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| 08.03.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Face the C-MUSIC Elbit Systems will supply the Israeli Ministry of Transportation with the C-MUSIC system (commercial multi-spectral infrared countermeasure) under a contract in the amount of approximately $76 million. The system, to be supplied by Elbit...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E2, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 Turboshaft Engines. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting emergency...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 05, 2009 Raphine, VA PILATUS PC-12/45 N578DC A/c impacted in a pasture following in-flight loss of control. Flight from Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, NJ, to Tampa Executive Airport (VDF)...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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New Faces at Safety Board
After leading the National Transportation Safety Board for four and a half years, Mark V. Rosenker has announced that he will resign his position as acting chairman and member. He submitted his letter of resignation to President Obama on July 21. He said he...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Southwest Passengers Get Their Day in Court
Twin adult sisters who last April filed a petition in a California court charging that they were made ill by contaminated air on a Southwest Airlines flight between Los Angeles and Nashville advanced their case against the discount airline on July 17...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Flight Attendant Files Lawsuit Over Cabin Air
A product liability lawsuit currently pending against Boeing alleges that potential toxic fumes are entering and circulating in the passenger cabin of commercial transports. Terry Williams, a former American Airlines flight attendant, says she has suffered...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Pilot Fatigue to be Studied
The DOT's Office of the Inspector General will evaluate the issue of aviation fatigue among pilots. The announcement stated: Title: Audit Initiated on the Review of FAA Regulations and Airline Policies Regarding Crew Rest Requirements and Fatigue Issues...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Better Coordination Needed to Boost African Aviation Safety
A recently released General Accountability Office (GAO) report says more can be done to improve aviation safety among the nations of Africa. The African continent is important to U.S. economic, strategic, and foreign policy interests, and efforts have been...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety Oversight of On Demand Operators Criticized
There is less safety oversight of "on-demand" flight operators than commercial airlines, according to a new audit by Transportation Department's Office of the Inspector General. The IG report says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
First Regional Airline Safety Forum The FAA on July 21 held the first meeting in what will be a series of 12 nationwide regional airline safety forums aimed at reducing risk at regional air carrier operations. The initial forum, held in a Washington, DC...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Short Trip It is reported that an AirTran captain was arrested in Virginia July 15, taken into custody directly from the plane he was supposed to fly to Boston Logan from Newport News/Williamsburg International. An AirTran spokesman confirmed the arrest, but...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F.28 Mark 0100. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Fokker Model F.28 Mark 0100 airplanes. That AD currently requires revisions to the airplane...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks June 01, 2009 Uddevalla, Sweden CESSNA 172H SE-GUP A/c owned by Uddevalla Flygklubb (Flying Club) and piloted by accident pilot, destroyed when impacted terrain under unknown circumstances at Uddevalla Rorkarr...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Helping Pilots Get Past Ocean Storms
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, are working on a system that would provide pilots on transoceanic flights more precise information about violent storms and clear air turbulence in their flight path. The NCAR...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Alaska Air Going Green Over Seattle
This summer Alaska Airlines began testing next-generation flight procedures at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International that will allow the airline and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, to reduce their environmental impact during airport approaches. Dubbed...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Making Alaskan Airfield Approaches Safer
Approaching Alaskan airfields can be an aerial obstacle course for aircraft making descents and landings. Often surrounded by challenging mountainous terrain, air corridors into and out of the airports may be hemmed in by pinnacles, towering conifers and even...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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House Bill Includes Cabin Security Provisions
In a little noticed action, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Authorization---with flight attendant security training included---by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 397-25. The bill---H.R...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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FAA/NCOIC Team on NextGen
The FAA and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) have entered into an agreement to advance the Enterprise Architecture of NextGen, the FAA's national airspace system (NAS) transformation program. NCOIC's FAA contract has a potential...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Investigators Probe Hole in SW B737
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are trying to determine how a foot-wide hole opened in the top of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia. The B-737 lost...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Obama Campaign Plane Incident
A probable cause report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows that an inflated emergency slide may have pressed against critical control cables, forcing an emergency landing of Obama's presidential campaign plane on July 7, 2008 at...
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