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| 12.03.2007 |
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Forklift Cameras and 3-D Training Promote Safety at USAF Bases
When Defense Secretary Gates called for a 75 percent reduction in mishaps throughout the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in May, two Air Force Materiel Command bases answered the call. Tinker AFB, OK, is serving as lead installation for the DoD Safety and...
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| 12.03.2007 |
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Researchers Fine-Tune F-35 Pilot-Aircraft Speech System
When the first F-35 Lightning II rolls out in 2008, communications between pilot and aircraft will enter a new era thanks in part to testing and analysis conducted at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate. The F-35 will be the...
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| 12.03.2007 |
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Safety News in Brief
NTSB Meeting Agenda Time and Date: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2007. (open to the public.) Place: NTSB Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20594. Amongst matters to be considered: (see image at tinyurl.com/35goab) 7772A Aircraft...
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| 12.03.2007 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 22 Oct day Heathrow UK A320 of BMI Radome crushed and crumpled by a nasty birdstrike. Happened just after passing Epsom NDB on a Dover 5F SID headed for Beirut. Three bangs heard and felt followed by...
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| 11.19.2007 |
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Thanksgiving 'Express Lanes' Open
The Bush Administration has announced several new measures to reduce air travel delays over the upcoming holiday season and beyond. The announcement also included a new proposal to increase a passsenger's compensation when he or she is bumped from a...
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| 11.19.2007 |
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Safer Flying in Icing Conditions
If you've watched TV forecasters struggle to correctly predict winter weather, you probably realize that understanding icing -- whether on the ground or in the air -- is difficult and complex. Aircraft icing is a continuing concern in all parts of aviation...
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| 11.19.2007 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 30 Oct ~1420L Austin Straubel Airport Green Bay KingAir 200 Made a precautionary emergency landing at Austin Straubel International Airport after the cockpit filled with smoke. Nil/2 crew The two pilots were...
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| 11.12.2007 |
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Can a Robot Fly Better than a Skilled Pilot?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently completed its Autonomous Airborne Refueling Demonstration (AARD) program, showing that unmanned aircraft can autonomously perform in-flight refueling under operational conditions. The recent...
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| 11.12.2007 |
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Wireless Sensors to Monitor Bearings In Jet Engines
Researchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside jet engines to detect when critical bearings are close to failing and prevent breakdowns. The...
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| 11.05.2007 |
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Safety News in Brief
Scandinavian Airlines' request for an official re-weighing of 20,000 randomly chosen passengers on safety grounds is to be taken up by civil aviation authorities throughout Scandinavia. The airline found the average weight including hand luggage to be 3kg...
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| 10.29.2007 |
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Corporate Jet Safety Shortcomings Outlined
More than 500 pilots and maintenance personnel took part in Bombardier's Safety Standdown 2007 seminar conducted October 22-25 in Wichita, Kansas. Now in its eleventh year, the free seminar this year was expanded to three full lecture days. The event is...
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| 10.08.2007 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 15 Aug 2320L Recife Brazil A319 of TAM Flight JJ3118 Flight cancelled after passengers were overpowered by fuel fumes while taxing out Nil/130 Headed Fortaleeza Brazil. Pax were put in hotels after rebelling...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 16 Aug 2334Z Dublin Ireland MD83 of Aviajet Reg: G-FLTM Flt 344E 5NM from touchdown on RWY 34 the aircraft began to deviate left of the approach course. The aircraft continued to descend below the Minimum...
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| 09.10.2007 |
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Safety News in Brief
Despite there being no sign yet of the final report from CENIPA, the Brazilian accident investigative body, the Judge supervising the trial of two US bizjet pilots and a number of Cindacta air traffickers, is pressing ahead. He has decided not to allow...
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| 08.27.2007 |
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Flight Test Safety Database Now Available
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have created a Web-based database designed to serve as the aviation community's one-stop reference guide for flight test safety. Officials of both agencies...
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| 08.27.2007 |
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Fighter Pilot's Crusade for Safer Skies
One man's personal mission to help improve flight safety is making headway through the aviation community. USAF Lt. Col. Ned Linch, the 12th Air Force's chief of flight safety, is a fighter pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the cockpit of F-16 fighters...
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| 08.27.2007 |
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Safety News in Brief
Marion Blakey has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, the trade association representing the nation's manufacturers of aerospace equipment, effective November 12, 2007. Blakey is the 15th Administrator of...
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| 08.27.2007 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks 08 Aug 0400Z San Francisco Ca 737 of Alaskan Reg: N706AS Flt AS102, while being pushed back from the gate, struck a service truck. nil Reg: N706AS. Unknown damage 10 Aug Chicago O'Hare Illinois 767-3Z9ER of...
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| 08.20.2007 |
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USAF Fights CFIT with Technology
What began as a chance discovery in aviation research has evolved into a complex technology that will help save the lives of fighter pilots. The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System, known as Auto-GCAS, is a software-based technology that has...
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| 08.20.2007 |
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Safety News in Brief
Following the 15 Aug FAA-sponsored aviation industry symposium on runway incursion prevention, the agency has published an InFO, or Information for Flight Operators, alert (tinyurl.com/ypz75u). Awareness of pertinent FAA regulations and a clear understanding...
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