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| 10.06.2008 |
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Bad Year for EMS Operations
The Sept. 27 fatal crash of a Maryland State Police helicopter performing an emergency medical services (EMS) mission in suburban Washington has yet again put air ambulance choppers in the spotlight as regards air safety. The nearly 20-year-old Eurocopter...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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NTSB Issues Recommendations for AS350 and EC130 Choppers
Six events involving Eurocopter AS350 helicopters in the past six years, including two fatal crashes, have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Things that Crash in the Night
In the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, a Kenosha, Wisconsin family miraculously escaped harm when a Robinson R44 II (N999ZD) light helicopter crashed into their house located near Kenosha Regional Airport (ENW). The pilot and his lone passenger were...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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ADS-B ARC Report with FAA
The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) has delivered three dozen recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as regards implementation of ADS-B, a critical element of the FAA's ambitious...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Predicting Clear Air Turbulence
It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars in injury claims every year. It's...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Safety and Technology Trends
This is Your Captain Sleeping The two go! pilots that that fell asleep on the inter-island CRJ-200 hop last winter, completed their FAA-imposed suspensions on September 9. However, they have long since been fired by go! parent Mesa Air Group. The flight...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directive; ATR Model ATR42-200, -300, and -320. 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 unsafe condition on...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Sept 03 2008 Cassville, WI SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad N597TB A/c received substantial damage on impact with terrain and post impact fire near Cassville. One fatality, one serious Pilot sustained serious injuries...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Risky Runways Subject of House Hearing
The risk of runway incursions at U.S. airports remains high despite concerted effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reduce the air safety risk, FAA and government investigators testified last week. The General Accountability Office's Gerald...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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FAA to Pay $4.5M in Torrance Chopper Crash Settlement
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has agreed to pay $4.5 million in damages to the lone survivor of a 2003 mid-air helicopter collision at Torrance Municipal Airport in California. According to the NTSB, the fatal accident occurred on Nov. 6, 2003...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Cloud Radar Predicts Weather More Accurately
Scientists at the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council have developed a system that measures the individual layers of cloud above us. The Cloud Radar will not only allow forecasters to predict the weather more precisely, the information gathered...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Bombardier Holds Safety Standdown 2008
Bombardier's safety seminar will take place in a new location: The Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. Held annually in Wichita, Kansas for the past 11 years, Safety Standdown 2008 will get underway Oct. 20-23. The free seminar offers three full days...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
TMA Reducing Air Traffic Delays The FAA says passenger delays are being reduced thanks to a program that increases the efficient use of runway capacity at major airports. Airlines are reporting major savings in time and money because of Traffic Management...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airspace Designations; Incorporation by Reference. Final Rule. SUMMARY: This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 relating to airspace designations to reflect the approval by the Director of the Federal Register of the...
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| 09.29.2008 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 28, 2008 Fresno, CA Canadair CRJ2 Runway incursion involved Piper PA-46 (N9219T) and SkyWest (SKW) Flight 69R, a Canadair CRJ2 at Fresno Yosemite International. The PA-46 landed on Runway 29R but was...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Safety Rules and Regs
Auction Procedures for Allocating Slots at LaGuardia, Kennedy International, and Newark International. Notice of Availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with rulemaking activity that is not yet complete, the FAA may use an auction to allocate leases for a...
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| 09.22.2008 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 04, 2008 Gearhart, OR Cessna 172K N828CC A/c impacted small neighborhood residence. Pilot, passenger, and three people on ground killed, and three people on the ground seriously injured. Pilot rented...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Main Rotor Failure Eyed in Air Evac EMS Chopper Crash
It appears that an Air Evac EMS Bell 206L-1 (N37AE) crashed in Greensburg, IN Aug. 31 after its main rotor blades separated from the aircraft. The pilot, a flight nurse and a paramedic sustained fatal injuries. The flight had just departed Burney, IN for the...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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New LIDAR System Sees the Sky in 3D
EPFL, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Switzerland's National Weather service, MeteoSwiss, have inaugurated a new LIDAR measurement system in Payerne, Switzerland that provide continuous data on atmospheric humidity for Western Switzerland's weather...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Safety Rules and Regulations
Emergency Airworthiness Directive. 2008-19-51 This emergency airworthiness directive (AD) is sent to all owners and operators of Rolls-Royce AE 3007A series turbofan engines. These engines are installed on, but not limited to EMBRAER EMB-135 and EMB-145...
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