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July 13, 2009
CAST Team Receives 2008 Collier Trophy
On May 28, 2009, NAA presented the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) at the annual Robert J. Collier Trophy Presentation Banquet. CAST, a cooperative government-industry initiative, was recognized for its work in...
June 29, 2009
Safety Issues Regarding Small Air Cargo Carriers Identified
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the air cargo industry contributed over $37 billion to the U.S. economy in 2008 and provides government, businesses, and individuals with quick delivery of goods. Although part of an aviation system with an...
June 29, 2009
Southwest Workers Blast Maintenance Outsourcing
Dispatchers at Southwest Airlines have raised safety concerns about airline plans to send aircraft to El Salvador for major maintenance work. Dallas-based Southwest planned a year ago to send planes to El Salvador for maintenance work. It postponed the move...
June 22, 2009
Regional Airline Summit Yields Action Plan
The nation's top-level federal aviation safety regulators have taken immediate steps to monitor the regional airline industry's pilot training and reduce the threat of fatigue on the flight deck. The voluntary measures emerged from the June 15 "call to...
June 1, 2009
Gulfstream International Hit with $1.3M Fine
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $1.3 million civil penalty from Florida-based Gulfstream International Airlines for alleged violations of Federal Aviation Regulations, including faulty record keeping and faulty maintenance. The...
June 1, 2009
Air Collision Fears Surround Drones
Major advances in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology has advocates clamoring to use more drones for everything from coastal patrols and border surveillance to tracking natural disasters. But fear of midair collisions is holding up any broad expansion...
May 25, 2009
NTSB Criticizes American Air for 2007 Incident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging American Airlines to correct numerous deficiencies revealed in the probe of a 2007 emergency landing by a crippled and fire-damaged jetliner in St. Louis. The Safety Board also urges the Federal...
May 25, 2009
Safety Rules and Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce AE 3007A Series Turbofan Engines. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2009-08-51 that was sent previously...
May 11, 2009
NTSB Prelim On Neptune CFIT Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report on the April 25, 2009 accident that took the lives of three firefighters aboard a Neptune Aviation Services Lockheed P-2V-7 fire fighting aircraft. The P2V-7 (N442NA) went down in...
May 11, 2009
Airmen, Marines Work Together to Test Load Helicopters
Playing a game of inches, a team of airmen and Marines at Travis AFB, CA, recently worked together to test load two Marine helicopters into a C-5C Galaxy transport. With inches to spare, airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron and Marines from the Marine...
May 11, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
NextGen Contract to Study NAS Needs Raytheon has been awarded a seven-month, $2.3 million contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance architecture and determine the National Airspace System's needs for 2018 to 2025...
April 27, 2009
More Super Puma Gearbox Checks Advised
The UK Air Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) has asked for further checks on the gearboxes of Super Puma helicopters. The advisory follows the loss of a Bond Offshore Helicopters AS332L2 Super Puma (G-RED), which crashed into the North Sea on April 1 as it...
April 27, 2009
NTSB Rules on Fatal Servant Air Crash in Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTDB) has released its final report on the January 5, 2008 Servant Air crash that killed six people and injured four others at Kodiak, Alaska. The Safety Board said the Piper PA-31-350 (N509FN) crash was caused by a...
March 9, 2009
Boeing Issues Warning to 737 Operators
Following disclosure that a faulty altimeter played a critical role in the Turkish Airlines B-737-800 (TC-JGE) crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Feb. 25, Boeing is advising 737 pilots to carefully monitor cockpit instruments during critical phases of...
March 2, 2009
American Air Makes Aircraft Repairs
American Airlines crews had to inspect and test the exit slides on about 272 jetliners last after a mechanic discovered a "potential problem" with the way the work had been done. The slides attached to the tailcones were found to be working on all...
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