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To somewhere far far far away #firstleg #sweden #travelgram #travel #wheresnik #flights #aviation #nextjet #flysas #downunder (at Jönköping Airport)

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"Drone"

is slang for something like

Bath Salts

and so is

Explosion.

"Shahed"

I take to be evocative of

Hash

"Kamikaze"

is a mixture of

Yaba

and caffeine.

"Geran-2/Two"

looks like an anagram of:

Gear—2N/N2 (eg, Nextjet, SWE)

or

Orange—TW/WT (eg, T'way or Swift Air)

where Gear is Product and Orange is Yaba, but Oranges are Oxy.

"Ukraine"

either UA (United Airlines) or UK

(where it's not actually Ukraine, of course)

"Air Force"

Air France, an Air Force base or Afghanistan.

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03 | Doors

Introduction 

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) developed international standards and recommended practices on the security of flight crew compartments 

“all passenger-carrying aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 45 500 kg or with a passenger seating capacity greater than 60 shall be equipped with an approved flight crew compartment door that is designed to resist penetration by small arms fire and grenade shrapnel, and to resist forcible intrusions by unauthorised persons. This door shall be capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot’s station”.

Air NZ Pilots 

Two pilots had disagreement leading to one locked out of cockpit 

Captain involved taken off duty for 2 weeks

First officer taken off duty for 1 week 

Both require additional training and offered counselling 

Delay due to FO taking required random drug and alcohol test 

Delay frustrated Captain: operational efficiency 

FO left flight deck mid flight for comfort break then returned to a locked door and unresponsive Captain (via calls) 

Captain claimed he didn’t respond due to nearing navigational waypoint and saw crew member and not FO ringing 

FO became concerned and used alternative method to gain access 

Crashed Germanwings 

Captain (Patrick) tried to break into locked cockpit using an axe during intentional descent by co-pilot (Andreas)

Patrick left cockpit mid flight for bathroom break and returned to Andreas barricading himself in the cockpit and not responding to request for access 

Andres descended over the French Alps 

Patrick attempted to break down the cockpit door after requests for access were ignored 

French investigators back up these events 

Andreas’ steady breathing was heard until moment of impact suggesting he was alive before impact.

Nextjet 

Swedish pilot prise open door after drunk passenger refused to leave cubicle 10 minutes before scheduled landing 

Passenger ignored repeated requests to return to seat to comply with safety regulations 

Did not smash the door down but rather pry it open with the axe

Passenger not taken into custody but is suspected of violating Swedish aviation laws 

Air India

Flight forced to land after pilot locked out of cockpit after toilet break due to jammed door

All efforts including from inside by co pilot to open door failed 

Co pilot diverted and grounded flight after permission from ground control 

Door fixed by ground maintenance and continued on in less than 3 hours 

Auto pilot system accidentally switched off mid flight 

The 2 pilots took a 40 min mid flight break together and left 2 stewardesses to operate plane in their absence 

One of the stewardesses accidentally turned off autopilot forcing pilots to rush back 

Airline denied above account, claimed crew overstayed and auto pilot disconnected due to distraction 

Boeing 787 Dreamliner 

Resume flying after earlier worldwide string of incidents including fuel leaks, cracked cockpit window, break problems, electrical fire, and the most concerning: overheating in batteries providing auxiliary power. 

Note: Airline was plagued by financial difficulties in recent years (jet grounded earlier in the year due to safety concerns) 

AirBus Reinforced Cockpit Door Video 

Description 

Normally located on pedestal but can be installed in overhead panel on request

Normal cockpit access procedure

Purse calls captain on inter-phone

Goes to code pad and presses # resulting in buzzer sounding in cockpit for 3 seconds 

Captain pulls toggle switch and maintains it in the unlock position 

Green light on pad turns on and access is allowed 

Amber light turns on when door is open  

Locking procedure 

When door is closed, its normal state is locked 

If person does not apply normal procedure for requesting access 

Captain moves toggle switch to lock position 

Red light turned on to confirm the door is locked 

Automatic door opening, code pad, and buzzer are inhibited for 5 minutes 

Purser realises access in inhibited and calls captain on intercom 

Door can be opened by moving switch to unlocked position which overrides the previous locked situation 

Emergency access procedure 

In case of crew incapacitation 

Purser calls captain through inter-phone but no answer

Alternate request for entry via pressing # on code pad and no reaction after 3 seconds of buzzer 

Try another call on inter-phone no response 

Emergency access procedure 

Enters emergency code on key pad and presses # key 

Triggers 30 second timer 

Green light flash indicating imminent unlocking, and buzzer sounds continuously and open light flashes 

After 30 seconds with no action from cockpit crew, door goes into unlocking sequence for 5 sec in which purser has to enter 

Delta (Further Reading)

Emergency landing after flying into massive hail storm 

Nose cone broken and windshield mostly cracked 

In turbulence and dropped 4,267 m in altitude within 2 min 

Passengers were fortunately unable to see damage on plane until landed 

Pilots told air traffic control they may need to do Autoland due to lack of visibility 

Only 1 person taken to hospital with minor injuries 

Passengers put on another plane 

Incident investigated, while DELTA maintenance crew assess the extent of damage 

Egypt Air (Further Reading)

Crash caused by pilot intentional act instead of mechanical failure 

... Didn’t read the rest. 

Analysis Question 

In light of Germain Wings incident and the earlier Egypt Air incident. 

Produce a short list of recommendations for actions to be taken to prevent future disasters.

5 recommendations and justification in descending order of importance 

Consider people allowed in cockpit and mental stability

Regular assessments and provide support 

i.e. Co-pilot wanted to suicide and took down an entire plane with him

Have everything readily available in cockpit (so no one has to enter / leave) 

This is because most incidents occur when a pilot takes a toilet or refreshment break away from the cockpit.

Ensure that items that can be used as a barricade is secured to the plane and cannot easily be used as a barricade. 

Allow for the transfer of control to air traffic control:

After 20 minutes of inactivity / no response from either pilots 

For 5 minute if there is only 1 pilot in the cockpit. 

This is in the case of a hijack or a pilot becomes uncooperative and becomes a danger to other crew or passengers 

Con: This signal can be hijacked.

Live camera within cockpit also in front of crew

This is to ensure that everything is ok in both cabin and cockpit.

This is an example of minimising one type of risk and maximising the other as making the door easy to break down may result in unwanted intruders getting in but it will prevent cases where a pilot is locked out of the cockpit. 

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week_three // Case Study

Doors on Planes

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has developed international standards and recommended practices on the security of flight crew compartments which are presently contained in Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).

Section 13.2.2 requires that “all passenger-carrying aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 45 500 kg or with a passenger seating capacity greater than 60 shall be equipped with an approved flight crew compartment door that is designed to resist penetration by small arms fire and grenade shrapnel, and to resist forcible intrusions by unauthorised persons. This door shall be capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot’s station”.

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixEHV7c3VXs

communicating over the telecom, there is no real identification needed, it was gained just through a "hey capataiiiinnn"

Switch doesn't show the current status if it's open or not.

just a simple hash key for "normal procedure"

open switch overrides 5 minute lock. (maybe)

Emergency button is very unsafe.

reading_one

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-06/air-nz/5575286

Air New Zealand pilots stood down after mid-air drama sees first officer locked out of cockpit.

Perth-Auckland flight on May 21

The first-officer were locked out of cockpit even when the crew member attempted to call to captain. Captain did not answer due to the reason being "he was in the middle waypoint, it's not anyone important enough"

reading_two

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germanwings-captain-patrick-sondenheimer-tried-to-break-into-locked-cockpit-door-with-an-axe-as-10138492.html

Germanwings captain Patrick Sondenheimer tried to break into locked cockpit door 'with an axe' as plane was descending

Airbus A320

Captain Patrick Sondenheimer left the flightdeck mid-journey, presumably to go to the toilet

Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had barricaded himself inside and had sent the plane into descent over the French Alps.

Captain can be heard asking “several times” for access after identifying himself, but received no response.

Germanwings has confirmed that an axe was on board for safety reasons, as is routine on all Airbus A320 models. Investigators would not comment on whether it was used to gain entry to the cockpit.

The only sound heard from inside the cockpit is steady breathing, implying Lubitz was alive until the moment of final impact.

reading_three

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33809649

A Swedish pilot had to prise open a toilet door with an axe, after a drunk passenger refused to leave the cubicle.

The man, who was in his 50s, locked the bathroom door 10 minutes before the Nextjet's flight from Stockholm was due to land in the northern town of Ornskoldsvik on Wednesday.

The man just wanted to pee…maybe

reading_four

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22528431

An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break, the airline says.

Flight AI 403, which was travelling from Delhi to Bangalore, was diverted to Bhopal Airport on Monday.

"The commander of the flight had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet and on returning to the cockpit found the door locked. The door had got jammed and all efforts to open the door, even from inside by the co-pilot, failed," an Air India statement said.

The state-run airline is currently investigating a separate incident in which the auto-pilot system of an Airbus 321 flying from Bangkok to Delhi on 12 April was accidentally switched off.

two pilots had taken a 40-minute break from the cockpit and left two stewardesses in their seats to operate the plane in their absence.

One of the stewardesses accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush back to their seats, the report said.

Air India has denied this account but said cabin crew did "overstay" in the cockpit and that the autopilot was briefly disconnected "due to distraction".

The planes have been grounded worldwide since the beginning of the year over a string of incidents, including fuel leaks, a cracked cockpit window, brake problems and an electrical fire.

However, it is overheating in batteries providing auxiliary power that has caused the most concern.

This is just a really problematic thing LOL.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/11/the-crash-of-egyptair-990/302332/

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/pilots-make-miraculous-landing-after-aeroplane-is-smashed-in-hailstorm/news-story/ea2a700a58bb85312c1b902015cf62fe

TUTE QUESTIONS

physical security of Airplane cockpits

Related policies and practices for air crew on board a flight

Reevaluate the need for co-pilots to be in the cockpit

 Bathrooms in the cockpit

it doesnt need a lock

Sliding doors as opposed to open in/out (so that they can't be obstructed. You would need to find something to jam into the door)

Having air traffic control confirm

social engineering

2 factor authentication

Scan security card (grants access), then enter a pin

New pin for each flight

Biometric

redesign cocpits to acommodate 3 pilots

increase physical and mental examination.

Group_one

2fa - security && (rotating) pin

bathroom in cockpit

External override - by ground control (This is a bad idea)

reduce type 2 errors.

Psych evals && physicals increase

Group_two

extra pilots  so harder to compromise cockpit

bathroom in cockpit

dedicated security in cockpit

Group_three

More psych evals

extra pilot in cockpit

airlocked door styles

Group_four

automomous plane

dual key system

pilots dont have seats, theyh have toilets. and we give them pegs for their noses.

Lecture topics

RSA

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New Post has been published on TravelPro

Codeshare-overeenkomst KLM en NextJet

https://www.travelpro.nl/2017/03/codeshare-overeenkomst-klm-en-nextjet/

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Module 3: Case Study Notes

Topic: Doors

Article 1: Air New Zealand pilots stood down after mid-air drama sees first officer locked out of cockpit

Captain taken off duty for 2 weeks & First Officer for 1 week

Perth-Auckland overnight flight May 21, 2014 following delay in flight’s departure

Delayed after first officer was required to undertake a random drug & alcohol test

Delay frustrated captain (prides himself on operational efficiency)

First officer left flight deck for comfort break & when couldn’t open door to return to cockpit

Crew member spent up to 2mins trying to call captain to open the door, but captain didn’t respond or open the door as he was approaching a navigational waypoint & in his cockpit monitor saw cabin crew member instead rather than first officer ringing

First officer became concerned & used alternative entry method

Airline conducted investigation & report sent to aviation authorities

Both pilots undergone counselling & additional training as well as some cabin crew

Civil Aviation Authority satisfied with disciplinary action

Article 2: Germanwings captain Patrick Sondenheimer tried to break into locked cockpit door ‘with an axe’ as plane was descending

Captain used axe to break down cockpit door before co-pilot “intentionally” descended the plane

Captain left flight-deck mid-journey & when he returned co-pilot Andreas Lubitz barricaded himself inside & sent the plane into descent over French Alps

Captain asked for access after identifying himself but received no response then banged door trying to gain forceful entry

Only tool available in cabin are crowbars

Only sound heard inside cockpit is steady breathing -> Lubitz alive until moment f final impact

Article 3: Swedish pilot uses axe to open locked toilet door

Drunken man refused to leave toilet cubicle

Locked bathroom door 10minutes before Nextjet’s flight from Stockholm was due to land In Ornskoldsvik

Man, repeatedly asked to return to seat, refused to cooperate & captain had to use axe to open the door (door didn’t smash)

Passenger not taken into custody, suspected of violating Swedish aviation laws

Could face a fine or up to 6 months in prison if convicted

Article 4: Air India pilot locked out of cockpit after toilet break

Flight forced to land after pilot was locked out of cockpit because of jammed door (co-pilot also couldn’t open from inside cockpit)

Flight AI403 Delhi to Bangalore, co-pilot with permission from ground control diverted it to Bhopal

Door fixed by ground maintenance engineers & plane resumes journey 3 hours later

Airline currently being investigated for separate incident: auto-pilot system accidentally switched off

2 pilots taken a break & 2 stewardesses took their place & operate the plane

One stewardess accidentally turned off auto-pilot due to distraction

Airline plagued by financial difficulties in recent years as all 6 787 Dreamliner’s were grounded over incidents including fuel leaks, cracked cockpit windows, brake problems & electrical fire. Overhearing in batteries providing auxiliary power reason that caused the most concern

Airline net loss 40bn rupees ($730m) year ending in 2014 and 52bn rupees previous year

Video: Airbus Reinforced Cockpit Door Instructional Video

Description:

Consists of new door blade, reinforced attachments, new latching principles & a new door opening logic

Code pad: increased security levels, used to notify cockpit crew of a request for entry or to open door in case of confirmed incapacitation of both pilots

Buzzer in cockpit (located rear of overhead panel): aural warning to notify cockpit crew

Door control toggle switch (3 positions & associated warning lights) (installed on pedestal located on overhead panel on request)

CDLS (control door locking system): located on overhead panel, monitors latches & rapid pressure variations in cockpit

Escape panel: for cockpit evacuation, can only be removed from inside the panel

Door fitted with 3 electrical latches, & new spy hole

Normal Access Procedure:

Call captain on interphone -> press ‘#’ key on code pad -> in cockpit buzzer sounds for 3secs -> captain pulls the toggle switch & maintains it in the unlock position -> green light on code pad comes on -> access is allowed -> amber open light (in toggle switch) comes on when door is opened

Locking Procedure:

When door is closed, normal state is locked

When normal position for access to cockpit (as above) is not used:

Captain moves toggle switch to lock position -> open light remains extinguished -> red light on code pad comes on (confirms, door is locked)

Automatic door opening the code pad & the buzzer are inhibited for 5mins

Has to use interphone to contact cockpit crew

Door can be opened by moving toggle switch to unlock position which overrides previous locked situation

Emergency Access Procedure (in case of crew incapacitate):

Person calls captain through inter-phone (if no answer) -> another way of contacting -. # key on code pad -> buzzer sounds for 3 secs -> another call on inter-phone -> emergency access procedure

Emergency code on code pad -> then # key -> triggers timer on code pad for 30 secs -> green light on code pad flashes indicating imminent unlocking -> cockpit: buzzer sounds continuously & open light flashes (also indicating imminent unlocking)

When 30 secs over, & no action from cockpit crew -> door goes into unlocking sequence for 5 secs -> green light on code pad remains steady -> open light comes on & buzzer stops (indicating door is unlocked)

Person now has 5 secs to enter cockpit

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Air Namibia has started the descent

Air Namibia has started the descent

By Tan Ahmed

Director Nextjet operations

What goes up must come down. This is normal and good for the airplanes but not for the airlines. Air Namibia has been walking on the tight rope for many years now. Unfortunately the main reason behind the failures were bad management (sadly corruption) and the involvement by government.

In airline business you need to invest millions to make pennies so it…

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Swedish regional NextJet regains full AOC

Swedish regional NextJet regains full AOC

Swedish regulators have restored the full air operator’s certificate (AOC) for regional NextJet, replacing the temporary certificate that was issued because of financial concerns. read more Link to the original site

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We hereby declare today #smilesunday today. Tag us in you best happy aviation picture. RepostBy @sofiaerobatics: "After 2,5 years and 1397h I landed the Saab340 for the last time! It's a little sad but I'm looking forward to new adventures! ��️👌😃 #aviation #aviationlove #avgeek #sf34 #saab340 #pilot #femalepilot #bighug #fly #flying #picoftheday #instaaviation #instagramaviation #instagram #pilotlife #nextjet #smile #picoftheday #follow #GirlPilot #PilotGirl #GirlsFly #InstagramAviation #pilotlife #AV8R #Aviator #Aviatrix #Instaplane #dreamscometrue #Nyc

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KLM signe avec NextJet en Suède

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AirJournal/~3/RpYIOf7h4Co/2017-03-17-klm-signe-avec-nextjet-en-suede-5178708.html Les compagnies aériennes KLM Royal Dutch Airlines et NextJet ont signé un accord de partage de codes, permettant aux passagers de la première d’accéder aux destinations intérieures en Suède de …

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Aireon Takes Full Control of First ADS-B Hosted-Payload

Major milestone kicks off initial validation of space-based ADS-B surveillance

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aireon announced today that they have formally received control from Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) of the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payload hosted on an Iridium NEXT satellite.  This is a major milestone on the path towards 100 percent global air traffic surveillance. Aireon now begins a rigorous, in-depth testing and validation process, verifying the capability of the ADS-B payloads. 

Aireon - MAKING GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE A POWERFUL REALITY

Known as an Initial Performance Verification (IPV), this process will last approximately two weeks before transitioning to a Detailed Performance Verification (DPV) that will focus more specifically on calibrating the payloads for optimal performance.  Procedures for the IPV were under development for over a year with valuable insight provided by Iridium, Harris Corporation, NAV CANADA and the Federal Aviation Administration.

"When we first turned on the payloads after they reached orbit, we received an unexpected surprise – aircraft were immediately being seen in real-time," said Aireon CEO, Don Thoma. "We've already seen commercial aircraft, general aviation aircraft and helicopters, in oceanic and remote airspace that have never before had real-time surveillance. The real fun for us now begins as we take control and push the performance to see just what space-based ADS-B can do."

In late January, the first "power-on" for the AireonSM ADS-B payload was performed to validate launch survival and run a self-diagnostic systems check.  During this systems check, Aireon did not expect to see any aircraft, however the payload antennas were active and 150 ADS-B aircraft were detected over multiple-passes with thousands of ADS-B messages received and decoded.  Among some of the firsts for the Aireon system are:

The first officially received ADS-B message was Korean Airlines 530

The first full ADS-B position message decode was SAS 4576

The first U.S. carrier ADS-B message was UA 86 to Shanghai

The first aircraft detected landing at an airport was NextJet 594 in Sweden.

"Detecting NextJet 594 was an added bonus," said Vincent Capezzuto, CTO for Aireon. "This is an early proof-point of the power of the Aireon ADS-B payload and its ability to detect aircraft close to the ground and in terminal airspace."

Aireon's space-based ADS-B system will be operational in 2018, shortly after completion of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation.  The service will provide Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) with global air traffic surveillance and airlines with real-time flight tracking.  It is expected to help reduce fuel costs, increase safety, and enable more efficient flight paths.  The first 10 Iridium NEXT satellites carrying the Aireon hosted-payloads were launched into low-Earth-orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on January 14, 2017.  Seven additional SpaceX launches are scheduled to take place over the next 12 to 15 months, including the second launch now targeted for mid-June 2017.  In total, the operational constellation consists of 66 satellites, while the remaining nine launched will serve as on-orbit spares. 

For additional information about Aireon, please visit www.aireon.com.

About Aireon LLC

Aireon is deploying a global, space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system capable of surveilling and tracking ADS-B equipped aircraft around the globe in real-time. The system will be used to provide ADS-B coverage that will span oceanic, polar and remote regions, where current surveillance systems are limited to line-of-site and densely populated areas. Aireon will harness the best of aviation surveillance advancements already underway and extend them globally in order to significantly improve efficiency, expand safety, reduce emissions and provide cost savings to aviation stakeholders. In partnership with leading ANSPs from around the world, NAV CANADA, ENAV, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and Naviair, as well as Iridium Communications, Aireon is developing an operational, global, space-based air traffic surveillance system expected to be available by 2018. For more information about Aireon, visit: www.aireon.com.

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Read this news on PR Newswire Asia website: Aireon Takes Full Control of First ADS-B Hosted-Payload

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Aireon Takes Full Control of First ADS-B Hosted-Payload

Major milestone kicks off initial validation of space-based ADS-B surveillance

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Aireon announced today that they have formally received control from Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) of the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payload hosted on an Iridium NEXT satellite.  This is a major milestone on the path towards 100 percent global air traffic surveillance. Aireon now begins a rigorous, in-depth testing and validation process, verifying the capability of the ADS-B payloads. 

Aireon - MAKING GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE A POWERFUL REALITY

Known as an Initial Performance Verification (IPV), this process will last approximately two weeks before transitioning to a Detailed Performance Verification (DPV) that will focus more specifically on calibrating the payloads for optimal performance.  Procedures for the IPV were under development for over a year with valuable insight provided by Iridium, Harris Corporation, NAV CANADA and the Federal Aviation Administration.

"When we first turned on the payloads after they reached orbit, we received an unexpected surprise – aircraft were immediately being seen in real-time," said Aireon CEO, Don Thoma. "We've already seen commercial aircraft, general aviation aircraft and helicopters, in oceanic and remote airspace that have never before had real-time surveillance. The real fun for us now begins as we take control and push the performance to see just what space-based ADS-B can do."

In late January, the first "power-on" for the AireonSM ADS-B payload was performed to validate launch survival and run a self-diagnostic systems check.  During this systems check, Aireon did not expect to see any aircraft, however the payload antennas were active and 150 ADS-B aircraft were detected over multiple-passes with thousands of ADS-B messages received and decoded.  Among some of the firsts for the Aireon system are:

The first officially received ADS-B message was Korean Airlines 530

The first full ADS-B position message decode was SAS 4576

The first U.S. carrier ADS-B message was UA 86 to Shanghai

The first aircraft detected landing at an airport was NextJet 594 in Sweden.

"Detecting NextJet 594 was an added bonus," said Vincent Capezzuto, CTO for Aireon. "This is an early proof-point of the power of the Aireon ADS-B payload and its ability to detect aircraft close to the ground and in terminal airspace."

Aireon's space-based ADS-B system will be operational in 2018, shortly after completion of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation.  The service will provide Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) with global air traffic surveillance and airlines with real-time flight tracking.  It is expected to help reduce fuel costs, increase safety, and enable more efficient flight paths.  The first 10 Iridium NEXT satellites carrying the Aireon hosted-payloads were launched into low-Earth-orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on January 14, 2017.  Seven additional SpaceX launches are scheduled to take place over the next 12 to 15 months, including the second launch now targeted for mid-June 2017.  In total, the operational constellation consists of 66 satellites, while the remaining nine launched will serve as on-orbit spares. 

For additional information about Aireon, please visit www.aireon.com.

About Aireon LLC

Aireon is deploying a global, space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system capable of surveilling and tracking ADS-B equipped aircraft around the globe in real-time. The system will be used to provide ADS-B coverage that will span oceanic, polar and remote regions, where current surveillance systems are limited to line-of-site and densely populated areas. Aireon will harness the best of aviation surveillance advancements already underway and extend them globally in order to significantly improve efficiency, expand safety, reduce emissions and provide cost savings to aviation stakeholders. In partnership with leading ANSPs from around the world, NAV CANADA, ENAV, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and Naviair, as well as Iridium Communications, Aireon is developing an operational, global, space-based air traffic surveillance system expected to be available by 2018. For more information about Aireon, visit: www.aireon.com.

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Padjelanta

De avond van het begin van je vakantie. Vaak werkt het zo dat je nog bezig bent de drukte uit je lichaam te krijgen en dat zal de eerste dagen ook nog wel zo zijn. Vermoeidheid is een erg zwaar gevoel. Zeker als je op dat moment nog zoveel wilt of moet doen. Zondag gaan we op pad. Voor de derde keer zullen we in dezelfde periode het Zweedse Lapland opzoeken. Voor ons denk ik een tweede thuis gevoel. Gedurende het hele jaar zijn er veel momenten waarop we bezig zijn met het dromen over eerdere bezoeken of over mogelijk komende. We hebben het gebied in ons hart gesloten. Voor Wieke was dit al veel langer zo, maar het heeft ook mij gepakt. Ik heb er al vaker over nagedacht wat dan dat gevoel is dat deze plek opwekt. Het lijkt op een sobere houten stoel in een huiskamer die een bepaalde warmte uitstraalt. Een haardvuur of een houtkachel. Met een kop thee. Een vloerkleed. En een fijn boek. Degelijke kwaliteit in knusheid gedoopt. Wilde dieren en wildernis in een wollen muts. Bessen in een kwark of yoghurt en sigaren. Glooiende heuvels en witte woestijnen. Rook en rendierworst. Goed een ratjetoe van gevoelens en ideeën die het plaatsje bij ons oproept. Van Amsterdam zullen we naar Arlanda Stockholm vliegen. Met nextjet maken we een binnenlandse vlucht naar Hemavan, vaak maakt het vliegtuig een tussen stop in Vilhelmina. Ik kijk er weer naar uit. Heb er zin in. Ons Padjelanta, Hemavan Tärnaby Zweden

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Uppdragsgivare: Nextjet & d.brand Flygbolaget hade en kampanj tillsammans med d.brand och ville ha en marknadsföringsfilm inför detta att använda sig av i sociala medier.  Film och redigering: Richard Enell