Excessive approach speed and inadequate control of aircraft pitch during a crosswind landing in very blustery conditions caused a hard landing of an ATR-72 passenger plane at Shannon, Ireland, according to an AAIU investigation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that plans to initiate an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) efforts to reduce runway incursions.

The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), published a preliminary report of their investigation into the cause of the accident involving a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 near Bali, Indonesia.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is calling on Canada’s small aircraft operators to equip their fleets with lightweight recorders to monitor flight data, and is pressing Transport Canada to work with industry to make it happen. This TSB recommendation is part of an investigation report in which investigators could not conclusively determine why a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter lost control and broke up in flight in the Yukon, Canada in March 2011.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its annual reassessment of responses to Board recommendations. Troubled by slow progress, the TSB is now calling on Transport Canada to intensify efforts on a number of outstanding safety recommendations, especially in aviation.

In December 2010 the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Transportation started a follow-up review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of repair stations. The review was conducted at the request of Representative Jerry F. Costello, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $4 million civil penalty against United Parcel Service (UPS) for allegedly maintaining four cargo aircraft improperly and then operating them when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. The FAA alleges that UPS failed to follow FAA-approved procedures for making structural repairs to two [...]

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Boeing’s design for modifications to the Boeing 787 battery system. The changes are designed to address risks at the battery cell level, the battery level and the aircraft level.

The Finnish Safety Investigation Authority published their investigation report on a serious runway incursion incident that occurred at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on December 29, 2011 blaming the crew’s misinterpretation of traffic information and inadequate CRM.

According to a report by the Italian aircraft accident investigation agency ANSV it took emergency services ten minutes to reach an ATR-72 passenger plane that had suffered a runway excursion at Roma-Fiumicino Airport, Italy. Two interim safety recommendations were made.