Travel Safety Update.

Dec 11, 2006

Flatulent Passenger Grounds US Flight. It may be one problem airline security officials never envisioned -- a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask the smell from her flatulence. Dec 6, 2006

Brazil To Let US Pilots Go After Crash Probe. Two US pilots should be allowed to go home after being forced to stay in Brazil for more than two months over their role in the country's worst air disaster, a Brazilian court ruled on Tuesday. Dec 5, 2006

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US National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker said airlines should voluntarily begin incorporating a 15% safety factor when calculating stopping distances on icy or wet runways. He added that thrust reversers should not be counted on by pilots to bring planes to a safe stop in poor conditions. US FAA is likely to implement an official rule change regarding calculation of stopping distances but has not done so yet. A Southwest Airlines 737-700 overran a runway at Chicago Midway a year ago today and ended up on a street corner beyond the airport perimeter where it hit two cars, killing a six-year-old child riding in one of them. An NTSB hearing over the summer scrutinized the pilots' decision to land in wintry conditions and how they calculated landing distance. Dec 8, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: [e-mail]

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Nov 13, 2006