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| 10.12.2009 |
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Airlines Test the Waters
Federal regulators have issued final rules that require air carriers to test the tap water served to passengers and crew and used in plane lavatories in an attempt to avoid bacteria contamination of onboard water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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FedEx Installs Automatic Fire Suppression System
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has unveiled the industry's first onboard automatic fire suppression system (FSS), elevating the level of safety during international, overwater flights. The fire safety system is the result of seven years of design...
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No Ban on Lithium Battery Shipments
Federal regulators have turned down a request by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to prohibit cargo shipments of lithium batteries. Instead, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) sent a warning to cargo shippers that the...
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Pilots Stand Down
The 13th edition of Safety Standdown, Bombardier's annual safety seminar, took place in Wichita, KA September 28 to October 1. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, and NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen delivered opening remarks at...
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Babbit Backs NextGen Recommendations
A senior FAA official says a recent report on the Next Generation (NextGen) system will help reshape the nation's future air traffic control system. The findings of an RTCA industry/government task force gives the FAA the means to implement the ATC...
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FAA Names Carriers that Ignored Safety Summit
Following the crash of a Colgan Air flight in Buffalo, NY in February, the FAA announced a "Call to Action" to discuss best practices and essential safety programs with carriers. The goal was to make sure that carriers, particularly regional jets...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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Part 135 Pressure Cooker
Aviation Today recently conducted a webinar entitled Part 135 Operations: How to Handle the New Pressures. With the recent indictment of five Platinum Jet executives for illegal Part 135 operations, the stakes for operating without a Part 135 certificate just...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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Manufacturers Discuss US-Mexico Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement
Mexican aerospace companies will gather in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, October 20 -22, at the Offshore Group's Aerospace Manufacturing in Mexico Conference. Ricardo Dominguez Quijano of the Mexican Professional Aeronautical Engineers Association will discuss the...
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Safety & Technology Trends
Rosekind Nominated for NTSB The White House has nominated Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., an expert on fatigue and its effects on productivity and safe flight operations, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The nomination was announced...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Criminal Deportees Fly Unescorted The Houston Chronicle reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials routinely put illegal immigrants unescorted on commercial flights for deportation, including some who are sex offenders or have other...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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Safety Rules and Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-600. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A300 and A310 series airplanes. That AD currently requires replacement...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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AeroSvit to Use AD Aerospace System
Ukraine carrier AeroSvit will install AD Aerospace's CabinVu security systems on its Boeing 767 and 737s. CabinVu provides pilots with a forward looking, clear and unobstructed view of the area outside the cockpit door...
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Lufthansa Relaunches In-Flight Web Service
Lufthansa is relaunching FlyNet, its in-flight broadband Web service. Staring in mid-2010, passengers on Lufthansa's long-haul routes will be to communicate over standard GSM/GPRS mobile networks. The airline is partnering...
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UK Police Chase Involves Helicopter
Officers in Merseyside, England pursued a gang of vandals who attempted to destroy a police helicopter on...
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Popular Mechanics Awards Sikorsky X2
Sikorsky’s X2 Technology demonstrator has received a 2009 Breakthrough Innovator Award from Popular Mechanics. Based at the manufacturer’s Development...
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| 10.12.2009 |
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ADAT Joins Airbus MRO Network
Adu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) is the newest member of the Airbus global MRO network. The manufacturer established the...
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First Ukrainian Customer for CabinVu
AeroSvit, the Ukraine’s largest network carrier, has selected AD Aerospace’s CabinVu in-flight security systems for fitting on its Boeing 767 and 737 aircraft. The Cockpit Door Monitoring System improves the safety of the...
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| 10.09.2009 |
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HEMS Webinar Set for Oct. 29
Aviation Today will present a webinar that will solicit some of the world’s top helicopter air safety experts to provide a realistic assessment of the current status of the helicopter emergency medical services...
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Dash 8-100 Life Extension Program Unveiled
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has introduced an extended service program (ESP) for the Dash 8-100 turboprop. The program expands...
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| 10.09.2009 |
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Turbomeca Appoints Supply Chain VP
Safran Group company Turbomeca has promoted Philippe Beny to vice president of supply chain-purchases...
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