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| 07.20.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
IHST to Meet The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) will hold its Third International Helicopter Safety Symposium, September 29 - October 1, 2009, at the Hotel Hilton Montr�al Bonaventure, Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada. The event comes as long-term...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
FAA Issues SAFO On Certain Lithium Batteries. The two types of batteries commonly used to power consumer PEDs (Personal Electronic Devices) brought on aircraft are lithium batteries (disposable) and lithium-ion batteries (rechargeable). Both these types are...
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| 07.20.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks May 29, 2009 Dublin Airport, Ireland Boeing 757 Plane carrying almost 200 passengers had a close shave with a tractor lawnmower as it landed on a foggy night Driver of riding mower not notice Boeing 757 until...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Airbus: Maybe There's a Better Way
The inability of searchers to locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders aboard the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 has prompted Airbus, the manufacturer of the A330- 203 (F-GZCP) involved, to consider redesign of the critical air safety devices so...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Search Goes On for Yemenia Black Boxes
France announced on July 5 that search teams had detected homing signals from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders aboard Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A-310, which crashed June 30 off the coast of Comoros. But nearly a week later the so-called 'black...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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No Worldwide Blacklist; Indonesian Airlines Oked
The head of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has rejected a European Commission proposal to establish a worldwide blacklist of unsafe airlines. "I don't think this is the solution at the global level," Robert Kobeh Gonzalez said...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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SFO Freighter Fire Leads to Safety Recommendations
The ground fire that consumed an ABX Air Boeing 767-200 cargo aircraft at San Francisco International (SFO) last year was caused by an electrical short circuit and was not related to an anonymous threat the company had received. In releasing its probable...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Air Cargo Screening Moves Ahead
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which is currently screening half of all air cargo transported on passenger airline flights originating in the United States, says a 100 percent screening deadline will be met by August 2010 for domestic cargo...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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CAST Team Receives 2008 Collier Trophy
On May 28, 2009, NAA presented the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) at the annual Robert J. Collier Trophy Presentation Banquet. CAST, a cooperative government-industry initiative, was recognized for its work in...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Aviation Safety Expert Tapped for NTSB President Barack Obama will nominate veteran pilot and aviation safety expert Christopher A. Hart to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Hart, who previously served on the board from 1990 to...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Cyber Attack The Associated Press reports that a widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. The Treasury...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 Airplanes; Model A300 B4-601, B4-603, B4-620, B4-622, B4-605R, B4-622R, F4-605R, F4-622R, and C4-605R Variant F Airplanes (Collectively Called A300-600 Series Airplanes); and Model A310. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA...
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| 07.13.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks May 09, 2009 Ramona, CA Upton Bakeng Duce N86YP A/c impacted ground about 6.4 miles E-SE of Ramona. Amateur built, single engine, experimental airplane was operated by pilot, who had borrowed a/c from owner...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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Time Running Out for AF Flight 447 Investigators
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is probing two recent incidents involving Airbus A330 commercial transports that appear to have suffered similar failures reported on Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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FAA Fast Tracks Safety Action Plan for Regionals
Major carrier safety audits of regional partners and a new flight and duty time rule by September 1 are part of the marching orders sent out last week by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to the recent National Transportation Safety Board...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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Flying Blind: Airline Dereg Victimizes Travelers, Workers & Aviation Safety
Thirty years of airline deregulation has sent the industry into a steep nosedive, reducing consumer options and services, increasing delays, wiping out thousands of jobs, undercutting workers' wages and benefits, bankrupting countless companies, and causing a...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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Safety Issues Regarding Small Air Cargo Carriers Identified
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the air cargo industry contributed over $37 billion to the U.S. economy in 2008 and provides government, businesses, and individuals with quick delivery of goods. Although part of an aviation system with an...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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No Cabin Safety Changes Despite Spread of H1N1 Virus
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has turned a deaf ear on a flight attendant union's demand that the U.S. aviation agency order U.S. air carriers to provide flight attendants with non-latex gloves and masks and allow cabin attendants with flu-like...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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Oxygen to Go
A new Department of Transportation (DOT) regulation, which went into effect May 16, requires all U.S. and foreign airlines serving the United States to accept portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) on aircraft. While new federal rules often times add increased...
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| 06.29.2009 |
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MPs to Debate Airlines 'Grossly Unfair Tax' on Disabled
A campaign led by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (UK) and the British Lung Foundation to end the restrictions and charges that airlines place on people with a lung condition in the UK, which has already gained the support of 218 MPs and the backing of...
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