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  • May 2008

    • FAA Questions American's Lightning Safety

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 16, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      FAA Questions American's Lightning Safety

      (Newser) - The FAA is questioning American Airlines' new policy on lightning inspections, and its opener is: Why doesn’t American do them anymore? American recently forbade its mechanics from doing extensive lightning damage checks unless pilots suspected a strike, a move designed to reduce delays and cancellations. Big airlines are typically allowed to tweak safety standards, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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      airline industry  • American Airlines  • FAA  • airline safety  • inspection  • lightning

    • American Airlines Report Roasts FAA

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 2, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      American Airlines Report Roasts FAA

      (Newser) - American Airlines blames the FAA for its recent grounding of thousands of flights, the Wall Street Journal reports. The airline is set to deliver a report today that says 3,300 flights were canceled because FAA headquarters reversed a "handshake deal" the airline had with regional aviation officials that was supposed to allow the company to comply with changes in FCC wiring standards on its MD-80 aircraft without cancellations. More »

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      airline industry  • American Airlines  • FAA  • airline safety  • flight cancellation  • aircraft  • Boeing MD-80

  • April 2008

    • Air Safety Experts Most Worried About Runways

      New York Times  |  Apr 25, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      Air Safety Experts Most Worried About Runways

      (Newser) - FAA-mandated wiring fixes have grounded thousands of flights lately, but the runway is no safe place for planes, New York Times reports. Serious runway incidents nearly doubled to 15 over the past six months, compared with the same period a year ago. “Where we are most vulnerable at this moment is on the ground,” said the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.   More »

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      airline industry  • airline  • FAA  • airline safety  • runway

    • Washington Vows Better Airline Safety

      Associated Press  |  Apr 18, 08 9:06 PM CDT

      Washington Vows Better Airline Safety

      (Newser) - Today Washington vowed to beef up airplane inspections and demanded to know why American Airlines stranded 250,000 travelers last week, the AP reports. "No one at all was well served by what happened," US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said. But she defended federal regulators, saying they did not overreact after learning of lax inspections on Southwest Airlines planes last month. More »

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      American Airlines  • FAA  • airline safety  • flight cancellation  • inspection  • regulations  • Mary Peters

    • Flight Chaos to Continue as FAA Gets Tough

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 10, 08 9:54 AM CDT

      Flight Chaos to Continue as FAA Gets Tough

      (Newser) - Air travelers should brace themselves for several more months of chaos: the wave of FAA audits that began March 30, producing more than 2,000 canceled flights this week, will continue through June 30. In an effort to toughen enforcement of safety standards, the agency has moved to relying less on data provided by the airline themselves and more on on-site inspections, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      airline industry  • American Airlines  • safety  • FAA  • airline delays  • airline safety  • safety testing

    • Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos' in UK Terror Plot Trial

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT

      Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos' in UK Terror Plot Trial

      (Newser) - In London yesterday, prosecutors introduced “martyrdom videos” as evidence against eight British Muslims accused of plotting to destroy US-bound airliners in 2006, the Times   reports. One video, found in a man’s garage, envisioned “your people’s body parts responsible for these wars and oppression decorating the streets.” The prosecutor also said some of the men discussed, in wiretapped conversations, bringing their wives and children with them on their suicide missions, AP reports. More »

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      London  • airplane  • airline safety  • terror plots  • terror trial  • videos  • martyrdom  • Abdulla Ahmed Ali  • Assad Sarwar  • hydrogen peroxide

    • FAA Too Cozy With Airlines, Whistle-Blowers Say

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 4, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      FAA Too Cozy With Airlines, Whistle-Blowers Say

      (Newser) - An overly cozy relationship between airlines and the federal agency tasked with inspecting them has lawmakers worried in the wake of hearings yesterday on Capitol Hill, the Chicago Tribune reports. Federal Aviation Administration officials let serious safety issues fly, ignoring maintenance and inspection regulations, safety specialists, government overseers and whistle-blowers testified.  More »

    • Southwest Tried to Cover Up Safety Issues: Inspectors

      CNN  |  Apr 3, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      Southwest Tried to Cover Up Safety Issues: Inspectors

      (Newser) - Southwest Airlines tried to cover up maintenance problems, and the FAA almost let them, according to two inspectors who will testify before Congress today that the agency is too cozy with airlines. When the inspectors realized Southwest was flying dozens of jets without required inspections, their superiors did nothing, they say. And Southwest was asking those superiors to remove one troublesome inspector from the case, CNN reports. More »

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      airline industry  • FAA  • airline safety  • Southwest Airlines  • inspection

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Airline Sleuths Dig Up Data to Save Lives

      Washington Post  |  Jan 13, 08 7:30 PM CST

      Airline Sleuths Dig Up Data to Save Lives

      (Newser) - Airlines and air safety investigators have a new way to snoop for clues that can help avoid future accidents, the Washington Post reports. While they once depended on crash remains for evidence, they have now gone digital, pursuing daily probes of thousands of computer records and pilots' reports to dig up data that can avert disaster. More »

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      airline  • air travel  • FAA  • airline safety  • Southwest Airlines  • US Airways  • data mining

    • NASA Releases Pilot Gripes on Tired Crews, Air Traffic

      CNN  |  Jan 1, 08 4:58 AM CST

      NASA Releases Pilot Gripes on Tired Crews, Air Traffic

      (Newser) - Bowing to pressure from Congress, NASA has grudgingly released thousand of pages of pilot complaints, CNN reports. They include complaints about crowded skies, tired crews, and communication problems. The surveys of more than 30,000 pilots found twice as many collisions with bird, near-collisions with other aircraft, and runway incursions as the government's monitoring system had reported. More »

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      NASA  • accident  • air travel  • pilot  • airline safety  • runway

  • December 2007

    • Pilots Can Now Fly Until Age 65

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 15, 07 9:23 AM CST

      Pilots Can Now Fly Until Age 65

      (Newser) - US pilots can now fly until they're 65 instead of being of being forced to retire at age 60. A bill signed into law yesterday raises the mandatory retirement age to reflect the greater physical fitness of today's 60-year-olds, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new law puts an end to a half-century of industry debate and brings the US in line with the rest of the world. More »

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      airline  • FAA  • retirement  • pilot  • airline safety  • pilot fatigue

  • November 2007

    • Bush Shifts Focus to Small Picture

      New York Times  |  Nov 24, 07 11:20 AM CST

      Bush Shifts Focus to Small Picture

      (Newser) - With his term winding down, President Bush is putting an increased emphasis on the small picture—domestic issues that have a tangible effect on people's lives, the New York Times reports. While still engaged with weighty foreign matters such as Iraq and the upcoming Mideast summit, Bush has shifted focus to topics such as the holiday travel crunch, unsafe foods, and shaky home loans. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • airline delays  • food safety  • airline safety  • lead tainted toys

    • Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

      Associated Press  |  Nov 14, 07 8:29 PM CST

      Airport Screeners Miss Bombs

      (Newser) - Airport screeners fared poorly in an undercover test in which government investigators smuggled liquid explosives and detonators past checkpoints, the AP reports. As a troubling bonus, the investigators learned how to make the explosives on the internet and bought the parts for less than $150, showing that would-be terrorists could cheaply and fairly easily wreak havoc in the skies, the AP says. More »

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      Department of Homeland Security  • airport security  • TSA  • airline safety  • airport screener

    • Tired Pilots Wake Up Just in Time to Land Red-Eye

      Rocky Mountain News  |  Nov 2, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      Tired Pilots Wake Up Just in Time to Land Red-Eye

      (Newser) - Two commercial pilots—one of whom had flown three straights nights—fell asleep on a red-eye flight from Baltimore to Denver in 2004 but woke up just in time to land safely, the Rocky Mountain News reports. The plane was coming in much too fast and high, but the captain roused himself at the last minute to correct the aircraft's course. More »

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      pilot  • airline safety  • sleep deprivation  • pilot fatigue

  • October 2007

    • NASA Reconsiders, Will Release Scary Air Survey

      Associated Press  |  Oct 31, 07 2:46 PM CDT

      NASA Reconsiders, Will Release Scary Air Survey

      (Newser) - NASA's director reversed course today in testimony before Congress, saying the agency will release data showing that near air accidents are more common than previously realized. NASA feared releasing the information would upset travelers and hurt airline profits. "I regret any impression that NASA was in any way trying to put commercial interests ahead of public safety," Michael Griffin said. More »

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      NASA  • airline safety  • Michael D. Griffin

    • NASA Quashes Air-Safety Statistics

      Associated Press  |  Oct 22, 07 5:22 PM CDT

      NASA Quashes Air-Safety Statistics

      (Newser) - Safety problems and close calls such as near-collisions and bird strikes are much more common on US flights than previously realized, says a NASA survey leaked to the AP by an anonymous tipster. The agency says it is not releasing the results of the comprehensive air safety survey because it fears the scary data could upset travelers. More »

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      NASA  • airline safety

    • Fatal Plane Crashes Fall 65%

      New York Times  |  Oct 1, 07 10:38 AM CDT

      Fatal Plane Crashes Fall 65%

      (Newser) - The fatal domestic plane crash rate has fallen 65% in the last decade. It's not quite the 80% decrease over 10 years the government demanded in 1996 after two crashes killed 375 people, but it's a significant improvement, the Times reports. The decline rests on tighter air traffic control, better equipment, and a focus on accident prevention. More »

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      airplane  • FAA  • airport security  • airline safety  • air disasters

  • September 2007

    • Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash

      Reuters  |  Sep 16, 07 1:08 PM CDT

      Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash

      (Newser) - The death toll has risen to 88 in the crash of a budget airliner on a Thai island resort today, Reuters reports. Officials said the plane broke up and burst into flames as it tried to land in torrential rain.The 42 survivors are being treated for a variety of injuries, and at least one said he thought the plane descended too fast. More »

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      plane crash  • Thailand  • Asia  • airline safety  • rain  • Phuket  • budget airlines  • One Two Go

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