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Monday, May 12, 2008
Pilot Shares Blame for Fatal Hot Air Balloon Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the veteran pilot had a hand in the fatal hot air balloon accident last October in New Mexico. The investigation was hampered by the pilot's lack of cooperation with NTSB investigators and the fatal accident has spawned several lawsuits against the pilot... [read more]
May 5, 2008
Boeing 757 In-flight Wing Panel Loss Due to Metal Fatigue
The National Transportation Safety Board continues its probe of US Airways Flight 1250 in which a wing panel, measuring about 4 feet by 5 feet, separated from the B-757 on March 22, 2008 while flying over Maryland. Although the separated wing panel has not...
May 5, 2008
Safety Rules and Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Model A109A, A109A II, and A109C Helicopters Final Rule; Request for Comments. SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) model helicopters. This AD results from...
April 28, 2008
NTSB Safety Forum on UAVs
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding a three-day forum on the safety of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) April 29-30 in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC. The forum will provide an opportunity for the Safety...
April 28, 2008
Smart Wings Developed
Researchers have developed an aircraft wing that immediately detects any material damage. Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability recently demonstrated a structural health monitoring system based on the use of...
April 28, 2008
Pearl-like Coating Could Protect Aircraft
Scientists from the University of Dayton Research Institute have manipulated the process of shell and pearl formation in oysters to demonstrate a method for depositing pearl- like coatings onto various metal surfaces. This biomimetic research could lead to...
April 21, 2008
Safety and Technology Trends
Airbags Now Available for GA Retrofit AmSafe has announced plans for the aftermarket distribution of its airbag system, the AmSafe Aviation Inflatable Restraint (AAIR), to general aviation customers worldwide. Working with a number of OEMs and...
April 14, 2008
FAA Air Carrier Audits Criticized at Senate Hearing
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was subjected to a fresh salvo of stinging criticism in the wake of revelations that an FAA supervisor in the Dallas field office intentionally ignored missed maintenance inspections at Southwest Airlines. The central...
April 14, 2008
Safety & Technology Trends
Delivering Squid Era Corp. has reached a major manufacturing milestone with the delivery of its 1,500th Squid, a vehicle tracking unit. The landmark Squid was delivered to NATS of the UK for use at London's Gatwick Airport. In all parts of the world, runway...
April 7, 2008
Public Airing of Southwest Maintenance Lapses
Veteran FAA inspectors told lawmakers on April 3 that their supervisors looked the other way while Southwest Airlines neglected to inspect planes as required, and continued to fly them even after discovering cracks in some of them. The...
April 7, 2008
Business Travel Coalition Calls for FAA Reform on MX
The Business Travel Coalition launched a major initiative recently, alerting passengers to the growing problem of maintenance outsourcing and the lack of government oversight for such programs. BTC cited regional airline accidents in its brief on the subject...
April 7, 2008
Safety Warning Ignored
A safety warning the Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) organization published after its Congress in London last September and sent to all the European Aviation Authorities, has received little response, let alone support or acknowledgement from these...
April 7, 2008
Latin American Air Safety: an Embarrassment
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Latin America's air accident rate is twice the global average, calling some regional safety regulations a "dangerous embarrassment". IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani said the accident...
March 31, 2008
Safety &Technology Trends
Major Contract for ADS-B Weather Systems All Weather, a manufacturer of automated weather information systems and meteorological sensors, has been selected by ITT to supply 62 Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) as part of ITT's ADS-B contract with the...
March 24, 2008
FAA Expands Boeing 737 Safety Checks Beyond Southwest
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in the wake of maintenance lapses at Southwest Airlines, is taking the unprecedented step of ordering a spot check of Boeing 737 maintenance records at all U.S. carriers. The move means carriers with older Boeing 737...
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