18 January 2021On January 18, 2021, Transport Canada issued an Airworthiness Directive for the Boeing 737 MAX which outlines the required modifications to be made to the aircraft prior to a return to service in Canadian airspace. This concludes the department’s review of the aircraft.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published the 10th edition of the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS) covering 2021 – 2025.
15 January 2021TSB Canada released its investigation report into the August 2019 runway incursion between two aircraft at the Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Canada.
12 January 2021In a bid to reduce runway excursions, the Flight Safety Foundation and Eurocontrol have released the Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions (GAPPRE).
10 January 2021A Cessna 560 Citation V was destroyed when it impacted the terrain in the Mutton Mountains, Oregon. There were no survivors.
9 January 2021Sriwijaya Air flight 182 crashed into the sea, shortly after departure from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia with 62 on board.
6 January 2021The international airline industry in 2020 suffered eight fatal accidents resulting in 314 fatalities, both of which are below the industry’s five-year average, according to statistics released today by the Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Included in the 2020 totals are two events in which airliners were inadvertently shot down, killing 182 passengers and crew.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration extended the Conflict Zone Notam on Pakistani airspace by a year, to 1 January 2022.
2 January 2021A Learjet 31A on an ambulance flight suffered a runway excursion after landing at Diamantina Airport, Brazil
Avianca flight AV29, an Airbus A319, struck a pyrotechnic balloon on landing at Bogotá Airport in Colombia.