Jordan Aviation Safety Department ISSUE 18_ 25.05.2021 JAV Safety Newsletter Inside this issue 1. Guidance for Cabin Operations During and Post Pandemic Edition 5 The Purpose of this Newsletter 2. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s is to keep you aware of the Damaged After Collision In Chicago latest news and updates related to 3. Alaska Airlines Turboprop Diverts the industry, which will make us After Sparks Reported Onboard keeping high Safety Standard. Issue 18_25.05.2021 _page 1-5 Guidance for Cabin Operations During and Post Pandemic Edition 5 IATA's Guidance on Cabin operations during and post pandemic has been updated and reissued on 18th May 2021. This latest issue includes references to help airlines with their risk assessments in relation to recruiting cabin crew during operational recovery, as well as the impact of vaccinated crew members and passengers on cabin operations and associ- What is new in Edition 5 ated medical evidence to support policies. 1. IATA Guidance on current medical evidence added Example scoring criteria from CAAC amended 2. Section added on vaccination. Pro- tection measures should not be re- laxed for vaccinated persons. 3. Additional contamination risk add- ed for mask wearers. Hands should be cleaned after repositioning, re- placing and removing masks. 4. Mask exemptions amended to in- clude that children aged under 5 6. Universal Precautions Kit amended to include enhancements may be exempted from wearing made by some airlines in response to Covid-19 Risk masks in accordance with state health requirements (as per CART Assessments 5. Innovative PPE section added to 7. Passengers announcements amended to include that highlight new innovations which may be brought on board by travel- passengers should be advised to close lavatory seat when ers. Operators should conduct a flushing to minimize aerosol dispersal (as per CART) risk assessment to identify whether these are acceptable and provide information to cabin crew. 8. IATA Health Standards Checklist added in relation to oversight of outsourced providers and adherence to Covid precautions .https://www.iata.org/contentassets/df216feeb8bb4d52a3e16befe9671033/iata- guidance -cabin-operations-during-post-pandemic.pdf Issue 18_25.05.2021 _page 2-5 Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s Damaged After Collision In Chicago Ground contact A 737 performing Flight 654 was getting ready to head out to Birmingham, Alabama, on Taxiway Y, with 144 passengers on board. However, at approximately 12:40, its wingtip had struck the horizontal stabilizer on the tail of one of its siblings, which The aircraft involved was conducting Flight 751. Both narrow bodies were sent for inspections due to the contact. As far as we can see from photos shared on social media, a portion of a wing had been taken off. Registration N8686A was performing the flight due to go to Birmingham. According to fleet data at ch-aviation this 737-800 arrived at Southwest’s facilities in May 2016 fresh from Boeing. Meanwhile, registration N289CT was the plane arriving in from Washington Dulles. This 737-700 has been with the According to the Chicago Tribune, FAA spokesman Tony Texan operator since August 2007, also Molinaro shared that the aircraft performing Flight 751 had just joining straight from the manufacturer. arrived from Washington DC. 79 passengers were on board this Simple Flying reached out to Southwest plane. for comment on the collision. A spokes- person for the airline shared the There are no reports of any injuries to any passengers on the passengers heading to Birmingham two jets. Nonetheless, the FAA is currently investigating what were accommodated swiftly, and they happened. were able to be transferred with their baggage on another plane to get to Chicago Midway is one of Southwest’s most important airports. their destination. It is the airline’s second-leading airport by nonstop destina- tions with 78, behind Denver at 85 destinations. https://simpleflying.com/southwest-737-chicago-collisions/ Issue 18_25-05.2021 _page 3-5 Alaska Airlines Turboprop Diverts After Sparks Reported Onboard The flight in question Alaska Airlines flight AS2256 is a daily scheduled regional service from Pasco Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) in the state of Wash- ington. RadarBox.com reports that its scheduled departure time is 09:35 local time. After just 63 minutes in the air, it is then The aircraft involved scheduled to touch down at Seattle–Tacoma International (SEA), one of Alaska Airlines‘ five hubs, at 10:38. The aircraft in which the sparks were reported bore the registration N438QX. According to ch-aviation, it The service from Pasco to Seattle has only been using this flight has flown for Horizon Air (on behalf of number since May 20th. Previously, it was an evening flight Alaska Airlines) for all 12.5 years of its working life, having arrived in from Los Angeles International (LAX) to Redmond Municipal December 2009. Airport (RDM), which is situated in central Oregon. RadarBox.com reports that the aircraft repositioned from Yakima to Seattle at 17:00 on the day of the incident, and is back in service. Meanwhile, the replacement Dash 8- Q400 that took flight AS2256’s passengers onwards to Seattle was slightly older, clocking in at around 14 years of age. Registered as N430QX this 76-seater has also been at Horizon for its entire career since ar- riving in June 2007. However, this ceased in mid-March, with the designation AS2256 having a two-month hiatus in terms of scheduled flights. Alaska Airlines is not the only carrier to fly along the intra-Washington corridor that is Pasco to Seattle. Indeed Delta Air Lines’ regional brand, Delta Connection, also connects Tri-Cities to Washington’s largest city. Issue 18_25-05.2021 _page 4-5 Alaska Airlines Turboprop Diverts After Sparks Reported Onboard Cont. What happened? On May 21st, flight AS2256 departed Pasco 23 minutes late, at 09:58. However, it was soon to fall further behind schedule. According to the Seattle Times, a flight attendant reported that electrical sparks were possibly present in the galley after departure. As such, airing on the side of caution, the crew elected to divert the flight to the nearby Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (YKM). The Aviation Herald adds that the flight was at an altitude of around 16,000 feet, and 40 NM northwest of Yakima, when it diverted. It touched down in Yakima at 10:36, 38 minutes after its original departure from Pasco. Upon landing, the aircraft was safely deplaned with no injuries to its occupants. With the aircraft temporarily withdrawn for inspection, a replacement Dash 8-Q400 took the passengers onwards to Seattle. This second leg left Yakima at 13:53, landing at SeaTac half an hour later at 14:23. The airline confirmed that its “maintenance team is taking a closer look at what happened.” https://simpleflying.com/alaska-dash-8-diversion/ Jordan Aviation Airlines http://www.jordanaviation.jo/ https://www.facebook.com/JordanAviationTours/ Head Office- Um Uthaina, King Fasal Bin Abdulaziz Sreet Contact Us; [email protected] +962 6 55 01 760 Issue 18_24-05.2021 _page 5-5 .