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| 09.21.2009 |
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New FAA Safety Initiatives Unveiled
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt is putting a new spin on air safety, moving to improving the agency's response to public safety complaints and whistleblower charges while ensuring that air carriers comply with safety...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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S&S at the Core
In a speech to the International Aviation Club of Washington, DC, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said both safety and security remain concerns for the world's financially-strapped airlines. IATA...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Towards Better Cabin Air Quality
BAE Systems and Quest International UK have introduced the AirManager, a new active air management system, which they say sets a new standard for exceptionally clean air on board aircraft. In addition to introducing AirManager onto its own BAe 146/Avro RJ...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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A Better 'Black Box'
In the wake of the fatal crash of an Air France Airbus A330-200 in the Atlantic on May 31, 2009 and the inability of searchers to retrieve the jetliner's flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the bottom of the deep ocean water...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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High Profile Air Crashes Raise Concerns
The rate of commercial jet crashes around the world is climbing and a spate of recent fatal accidents threatens to push the totals to levels not seen since the 1990s. "If we continue at this pace, we'll be turning the clock back 10 years on safety,"...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Tool Kit for Runway Excursions The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has released a Runway Excursion Risk Reduction (RERR) tool kit. The toolkit, a joint effort between FSF and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), provides an in depth analysis of...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Flightcrew Alerting; Reopening of Comment Period. Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: On July 9, 2009, the FAA published an NPRM to amend the airworthiness standards for flightcrew alerting and invited comments for a...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 01, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya CESSNA U206 N5Y-LMB A/c owned and operated by African Inland Mission collided with the ground. 1 fatality, one serious A/c conducting low flight while passengers filming...
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| 09.21.2009 |
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New FAA Safety Initiatives Unveiled
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), trying to shake criticism it has been too close to the industry it regulates, will drop its practice of calling airlines its ‘customers’ while also beefing up safety measures. The FAA will no longer refer...
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| 09.17.2009 |
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Avianova Opts for Lufthansa Systems
Russian low-cost carrier Avianova has selected Lufthansa Systems’ Flight Management System (FMS) database. The FMS database contains all important route information including altitude and airport data for optimizing...
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| 09.16.2009 |
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Non-standardized Shipping of Perishables Costing 30% in Wastage
While the industry involved in the shipment of perishables and temperature sensitive products (PTSP) now has a certification program designed to harmonize the shipment of perishable products and potentially save the industry millions of dollars, companies not...
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| 09.16.2009 |
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Roadmap for NextGen Implementation; More News
The public unveiling of the recommendations of RTCA’s NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (NextGen TF) took place yesterday in Washington, D.C. at the NowGen NEXT conference sponsored by Aviation Today’s Avionics Magazine and RTCA, the...
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| 09.16.2009 |
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New Cabin Air Standards Possible
BAE Systems and Quest International UK have introduced the AirManager, a radical new active air management system, which sets a new standard for exceptionally clean air on board aircraft. In addition to introducing AirManager onto its own BAe 146/Avro...
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| 09.15.2009 |
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Brazil Continues to Lead in Latin America
ALTA, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association, in cooperation with OAG, released its 2009 Latin America and Caribbean Capacity Analysis. Among the many notable facts included in the report are: • Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo is still the...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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FAA Orders Airbus Pitot Tube Switch
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the replacement of pitot tubes on Airbus A330s of the type suspected of playing a role in the crash of Air France Flight 447 in June. The FAA said in a notice published in the Federal Register that U.S...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Yemenia Black Boxes Recovered
Search teams in late August located the flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Yemenia Airlines Airbus A310 that crashed off the Comoros islands on June 30, killing 152 people. The so-called 'black boxes' were located after a week of search led by a...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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European Council Adopts Aviation Package
The European Council has adopted two regulations to improve the performance and safety of the European aviation system. The first strengthens the Single European Sky legislation while the second extends the tasks of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Boston Logan Gets ASDE-X Boston Logan International is now operating with the Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Logan is the 19th airport to receive the technology through the FAA's...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Three Guilty in UK Bomb Threat An English court found three British Muslim men guilty on Sept 7 of plotting to bomb at least seven transatlantic airliners in 2006, in a conspiracy that changed air travel. They were convicted of planning to detonate explosive...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Short Brothers Model SD360. 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 an...
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