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☆ Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Officials investigating why a panel on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew open during an Alaska Airlines flight last week say they are struggling to piece together exactly what happened because the plane’s cockpit voice recorder overwrote itself before it could be retrieved. last month proposed 25-hour recorders on new planes but argued that adding them to the existing fleet of U.S. planes would be too expensive. In addition, a pilots’ union has opposed the move to 25-hour recordings unless Congress puts in place protections that would prohibit their release to the public. The chairwoman of the safety board, Jennifer Homendy, said the agency’s investigators had conducted 10 investigations since 2018 in which the cockpit voice recorder had been written over, with critical recordings lost forever. The voice recorders are among the key pieces of evidence that investigators use in reconstructing the events that led up to accidents as they work to establish a cause.

Persons: overwrote, Jennifer Homendy Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: U.S

☆ Boeing's latest 737 Max failure narrowly avoided tragedy — but it won't avoid scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The 737 Max 9 flown by Alaska Airlines on Friday was delivered less than three months ago. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines, the largest operators of the 737 Max 9, on Saturday said they suspended flights with those planes, forcing the carriers to cancel more than 400 flights. Boeing's leadership has spent roughly five years regrouping after the 2018 and 2019 fatal crashes of its smaller and more popular Boeing 737 Max 8, which prompted a worldwide grounding of both the Max 8 and Max 9, the two types flying commercially. According to Jefferies, the 737 Max 9 represents just 2% of Boeing's backlog of more than 4,500 Max planes. Richard Aboulafia, managing director at aviation consulting firm Aerodynamic Advisory, said the problem on the Alaska Airlines plane appears to be a manufacturing defect, not an inherent design flaw.

Persons: Jason Redmond, Max, Jim Hall, I've, we've, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, he's, Jennifer Homendy, Aerosystems, John Goglia, Jefferies, Richard Aboulafia Organizations: Reuters Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Transportation Safety Board, Boeing, United Airlines, Regulators, Airbus, hasn't, Wall Street, NTSB Locations: Renton , Washington, Portland , Oregon, Ontario , California, Portland, United, Alaska

☆ FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alaska and United Airlines said late Saturday that they were grounding their entire fleets of Boeing 737 Max 9s. "Safety will continue to drive our decision-making as we assist the NTSB's investigation into Alaska Airlines Flight 1282," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement. The FAA has heavily scrutinized the Boeing 737 Max since two fatal crashes grounded the jetliner worldwide almost five years ago. The section of the fuselage missing appeared to correspond to an exit not used by Alaska Airlines, or other carriers that don't have high-density seating configurations, and was plugged. Before the FAA issued its directive, Alaska Airlines earlier said it would ground its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.

Persons: depressurization, Mike Whitaker, Max, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, Sara Nelson, Anthony Brickhouse, Brickhouse Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Max, United Airlines, Alaska Air, FAA, National Transportation, Association of Flight, CWA, United, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University Locations: Ontario, California, Portland , Oregon, U.S, Portland, Ontario , California, Alaska

☆ US FAA wants new planes to capture more cockpit data to boost safety probes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Europe has required new airplanes to collect 25 hours of cockpit voice recordings since 2021. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said the change will "give us substantially more data to identify the causes of incidents." After one runway incident, the NTSB said the cockpit voice recordings in both planes were overwritten and not recovered because the devices record only two hours. "More data will not only help identify causes but better enable operators to address any safety deficiencies," Homendy said. When cockpit voice recorders were first implemented in 1966, they could only record 30 minutes, the FAA said.

Persons: Jim Vondruska, Mike Whitaker, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, David Shepardson, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, REUTERS, Rights, National Transportation Safety Board, International Civil Aviation Organization, NTSB, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, United States, Europe

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into snow-removal equipment are focusing on a “design problem” with its braking system. But that didn't happen, and it crashed into the snow-removal equipment. She said investigators cannot say yet whether other CTA trains might also have similar braking system issues, but she stressed that CTA’s system is safe. I have no safety concerns about taking the train,” Homendy said, noting that 43,000 Americans die in motor vehicle crashes each year. In Thursday's crash, the CTA train was heading south from Skokie when it rear-ended the snow-removal equipment on Chicago's North Side.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, ”, ” Homendy Organizations: CHICAGO, Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, NTSB Locations: Chicago, Skokie

The nation’s top accident investigator said Thursday that a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports this year is a "clear warning sign” that the aviation system is under stress. She said there has been a “lack of meaningful” training — and more reliance on computer-based instruction — by the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines. There have been many close calls in recent months, with the scariest occurring in February in Austin, Texas. An air traffic controller had cleared both planes to use the same runway. The NTSB is investigating about a half-dozen close calls this year, and the FAA says there were 23 of the most serious class of close calls in the last fiscal year, up from 16 the year before and 11 a decade ago.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, Homendy Organizations: National Transportation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Fort Worth International, Newark Liberty International, Logan International, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, NTSB Locations: U.S, Dallas, New Jersey, Boston, Austin , Texas

☆ NTSB chair says US near miss aviation incidents 'clear warning sign'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled "Improving Rail Safety in Response to the East Palestine Derailment" in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will tell a U.S. Senate subcommittee that an increase in near miss aviation incidents is a "clear warning sign that the U.S. Aviation system is sharply strained." Homendy, who will testify at a Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee hearing along side the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation unions, will tell senators the aviation system has a lack of redundancy around technology to prevent runway incursions and wrong surface landings. "We cannot ignore or avoid the warning signs of strain from all these recent events," Homendy will say. Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, Evelyn Hockstein, Homendy, David Shepardson, Franklin Paul Organizations: Transportation, Commerce, Science, REUTERS, Transportation Safety, U.S, Senate, U.S . Aviation, Senate Commerce, Federal Aviation Administration, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: East Palestine, Washington , U.S

☆ US FAA to hold new round of runway-safety meetings after close calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A commercial aircraft approaches to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 6, 2022. The new meetings with the FAA, airlines, pilots, airport vehicle drivers and others will take place by Dec. 31. On Thursday, a U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing on recent incidents that raised questions about FAA air traffic control operations. The hearing will include FAA Air Traffic Organization head Tim Arel, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Rich Santa, Air Lines Pilots Association President Jason Ambrosi and former FAA administrator Randy Babbitt. The FAA said in September it was seeking recommendations on making it compulsory for airports to include cockpit-alerting technologies that could improve runway safety.

Persons: Mike Blake, Washington Reagan, Tim Arel, Jennifer Homendy, Rich, Jason Ambrosi, Randy Babbitt, Homendy, Bernadette Baum Organizations: San Diego International Airport, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Transportation Safety Board, Fort, U.S, Senate, FAA Air Traffic Organization, Transportation, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Rich Santa, Air Lines Pilots, Southwest Airlines, Boeing, Cessna, FedEx, Southwest Boeing, Thomson Locations: San Diego , California, U.S, Boston, Newark, Washington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin , Texas

(AP) — The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety investigators said in a report Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 150 train crashes since 1969 could have been prevented by Positive Train Control. The agency had recommended the automatic braking system for years before it was mandated by Congress, which extended the original 2015 deadline twice and gave railroads until the end of 2020 to complete the system. The crash was likely caused by an overheating bearing and isn't one the automatic braking system is designed to prevent. The National Transportation Safety Board said there are several shortcomings of the current railroad braking system that developed partly because the system had to be designed so that every railroad's system would work on another railroad.

Persons: Jessica Kahanek, Federal Railroad Administration didn't, Jennifer Homendy, doesn't Organizations: National Transportation Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Railroads, National Transportation, Train Control, Congress, of American Railroads, Railroad, Norfolk Southern, National Transportation Safety Board Locations: OMAHA, Neb, California, Norfolk, Ohio

FRA spokesman Warren Flatau said freight railroads weren't addressed because a 2015 law Congress passed only required regulators to establish a rule for passenger railroads. But many freight railroads, including all the biggest ones that handle a majority of shipments nationwide, have installed cameras voluntarily, starting with outward-facing cameras and later adding ones showing the crews' actions. Later, lawmakers also required regulators in the 2015 law to look at requiring locomotive video recorders for passenger trains. Amtrak pledged in 2015 to install cameras on its trains after a crash in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured about 200. “While video recorders cannot directly prevent accidents, they help maintain a higher standard of safety,” said FRA Administrator Amit Bose.

Persons: Warren Flatau, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, there’s, ” Homendy, ”, Amit Bose Organizations: —, National Transportation Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad Association, Norfolk Southern, NTSB, Union Pacific, Metrolink, Amtrak Locations: OMAHA, Neb, Ohio, Norfolk, East Palestine, Pennsylvania, Palestine, Chatsworth , California, Chatsworth, Philadelphia

Mistakes by air traffic controllers — stretched thin by a nationwide staffing shortage — have been one major factor. So do the air traffic controllers who scour the skies and manage takeoffs and landings. The number of fully trained air traffic controllers nationwide has fallen 10 percent in the past decade. data and the agency’s most recent “Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan.”Nearly all U.S. air traffic control facilities are understaffed Circles represent 313 air traffic facilities in the United States, including airport towers and larger regional centers. Desiree Rios for The New York TimesPilots, air traffic controllers and federal investigators have warned repeatedly that America’s air safety system is fraying.

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☆ Charter pilot cited in Boston near-miss with JetBlue plane - NTSB
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday cited the failure of a charter pilot to get a takeoff clearance in a February incident in Boston that resulted in a near-collision with a JetBlue flight. The board said the airport surface detection equipment issued an alert, and the air traffic controller issued go-around instructions to the JetBlue flight. The report said the Boston tower told the Lear 60 charter pilot the JetBlue flight passed about 400 feet above them. The 63-year-old charter pilot told the NTSB in an email that he had gotten instructions to wait but "but on mymind I was clear for takeoff." The pilot, charter company and JetBlue did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, Homendy, David Shepardson, Marguerita Choy Organizations: National Transportation Safety, JetBlue, NTSB, JetBlue Embraer, Lear, Boston . Technology, Thomson Locations: Boston, Nashville, U.S

☆ US watchdog to review FAA efforts to prevent runway incursions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog will review Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) efforts to prevent airport runway incursions after a series of incidents where airplanes came dangerously close to each other. The U.S. Transportation Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) said it was opening its audit to assess FAA processes for analyzing data, identifying risks and preventing and mitigating runway incursions. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating six runway incursion events since January including some near catastrophes. In March, the FAA said it was taking steps to improve air traffic control, convening a safety summit and issuing a safety alert. In April, it named an independent safety review team and in June announced $100 million for 12 airports to make improvements to taxiways and lighting to reduce runway incursions.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, OIG, David Shepardson, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, U.S . Transportation Department, National Transportation Safety Board, OIG, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, Boeing, FedEx plane's, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Thomson Locations: Austin , Texas, Boston , Florida, New, JFK

☆ N.T.S.B. Convenes Hearing in East Palestine to Examine Train Derailment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Mark Walker | Peter Eavis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The National Transportation Safety Board released thousands of pages of documents on Thursday about the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, providing the fullest account yet of what led to the accident. The agency released the trove of documents ahead of a two-day hearing in East Palestine, which began on Thursday morning and is set to examine several aspects of the derailment and the emergency response that followed, including the decision to conduct a controlled burn of some toxic chemicals the train was carrying. The N.T.S.B. held a community meeting on Wednesday night to field questions from residents, and the agency’s chairwoman, Jennifer Homendy, opened the hearing on Thursday morning with a message for those affected by the derailment. “Just know that all of us think about you, not just during this hearing, not just during the investigation, but well after our final board report is issued,” she said.

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, ” Organizations: Transportation Safety, Norfolk Locations: Norfolk Southern, East Palestine , Ohio, East Palestine

The company that owns the truck has been in contact with officials and is complying with state police, officials said. Buttigieg has said his agency is prepared to help local officials swiftly address the extensive disruption caused by the collapse. A view of the aftermath of the collapse of a part of I-95 highway in Philadelphia Sunday in this still image obtained from a social media video. Shortly before the collapse, Mark Fusetti was driving south on I-95 in Philadelphia and began filming when he saw plumes of dark smoke. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority also said it added extra capacity and service to other transportation routes and was evaluating all options to assist travelers as they work around the highway collapse.

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☆ ‘The federal government is not doing their job,’ NTSB chair says about automated driving tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy sharply criticized federal regulators Thursday for not doing enough to monitor and test automatic driving technologies. “The NTSB has called on regulators to set performance minimums for these features, to test vehicles rigorously against those standards and provide the results to consumers. That’s because the IIHS and Consumer Reports worked directly with automakers to get them to add it. “Consumer Reports and IIHS tried to get ahead of this because there was no movement from regulators,” she said. Consumer Reports test drivers will still use an actual interstate highway to test features that only function when the car recognizes that it’s on a divided highway.

☆ U.S. trains keep derailing. Why?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Carlos Waters | In Carloswaters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Washington lawmakers are scrutinizing the freight rail industry as a string of derailments unfold in 2023. "Trains got heavier and longer," said Mark Burrows, a former locomotive engineer. The National Transportation Safety Board, which released preliminary findings in February, is conducting a full investigation of the crash. "This was 100% preventable," said Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, at a February press conference focused on the preliminary report. Watch the video above to learn more about the freight rail industry and what might be leading to the current rash of train derailments in the U.S.

☆ U.S. urges rail tank car owners, shippers to use safer, newer cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars like some in a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern (NSC.N) train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and replace them with newer, safer tank cars. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said at a Senate Commerce hearing on Wednesday the railroad supports the provision "for accelerating safer tank car standards". Last month, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on Congress to mandate owners of tank cars to expedite the phase-in of safer DOT-117 tank cars in advance of the congressionally mandated 2029 deadline. The PHMSA advisory calls on shippers of flammable liquids "to voluntarily upgrade their tank car fleets to the newest, and safest, available tank car design authorized for flammable liquid service." The advisory added railroads should consider applyingrequirements applicable to high-hazard flammable trains to trains with fewer tank cars carrying flammable liquids in DOT-111 tank cars.

☆ China still seeking answers a year after plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - China's aviation regulator said Monday investigators were still looking into the cause of the crash of China Eastern Airlines' Flight MU5735, almost a year after the plane came down, killing all 132 people on board. On the eve of the anniversary, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said experts had already inspected more than 100 pieces of wreckage. NTSB investigators also traveled to China. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said last week the agency has had a "really good working relationship with China" during the investigation. A final report into the causes of the crash could take two years or more to compile, Chinese officials said last year.

☆ Beijing still seeking answers a year after China Eastern plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

While the MU5735 tragedy like all aircraft disasters was complex, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the aircraft were recovered days after the crash, he added. A final report into the causes of the crash could take two years or more to compile, Chinese officials said last year. Boeing declined to comment and China Eastern did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were sent to a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) laboratory in Washington, a move Beijing had supported despite rising political tensions between the two countries. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said last week the agency has had a "really good working relationship with China" during the investigation.

☆ U.S. must address rise in aviation close calls - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

McLEAN, Virginia, March 15 (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday the United States cannot wait for the next "catastrophic event" to address an uptick in aviation close calls that sparked alarm. "We have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address together. National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said the board has issued seven recommendations on runway collisions that have not been acted on. "There have been far too many close calls," Homendy said at the summit. "In light of the recent close calls and the attention being focused on even routine go-arounds — are we emphasizing efficiency over safety?

☆ Schumer pushes National Transportation Safety Board to expand rail safety probe beyond Norfolk Southern
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to broaden its rail safety investigation beyond Norfolk Southern to other large rail companies after last month's derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Hours before Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw appeared at a congressional hearing last week about the Ohio derailment, another of the company's trains derailed in Calhoun County, Alabama. It was the third derailment involving Norfolk Southern since last month. They can tell us how many fatalities there were — 2,768 — but not why or if company policies could have prevented them." The Ohio Attorney General's office on Tuesday sued Norfolk Southern in federal court, alleging it was negligent for causing the derailment.

☆ US railroad group warns carriers to stop using cars with loose wheels
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. railroads on Thursday warned carriers to stop using rail cars with loose wheels until those wheel sets can be replaced. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) said Norfolk Southern (NSC.N) had identified loose wheels on a series of cars that present an increased risk of an out of gage derailment. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was looking at the role of the loose wheels in recent derailments and praised the industry action. Norfolk Southern had 517 railcars in use with the wheels at issue, she added. Norfolk Southern did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ U.S. FAA, NTSB probe new airline runway incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating a string of recent runway incursions that have attracted national attention. The FAA said the American Airlines flight crew discontinued the landing after the controller advised that the Air Canada aircraft was departing. The aircraft were about 3,100 feet (945 meters) apart when the American Airlines jet began its climb-out, the FAA said. The FAA will hold a March 15 safety summit and is forming a team of experts to review airline safety after several recent near-miss incidents. The FedEx plane had been set to land on a runway on which a Southwest Airlines jet was also cleared to depart.

☆ NTSB: FedEx plane was only 150 feet off ground when disaster was averted
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The NTSB’s initial findings confirmed earlier reports that it was the FedEx pilot, not air traffic controllers, who detected the problem and told the Southwest plane to abort its takeoff. NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy previously told CNN she believes the two planes came within 100 feet or less. “It’s a big concern for us.”The report said the Southwest plane was racing down the runway, picking up speed to take off, when the FedEx pilot warning came. The Southwest plane did take off, and veered sharply to the right as it became airborne. The FedEx plane veered to the left as it aborted its landing to avoid a possible collision.

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