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| 09.21.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Meeting the Cargo Security Mandate The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), in a letter to air cargo shippers regarding the congressionally mandated August 2010 deadline for 100 percent screening of all cargo on passenger planes, outlined its support...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Flightcrew Alerting; Reopening of Comment Period. Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: On July 9, 2009, the FAA published an NPRM to amend the airworthiness standards for flightcrew alerting and invited comments for a...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Roadmap for NextGen Implementation
The public unveiling of the recommendations of RTCA's NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (NextGen TF) took place on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. at the NowGen NEXT conference sponsored by Avionics Magazine and RTCA, the organization that develops...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Report Calls for Infrastructure Investment
Saying U.S. airlines have made measurable progress despite the recession, the Air Transport Association (IATA) believes any further progress requires the deployment of a modern air traffic management system which will yield higher productivity, greater...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Researchers Develop UAS Simulations for ATC
Looking into the skies over Daytona Beach, FL you'll notice plenty of aircraft. Home to one of Embry-Riddle's residential campuses, Daytona Beach boasts the second busiest general-aviation airport in the nation. But one kind of aircraft you won't see anywhere...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 03, 2009 Suffolk, VA MOONEY M20F N3549N A/c made forced landing and collided with trees. Pilot was flying around for an hour before began "buzzing" his house. One serious Made a series of...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Southwest Airlines to Replace Unapproved Parts
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require Southwest Airlines to replace unapproved parts installed on about 50 Boeing 737s and for these aircraft to undergo inspections until fixes are made. The budget air carrier has already replaced parts on 30...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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FAA Orders Airbus Pitot Tube Switch
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the replacement of pitot tubes on Airbus A330s of the type suspected of playing a role in the crash of Air France Flight 447 in June. The FAA said in a notice published in the Federal Register that U.S...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Air Trek Airborne; FAA Ordered to Cough Up Cash
A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) administrative law judge has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pay Air Trek, a Punta Gorda, FL-based air ambulance operator, $120,000 for attorney fees and expenses related to a failed...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Yemenia Black Boxes Recovered
Search teams in late August located the flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Yemenia Airlines Airbus A310 that crashed off the Comoros islands on June 30, killing 152 people. The so-called 'black boxes' were located after a week of search led by a...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Boston Logan Gets ASDE-X Boston Logan International is now operating with the Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Logan is the 19th airport to receive the technology through the FAA's...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Three Guilty in UK Bomb Threat An English court found three British Muslim men guilty on Sept 7 of plotting to bomb at least seven transatlantic airliners in 2006, in a conspiracy that changed air travel. They were convicted of planning to detonate explosive...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Short Brothers Model SD360. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Air Safety in the Big Apple
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is revising flight procedures to create safe, dedicated operating corridors for all the aircraft that fly at lower altitudes around Manhattan and over the Hudson River. A New York Airspace Task Force chartered by the...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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New Safety Measures for Medical Choppers
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has drafted and sent a multitude of new recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) industry that would require better flight training and...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Industry Contributes to HEMS Safety
Industry has stepped forward in support of the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) calls for new equipment, better training and operational changes to improve the safety of emergency medical helicopters, Industry officials have embraced some of the...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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European Council Adopts Aviation Package
The European Council has adopted two regulations to improve the performance and safety of the European aviation system. The first strengthens the Single European Sky legislation while the second extends the tasks of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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(Better) Seat of the Pants Flying
For Air Force operators occupying the 19 control stations aboard USAF Boeing E-3 Sentrys, 12-to-14-hour missions will become a bit more comfortable after new ergonomically designed seats are installed on the fleet. This Airborne Warning and Control System...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 01, 2009 West Point, VA BEECH B90 N1999G A/c operated by Rampart Aviation substantially damaged during skydive flight from Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (FYJ). Flight departed and climbed to 14,000...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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NTSB Urges MD-80 Flaps Safety Check
A year after a Spanish jetliner crashed and killed 154 people because the pilots failed to properly configure the plane's flaps before takeoff, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), airlines...
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