Travel Safety Update.For more safety & security news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Sep 11, 2006 FAA set to approve new safety harness for young children: 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 today will announce the first safety device approved to keep young children in their seats during flights. The fold-up harness, designed by a former Department of Transportation official, weighs about one pound and attaches to existing seat backs and safety belts. It is intended for children who weigh between 22 pounds and 44 pounds. Sep 6, 2006 FAA will not mandate new runway margin requirements. The Federal Aviation Administration has decided to make new runway margins voluntary while it proceeds with a formal rulemaking process to implement the requirements. In June, the FAA released a policy notice calling for some operators to add a 15% safety margin in landing distance calculations based on runway conditions, but certain general aviation industry groups objected and requested that the notice be put on hold. Sep 6, 2006 Cockpit warning system technology getting more attention. A cockpit warning system used by only a few commercial airlines can pinpoint a plane's location using global-positioning systems and also alerts pilots if they are trying to take off from a taxiway taxiway: see airport. instead of a runway. The software program costs about $18,000 per plane and was developed in response to Federal Aviation Administration concerns over runway accidents and close calls. Sep 4, 2006 FAA under pressure to assure small airport staffing. Some lawmakers have asked the FAA to ensure it has adequate staffing in place at small airports. "We expect that when our staff report for work that they determine that they are fit for duty," FAA Administrator Marion Blakey Marion Clifton Blakey (born March 26, 1948) was the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. said. "We do a great deal to work with our supervisors and controllers to alert people to issues of fatigue and what good schedule management is all about." Sep 4, 2006 Memo on controller staffing not followed at Blue Grass Airport Blue Grass Airport (IATA: LEX, ICAO: KLEX, FAA LID: LEX) is a public airport located in unincorporated Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, west of the city limits of and four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of the City of : The FAA said a memo sent about nine months ago was not a new policy, but that it was seeking to enforce a long-standing policy that had fallen into disuse dis·use n. The state of not being used or of being no longer in use. disuse Noun the state of being neglected or no longer used; neglect Noun 1. . The agency said it learned of the staffing situation only after the crash; the fact that only one controller was in the tower that morning was a "local decision" made by the airport based on low traffic. Sep 4, 2006 Regulators urge stepped-up jet engine inspections. Prompted by an engine explosion 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 in June, Federal Aviation Administration officials have recommended that airlines inspect certain jet engines more frequently. A spokeswoman for the Air Transport Association said carriers always work closely with the FAA on safety issues. Sep 4, 2006 Safety of lithium batteries onboard was subject of NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board hearing. The NTSB held a two-day hearing last month to discuss whether lithium ion A rechargeable battery technology introduced in 1991 that provides greater charge per pound than nickel metal hydride. In 1993, Toshiba introduced the first notebook in the U.S. with a Li-ion battery. batteries, which are commonly used in laptop computers, were responsible for a fire on a UPS cargo plane cargo plane n → avión m de carga cargo plane n → avion-cargo m cargo plane cargo n → in February. The board also is investigating related issues, such as how to make cargo flights safer overall and how to expedite responses to future emergencies. Sep 4, 2006 Air Canada Jazz Jazz Air LP (Air Canada Jazz) is a Canadian regional airline based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia. Jammed cockpit door frustrates Canadian pilot. As baffled passengers looked on, a pilot for Air Canada's Jazz subsidiary was forced to bang on his cockpit door for 10 minutes last weekend to gain admittance Admittance The ratio of the current to the voltage in an alternating-current circuit. In terms of complex current I and voltage V, the admittance of a circuit is given by Eq. (1), and is related to the impedance of the circuit Z by Eq. (2). to the cockpit. The cockpit door had jammed when he left to use the washroom. Sep 4, 2006 AmSafe US FAA approved the AmSafe Child Aviation Restraint System safety device for use on commercial flights. The device features an additional belt and shoulder harness that wraps around the seat and attaches to the lap belt and is designed for children weighing 22-44 lb. Sep 7, 2006 US Airways Jet with tire failure lands safely. A small fire broke out in the landing gear of a US Airways jet as it landed Thursday in Miami, but nobody was hurt. The fire started when one of two tires that had blown out began to burn, officials said. More than 100 passengers and crew members escaped safely using the aircraft's inflatable slides. Sep 4, 2006 |
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