4). Incorporates the forms and records instructions published in TB 1-2840-24820-2 (One Time Inspection and Conversion of Forms and Records for T700, 701, and 701C Series Gas Turbine Engines) (chaps 3 and 4). Incorporates the forms and records instructions...
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...THE BOEING 787: FLYING AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE by Angelo Antonio Fresco Term Paper Submitted to the Extended Campus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of ASCI 611 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Online June 2010 ABSTRACT Researcher: Angelo Antonio Fresco Title: The Boeing 787: Flying as it was meant to be Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Master of Aeronautical Science Year: 2010 Meant to be aviations next Sonic Cruiser, airline customers and Boeing has unveiled a new airliner for the 21st century, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Some of the safety systems the 787 will feature will be: ultra modern safety advances in cockpit automation, dramatic improvements in engine reliability, a new and more accurate global positioning system, new integrated surveillance systems, the latest version of nose-mounted weather radar, and a fuel tank inerting system. The 787 will use 20 percent less fuel than today's airplanes of comparable size and provide passengers with innovations that include a new interior environment with cleaner air, larger windows, more stowage space, improved lighting and other passenger-preferred conveniences that no other airliner can offer today. Introduction of the 787 The Boeing 787 traces back its roots to the Boeing Sonic Cruiser, a fast subsonic aircraft first introduced by the Boeing Company in 2001. The main selling point of the Sonic Cruiser...
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...Terrorism came from the word of ‘terror’ which mean to horror and to fear. There is no specific definition about the meaning of terrorism. This is because the field that related inside terrorism is very wide and there are over 100 definitions of ‘terrorism’ according to studies. Terrorism have been existed for many years as a global phenomenon, but only in few decades ago that it has been getting stronger and to influence our daily lives with any costs. In our report, we will explain more details about the relationship of terrorism and transportation. Transportation has always been a target or method for terrorism to transfer their message to the public. While transportation keeps economic moving, nationally and globally, business relies on transport and transport systems at every level no matter transferring goods, transporting customers or staff commuting. From jet airliners to mass transit buses and rail terminals, vehicles and transport facilities are all-too familiar targets of terrorist attacks in all country and abroad. The impact of large-scale disruption of transport infrastructures can be critical for national and global business because transport systems have long been viewed as targets for terrorists groups worldwide. Also we will elaborate more on how terrorism can be spread or being use through the four methods of transportation like rail, road, aviation and maritime. For the incident strikes on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York on September 11, 2001,...
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...Domestic Drone Exploration Presented by Team B Jamie Eads Daniel Flores Cindy Greer Amanda Hall August 24, 2014 DeVry University Technology, Society, and Culture LAS432 Professor: Dr. Kenneth Melichar TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY Amanda 4 III. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT Amanda 6 IV. CONTEXT OF THE TECHNOLOGY Amanda 7 V. POLITICAL INFLUENCE Cindy 15 VI. LEGAL INFLUENCE Cindy 17 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE Cindy 22 VIII. ECONOMY OF DRONE Jaime 23 VIIII. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Daniel 32 X. SOCIOLOGICAL AFFECTS Daniel 36 INTRODUCTION Technology is applying science to improve on an existing task to make it easier. Technology can be used for all types of things, from science applications to mechanical engineering. Changing the way something is done often improves it. This is the heart of technology. Technology has evolved into nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a “technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers, the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules, especially to computer chips and other microscopic devices.” Nanotechnology may one day improve the quality of life, thereby extending the life span of humans, by using “small autonomous robot, or nanobot, that can be sent into the human body to repair cells and cure cancers.” (nanotechnology). It is the continued advancement in nanotechnology that has been used to downsize the combative drones that we associate...
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...AirAsia Berhad (284669-W) 25-5, Block H, Jalan PJU 1/37, Dataran Prima, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Tel : (603) 78809318 Fax : (603) 78806318 E-mail : investorrelations@airasia.com Website : www.airasia.com CONTENTS AirAsia Berhad | annual report 2007 Our Dreams and Aspirations To be the largest low cost airline in Asia serving the 3 billion people who currently are underserved with poor connectivity and high fares. G G 2 4 7 8 12 20 22 24 26 30 32 34 36 40 42 43 44 46 47 48 52 53 54 56 60 62 66 68 72 76 81 82 83 152 156 157 G Our Dreams and Aspirations Corporate Profile Five Year Financial Highlights Share Performance Chairman’s Statement Group Chief Executive Officer’s Report AirAsia’s Strategy for Success Route Network Safety Product Development Go Holiday The Sky is Your Limit Champion of Low Fares AirAsia Roars Into Formula One One AirAsia Our People, Our Pride Investing In Our Future Major Milestones Serving You Better from Our 2nd LCC Terminal Awards & Accolades AirAsia Cares AirAsia Group Corporate Information Board of Directors Directors’ Profile Senior Management Senior Management Profile Managing Risk to Maximise Returns AirAsia Financial Snapshots Statement on Corporate Governance Audit Committee Report Statement on Internal Control Additional Compliance Information Financial Statement Analysis of Shareholdings List of Properties Held Notice of Annual General Meeting Proxy Form To be the best company to work for where employees...
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...Contents Letter from the Chairman Operating Highlights Financial Highlights Corporate Information Notice of the 22nd Annual General Meeting Directors’ Report Management Discussion and Analysis Corporate Governance Report Auditors’ Report Balance Sheet Statement of Profit and Loss Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss Statement relating to Subsidiary Company Consolidtated Statement of Accounts Attendance Slip and Proxy 02 04 05 06 07 16 24 29 47 52 53 54 56 93 94 135 Letter from the Chairman Dear Shareholders, Financial Year 2013-14 was an exceptionally challenging one for the Indian aviation sector. The Indian economy recorded a lower GDP growth rate of 4.7%. Currency volatility and devaluation of the Indian Rupee further exacerbated the situation, leading to a drop in discretionary travel. Consequently, passenger load factors across our industry were under pressure and domestic passenger growth slowed to 4.8%. In this challenging environment, your Company managed to maintain revenues, though costs were hit due to depreciation of the Indian Rupee (of over 11%), higher aviation turbine fuel (“ATF”) rates and increased airport levies. Your Company has been consolidating its domestic network with a focus on strengthening its presence in key markets. Your Company has also been regularly adding international routes, besides embarking upon systematic improvement of its products across all classes of travel. Further, your Company has been strongly...
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