Improving Cabin Safety

The international civil aviation network carries over four billion passengers around the world annually. In celebrating ICAO’s 75th Anniversary Celebrations, we will be highlighting some of the crucial safety achievements that have enabled this. We hope you follow our UnitingAviation.com series throughout the year, and we encourage you to use the […]

Aircraft fire extinguishing systems: replacing the halon

  Aircraft fire extinguishing systems: replacing the halon The international civil aviation network carries over four billion passengers around the world annually. In celebrating ICAO’s 75th Anniversary Celebrations, we will be highlighting some of the crucial safety achievements that have enabled this. We hope you follow our UnitingAviation.com series throughout the […]

BFU REPORT ON DRAMATIC CHALLENGER WAKE VORTEX ACCIDENT

Bombardier CL-604 Challenger D-AMSC dropped 9,000ft after a wake vortex encounter resulted in a temporary loss of control over the Indian Ocean.  This resulted in two serious injuries (head injuries and a fractured rib in one case and a fractured vertebra in the other) andone minor injury.  The airframe was overstressed and written off. The business jet, operated by MHS […]