The Air Accident Investigation Unit Ireland (AAIU) released their investigation report regarding the December 2010 incident involving a Boeing 737-800 at Kerry Airport, Ireland. Runway de-icer was blamed for smoke inside the cabin and cockpit of the plane.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed to substantially raise the qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines.

The Italian investigation board ANSV is recommending a review of certain approach charts of Italian airports. The investigation into an Airbus A319 landing accident at Palermo learned that the crew used charts that were not fully compliant with ICAO principles.

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) published the final report of their investigation into the fatal Embraer 120 loss of control accident at Darwin, Australia. The airplane crashed during a simulated engine failure on takeoff.

The U.S. NTSB notes that there have been several survivable accidents in the last 3 years in which overhead bins and passenger service units (PSU) on Boeing 737 airplanes became separated from their attachments during the accident sequences. This suggests that current crashworthiness test requirements do not provide an adequate basis on which to evaluate how these items will withstand impact forces during survivable accidents.

The Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has released the final report of their investigation into the July 2010 landing accident involving an MD-11F at Riyadh. The report concludes that the flight crew responded to bounces on landing by using exaggerated control inputs.

The Spanish investigation into an incident involving a Boeing 737-800 concluded that the airplane went off the runway because it landed at excessive speed on a wet runway following an unstabilized approach.

The German Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) released the final report of their investigation into a runway excursion accident involving a Falcon 900 jet that landed fast and long at Emden Airport, Germany.

Ther Peruvian Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA) concluded their investigation into a runway excursion accident at Andahuaylas, Peru. The Metro III airplane had lost directional control on landing due to multiple failures in the brake system. The Swearingen SA227AC Metro III passenger plane, registered N781C, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Andahuaylas [...]

The Italian ANSV, while investigating an ATR-72 engine failure incident, met with other accident investigators dealing with similar PW127 engine problems.