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| 08.31.2009 |
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Airline Pilots Without Radios Feared the Worst
Think fast. What do you do if you are the flight deck crew of an Airbus jetliner flying from Spain to England, and while flying over France you suffer an electrical failure that takes out all of your radios, electronic instrument displays and automatic flight...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Laptop Searches to Continue at U.S. Borders
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing new guidelines for searches of computers and other electronic data storage devices at U.S. border crossings. The DHS announcement comes a day after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Note to Air Safety Week Subscribers:
In recognition of the Labor Day federal holiday, Air Safety Week will not be...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Chris Hart Now NTSB Vice Chair President Barack Obama has designated National Transportation Safety Board Member Christopher A. Hart as the agency's vice chairman. Hart was sworn in as a member of the NTSB on August 12 to a term that ends December 31, 2012...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Alleged Swindler Who Faked Death Sentenced to Four Years in Prison The Indiana man who bailed out of a Piper PA-46 Malibu and allowed it to crash in an attempt to fake his own death was sentenced to 51 months in a federal prison, and ordered to pay more than...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (Jetstream) Model 410. 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...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Preliminaries on Navion In-Flight Breakup
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report on the mid-flight breakup of a Navion general aviation aircraft in Adrian, OR, which killed all three people on board the aircraft. The report fails to explain why the aircraft...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Avionics Magazine/RTCA Team on NextGen
Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a one-day conference, "NowGen NEXT," Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. The conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker, will be the public...
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| 08.26.2009 |
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One More Day to Sign Up
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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He Sounded Like 'Mickey Mouse'
A Cirrus SR-22 crashed July 30, 2009 in Ravenswood WV after the pilot---the sole occupant---apparently lost consciousness and flew hundreds of miles past the destination airport in Indiana. Air National Guard F-16 pilots who scrambled to intercept the errant...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Giving Pilots Unobstructed Views
Members of the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron transparency shop at Robins AFB, GA has a "clear" mission: to ensure there are no blemishes in USAF Boeing F-15 Eagle canopies that could impact pilots' views. When the shop restores a canopy, it...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 11, 2009 Masizo del Roraima, Venezuela BEECH A36 N354RA The wreckage was located on the "Ilu - Tepuy" mountain, within the sector of Masizo del Roraima, Bolivar, Venezuela. Pilot had filed a...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Air France Ends 'Black Box' Hunt
The French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis (BEA) for Civil Aviation Safety has abandoned its search for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Air France passenger jet that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Paris...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety on Par at Network & Regional Carriers
U.S. regional airlines and their mainline air carriers live by the same aviation safety standards, according to senior airline executives who recently testified before a Senate aviation panel. The congressional hearing was held in the wake of the Feb. 12...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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FOD Finder in Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is the first commercial airport in the world to link a day and night camera to its existing Tarsier Foreign Object Debris (FOD) radar detection system. The new camera upgrades the airport's 24-hour automated runway debris...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Aeronautical Forensic Archiving Keeps Flying Safe and Confident
San Diego-based Forensic Imaging and Archiving (FIA) has introduced Aeronautical Forensic Archiving (AFA), which provides quality assurance by photographically documenting aircraft inspections, maintenance and/or repairs. AFA creates a permanent archive of an...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety Webinar Examines the Issues
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Former NTSB Chairman Joins Sequa Board Sequa has appointed Mark Rosenker, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), to its board of directors. A retired major general in the USAF Reserve, Rosenker served as NTSB chairman through July...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Flight Disrupted by Naked Man An incident on a Southwest Airlines flight where a man became combative and stripped naked left some passengers too shaken to fly. Flight 947, bound for St. Louis with a stop in Las Vegas, had to return to Oakland International...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
18th Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 206/EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary. The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 206: Aeronautical Information Services and Meteorology Data Link Services. The meeting will be held...
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