Flight Safety Information - June 4, 2024 No. 111 In This Issue : Incident: Argentinas B738 at Buenos Aires on Jun 1st 2024, cargo fire indication : Incident: PIA B772 near Riyadh on May 31st 2024, cargo hold high temperature indication : Boeing 777-FZB - Engine Fire (Japan) : No accredited pilot was aboard plane in deadly Nondalton crash, NTSB says : EU aviation regulator wants FAA to join its plane audits : High-profile turbulence injuries to be examined by global airline body in bid to boost flight safety : EU refuses to lift ban on Pakistani air carriers, including PIA, cites understaffing and safety oversights : British Military Pilots Sue UK Govt Over Carcinogenic Helicopter Exhaust : Airbus in talks to sell over 100 widebody jets to Chinese airlines, Bloomberg reports : Iran makes jet engine blades, revives dozens of airliners : Turkish Airlines in talks with Boeing for 225 aircraft order : European study finds that drinking alcohol and falling asleep on an airplane puts heart health at risk : 73 Airline CEOs Sign IATA Charter To Improve Aviation Safety Culture : CALENDAR OF EVENTS Incident: Argentinas B738 at Buenos Aires on Jun 1st 2024, cargo fire indication An Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-800, registration LV-FVN performing flight AR-1638 from Buenos Aires Aeroparque,BA to Neuquen,NE (Argentina) with 93 people on board, was climbing out of Aeroparque's runway 31 when the crew received a cargo fire indication, stopped the climb at about 13,000 feet and diverted to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza Airport for a safe landing on runway 11 about 18 minutes after departure. The airline reported it was a false alarm. The aircraft is still on the ground at Ezeiza Airport about 36 hours after landing. https://avherald.com/h?article=51966ccd&opt=0 Incident: PIA B772 near Riyadh on May 31st 2024, cargo hold high temperature indication A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BGJ performing flight PK-839 from Karachi (Pakistan) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with 329 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 150nm southsoutheast of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) when the crew set course to divert to Riyadh due to a high temperature indication for one of the cargo holds. The aircraft landed safely on Riyadh's runway 33 about 35 minutes after initiating the diversion. The airline reported the crew received a high temperature indication for a cargo hold. The sensor was found to be faulty. A passenger reported he heard sort of an explosion prior to the diversion. The aircraft remained on the ground in Riyadh for about 5 hours, then continued the flight and reached Jeddah with a delay of about 5.5 hours. https://avherald.com/h?article=519662bb&opt=0 Boeing 777-FZB - Engine Fire (Japan) Date: Tuesday 4 June 2024 Time: 10:16 LT Type: Boeing 777-FZB Owner/operator: DHL opb Polar Air Cargo Registration: N714SA MSN: 37988/1002 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 Aircraft damage: Minor Location: Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA) - Japan Phase: Initial climb Nature: Cargo Departure airport: Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan Destination airport: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX), CA, USA Narrative: Polar Air Cargo PAC/PO752 from Tokyo/Narita, Japan to Los Angeles, USA, a Boeing 777-F, suffered No.2 engine fire just after takeoff from runway 34L of Narita at 10:16 LT. Fire was observed emitting from the right engine on the ground. The flight crew declared emergency at 10:18 LT, and made a safe landing back to Narita at 11:25 LT after some circling for fuel dump. No personal injuries among four crew. The post flight inspection revealed a hole of aft lower engine. The runway 34L was closed for a short time after landing of the flight for inspection, and 12 other flights delayed for 33 minutes in maximum. https://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/388762 No accredited pilot was aboard plane in deadly Nondalton crash, NTSB says Neither of the men killed last month in a Southwest Alaska plane crash had a pilot’s certification, according to a preliminary report from federal investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board’s report, issued last week, takes a closer look at the May 17 crash on a lake near Nondalton that killed pilot Dave Hedgers, 58, and his sole passenger Aaron Fryar, 45. Investigators said they spoke with acquaintances of the men, who told them Hedgers had recently purchased the wheel-equipped Taylorcraft BC-12D. “According to the Federal Aviation Administration, neither the pilot/airplane owner, nor his passenger, possessed a pilot certificate, and neither had an FAA medical certificate (student pilot certificate),” investigators said in the report. Clint Johnson, the NTSB’s Alaska chief, said Monday afternoon that investigators and the FAA haven’t been able to find any signs that Hedgers or Fryar had ever previously held pilot certificates or student-pilot certificates. “At this point right now, all indications are that neither one of these occupants were certified pilots,” Johnson said. Uncertified pilots are rarely seen in Alaska incidents investigated by the NTSB, Johnson said, occurring about once a year. He said investigators are still determining how much of a factor the lack of certification was in the crash. “We don’t know what the training was, what the decision-making was,” Johnson said. “The basic answer to that question is, we don’t know what kind of training the pilot had because he never received the pilot’s certificate.” According to the NTSB report, the plane left Port Alsworth headed for Nondalton, about 24 miles southwest, at about 11:30 a.m. on the morning of the crash. Search efforts for the plane began at about 8 p.m. that evening, and it was found about 90 minutes later two to three miles southeast of the Nondalton airport. Alaska State Troopers said the plane was found flipped in the water. Divers retrieved Hedgers’ and Fryar’s bodies from the aircraft. “The partially submerged wreckage was situated in a shallow portion of Six Mile Lake, and approximately 200 yards from the shore,” investigators said. Five days after the crash, the wreckage was removed from the lake and taken to Port Alsworth for an examination. The plane had sustained extensive lower-fuselage damage consistent with crashing on water, but investigators didn’t spot any “preaccident mechanical anomalies,” according to the report. “To date, the accident airplane’s maintenance logbooks could not be located,” the report said. According to witnesses, weather along the route from Port Alsworth to Nondalton on May 17 included low clouds, fog and reduced visibility. The NTSB is still gathering weather data on conditions at the time of the crash. https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/03/no-accredited-pilot-was-aboard-plane-in-deadly-nondalton-crash-ntsb-says/ EU aviation regulator wants FAA to join its plane audits BERLIN, June 4 (Reuters) - Europe's aviation regulator will propose next week that its counterpart the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) joins its safety audits of Airbus planes in the region, its chief told Reuters on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Berlin Aviation Summit, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) new director Florian Guillermet told Reuters he will be in Washington next week to meet with the FAA. Advertisement · Scroll to continue The aim of the proposal is, in turn, to get better access to FAA audits of Boeing planes and to increase information sharing more broadly. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/eu-aviation-regulator-wants-faa-join-its-plane-audits-2024-06-04/ High-profile turbulence injuries to be examined by global airline body in bid to boost flight safety • International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh pledges industry will continue to work to reduce risk of turbulence injuries • Promise comes after incidents on Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways flights leaves one dead and more than A global airline association is to examine recent high-profile turbulence incidents to get a better grasp on the causes and help carriers boost safety, its head has said. Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), told its annual meeting in Dubai on Monday that they would look into the safety risks and assess the situation after two airline turbulence incidents left one man dead and more than 100 injured. “Turbulence is not a new issue,” Walsh said. “It has been a factor in the industry for many years. “Obviously we’ll continue to assess the recent events to understand it better and see if there is anything else that can be done. “But there is a lot of work going on to ensure that we continue to move forward and enhance the safety of our operations … we never stand still and we never rest. “We’re all the time working to continue to improve.” The Singapore Airlines plane hit by turbulence last month which left one man dead and more than 100 injured sits on the tarmac after it diverted to Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi airport in the wake of the incident. The dangers of turbulence were underlined after last month’s high-profile incident on a Singapore Airlines flight, which left one man dead and injured more than 100 other passengers. The airline said it was cooperating with authorities in an investigation into the incident. A Qatar Airways flight over Turkey shortly afterwards also hit extreme turbulence en route to Dublin in Ireland, which left 12 passengers injured. Walsh said IATA had a “Turbulence Aware” platform and that Dubai-based carrier Emirates at the end of last month became the latest airline to sign up. “What Turbulence Aware does is it takes [information] from the aircraft in real-time, so if there is a turbulence event, it will record it,” he explained. “It will then send details to other aircraft that are connected to the system to make them aware of the extent of the turbulence.” Walsh also predicted global aviation net profits would hit US$30.5 billion this year, up 11.3 per cent on the estimated HK$27.4 billion for last year because of stronger demand for travel. The number of global travellers is expected to reach a record high of 4.96 billion this year. Air cargo volumes were predicted to increase to 62 million tonnes (68.3 billion tons) with industry revenue likely to hit an all-time high of US$996 billion in 2024. “In a world of many and growing uncertainties, airlines continue to shore up their profitability,” Walsh said. “The expected aggregate net profit of US$30.5 billion in 2024 is a great achievement considering the recent deep pandemic losses. “With a record five billion air travellers expected in 2024, the human need to fly has never been stronger.” https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3265245/high-profile-turbulence-injuries-be-examined-global-airline-body-bid-boost-flight-safety EU refuses to lift ban on Pakistani air carriers, including PIA, cites understaffing and safety oversights The review involved on-site evaluation of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and sample assessments of Pakistani air carriers Fly Jinnah and Airblue Ltd The European Union (EU) has yet again refused to lift the ban on Pakistani air carriers including Pakistani International Airlines (PIA). According to the Pakistani news outlet ARY News, the regional body conducted a meeting in this regard. During the meeting, the EU did not find any grounds for amending the current list of air carriers banned from operating within the Union. The decision came after a comprehensive review by the EU Air Safety Committee. The review involved on-site evaluation of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and sample assessments of Pakistani air carriers Fly Jinnah and Airblue Ltd, ARY News reported. The onsight assessment team identified shortcomings As per the reports by the Pakistani news outlet, the on-site assessment was conducted between November 27 and 30, 2023. The main motive for conducting a review was to identify the PCAA’s role and responsibility in safety oversight. During the on-site assessment, the team identified several shortcomings, including insufficient scrutiny in closing findings based on proposed corrective actions rather than actual evidence, and deviations from established procedures. The committee also found that the PIA was experiencing severe understaffing. The number of staff was set below the Flight Standards Directorate. Meanwhile, Fly Jinnah, one of the air carriers which was also facing the wrath of the EU was assessed as well. The committee pointed out the need for improvement in record keeping and management of findings. Following the assessment, the PCAA presented a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) on May 6, 2024, and elaborated on the steps taken to address the identified issues. However, the ban on Pakistani aircraft carriers is still not lifted. “Regular technical meetings in Brussels and progress reports from the PCAA will be part of this ongoing oversight,” the recent EU report said. The EU eventually decided not to lift the ban and urged the member states to continue verifying compliance through ramp inspections. The commission went on to warn the Pakistani airlines that any revelation of imminent safety risks could eventually lead to further actions. https://www.firstpost.com/world/eu-refuses-to-lift-ban-on-pakistani-air-carriers-including-pia-cites-understaffing-and-safety-oversights-13778089.html British Military Pilots Sue UK Govt Over Carcinogenic Helicopter Exhaust Dozens of British aircrew have sued the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) after being exposed to carcinogenic exhaust from military helicopters. Over 40 retired and serving crew members from all three services say they have been diagnosed with cancer, including lung, testicular, and throat cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, The Times revealed. Exhaust from the helicopters’ engines emit benzene, a carcinogenic chemical. At least three former crew members have died of cancer, their lawyers alleged. More complainants are expected to come forward in the coming weeks, The Times added. Five former servicemen have received out-of-court settlements. ‘MoD Knew’ According to documents cited by the plaintiffs, the MoD was aware of the risks of Exhaust fumes in the Sea King helicopters in 1999. However, no precautionary measures were taken. “The Ministry of Defence were aware that personnel were being exposed to high concentration levels of exhaust fumes, yet the personnel who flew the Sea King were not told. The MoD chose not to make them aware,” The Times quoted a solicitor representing the families, Louisa Donaghy, as saying. “They didn’t provide the personal protective equipment, they didn’t modify the aircraft by moving the exhaust and they didn’t take it out of service until 2018.” Aircraft Still Flying Three other helicopters have been mentioned in the complaint: the Westland Wessex, the Puma, and CH-47 Chinook. The Wessex was retired in 2003, while the other two remain operational. “They are still knowingly poisoning aircrew, it is still going on, and they are still putting people at risk,” The Times quoted Clare Macnaughton, the widow of one of the alleged victims, as saying. “This is another Horizon, it is another blood contamination scandal.” Clare’s husband Kai Macnaughton flew Puma and Chinook helicopters and died of blood cancer. Forces Network quoted an MoD spokesperson as saying: “Service personnel and veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to service from 6 April 2005 have the existing and long-standing right to apply for no-fault compensation under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.” https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/06/04/british-pilots-helicopter-fumes/ Airbus in talks to sell over 100 widebody jets to Chinese airlines, Bloomberg reports (Reuters) - Airbus SE is negotiating a major sale of A330neo aircraft to China, with some of the largest Chinese airlines considering buying more than 100 of the upgraded A330 models, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The terms are still being discussed and the timing is uncertain, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Airbus declined to respond to the Bloomberg report and said that it does not comment on confidential discussions that may or may not be taking place with customers. The details of the deal come on the heels of a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, last month. Reuters reported in April that France-based Airbus was in preliminary talks over a potentially major order with China, the world's second-largest aviation market. Airbus has previously said it expects China's traffic to grow by 5.3% annually over the next two decades, outstripping a global average of 3.6%. In April last year, the company agreed to build a second assembly line for its A320neo narrow-body family in the country during a state visit by Macron. In the past, China has tended to split jet purchases between Airbus and Boeing but deals with the U.S. planemaker have slowed significantly in recent years amid trade or political tensions. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbus-talks-sell-over-100-090515221.html Iran makes jet engine blades, revives dozens of airliners TEHRAN - An Iranian knowledge-based company has acquired the technical know-how to manufacture jet engine turbine blades, allowing for 28 McDonnell Douglas passenger planes to return to service after being grounded because of the sanctions. Speaking to Tasnim, the CEO of the knowledge-based company, a subsidiary of the Iran Power Plant Projects Management Company (MAPNA) Group, said local scientists have succeeded in manufacturing high-tech jet engine blades, a main component that makes up the turbine section of an aircraft engine. Mani Rezvani said the foreign sanctions have impeded domestic airlines’ access to jet engine blades, which are sold at exorbitant prices, resulting in 28 out of the 40 McDonnell Douglas passenger planes in Iran being grounded. He noted that the Iranian experts manufactured a prototype of the JT8D engine blades via reverse engineering two months ago, saying the homegrown product is expected to get approval from the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran. The first JT8D engine of a Boeing MD passenger plane equipped with Iranian engine blades will be switched on by June 20, Rezvani said, adding that the product will be mass produced afterwards and used in other engines after permission from the authorized organizations. The homegrown jet engine blades cost the manufacturer around $8,000, while the foreign products have a price tag of $22,000, he said. He also unveiled long-term plans for the export of the Iranian jet engine blades to Russia and the Caucasus nations. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/499401/Iran-makes-jet-engine-blades-revives-dozens-of-airliners Turkish Airlines in talks with Boeing for 225 aircraft order Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national carrier, is in talks with American jet manufacturer Boeing Co. about purchasing 225 aircraft. The airline’s Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee, Ahmet Bolat, told reporters in Dubai on Tuesday. Bolat said on the sidelines of the International Air Travel Association’s (IATA) Annual General Meeting that the airline is discussing target prices, commercial terms, and the cost of engines for 150 MAX narrow-bodies and 75 Boeing 787 wide-bodies, Gulf News reports. PUNCH Online reports that the 80th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit are the airline industry’s most authoritative events. It started on June 2 and ends today at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai, UAE. The announcement from Turkish Airlines comes on the back of a major deal with European plane maker Airbus. Bolat said, “We finished with Airbus. We have ordered 385 aircraft; some are fixed, and some are options. So, with Airbus, should we exercise our options or not? That is the question, but it will happen after three to four years,” he said. Airbus-Boeing Bolat said the airline, which has a fleet of 455 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, has ambitions to double its total fleet size to 810 aircraft in ten years. The airline chairman said the order could potentially go to Airbus, given Boeing’s ongoing production challenges. He explained, “With our current fleet and our Airbus order, we can reach the target of 810 aircraft if we don’t replace any of our existing fleet.” However, the airline has adopted a plan to “split the risks because right now, Boeing has some production problems, and it might happen to Airbus sometime later. Therefore, we want to mitigate the risks by using both products available on the market,” he said. Over the last 20 years, the airline has expanded its fleet 6.7 times with orders for 424 aircraft, including 126 widebody, 281 narrowbody, and 17 freighters. “In 2023, we had a fleet of 65 aircraft. In 10 years, we will grow it to 810 aircraft. We are pretty confident that we can do it. “In the last 20 years, our average growth rate has been 12.3 per cent, almost three times more than IATA’s average. In these 20 years, every year Turkish Airlines had profit… except in 2016 and 2020. Our growth is sustainable,” he said. Boeing, Turkish Airlines William Boeing founded Boeing on July 15, 1916, in Seattle, Washington, is one of the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers. Turkish Airlines, or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, is Turkey’s flag carrier, PUNCH Online reports. As of 2024, it provides scheduled routes to 272 destinations across Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the Americas, making it the world’s largest mainline carrier in terms of passenger destinations. https://punchng.com/turkish-airlines-in-talks-with-boeing-for-225-aircraft-order/ European study finds that drinking alcohol and falling asleep on an airplane puts heart health at risk The combination of alcohol and cabin pressure reduces oxygen in the blood and raises heart rate even in young and healthy individuals Consuming alcoholic beverages before or during a flight and falling asleep on the plane can cause heart problems even in healthy passengers, according to a study European study finds that drinking alcohol and falling asleep on an airplane puts heart health at risk Consuming alcoholic beverages before or during a plane journey is not a good idea, especially if one falls asleep during the flight. According to a study published in the journal Thorax, the combination of alcohol and the pressure in the aircraft cabin at cruising altitude poses a risk to the heart health of passengers who sleep, particularly on long-distance flights. This is because it reduces the oxygen levels in the blood and increases heart rate for an extended period, even in young and healthy individuals. You can read the full study here. The research, led by Eva-Maria Elmenhorst from the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Cologne (Germany), was based on the fact that atmospheric pressure decreases exponentially with altitude, leading to a drop in blood oxygen saturation levels to around 90% in healthy passengers when the aircraft is at cruising altitude. There was also evidence that alcohol relaxes blood vessel walls and increases heart rate during sleep, with a similar effect to low blood oxygen levels, so they wanted to find out if the combination of both elements had a cumulative effect on passengers who drink and sleep during the flight. The experiment To test it, they gathered 48 people between 18 and 40 years old in a sleep laboratory and had half of them sleep under normal sea-level air pressure conditions, while the other half slept in a chamber simulating cabin pressure at 2,438 meters above sea level. They had half of each group sleep for 4 hours after consuming alcohol (equivalent to two cans of beer or two glasses of wine), and the other half sleep without drinking. And they found that the combination of alcohol and cabin pressure caused a drop in blood oxygen levels to an average of 85% (defined as hypobaric hypoxia) and a compensatory increase in heart rate to nearly 88 beats per minute during sleep. On the other hand, those who slept at simulated high altitude on a flight without having consumed alcohol showed an 88% oxygen saturation and just under 73 heartbeats per minute. People traveling by air and sleeping on the plane wearing headphones and an eye mask - travel concepts Sleeping in the cabin pressure conditions of an airplane during a flight reduces blood oxygen saturation and increases the number of heartbeats per minute On the other hand, those who had consumed alcohol but were not subjected to the simulated pressure of an airplane cabin had just under 95% blood oxygen saturation and less than 77 pulses per minute, compared to 96% and 64 pulses for those who had not consumed alcohol or were not exposed to cabin pressure. On average, oxygen levels below what clinical guidelines consider healthy (90%) lasted 201 minutes when combining alcohol and cabin pressure, and 173 minutes when simulating flight conditions without alcohol consumption. The researchers also observed that both deep sleep and REM phase cycles were reduced under the combined exposure to both factors. It could worsen symptoms in patients who already have cardiac or pulmonary diseases Eva-Maria Elmenhorst Aerospace Medicine Institute, Cologne (Germany) The authors of the study acknowledge that the sample size of their experiment was small and that the participants were young and healthy individuals, so the results may not be generalizable to the entire population. They believe that the effects could be greater in older passengers and those with pre-existing health problems, as well as in those with higher alcohol consumption. “As a whole, these results indicate that, even in young and healthy individuals, the combination of alcohol with sleep under hypobaric conditions poses a significant strain on the cardiac system and could lead to an exacerbation of symptoms in patients who already have heart or lung diseases,” the researchers commented when presenting their study. And they remembered that “cardiovascular symptoms account for 7% of medical emergencies on board, and cardiac arrest causes 58% of airplane diversions.” Hence, they suggest that perhaps it is time to modify regulations and restrict access to alcoholic beverages on flights, especially on long-haul trips. https://www.lavanguardia.com/mediterranean/20240604/9703765/drinking-alcohol-asleep-airplane-risk-heart-health-health-cabin-pressure.html 73 Airline CEOs Sign IATA Charter To Improve Aviation Safety Culture The announcement was made at the IATA Annual General Meeting. SUMMARY • A global commitment to safety through IATA Charter was made by 73 airline CEOs. • The Safety Leadership Charter promotes a culture of safety and trust within airlines. • IATA highlights the safest year in 2023 for commercial aviation, setting an example for industry. The International Air Transport Association has announced that 73 airlines have committed to its Safety Leadership Charter, focusing on passenger and airline staff safety. Global commitment to safety The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association that represents several airlines worldwide and is committed to safety and efficiency in the industry. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, IATA hosts several events yearly that unite airline and airport leaders on its goals. Currently, the Annual General Meeting is taking place in Dubai. Earlier today, IATA announced that 73 airline CEOs have committed to the IATA Safety Leadership Charter. According to IATA, the charter was created in collaboration with airlines worldwide and aviation community members. The goal of the charter is to encourage safety cultures through eight principles: • Reinforcing safety through both words and actions. • Fostering safety awareness among employees, the leadership team, and the board. • Guiding the integration of safety into business strategies, processes, and performance measures. • Creating the internal capacity to proactively manage safety and collectively achieve organizational safety goals. • Creating an atmosphere of trust, where all employees feel responsible for safety and are encouraged and expected to report safety-related information. • Establishing a working environment in which clear expectations of acceptable and unacceptable behaviors are communicated and understood. • Creating an environment where all employees feel responsibility for safety. • Regularly assessing and improving an organizational Safety Culture. IATA highlighted that 2023 was the best year ever in the commercial aviation industry. Last year, no member airlines registered any fatalities, and not one crash occurred on a jet-engine aircraft. A turboprop aircraft crashed in Nepal in January; an ATR 72 operated as Yeti Airlines Flight 691. Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General, had the following to say about today’s announcement, “Strong leadership and strong safety culture are interdependent. And both are needed to drive continuous improvements in safety performance. By putting their names to the IATA Safety Leadership Charter, 73 airline CEOs have set an example for their airlines and for the industry. In doing so, the Charter is a call to action that keeps in focus the critical obligation of airline CEOs to lead a safety culture that keeps their passengers and staff safe.” What is the charter? The three major points of IATA’s strategy for improving safety in the industry are safety leadership, safety risk, and safety connect. First, IATA hopes to encourage safety cultures worldwide, which Boeing leadership has discussed since the major Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug blowout in January. Safety risk means that collecting and analyzing data can identify and mitigate risks. Safety connect encourages a transparent culture, enabling leaders to report, discuss, and resolve safety concerns. At the same event today, Walsh was asked about the growth in the industry and emissions targets. Specifically, the question posed was whether industry growth should be slowed or allowed to continue. According to Simple Flying’s report, Walsh said it was such a European mindset that reducing emissions needs to be the focus. As far as limiting growth, he said he does not foresee that happening. https://simpleflying.com/73-airline-ceo-sign-iata-charter-to-improve-aviation-safety-culture/ CALENDAR OF EVENTS • (APTSC) Asia and Pacific Turboprop Safety Conference - June 26 - 27, 2024 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Airborne Public Safety Association, Inc. (APSCON 2024) - July 29 - August 3; Houston TX • Asia Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety (AP-SAS 2024), Aug. 13-15, Beijing, China. • Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium - APATS 2024, 0-11 September, 2024, Singapore • Aircraft Cabin Air International Conference - 17 & 18 September - London • 2024 Ground Handling Safety Symposium (GHSS) - September 17-18, 2024 - Fort Worth, TX • 2024 ISASI - Lisbon, Portugal - September 30 to October 4, 2024 • International Congress of Aerospace Medicine ICAM 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal, 3 - 5 October 2024 • Aviation Health Conference back on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th October 2024 • 2024 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition - Oct. 22-24 (Vegas) • Sixth Edition of International Accident Investigation Forum, 21 to 23 May 2025, Singapore Curt Lewis