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The Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) voluntary confidential reporting system that allows pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crew, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, ground operations, and UAS operators and drone flyers to confidentially report near misses or close call events in the interest of improving aviation safety.
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This template generates an external link to an FAA Airport Master Record (Form 5010). The link connects to a PDF document at the website of GCR & Associates, an FAA contractor. The data is updated every 56 days by the FAA's Office of Aeronautical Information. It is used as a reference in Wikipedia articles about airports in the United States.
A preliminary investigation of the incident demonstrated to FAA investigators that a "damaged database file" may have caused the outage of the FAA's Notice to Air Missions system, responsible for notifying pilots of safety hazards. [4] The FAA told CNN that there was "no evidence of a cyberattack" on its NOTAM system. [4]
Reports are reviewed by the Event Review Committee (ERC) normally composed of the FAA, operator, and union representative. The ERC normally decides to accept an ASAP report unless it is ineligible. Accepted ASAP reports are reviewed for data and possible further action such as employee contact or additional training. [3]
The AIM ' s text and images are produced by the FAA, and are available in electronic form. [3] Several commercial enterprises sell typeset books containing the AIM, usually in combination with those chapters of the Federal regulations that are particularly important to pilots. The books are usually called "FAR/AIM".
The Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 formally defines an aviation accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which (a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or ...
In 2008 the FAA proposed to fine Southwest $10.2 million for failing to inspect older planes for cracks, [38] and in 2009 Southwest and the FAA agreed that Southwest would pay a $7.5 million penalty and would adopt new safety procedures, with the fine doubling if Southwest failed to follow through.