Flight International - January 13, 2015

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FLIGHT

INTERNATIONAL

VOLUME 187 NUMBER 5471 13-19 JANUARY 2015

FLIGHTINTERNATIONAL

WARSAW PACKEDThree bidders still in the mix as Polish multirole

helicopter contest nears evaluation phase 17

BOEING UP, UP, UP Single-aisle orders lead the way as Seattle defies

own predictions to report best-ever backlog 13

SAVING MALAYSIA IS THIS MAN SET TO TAKE AVIATION’S

TOUGHEST JOB? NEWS FOCUS P

13-19 JANUARY 2015

ANALYSISTHE SAFEST

YEAR TO FLYWe look at 2014’s record low fatal airliner accident rate – despite loss of MH

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COVER IMAGE

The Vietnamese air force’s

Col Pham Minh Tuan takes

part in the search over the

Gulf of Thailand for missing

Malaysia Airlines MH

in March 2014 P

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Operations and Safety Editor

David Learmount crunched

the numbers for our annual

airline safety review, which

shows 2014 was a record-

breaking year for the industry

(P22). He also looks at one

pilot’s theory on a possible

location for MH370 (P20)

NEXT WEEK EUROFIGHTER

Test pilot Peter Collins gets to

grips with the RAF’s newest

Eurofighter Typhoon standard

in a BAE Systems simulator Airbus Helicopters, NASA

EC725 in running for Polish helicopter requirement P17. Dream Chaser concept has NASA hopes dashed P

Boeing

Boeing adds 1,432 firm orders to record backlog P

COVER STORY

22 AIRLINE SAFETY Believe it or not, it’s safer

to fly Despite public perception, 2014 was an

extraordinarily good year for aviation safety – but

the gloom of MH370, MH17 and December’s

AirAsia disaster casts a long shadow over the

positive figures

FEATURES

32 No second chance The industry needs to make a

radical shift in pilot training, to get flightcrews

safely in tune with modern airliner technology, but

the authorities are dragging their feet

34 Missing link Slow but steady progress is being

made towards the implementation of deployable

flight data recorders, although reliability is still a

concern

REGULARS

7 Comment

37 Straight & Level

38 Letters

40 Classified

43 Jobs

47 Working Week

NEWS

THIS WEEK

8 Fall in crash count makes 2014 safer.

Helibras delivers army’s upgrades

9 Tail location offers QZ8501 data hope.

Routine aircraft tracking closer to realisation

10 HeliVert partners plan to assemble AW189 in

Russia.

GAO ends Dream Chaser pursuit of NASA contract

11 CBP Predator B fleet takes heavy flak.

Rapid rise predicted for commercial UAV market

AIR TRANSPORT

12 FAA to mandate SMS for all airlines.

Eva Air bids farewell to its final 747-400 Combi

13 Boeing boosts its backlog.

First ARJ21-700 delivery awaits CAAC validation.

Jet Airways ad fuels SpiceJet Q400 rumours

14 Troubled Transaero looks at deferrals.

Sudan appeals to ICAO over sanctions.

Wing-box for MC-21 enters testing phase

DEFENCE

16 Lavi unit heads for operational debut.

Iraqi pilots begin F-16 training in USA.

Russia sees the light with Il-112V

17 Bids in for Polish helicopter contest.

Upgraded Russian strategic bombers back on

duty

18 F-35 chiefs return fire on ‘baseless’ cannon

reporting.

Hawkeye unit to take UCLASS fleet under its wing

BUSINESS AVIATION

19 Passport to success as GE begins engine flight

testing.

Gulfstream ships first all-new G650ER.

Piaggio prepares first Avanti Evos for service entry

NEWS FOCUS

15 Mending a broken airline

20 Can maths solve mystery of MH370’s resting

place?

Crown Copyright

Trevor Williams

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