The European Aviation Safety Agency has received so many comments on its notice of proposed amendment requiring business aircraft operators to operate safety management systems, that implementation of the rule by the scheduled date of 8 April 2012 may not be feasible. EASA's section manager for aviation operations rulemaking Daniela Defossar told EBACE delegates that this fact may lead to the need for transitional arrangements beyond the planned compliance date.
Source: Flight Daily News
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
US investigators believe a fire which badly damaged a Bombardier Challenger 650 last month occurred after the crew attempted to use braking to burn excess fuel prior to departure. The executive jet (N247QS) had been set to take off from Jackson in Wyoming for Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 November. According ...
Failure to remove a pitot probe cover and a cascade of resulting pilot missteps caused a 2023 inflight upset near Hartford that involved a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and killed one passenger.
