Travel Safety Update.For more safety & security news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 14, 2006 Air Traset, Antonov Air Traset An-28 crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday, killing all 14 passengers and three crew, according to press reports. The aircraft was attempting to land in Bukavu when it clipped a mountain and went down in a forest 9 mi. short of the runway. DRC DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DRC Down (Stage) Right Center DRC Director(ate) of Reserve Components DRC Disability Rights Commission (United Kingdom) was one of five countries subjected to a total ban on the most recent EU airline safety blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. . Aug 7, 2006 Kuwait Airways Kuwait Airways announced the successful completion of the IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. Operational Safety Audit. Aug 11, 2006 Los Angeles Airport Los Angeles Airport's Landing System Failure Causes Delays. Planes were backed up at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX for at least an hour on Monday after an instrument landing system failed, an airport spokesman said. Spokesman Tom Winfrey said equipment on one of the airport's two working runways failed and 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 was trying to restore it as soon as possible. "We have two runways and the equipment serving one runway went out at 9:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT )," Winfrey said. An FAA spokesman in Washington, Ian Gregor, said the failure in Los Angeles would likely cause a "ripple" throughout the system. Aug 7, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines announced successful completion of the IATA Operational Safety Audit and the US Dept. of Defense Commercial Air Carrier Quality and Safety Survey. Aug 9, 2006 |
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