On January 16, 2014, United Airlines flight 89 from Newark to Beijing departed at 12:55 p.m. Eastern, carrying 189 passengers and 16 crew members. Forty-five minutes into the flight, food and beverage service had just begun when the plane began to experience severe turbulence. Pilots were not expecting turbulence of that nature; it was so severe that it injured five flight attendants and the plane had to return to the Newark Liberty International Airport.
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This is the drone reality.
However, regardless of the potential risk factors involved with their operation, drones do provide
citizens, businesses, industries, and governments with tremendous value.
Furthermore, in many cases, drones provide a safer alternative to traditional manned aircraft
applications or civilian labour such as in oil and gas and mining inspection services.
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safely utilize this growing and beneficial technology.
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Introduction
A new safety paradigm is evolving, driven by Work
Health & Safety legislation and the explicit requirement
to demonstrate due diligence in managing risk
imposed upon staff and the public. Power system
asset owners are increasingly being required to
demonstrate compliance with the ISO 31000 risk
management standard, which requires reduction
of residual risk to as low as reasonably practicable
(ALARP). Thus, standards committees and asset
owners alike are being required to redevelop existing
AVSS & The Institute for Drone Technology™ joint report government regulation...Paul New
Drones will fail. Drones will crash. Drones will hit humans. Drones will “fly-away”. Birds will interfere
with drones. Drones will be lost. Pilots and software will make errors.
This is the drone reality.
However, regardless of the potential risk factors involved with their operation, drones do provide
citizens, businesses, industries, and governments with tremendous value.
Furthermore, in many cases, drones provide a safer alternative to traditional manned aircraft
applications or civilian labour such as in oil and gas and mining inspection services.
Therefore, AVSS and The Institute for Drone Technology believe the challenge of the emerging drone
technologies is not to detect, exclude, or avoid the use of drones, but to determine how we can
safely utilize this growing and beneficial technology.
Substation earthing system design optimisation through the application of qua...Power System Operation
Introduction
A new safety paradigm is evolving, driven by Work
Health & Safety legislation and the explicit requirement
to demonstrate due diligence in managing risk
imposed upon staff and the public. Power system
asset owners are increasingly being required to
demonstrate compliance with the ISO 31000 risk
management standard, which requires reduction
of residual risk to as low as reasonably practicable
(ALARP). Thus, standards committees and asset
owners alike are being required to redevelop existing
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This non-specificity leaves the user to interpret the severity, timing, and location of the potential flight disruption. To eliminate guesswork and increase safe and efficient operations, aviation businesses need flight hazard forecasts that are timely, accurate and granular.
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On January 16, 2014, United Airlines flight 89 from
Newark to Beijing departed at 12:55 p.m. Eastern,
carrying 189 passengers and 16 crew members.
Forty-five minutes into the flight, food and beverage
service had just begun when the plane began
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expecting turbulence of that nature; it was so severe
that it injured five flight attendants and the plane had
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divided into generic categories, with basic details
for light, moderate, or severe hazards. Additionally,
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and altitude ranges. For example, a forecast could
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information available over such widespread areas,
it forces flight planners, dispatchers, and pilots
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managers, and pilots had access to accurate, up-to-
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solutions provide hourly
high resolution turbulence,
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is opposed to traditional
forecasts offered today
that are only issued a few
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large generically-defined
areas. Our solution offers
continuously-updated,
detailed geographic alerts
that allow flight planners
and pilots to proactively
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At the time of the incident, radar images were clear (as
shown here), and although other pilots had reported
turbulence in the area, they were at different altitudes and
flight paths. As a result, the crew of United Airlines flight 89
did not have specific information to show the severity of
the turbulence they would encounter.
This image shows the SIGMETs for turbulence at the
time of the event. Notice the large area of potential
turbulence over the East Coast issued for FL130-330.
This requires interpretation by both pilots and flight
planners due to the large geographical area, as well as
the large vertical component.
(Image provided by NOAA, ADDS)
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The aviation industry is in need of flight weather
hazards forecasts that are timely, targeted, and not
dependent on operations and planning managers to
interpret potentially dangerous and costly situations.
Our newest, patented model delivers better-defined
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frequently, based on global weather data models and
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number, the more violent the turbulence.
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qualitative — forecasts that are related to thresholds
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presentation. Additionally, the product contains a
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Along with our weather forecasts deemed the most
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allowing aviation operations to optimize fuel and
operations costs, reduce the risk of aircraft damage,
and improve passenger comfort and safety.
The Schneider Electric solution
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Our team reviewed its forecasts for January 16,
2014, and found that our system’s flight hazards
forecast was able to predict the turbulence
experienced by United Airlines flight 89 up to
four hours in advance — more than enough
time to reroute the plane and save on the costs
and inconvenience of turning the plane back to
the airport. In addition, our forecasts show that
the turbulence decreased significantly at higher
altitudes, as opposed to the traditional turbulence
forecast for that day, which called for severe
turbulence from FL130-330.
A closer look
According to our forecast, United Airlines flight 89’s
flight path to get to cruising altitude at FL270 (shown
above) took the plane directly through a band of severe
turbulence, rated at 0.6 to 0.7 on the EDR scale.
The turbulence that day became less severe at higher
altitudes. Shown at right, at FL300, the turbulence values
on the flight path ranged from 0.4 to 0.5.
6. Review and analysis of a January 16, 2014, major turbulence event
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There is another significant drop in turbulence severity at
FL 320; now the forecast shows an EDR of 0.3.
Turbulence was forecasted to diminish almost entirely
above FL340.
Ultimately, our forecast shows that United Airlines flight 89
most likely could have avoided severe turbulence entirely
with a slight flight plan modification, flying more east of
the forecasted severe turbulence. A sample route change,
shown here, could have cut costs and ensured safety.