Content Archive: June 2021

As Aviation Digitizes, Leaders Stress Need for Accuracy

Data providers and an operator discuss the growing use of data but how it cannot be outdated.
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Accidents

NTSB: Spatial Disorientation Cause of AW139 Crash

The NTSB concluded that spatial disorientation was the cause of the 2019 night AW139 crash in the Bahamas.
Aircraft

Vref Sees Strong Market for Business Aircraft Sales

In the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, some segments of used aircraft inventory cannot keep pace with demand.
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Regulations and Government

EASA Requires Member States To Bar Flights over Belarus

A safety directive requires national aviation authorities to instruct their airlines not to enter Belarus airspace.
Maintenance and Modifications

Texas MRO Donates Global Express Airframe to Mx School

Southwest Aerospace Technologies also will provide annual funding toward a scholarship for aviation students at Texas State Technical College.
Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Acquiring Global 6000s for Battlefield Ops

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $464.8 million contract to a Bombardier subsidiary for the purchase and modification of six Global 6000s.
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Maintenance and Modifications

ABS Jets Joins EmbraerX's Beacon Digital Mx Platform

ABS Jets is Beacon’s first European executive operator.
Regulations and Government

NTSB's Landsberg Stresses Need To Overhaul Notams

Speaking during the opening session of the Flight Safety Foundation's BASS, NTSB vice-chair Bruce Landsberg called for improved notams, SMS, and FDM.
Airlines

IATA Calls for Data-driven Covid Mitigation Measures for Travel

IATA director general Willie Walsh said he expects G7 leaders to adopt “data-driven” decisions when formulating policy on travel restrictions.
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Accidents

Operators Need to Monitor Crew SOPs, Says Investigator

An NTSB investigator dissected a business aviation crash to illustrate the need to determine if crews are following SOPs.