#AviAssist’s latest news

LATAM flight 2213, an Airbus A320neo, CC-BHB, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a firetruck during takeoff from runway 16 at Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), Peru. There were no fatalities inside the plane, but two firefighters inside the truck sustained fatal injuries, a third firefighter sustatined serious injuries. The detention of the pilots spurred a challenge to a positive safety culture in which “the sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability”. Click here for video footage of the accident.

There’s been a flurry of news about single-pilot flight ops. The thinking has been we are going first to see this with freighters. Turns out the USAF may have been first. Are single pilot ops an attempt to solve the pilot shortage? In the General Aviation arena, safety systems have been developed to autoland the aircraft in an emergency. Could these be extended for normal operations too? Click here to read more

Southern African drone industry refines regulations 

The Commercial Unmanned Aerial Association of Southern Africa (CUAASA) reports several milestones at the latest annual general meeting. Click here to read more

Flight Safety Foundation highlights persistent risks of 2021

Runway excursions, loss of control?in flight and controlled flight into terrain accounted for nearly 30 percent of all airliner accidents in 2021, according to Flight Safety Foundation’s 2021 Safety Report. The report is based on an analysis of preliminary accident data and information contained in the Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network (ASN) database Click here to read the report

Kenya

Cessna 208 (Caravan) – Click here to download the final report