The U.S. NTSB first recommended that Safety Management Systems (SMS) be implemented by Part 121 airlines—something the FAA now requires—in 2007, then called for the same requirement for public ...

In its recently released SAFER SEAS DIGEST, Lessons Learned from Marine Accident Investigations (2017), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports investigating numerous accidents across ...

Think of an SMS program as active safety management. Credit: designer491/Alamy Stock Photo In November 2015, a chartered Hawker 700 stalled and crashed while on a non-precision approach to Akron, Ohio ...

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that the company has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of the company’s ...

A new measure has been introduced in the Senate to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) safety oversight processes and procedures. The FAA SMS Compliance Review Act of 2024, ...

RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NATA Compliance Services (NATA CS) announces it is enhancing its comprehensive suite of safety and security solutions with the release of its new Safety Management System ...

Aireon and Boeing announced a new agreement today that will add space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance data to the aircraft manufacturer’s internally operated ...

The FAA is expanding Safety Management System (SMS) requirements to commercial helicopter operators (Parts 91 & 135) to proactively manage safety and risk, similar to its mandate for Part 121 ...

A senior Boeing official contends that a true safety culture relies on employees feeling comfortable providing feedback to senior management. Since 2020, Al Madar has been Boeing’s vice-president of ...