About

Safety first is published by the Product Safety department. It is a source of specialist safety information for the use of airlines who fly and maintain Airbus aircraft. It is also distributed to other selected organizations and is available on digital devices.

Material for publication is obtained from multiple sources and includes selected information from the Airbus Flight Safety Confidential Reporting System, incident and accident investigation reports, system tests and flight tests. Material is also obtained from sources within the airline industry, studies and reports from government agencies and other aviation sources.

All articles in Safety first are presented for information only and are not intended to replace ICAO guidelines, standards or recommended practices, operator-mandated requirements or technical orders. The contents do not supersede any requirements mandated by the State of Registry of the Operator’s aircraft or supersede or amend any Airbus type-specific AFM, AMM, FCOM, MMEL documentation or any other approved documentation.

Articles may be reprinted without permission, except where copyright source is indicated, but with acknowledgement to Airbus. Where Airbus is not the author, the contents of the article do not necessarily reflect the views of Airbus, neither do they indicate Company policy.

Contributions, comment and feedback are welcome. Enquiries related to this publication should be addressed to:

Airbus
Product Safety department (W)
1, rond point Maurice Bellonte
31707 Blagnac Cedex – France
Fax: +33(0)5 61 93 44 29

safetycommunication@airbus.com

Editor: Yannick Malinge, Chief Product Safety Officer.

Editorial Team: Guillaume Estragnat, Vanessa Sadi, Gwyneth Duggan, Tim Roach.

Photos by Airbus, Lindner Fotografie, S. Ramadier, H. Goussé, P. Masclet, F. Lancelot, A, Doumenjou, J. V. Reymondon, A. Tchaikovsky, C. Sadonnet, P. Pigeyre, A. Balazh, G. Estragnat. Computer renderings by Fixion.