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New Delhi, <keyword id="17522689" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aviation-safety-regulator" source="Orion">Aviation safety regulator</keyword> <keyword id="6354787" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dgca" source="Orion">DGCA</keyword> on Monday came out with revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (<keyword id="20111051" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="fdtl" source="keywords">FDTL</keyword>) norms for flight crew, entailing increased weekly rest periods to 48 hours, extension of night hours, and limiting the number of night landings to only two as against six earlier. These regulations have been instrumental in managing fatigue-related aviation safety risks for more than a decade now, an official statement said. Airlines are required to comply with the revised norms latest by June 1, it said. With a view to address and mitigate concerns on pilot fatigue through a data-driven approach, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) collected and analysed extensive numbers of pilot rosters, along with pilot fatigue reports submitted by airline operators, it said. Based on the study and analysis, some of the key areas inducing fatigue, such as maximum flight duty period, night duty, weekly rest period, flight duty period extension, among others, were identified, it said. The revised FDTL regulations have been formulated after extensive data analysis and feedback from various stakeholders, including airline operators, pilot associations and individuals, as per the statement. It also said the best practices in the world -- FAA in the US, and EASA in the <keyword id="19895384" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="european-union" source="keywords">European Union</keyword> -- have also been taken into consideration in amending the regulations, while keeping in mind the specific operating environment in India. The revised regulations mandate increased weekly rest periods from 36 hours to 48 hours for flight crew, thus ensuring sufficient time for recovery from cumulative fatigue, it said. Moreover, the definition of night has been amended and it now covers the period of 0000-0600 hours in the revised regulations vis-a-vis the period of 0000-0500 hours under the previous regulations. This enhancement of one hour during the early morning will ensure adequate rest and also align the night duty period, which encompasses <keyword id="20111957" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="window-of-circadian-low" source="keywords">Window of Circadian Low</keyword> (WOCL) from 0200-0600 hours, the time during which the circadian body clock cycle is at its lowest in terms of alertness, the statement said. Also, the revised regulations have taken into consideration different types of operations across time zones, the statement said, adding that the maximum flight time and maximum flight duty period for flight operations encroaching night have been restricted to eight hours' flight time and 10 hours flight duty period, respectively. The number of landings has been limited to only two as against the maximum permissible six under previous regulations during night operations, thus enhancing flight safety, it added.

Aviation regulator raises weekly rest periods for flight crew to 48 hours

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Frontier Airlines flight from San Diego caught fire as it landed in Las Vegas.</li><li>The pilots had earlier detected smoke in the cockpit, the FAA said.</li></ul>A <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-bought-frontiers-all-you-can-fly-gowild-pass-downsides-2023-7">Frontier Airlines</a> plane with nearly 200 people on board caught fire upon landing, sparking an investigation by safety regulators.The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/frontier-airlines-a321neo-review-hard-seats-2023-10">Airbus A321</a> was arriving in Las Vegas from San Diego on Saturday when the crew detected smoke in the cockpit and declared an emergency, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.An audio recording from LiveATC.net also appears to show the plane had communication issues.The air traffic controller told the pilots to respond to his instructions using the IDENT button — a feature on the transponder that makes the plane stand out on the radar — as they couldn't reply verbally."They're unable to transmit," the controller later said.After landing, the controller said there was a fire in the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-ultra-low-cost-airlines-spirit-frontier-not-worth-it-2024-6">Frontier</a> jet's right engine.A video taken by a witness appears to show flames coming from the landing gear before emergency vehicles attended the plane.The FAA said a fire around the right engine was extinguished.All 190 passengers and seven crew were evacuated via airstairs with no injuries before being taken by bus to the terminal, Frontier said in a statement.The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are now investigating the incident.This wasn't the only plane to catch fire in the past week.A <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ryanair-boeing-flight-caught-fire-runway-southern-italy-2024-10">Ryanair Boeing 737 Max suffered an engine fire</a> as it taxied on a runway in Brindisi, Italy on Thursday.Two days before that, another <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ryanair-boeing-737-tires-burst-landing-flight-cancellations-milan-2024-10">Ryanair plane's tires burst</a> upon landing and damaged the runway at Milan Bergamo Airport in Italy.

A Frontier Airlines jet caught fire after the pilots smelled smoke in the cockpit, and regulators are investigating

<ul class="summary-list"><li>18 people have died after a small passenger plane crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu, Nepal.</li><li>Nepal has a poor aviation safety record and all of its airlines are banned from European airspace.</li></ul>18 people have died after a small passenger airplane crashed during takeoff in Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu.The plane's captain is the only remaining survivor of the 19 onboard, including two crew members and 17 technicians of the airline, who were traveling to Pokhara, reportedly for aircraft maintenance.The Saurya Airlines flight skidded off the runway at approximately 11.15 a.m. local time, <a target="_blank" href="https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-3/2024/07/24/caan-confirms-18-aboard-saurya-airlines-dead-one-rescued">according to The Kathmandu Post</a>.All 18 bodies have been recovered from the crash site at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal. The pilot, Captain Manish Ratna Shkya, was rescued and is being treated for injuries at Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital.Videos and photos posted online showed billows of black smoke emerging from the wreckage of the plane, then on fire but since put out by firefighters.The search and rescue coordination of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a recently released statement that the plane "veered off to the right and crashed on the east side of the runway.""Rescue operations were initiated immediately," it said. "The fire was brought under control," the statement added.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-nepal-has-so-many-fatal-plane-crashes-2023-1">Nepal has a poor aviation safety record</a> and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous countries for air travel. All Nepali air carriers are banned from entering the airspace of any European Union country, <a target="_blank" href="https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/3195fabb-7575-4db9-85b9-ec5a77b481aa_en?filename=air-safety-list-2024-05-30_en.pdf">per the EU Air Safety List</a>.The European Union Aviation Safety Agency bans airlines from operating in the EU for "failure to adhere to the applicable international safety standards."Professor Ron Bartch, chairman and founding director of aviation consultancy firm AvLaw, told Business Insider that one reason for its poor safety record is that the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal is "not a terribly well-resourced safety regulator."The CAAN did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.Nepal's mountainous terrain, unpredictable weather, and remote runways have contributed to the country's reputation as one of the most difficult places to fly.Kathmandu's high altitude makes for a "challenging operating environment," Bartch added, noting that this means a greater distance and an accelerated approach speed are required for takeoff and landing as the air is less dense than at sea level.He also said Nepal's monsoonal conditions affect the country's aviation safety.The deadliest plane crash in Nepal in three decades occurred in January 2023, when at least <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/folk-singer-hotelier-travel-blogger-among-victims-nepal-plane-crash-2023-1">72 people were killed</a> after a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-nepal-plane-was-spinning-sharply-before-crash-40-reported-killed-2023-1">Yeti Airlines flight went down near Pokhara</a>, which government investigators later attributed to the aircraft's pilots accidentally cutting off the power.In 1992, all 167 passengers on board a Pakistan International Airlines flight to Kathmandu died when the Airbus crashed on approach to the airport.Since 2000, more than 350 people have died in Nepal in 19 air crashes.

Nepal just suffered another fatal plane crash. Its aviation safety record is so poor that all its airlines are banned from flying to most of Europe.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk said the FAA should punish Boeing for its Starliner fiasco rather than fining SpaceX for "trivia."</li><li>The head of the FAA pushed back, saying both companies should be treated equally, per Reuters.</li></ul>The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back against <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk">Elon Musk's</a> claim that the agency should punish Boeing for its Starliner failures rather than impose "petty" fines on SpaceX.FAA administrator Mike Whitaker said Boeing and SpaceX should be treated equally after <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-faa-should-punish-boeing-starliner-not-spacex-9">Elon Musk attacked the regulator for fining his rocket company "for trivia"</a> and said it should focus on Boeing's Starliner issues instead."I think Boeing and SpaceX should have the same oversight. They should all have safety management systems. They should all have whistleblower programs," said Whitaker, in comments to reporters on Tuesday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/faa-chief-defends-spacex-civil-penalty-launch-delay-2024-09-24/">reported by Reuters</a>.In a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1836923457960919224?s=46&amp;t=bkmJfZuvxzKCaiQCsNuiTw">post on X</a> last week, Musk railed against the FAA's proposed $633,000 fine for SpaceX over two instances where the rocket company violated its launch licenses."NASA deemed the Boeing capsule unsafe for astronaut return, turning, out of necessity, to SpaceX, yet instead of fining Boeing for putting astronauts at risk, the FAA is fining SpaceX for trivia," the billionaire SpaceX founder wrote.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-stranded-astronauts-return-nasa-boeing-starliner-spacex-crew-dragon-2024-8">A SpaceX rocket is set to return Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams</a>, the two astronauts left stranded on the International Space Station by Boeing's malfunctioning Starliner spacecraft, to Earth next year.Starliner ultimately returned from orbit without any passengers after the craft <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starliner-stuck-space-threatens-boeing-plans-rival-elon-musk-spacex-2024-8">experienced a series of helium leaks on its first crewed voyage</a>, leading NASA to turn to SpaceX instead in a huge blow for Boeing.Whitaker defended the $633,000 fine at a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL1uHhYCa-c">US House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday</a>, telling lawmakers that SpaceX needs to operate at the "highest level of safety."He said the rocket firm had violated agency rules by launching satellites into orbit without the correct permit — which <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1838694004277547121">SpaceX slammed as incorrect</a>.SpaceX is also engaged in a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-beef-with-regulators-over-starship-launch-delay-2024-9">war of words with the aviation regulator over delays to the next launch of Starship</a>, the giant rocket Musk wants to use to travel to Mars.Earlier this month, the company said it didn't expect to get approval to launch Starship for the fifth time until November, two months later than expected.Musk <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1833557568326930760">criticized the delay on X</a>, writing that humanity will "never get to Mars if this continues."Whitaker also defended the delay in the next Starship launch at the House hearing, stating that Musk's company had failed to complete an updated sonic boom analysis and had failed to comply with Texas law.The FAA and SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside normal working hours.

FAA chief says Boeing and SpaceX should be treated the same after Elon Musk accuses regulator of playing favorites

New Delhi: Aviation safety regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (<keyword id="19899185" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="DGCA" source="keywords">DGCA</keyword>) has placed <keyword id="19987725" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="SpiceJet" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="SpiceJet" meta.hostid="83" meta.entityid="SpiceJet">Spicejet</keyword> under '<keyword id="20073402" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="enhanced-surveillance" source="keywords">enhanced surveillance</keyword>' with immediate effect. A senior DGCA official said that based on reports of cancellation of flights and financial stress being experienced by <keyword id="22971642" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="spicejet-airlines" source="keywords">Spicejet Airlines</keyword>, a special audit of Spicejet engineering facilities was conducted on the August 7 and Auugst 8, 2024, which has revealed certain deficiencies. Following a series of occurrences reported on the Spicejet fleet in 2022, a special drive of spot checks was undertaken during which Spicejet was permitted to release aircraft for operations only after confirming to DGCA that all reported defects/malfunctions had been rectified. During the year 2023, based on reports of the airline being under financial stress, it was again placed under enhanced surveillance. In light of the past record and the special audit carried out in August 2024, Spicejet has once again been placed under enhanced surveillance with immediate effect. This would entail an increase in the number of spot checks and night surveillance with a view to ensure safety of operations. According to reports, the airline's passengers were on Thursday barred from checking-in for their flights at Dubai airport over delayed payments. On reports of cancellation of Spicejet flights from Dubai, the airline spokesperson said, "Due to operational reasons, a few SpiceJet flights from Dubai were cancelled. Affected passengers have been accommodated on subsequent SpiceJet flights, on other airlines or provided with a full refund. All our scheduled flights from Dubai are now operating as planned."

DGCA places Spicejet under enhanced surveillance after conducting special audit

In order to enhance <keyword id="182124" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="safety-standards" source="Orion">safety standards</keyword> in the <keyword id="34987" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aviation-industry" source="Orion">aviation industry</keyword>, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday said that a total of 542 <keyword id="6641634" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="enforcement-actions" source="Orion">enforcement actions</keyword> were taken in the year 2023 which was a 77 per cent increase as compared to the 305 enforcement actions carried out in 2022. In a statement, <keyword id="6354787" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dgca" source="Orion">DGCA</keyword> informed that, in a significant move towards enhancing safety standards in the aviation industry, DGCA has taken stringent measures to ensure compliance with regulations through the conduct of <keyword id="1808201" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="surveillance-activities" source="Orion">surveillance activities</keyword> on airlines, aerodrome operators, approved organisations, and aviation personnel under its regulatory control to meet laid-down safety obligations. Extensive surveillance mechanisms play a pivotal role in safety by mitigating potential safety risks and enhancing safety margins across the industry. During the year 2023, DGCA intensified its safety oversight efforts and conducted a staggering 5745 surveillances (4039 planned surveillances, 1706 spot checks and night surveillance), which is an all-time high. This marked a notable increase of 26 per cent in surveillance activities compared to the year 2022, emphasising the commitment to ensure compliance and safety within the aviation landscape. Consequent to the findings of the surveillance conducted, enforcement action on non-compliant personnel, airlines, and other operators was taken. A total of 542 enforcement actions were taken in the year 2023 witnessing a 77 percent increase as compared to the 305 enforcement actions carried out for the year 2022. Significant enforcement actions for the year 2023 included the suspension of the Approved Training Organisation of Air India and financial penalties on airlines like Air India, Air Asia, Indigo and Spice Jet for various non-compliances. Enforcement actions were also taken against erring pilots and cabin crew, ATCOs, non-scheduled airlines, flying training organizations and aerodrome operators. DGCA's unwavering commitment to enforcing compliance underscores the critical importance of adhering to safety regulations within the aviation sector to ensure safer skies.

DGCA took 542 enforcement actions on Airlines in year 2023 to enhance safety standards

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An aviation safety theory may explain a plane crash in Japan this week. </li><li>The "Swiss cheese" theory argues that crashes are often caused by a series of small errors. </li></ul>A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-plane-crash-earthquake-relief-coast-guard-2024-1">Japan Airlines Airbus A350 erupted into a fireball</a> this week after colliding with a Japanese coast guard aircraft on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.Five people in the coast guard plane, a smaller Dash-8 turboprop, died. However, in what many people call a miracle, all 379 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-fire-how-passengers-managed-to-escape-burning-plane-2024-1">passengers and crew aboard the A350 jetliner survived</a>.The aircraft only had three of its eight emergency exit doors available for the evacuation, which took about 18 minutes in total.An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway. Still, it will likely be months before Japanese regulators release their preliminary findings, and it's impossible to know for sure the root cause before then.But information is already starting to emerge, with safety experts trying to piece together what happened. Former JAL pilot and aviation safety analyst Hiroyuki Kobayashi told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQ0ImRgI-0">Reuters</a> the cause was likely pilot error.A published air traffic control transcript said the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-crash-transcript-coast-guard-captain-2024-1?mrfhud=true">Dash-8 pilot did not have clearance</a> to enter the active runway. According to the recordings, the instruction was to hold short of the runway, not enter, though the Dash-8 pilot — the one person in the plane who survived the collision — told investigators he believed he had clearance to take off.While this may look like a straightforward case of pilot error or negligence, a core causation model in aviation safety called the "Swiss cheese model" could tell a different story.<h2>The JAL air crash was likely caused by several smaller errors</h2>Air crashes are rarely caused by a single factor, but rather are a series of individual failures that collectively lead to an incident or accident.This is commonly illustrated through the "Swiss cheese" model. The "holes" represent the failures, and the slices of cheese represent the layers of protection put in place to prevent those failures from turning into a catastrophe.Using the method, safety professionals can more easily identify and address safety gaps before an event occurs, whether it be related to human error, technology, procedures, or everything in between."Airlines can be accused of cost-cutting in various areas, like putting more seats on airplanes and cutting back on amenities and services," travel analyst Henry Hardevelt told Business Insider. "But one thing airlines don't skimp on is safety."<div type="image" title="Haneda" height="683" width="1024" msid="106596359" hostid="261" sizebytes="79596"></div>According to the Swiss cheese model, events like the one in Tokyo can happen when too many safeguards fail — allowing the "holes" to line up and open a window of opportunity for an accident or incident."Investigators are going to look at everything like weather, air traffic control, communications, and human factors," Anthony Brickhouse, an aviation safety associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, told Business Insider.<h2>Fatigue, lighting malfunctions and an earthquake may all have played a role</h2>In the case of JAL, the Dash-8 pilots' misunderstood radio call could turn out to be because they were experiencing particularly severe fatigue in the wake of their duties during the earthquake. Fatigue, the hypothetical second hole, is commonly attributed to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/are-pilot-fatigue-rules-making-travel-delays-worse-2014-1">pilot error</a>.For the pilots of the A350, it's likely investigators will ask if they saw the Dash-8 on the runway during landing. However, the nighttime conditions — another possible hole — could have made it more difficult for them to spot the turboprop and avoid a collision.<div type="image" title="Swiss cheese" height="683" width="1024" msid="106596362" hostid="261" sizebytes="28888"></div>The earthquake may turn out to be a contributing factor in the JAL accident as well. Had the disaster not happened, the Dash-8 likely wouldn't have even been on the runway that night in the first place."Something that caught my attention was that this wasn't two commercial airliners colliding, but a commercial airliner and a military aircraft," Brickhouse told BI. "I'd be interested in what role that played in the accident and how the coast guard operates out of Haneda airport."The string of hazards doesn't stop there, though. Many large global airports have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-jet-crash-runway-warning-lights-reportedly-werent-working-2024-1">"stop bar" lights</a> that indicates to pilots if a runway is clear. They're intended to stop planes from entering an active runway even if they think they have clearance.On the day of the accident, however, the lights at the intersection where the Dash-8 entered the runway were malfunctioning, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AviationSafety/status/1742858937379012661?s=20">notice to airmen</a> that went into effect on December 27. Pilots are expected to check airport NOTAMs.<div type="image" title="JAL" height="683" width="1024" msid="106596364" hostid="261" sizebytes="77148"></div>"These stop bar lights are a series of red lights at the junction of the taxiway and the runway, and they are a sort of last resort precaution, if you like, to stop pilots from blundering onto an active runway," Geoffrey Thomas, editor in chief of AirlineRatings.com, a source of airline safety ratings and product reviews, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.airlineratings.com/news/industry-news/critical-runway-warning-lights-focus-of-japan-crash/">said</a> on Thursday.Airport equipment like the stop bar lighting exists as another redundancy, or layer of Swiss cheese, in an aviation safety system. But the safeguard in place for the Dash-8 failed, too, and could not course-correct the pilot's potential communication error.Experts have been cautioning for months about the technology gaps in runway detection systems, especially after a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/near-miss-incidents-wakeup-call-to-the-aviation-industry-2023-2">string of near-misses gave the US a wake-up call last year.</a>"Many of the serious incidents could have been avoided through better situational awareness technologies that can help air traffic controllers and pilots detect potential runway conflicts," Flight Safety Foundation CEO Hassan Shahidi told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/runway-safety-concerns-focus-japan-probes-tokyo-crash-2024-01-03/">Reuters</a> on Wednesday.Nevertheless, in every case in the US, at least one layer of Swiss cheese held up to prevent an accident from occurring, from air traffic control's quick corrections to the evasive actions of pilots.While the investigation will likely uncover even more information as the months go on, it's too early to say what caused the Dash-8 and A350 to collide in Tokyo.Still, it's a good example of the Swiss cheese model at work in modern aviation and a reminder that even the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-crash-collision-experts-near-misses-united-states-2024-1">safest systems are at risk</a> if the right hazards come together at the wrong time.

Aviation safety is built on the 'Swiss cheese' model – but the Japan Airlines crash shows the holes sometimes line up

The <keyword id="22186137" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-transport-security-body" source="keywords">US transport security body</keyword> has sought a unique "one-stop agreement" with <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="India" source="keywords">India</keyword> to end the rescreening of <keyword id="19915258" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="passengers" source="keywords">passengers</keyword>, asserting that the "really powerful" concept will raise global <keyword id="20051539" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aviation" source="keywords">aviation</keyword> <keyword id="19900703" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="security" source="keywords">security</keyword> standards. Addressing the India US Aviation Summit here on Tuesday, David Pekoske, Administrator of the US Transportation Security Administration (USTSA) said that the one-stop security concept is "very reachable" between the countries. "I think very tangible and very reachable between India and the United States is one-stop security," he said. "It's a concept that expedites the flow of passengers and baggage to their destinations by eliminating the duplication of security controls at transfer points," Pekoske said. He said in the case of a one-stop agreement, passengers who reach an airport in another country and have a connecting domestic flight would not need to be rescreened and their checked bags would go from aircraft to aircraft. Terming it a "really powerful" concept, Pekoske said it raises global aviation security standards. "Flights inbound to the United States are more secure. If there's a reverse agreement between the United States and India where US screening satisfies Indian requirements, that means that flights to India would also be more secure. It does require the regular exchange of information," he said. "It requires improvements to security processes to maintain the agreement. It yields a reduction in security costs through better allocation of resources, reduces flight connection times and missed connections, and improves the passenger experience," he said. Pekoske said the two countries should consider signing a memorandum of agreement to share sensitive security information. "We have a category of classification of information that is not classified in the true sense of classified material, but it is sensitive enough that it needs additional protections," he said. He said that whenever there is a sharing of sensitive security information -- which is critical to a growing partnership -- there is a need to have a memorandum of agreement which covers the aspects of that sharing arrangement. He noted that both the TSA and India's transportation security posture were born of cruel tragedy. For India, it was the bombing of Air India 'Kanishka' Flight 182 in 1985, while for the TSA, it was the 9-11 attacks in 2001. "These tragic events were paradigm shifts in how we both thought about transportation security that continues today," he said. Meanwhile, addressing the summit, US Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Whitaker said that India and the United States need to work together on issues like aviation safety. Asserting that safety is a team sport, he said that sharing data between the two countries can allow better identification and mitigation of risks in the sector. "Our (US and India's) national systems of aviation are inextricably linked into a single global network," he said, adding that the two counties have adjoining air spaces, integrated supply chains, and international services that connect their economies and people. "We need to work together on issues like safety, we need to share ideas and share innovations, especially in how to safely incorporate some of these new technologies into our airspace," he said. Noting that the two countries have different systems that will take different approaches to solving challenges, he said, "We can and should work together to share best practices and learn from one another." "We all have an interest in increasing safety within our respective countries, but we must work together to increase the level of safety in the global aviation system," he added. "This means sharing data. Sharing information allows us to better identify and mitigate risks before those risks become accidents and even before they become failures to the safety layers in our system," he added. "When I started in aviation, accidents were unfortunately not uncommon. They were almost annual events, and safety regulators learned from those accidents and made the system safer," he said. "For the past couple of decades, we've moved beyond that model, and accidents are now extremely rare, and they are simply unacceptable as an outcome," Whitaker said. "Our challenge is to bring safety to the next level, and that means we need to proactively analyse data and find those risks of failure and mitigate those risks before they happen," he said. Asserting that all the job categories in the aviation sector are highly sought after, he said that "for regulators, it means new questions about how we oversee those operations". "We have to find a safe yet nimble way to regulate these new entrants who are operating at the speed of a startup while we are operating at the speed of government, he said. He added that there is a need to figure out how to close the gap, identify these risks and leverage technology to incorporate them safely into the airspace. "In the US, we've seen the public perception of safety and risk in the system evolve over time. As more people have access to aviation, the expectation grows that the system will be completely safe," he asserted. 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<keyword id="19896016" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-delhi" source="keywords">New Delhi</keyword>, Aviation regulator <keyword id="19899185" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dgca" source="keywords">DGCA</keyword> has mandated that at least 25 per cent of the air traffic controllers, aircraft maintenance engineers, and personnel carrying out safety-sensitive work at an airport will have to undergo a breath analyser test daily. The revised <keyword id="20777683" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="civil-aviation-requirements" source="keywords">Civil Aviation Requirements</keyword> (<keyword id="19993399" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="car" source="keywords">CAR</keyword>) in this regard will come into force after three months, the <keyword id="19926254" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="directorate-general-of-civil-aviation" source="keywords">Directorate General of Civil Aviation</keyword> (DGCA) said in a release on Thursday. Currently, the breath analyser test percentage required is 10 per cent and that has been increased to 25 per cent. It will be applicable for air traffic controllers, ground staff, aircraft maintenance engineers, and ground handling services personnel right. According to the regulator, revisions have been made to the CAR on the procedure for breath analyser examination of the personnel engaged in safety-sensitive work such as aircraft maintenance, air traffic control services, aerodrome operations, and ground handling services for detecting the consumption of alcohol. DGCA said the revision in the CAR will further enhance the level of safety and is an effective step in view of the increase in air traffic and ground movements at airports. The amended norms will be effective after three months from the date of issue in order to provide adequate time to the industry to suitably enhance the existing infrastructure for breath analyser tests at various locations, it added.

DGCA issues stricter breath analyser norms for air traffic controllers, others

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Allied Pilots Association says safety problems are increasing at American Airlines.</li><li>It said incidents include tools left in wheel wells and increased collisions between towed planes.</li></ul>The union for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-will-book-american-airlines-review-2022-3">American Airlines</a> pilots has warned that safety problems are increasing at the carrier.In a Saturday <a target="_blank" href="https://www.alliedpilots.org/Services/View-FullArticle?ArticleId=12213">statement</a>, the Allied Pilots Association said it "has been tracking a significant spike in safety- and maintenance-related problems in our operation."It listed incidents like tools being left in wheel wells, and more collisions between towed or tugged aircraft.The APA also said some maintenance actions hadn't been closed out properly, and there were increased intervals between inspections."Remember: Don't rush, don't be intimidated, and don't be pressured into doing something that doesn't pass the 'smell test,'" the union told pilots. "Just because it's legal doesn't make it safe."The union encouraged its members to speak up and report any issues: "As the last link in the safety chain, our passengers and crew depend on us to be the strongest link in that chain."It also referenced recent problems at United Airlines. A series of safety events — like a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-united-airlines-boeing-777-loses-tire-takeoff-sfo-2024-3">tire falling off a Boeing 777</a> — have seen regulators ramp up their oversight of the carrier."While <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-airlines-faces-tighter-scrutiny-after-several-safety-incidents-2024-3">United Airlines</a> is currently under public and government scrutiny, it could just as easily be American Airlines," the APA said.<a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ual-stock">United's share price</a> fell 3.4% after the Federal Aviation Administration announced the move last month, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/united-airlines-shares-fall-after-us-faas-increases-oversight-2024-03-25/">Reuters</a> reported. So, avoiding similar actions from the FAA will be important for American.Two days after the memo, the APA's president, Ed Sicher, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.alliedpilots.org/Services/View-FullArticle?ArticleId=12219">said</a> the union's safety committee had met with senior management to discuss the issues earlier this month."APA is squarely focused on finding solutions — which will require collaboration between the union and management — and management's initial response to our concerns was encouraging," he added.An American Airlines spokesperson told Business Insider: "Safety at any airline is a shared mission and it's especially true at American. Our robust safety program is guided by our industry-leading safety management system."They added: "It includes a multitude of collaborative programs — and regular touchpoints — with the FAA and all our unions, including APA, to further bolster our strong safety record and enhance our ever-evolving safety culture."

American Airlines pilots say there's been a 'significant spike' in safety problems

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Boeing engineer told lawmakers the company threatened him for voicing safety concerns.</li><li>He said his manager would keep him out of meetings and call his personal phone to "berate" him.</li></ul>A veteran Boeing engineer told a panel of lawmakers that he received verbal and physical threats for voicing safety concerns to the company.In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-ed-pierson-whistleblower-recognized-model-plane-boarding-2024-3">Sam Salehpour, a veteran Boeing employee turned whistleblower</a>, said the company repeatedly ignored his reports of safety lapses during the production of at least 1,400 widebody airplanes.Salehpour said a Boeing quality manager told him not to document concerns or notify experts of the gaps he said exist on the fuselage of hundreds of Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Salehpour said the boss insinuated that he should instead keep quiet.Boeing has denied any safety lapses in its 787 planes, telling Business Insider on Wednesday that "a 787 can safely operate for at least 30 years before needing expanded airframe maintenance routines."Salehpour also said his boss retaliated against him by keeping him out of meetings, silencing him, transferring his department, making him cancel doctor appointments, and calling his personal phone to "berate" him."It reminds me of, ya know, people who stalk people," Salehpour <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-7po2pKRQ">said at the hearing</a>, noting he has a work phone his manager could call him on. "They call you on your personal phone to let you know that they know where you live, they know where you are, and they can hurt you."Salehpour — who said he still has his job thanks to whistleblower-protection laws — told lawmakers that has has also received threats against his physical safety.A photo of a nail in Salehpour's car tire was shown at the Wednesday hearing, which he said a mechanic told him was intentionally put there and not something the tire picked up on the road. He told lawmakers that although he has "no proof" of where or who the nail came from, he believes it happened at work.<div type="image" title="Committee Chairman, US Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, holds a picture of a nail in a tire that Boeing engineer, Sam Salehpour said he believes was placed intentionally in his car tire as retaliation for being a whistleblower." height="2723" width="4085" msid="109382923" hostid="261"></div>In another instance, Salehpour told lawmakers that his boss once said in a meeting that he "would have killed someone who said what you said."Salehpour said this retaliation is part of a greater trend at Boeing, where engineers are threatened into overlooking quality concerns due to a culture that puts "schedule over safety" and punishes employees for speaking up.One case Salehpour told lawmakers involved his colleague inspecting 787 fuselage gaps that could have debris, and the boss suggested he should not stop production over the concern."The attitude at Boeing from the highest level is just to push the defective parts regardless of what it is, unfortunately," he said.Boeing told BI that it encourages transparency with its employees and that reports have skyrocketed since the Alaska Airlines 737 Max blowout in January."There has been a more than 500% increase in employee reports through our "Speak Up" portal compared to 2023, which signals progress toward a robust reporting culture that is not fearful of retaliation," the company said.<h2>Boeing backs its widebodies</h2>Wednesday's hearing came a week after Salehpour's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-ed-pierson-whistleblower-recognized-model-plane-boarding-2024-3">whistleblower complaint</a> to aviation regulators became public.Salehpour, who has worked on both the 777 and 787 assembly lines, said he witnessed misaligned parts that could more quickly fatigue over time and potentially lead to a catastrophic event.<div type="image" title="Boeing 787s at Boeing's Washington assembly line." height="3024" width="4032" msid="109382924" hostid="261"></div>"After the threats and after all this, it really scares me, but I am at peace," Salehpour said. "If something happens to me, I am at peace because I feel like by coming forward, I will be saving a lot of lives."Boeing has backed its widebody planes despite Salehpour's complaint, telling BI in an email statement prior to the hearing that the allegations are not representative of the work it has done to "ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft.""Extensive and rigorous testing of the fuselage and heavy maintenance checks of nearly 700 in-service airplanes to date have found zero evidence of airframe fatigue," Boeing told BI, referring to its 787 Dreamliners."Under FAA oversight, we have painstakingly inspected and reworked airplanes and improved production quality to meet exacting standards that are measured in the one-hundredths of an inch," it continued.

Boeing whistleblower said the company threatened him and other engineers to keep quiet about safety concerns

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A whistleblower has come forward with allegations about the safety of at least 1,400 Boeing planes.</li><li>He said production shortcuts have led to misaligned fuselages on Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 jets.</li></ul>Another <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-ed-pierson-whistleblower-recognized-model-plane-boarding-2024-3">Boeing whistleblower has come forward</a> with concerns over one of the planemaker's family of passenger jetliners, pointing to safety concerns in at least 1,400 widebody airplanes.In a January <a target="_blank" href="https://katzbanks.com/wp-content/uploads/240119-Ltr-to-Whitaker-1.pdf">complaint</a> to aviation regulators that was publicly released for the first time on Tuesday, Sam Salehpour, who claims to be a veteran Boeing employee and 40-year aerospace engineer, said parts of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Boeing 777 were misaligned during assembly and could pose safety threats. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/politics/boeing-787-dreamliner-whistle-blower.html?searchResultPosition=1&amp;login=smartlock&amp;auth=login-smartlock">New York Times</a> first reported his allegations on Tuesday.Through lawyers, Salehpour said he observed problems during his work on both programs and documented his concerns in order to send them to the FAA and Boeing leadership. He said employees were pressured to "overlook" the concerns in what he described as a "schedule over safety" culture, which he claimed affects more than 1,000 Dreamliners and at least 400 777s.Regarding the 787, Salehpour said he observed "shortcuts employed by Boeing to reduce bottlenecks during the 787 assembly process," including placing "excessive stress on major airplane joints" and leaving drilling debris between certain key joints.This could "significantly" reduce the lifespan of the plane due to metal fatigue and cause an accident, Salehpour said in a Tuesday call with journalists. Salehpour also raised <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-777x-testbed-test-plane-aircraft-new-see-inside-photos-2024-3">flags about the 777</a>, saying in his complaint that a redesign of the jet's assembly process to speed up production used "unmeasured and unlimited" force to get the fuselage to fit together."I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align," he told the media in a press conference on Tuesday. He noted his concerns about the 787 and 777 airplanes were backed by Boeing data but that his complaints were ignored.The complaint is under investigation, the FAA told to BI.Salehpour will also testify before a Senate subcommittee on April 17, the Times reported. Boeing has backed its widebodies despite the whistleblower complaint, telling BI in an email statement on Tuesday that Salehpour's allegations are not representative of the work it has done to "ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft.""The issues raised have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under FAA oversight," Boeing said of the 787. "This analysis has validated that these issues do not present any safety concerns, and the aircraft will maintain its service life over several decades."Boeing said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-boeing-787-dreamliner-the-plane-that-started-revolution-2020-2">the 787 can fly for more than 30 years</a> before it needs heavy maintenance to extend its life and that it is fully confident in the safety of its in-production and in-service Dreamliners."Based on the previous fuselage testing up to 165,000 cycles and Boeing's extensive data gathering, testing, modeling, and analysis from 2020 to today — shared transparently with the FAA — Boeing currently expects these issues will not change or affect the expected lifespan of the 787 fuselages," Boeing said.<h2>The 787 has long been plagued by manufacturing issues</h2>The complaints come after years of production issues on the 787, which led to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-received-first-boeing-787-dreamliner-after-faa-paused-deliveries-2022-8">15-month halt in airplane deliveries</a> due to a series of production flaws, including the gaps mentioned by Salehpour.The Boeing 787 is the company's best-selling widebody jetliner and is favorable for its different variants that come in three sizes — small, medium, and large — all with varying ranges and capacities. It is one of Boeing's biggest cash cows.The allegations will also likely not help Boeing escape heightened scrutiny about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-boeing-737-max-planes-have-issues-2024-1">its quality control after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9</a> fell off mid-flight."I'm not doing this not because I want Boeing to fail, but because I want it to succeed and prevent crashes from happening," Salehpour said. "The truth is Boeing can't keep on the way it is; it needs to do a little bit better."

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