Spread the Word
As promised, the November 2016 issue of AeroSafety World is our first digital-only issue. With it, we hope to reach more people, more quickly, with more flexibility. The digital format…
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All-Digital ASW
I am excited to announce that AeroSafety World is going all-digital. In order to better serve the Foundation’s members and the aviation safety community globally, we are no longer going…
Lithium Batteries, Editorial Page
Clamp Down
Risk mitigation is necessarily a cooperative activity. It takes stakeholders from across the aviation industry doing their parts individually and in coordination with others to create the effective layers of…
Focus on M&E
Airbus forecast in July that $1.8 trillion will be spent on commercial aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities over the next 20 years as part of a projected $3…
Missing Information
The world’s most thorough, publicly available analysis of commercial aviation accident statistics is likely the IATA Safety Report, published in the second quarter of each year by the International Air…
Editorial Page, GSIP Blogs and Opinions
Personal Relationships
Since mid-March, Flight Safety Foundation staff and contractors, led by Vice President, Technical, Mark Millam and Vice President, Global Programs, Greg Marshall have traveled tens of thousands of miles conducting…
Conflict Zones
After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was shot down while flying over Ukraine and crashed, killing 298 passengers and crew in July 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), among…
Lithium Batteries, Dangerous Goods, Editorial Page
Battery Ban
As we were finishing this issue of AeroSafety World, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council decided to prohibit, on an interim basis, all shipments of lithium ion batteries as…
Lithium Batteries, Dangerous Goods, Editorial Page
Risk Assessment
In debating whether to prohibit the carriage of lithium ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, members of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) discussed the…
Lithium Batteries, Dangerous Goods, Editorial Page
Hoverboards
Have you ever heard of self-balancing scooters, more popularly known as hoverboards? I had not heard of them until just a few months ago. They have wheels, so they don’t…