Reuters reports the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday “said it is proposing to extend the cockpit voice-recording requirement to 25 hours for all new airplanes from the current two-hour loop.” Reuters explains the voice recorder “captures transmissions and sounds in the cockpit…and can be crucial in understanding why airplane crashes occur.” The National Transportation Safety Board “has been pushing for the change since 2018, and the United States is behind much of the world in the requirement for commercial planes.” Europe, for instance, “has required new airplanes to collect 25 hours of cockpit voice recordings since 2021.” Reuters adds that the issue “has taken on new urgency after a series of near miss incidents raised alarm about U.S. air safety. The NTSB has opened seven investigations into near-miss incidents since January, including some that could have been catastrophic.”
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Bombardier Learjet 75 Liberty Enters Service
FlightGlobal reports that Bombardier’s Learjet 75 Liberty “has entered service, a milestone coming 15 months after the Montreal-based company launched the updated variant.” The Liberty “has six seats – two fewer than a typical 75 layout – including two ‘executives suites’ in front and four club seats aft. The jet’s cabin measures 6m (19ft 10in) long, and its cockpit has Garmin G5000 avionics.” Bombardier also increased Liberty’s “maximum zero-fuel weight to 7,480kg (16,500lb), up from the standard 75’s 7,260kg weight.” The aircraft “has a 2,080nm (3,850km)-range (with six people aboard), 40nm more than the baseline 75.”
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