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| 10.05.2009 |
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Call-to-Action Dodgers to be IDed
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will shortly publish the names of those who have failed to respond to Administrator Randy Babbitt's June 24 call for voluntary measures to improve safety. Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen says RAA...
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| 10.05.2009 |
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'Pilotless' Plane Crashes in Indiana Cornfield
Authorities are investigating the Sept. 30 crash of a Mooney private aircraft in an Indiana cornfield. The single-engine plane with an unresponsive pilot at the controls had been intercepted by USAF fighters who were alerted by concerned controllers. Indiana...
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| 10.05.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Notice of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee. SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee. DATES: The meeting will be held...
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| 10.05.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Sept 01, 2009 Jackson, MS ROBINSON R44 N33PX A/c substantially damaged when struck trees and house near Jackson/Hawkins Field (HKS). Attention drawn to a/c by its noise, which witness described as repeated...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Improving Air Safety in Remote Regions
A new air surveillance system just introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Colorado allows air traffic controllers to track aircraft not covered by radar in remote, mountainous regions. It is the first FAA-certified multilateration system...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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ADS-B to Roll Out in Gulf of Mexico
Air traffic controllers will begin using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in December to track both fixed-wing and rotorcraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a major milestone in the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen program. The...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Get Smart
Honeywell's SmartRunway and SmartLanding technologies, developed to reduce runway accidents at crowded airports, have received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval, allowing the company to deliver its runway products...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Agenda for Aviation Safety
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman says the Safety Board will continue to press the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on implementing safety recommendations issued as the result of NTSB accident investigations. Stated the...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Human Factors Guide to Enhance Aviation Safety
Citing the prevalence of human factors issues in aircraft accidents and incidents, the Flight Safety Foundation's European Advisory Committee (EAC) has released the Operator's Guide to Human Factors in Aviation (OGHFA) to bridge the gap between theory and...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Bombardier Safety Standdown Set The 13th edition of Safety Standdown, Bombardier's annual safety seminar, takes place in Wichita, KA at the Hyatt Regency Wichita from September 28 to October 1. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Forty-Ninth Meeting, RTCA Special Committee 186: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 186: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). The...
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| 09.28.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Aug. 05, 2009 Mont Laurier, Canada ENSTROM F28 C-GVQQ A/c registered to private individual and piloted by accident pilot destroyed when impacted wires and terrain near Mont-Laurier Airport (CSD4). Two...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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New FAA Safety Initiatives Unveiled
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt is putting a new spin on air safety, moving to improving the agency's response to public safety complaints and whistleblower charges while ensuring that air carriers comply with safety...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Towards Better Cabin Air Quality
BAE Systems and Quest International UK have introduced the AirManager, a new active air management system, which they say sets a new standard for exceptionally clean air on board aircraft. In addition to introducing AirManager onto its own BAe 146/Avro RJ...
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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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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 01, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya CESSNA U206 N5Y-LMB A/c owned and operated by African Inland Mission collided with the ground. 1 fatality, one serious A/c conducting low flight while passengers filming...
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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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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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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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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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