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Review of the Security and Controls over the Civil Aviation Registry Systems – Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for setting, overseeing, and enforcing safety standards in the aviation industry. FAA’s Flight Standards Service promotes aviation safety by managing systems for registration of civil aircraft and airman records. These registry systems contain FAA’s official records of civil aircraft registration and ownership, and airman certification, ratings and authorizations. DOT OIG has initiated an audit of the security of the registry systems’ information.

Audit objectives are to determine whether: (1) personally identifiable information is secure from unauthorized use or access; (2) information in the registry systems is sufficient for managing aircraft registrations and airmen’s records; and (3) registry contingency planning ensures FAA’s continued ability to accomplish its mission of aviation safety.

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    NTSB ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR AIRLINE CODE-SHARING SYMPOSIUM

    The National Transportation Safety Board has published the agenda for the symposium on airline code-sharing, which will take place on October 26-27 in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center (429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20594). The symposium is open to all and free to attend (there is no registration). The event will also be webcast live on www.ntsb.gov.

    A description of the symposium, a detailed agenda, and biographies of the presenters, panelists and moderator are all available at http://go.usa.gov/aZ6

    The media advisory announcing the symposium is available athttp://go.usa.gov/aZF

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  • Emergency: Honeywell Bendix Navigation Issue


    Emergency Notice
    Notice Number: NOTC2101
    Emergency Notification
    The FAA has been made aware of an issue with an update to a navigation database that became effective on 14 January 2010. To date, the known affected models are: Honeywell Bendix/King KLN 35, KLN 88, KLN 89, KLN 89B, KLN 90, KLN 90B, KLN 94, KLX 100, KLX 135, KLX 135A, KLN 900.

    *** URGENT SAFETY BULLETIN ***

    January 11, 2010

    Reference: Databases for KLN 35A/KLN 88/KLN 89/KLN 89B/KLN 90/KLN 90A/KLN90B/KLN 94/KLX 100/KLX 135/KLX 135A/KLN 900

    After production and distribution of the Cycle 1001 databases (effective date 14-Jan-2010),Honeywell was informed by our data supplier, Jeppesen, that the data file delivered to Honeywell contained incorrect Dynamic Magnetic Variations for all terminal and en route waypoint records.For that reason, it is imperative that the incorrect databases NOT be used for arrival, departure, or approach operations.

    Any of the following databases contain incorrect data that must be corrected before use:
    1. Cycle 1001 databases downloaded from Wingman Services prior to January 12th, 2010.
    2. Cycle 1001 databases on programmed media and received prior to January 12th, 2010.

    To fix this issue, a corrected database must be installed prior to the next flight. For all units except the KLN 94, refer to the applicable pilot’s guide for database update instructions. For operators using KLN 94 equipment who downloaded the Cycle 1001 database prior to 16 January 2010, please refer to Service Information Letter “Incorrect Dynamic Magnetic Variation Data on database cycle 1001” PN D201001000010.

    To obtain a corrected database:
    1. For customers with web distribution, download the new data file Cycle 1001 and load the new database in the unit.
    2. For customers with all other types of distribution, return the distribution media (except diskettes) to Wingman Services and a new Cycle 1001 will be sent back to be loaded into the unit.

    Note that if it cannot be determined whether the Cycle 1001 database falls within the categories listed above, or if there is any uncertainty about the correctness of the data, a corrected database should be installed.

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    All Nippon Report UPSIDE DOWN

    The official report is out, concluding that because it was dark, passengers were unaware that the plane was flying upside down.

    Excuse me? Are we to believe that passengers were unawere the plane was flying UPSIDE DOWN?

    I don’t think so. If they were upside down they had to FEEL it, dark or not. Or else they weren’t upside down.


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    Contact photographer Andrew Bowden

    What: All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 en route from Okinawa to Tokyo Haneda
    Where: Hamamatsu
    When: Sep 6th 2011
    Who: 2 crew injured
    Why: While en route, the co-pilot accidentally activated the rudder trim switch instead of the door mechanism.

    The plane descended 6000 feet and rolled, injuring a couple of flight attendants. The first officer—2400 hours— leveled off, and was able to admit the captain who was stuck outside the cockpit, waiting to get in.

    The flight continued without incident

    See George’s editorial Sept 8

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    Prime Minister Endorses Australian-based search

    On March 24, Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Prime Minister, announced that new computations by Inmarsat and the AAIB, flight MH-370 ended in the South Indian Ocean west of Perth (Australia). At this point, Malaysia endorsed the new search search parameters.

    The full statement:

    “This evening I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch — or AAIB. They informed me that Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern and southern corridors, has been performing further calculations on the data. Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on MH370’s flight path.

    Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat and the AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth. This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites.

    It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.

    We will be holding a press conference tomorrow with further details. In the meantime, we wanted to inform you of this new development at the earliest opportunity. We share this information out of a commitment to openness and respect for the families, two principles which have guided this investigation.

    Malaysia Airlines have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development. For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking. I know this news must be harder still. I urge the media to respect their privacy, and to allow them the space they need at this difficult time.”

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    American Airlines and American Eagle Extend Ticketing Deadline to Help Customers Affected by Mexicana Airlines Service Suspension

    FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ — American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, today announced that the deadline for the special 20 percent discount off of any published fare for customers holding tickets for confirmed bookings on cancelled Mexicana flights has been extended until Sept. 12, 2010.

    Under an offer that became effective on Aug. 30, 2010, American and American Eagle will replace a customer’s travel itinerary with a new confirmed ticket to their original destination or to the closest airport served by the carriers. This offer is only valid for travel between the U.S. and Mexico. Changes to the closest airport served by American or American Eagle are permitted only if American or American Eagle do not serve the original destination. Travel must occur within seven days of the original travel dates. Travel must be completed by Oct. 28, 2010.

    To take advantage of this special offer, customers may call American Airlines reservations:

    U.S.-based Customers

    1-800-433-7300 (English)
    1-800-633-3711 (Spanish)

    Mexico-based Customers

    5209-1400 (Mexico City only)
    01-800-904-6000 (Rest of Mexico)

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    NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE

    HOUSTON — The next three crew members to live and work aboard the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Questions will be taken from participating NASA centers.

    NASA astronaut Ron Garan and crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko, will participate in individual round-robin interviews, in person or by phone, following the news conference. The crew also will participate in a photo opportunity for reporters at Johnson.

    U.S. and foreign media representatives planning to attend the briefing or participate in the round-robin interviews must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24.

    Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko are three of the six crew members for Expedition 27 and 28. The trio is scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 29 (March 30 Kazakhstan time). They will join Expedition 27 NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev who will stay aboard the station until mid-May.

    On June 1, NASA’s Mike Fossum, Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa and Russia’s Sergei Volkov will join Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko to complete the Expedition 28 crew.

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