Travel Safety Update.For more safety & security news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 31, 2006 FAA should allow pilots to take naps on some flights. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control should allow pilots to take brief naps on some flights, the USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. editorial board writes. It says controlled napping should be permitted on flights with two pilots during long stretches of flying when the plane is on autopilot. Jul 27, 2006 FAA reschedules air traffic controllers to reduce errors. The Federal Aviation Administration has rescheduled air traffic controllers at seven busy radar offices to reduce errors and lower costs. The FAA says the changes will ensure 70% of on-duty controllers are always at their radar scopes. Controllers say the new schedule makes them go too long without breaks and denies supervisors the flexibility to respond to fluctuations in air traffic. Jul 26, 2006 Inspection mandate should cover older small planes, NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board says. The Federal Aviation Administration should not exempt airplanes with fewer than 30 seats from rules requiring inspections of older planes, the National Transportation Safety Board says. The FAA exemption for some older planes ignores a congressional mandate, according to the NTSB. The FAA rules also exempts planes designed before 1958. The FAA said it will consider the NTSB's recommendations. Jul 26, 2006 Carriers continue aiding Lebanon evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. . U.S. airlines are continuing to assist travelers returning to the U.S. from embattled Lebanon. US Airways is helping evacuees secure low fares, and Delta Air Lines on Sunday flew 160 people from Cyprus to Atlanta for free. Jul 24, 2006 FAA should mandate fixes for fuel tank risk. The Federal Aviation Administration should require safety equipment necessary to prevent fuel tank explosions, the Toledo Blade editorial board writes. Installing so-called inerting devices on older jetliners could fix the problem, but the Air Transport Association says such retrofits are too costly and instead supports focusing on "ignition prevention." Jul 24, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines 777 landed safely at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK yesterday after one of its two engines failed, according to press reports. The aircraft was on its way from Los Angeles to London Heathrow and was carrying 239 passengers and 14 crew. American Airlines spokesman Billy Sanez says. "It's not a common incident, but the pilots are trained to deal with these situations," he says. The Boeing 777 was en route from Los Angeles to London. Jul 26, 2006 Armavia, Airbus Armavia A320 crash that killed 113 people in May was attributable to what appears to be a loss of situational awareness by the flight crew, Russian aviation officials stated yesterday, according to press reports. Last month's flight data recorder The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. A separate device is the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), although some versions (including the original) combine both in one unit. analysis revealed no problem with the aircraft. According to civil aviation head Tatyano Anodina, the aircraft was too low on approach and the crew was unable to respond in a timely manner to a GPWS GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System GPWS General Purpose Workstation alert. It is not clear whether the aircraft was equipped with Enhanced GPWS. The aircraft was 11 years old and was in good condition, according to Armavia. Jul 27, 2006 DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature , Bashkirian Airlines German court ruled that the government was partly liable in the 2002 midair collision between a DHL 757 freighter and a BAL Bashkirian Airlines BAL Bashkirian Airlines (Bashkirskie Avialinii) was an airline based in Ufa, Russia. It operates regional and trunk routes from Ufa and has added charter services to Europe, Asia and North Africa. It has filed for bankruptcy and has suspended operations in April 2007. Tu-154M that killed 71 people, as the government had granted Swiss ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered firm Skyguide control over a portion of German airspace, according to press reports. The court has yet to decide how much compensation is due Bashkirian, which reportedly is seeking $3.3 million. The court said Germany breached its constitution by subcontracting airspace control to private Swiss firm Skyguide and Germany was responsible for compensation for the crash. Other civil lawsuits are pending. Germany Liable For Russian Plane Crash. Jul 27, 2006 United Airlines Passenger jet, cargo plane nearly collide at O'Hare. A United Airlines passenger jet and a cargo plane came within 300 feet of colliding on Sunday night at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport O'Hare International Airport is an airport located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. It is the largest hub of United Airlines (whose headquarters is in downtown Chicago) and the second-largest hub of American Airlines (after , the Federal Aviation Administration says. The FAA says an error by an O'Hare air traffic controller caused the incident, which ranks in the most serious category of runway incursions. Jul 25, 2006 |
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