Travel Safety Update.Jan 8, 2007 FAA Wants Security Upgrades For New Planes. The US government, noting continued security risks and threats, proposed upgrades on Friday for new passenger jets to further secure the cockpit from potential hijackers and reduce the danger posed by bombs. Jan 5, 2007 Air Safety for 2006, second-safest year for airlines. The world's airlines enjoyed their second-safest year on record in 2006, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AirSafe.com and AirGuideOnline.com. But the number of passenger deaths was a "relatively high" 790, Ascend said, led by the Pulkovo Airlines Tu-154M crash in Ukraine that killed 170. There were three more accidents last year that killed more than 100 people: May's Armavia A320 crash into the Black Sea (113 fatalities), July's S7 Airlines A310 overrun 1. overrun - A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes in Irkutsk (126 deaths) and September's midair collision that brought down a Gol 737-800 (154 fatalities). The four accidents accounted for more than 67% of last year's commercial aviation fatalities. In 2005 there were 19 fatal accidents killing 916 passengers and crew, the highest number of commercial aviation deaths since 200. http://www.airguideonline.com/onlineairsafety.htm Jan 5, 2007 Aviation Safety Network yesterday said that the 27 fatal airline accidents that resulted in 888 deaths during 2006 were "significantly lower" than the 10-year average of 36 accidents and 1,005 fatalities but that the number of "loss of control" accidents was a "noteworthy" statistic. Those crashes accounted for 17 of the 27 accidents and more than 800 deaths. "The moving 10-year average trends show a decrease in the average number of fatal accidents for all continents. All regions have recorded a steadily decreasing accident rate over the past seven years except for Africa," ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. said, noting that 18.5% of last year's fatal accidents occurred on a continent that accounts for just 3% of global departures. Of the 17 loss-of-control accidents, six occurred on takeoff or landing and 11 happened during flight. CFIT incidents numbered a "relatively low" five. Jan 3, 2007 Adam Air Adam Air, (incorporated as PT. Adam SkyConnection Airlines), is a privately owned airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Adam Air Flight 574 departed from Java island's Surabaya-Juanda Airport and was headed to Sam Ratulangi Airport Sam Ratulangi International Airport (IATA: MDC, ICAO: WAMM), also known as Manado Airport, is located in North Sulawesi, 17 km northeast of Manado. The airport is named after the Minahasan educator and independence hero Sam Ratulangi. in Manado but reportedly disappeared in a heavy rainstorm about 1 hr. after takeoff. Indonesian Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said yesterday that the plane had not been found, which contradicted earlier declarations that wreckage had been discovered, including a statement from the airline saying the aircraft "had been found in the mountain area around Rangoan Village, Polewali West Sulawesi West Sulawesi or Sulawesi Barat (short form Sulbar) is a province of Indonesia, created in 2004. It is on the island of Sulawesi (formerly, Celebes) and includes the regencies (kabupaten ." Jan 3, 2007 Adam Air, Boeing Indonesia Steps Up Search For Missing Plane. Indonesia stepped up efforts on Sunday to locate a missing airliner six days after it vanished from radar screens with 102 aboard as anger grew among the passengers' relatives. Snow, High Winds Snarl Transport In Japan. Strong winds grounded scores of flights in and out of central Japan on Sunday, as the weather agency issued severe weather warnings. Jan 7, 2007 Adam Air, Boeing Indonesia DG-Air Transport Ichsan Tatang yesterday backed away from previous reports that the pilots of the missing Adam Air 737-400 sent out two distress calls before the aircraft disappeared Jan. 1. As search efforts intensified, Tatang told reporters that signals from the plane's emergency beacon, which is supposed trigger automatically in the event of a crash, had been picked up on Jan. 1 but that there were no indications of trouble until the 737 disappeared from 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 radar shortly after 2 p.m. Jakarta time. "The [pilots] did not report any complaints about the navigation, the condition of the plane or other technical problems," Tatang said. Flight 574 departed from Java island's Surabaya-Juanda Airport and was headed to Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado but disappeared in a heavy rainstorm about 1 hr. after takeoff. More than 100 aboard are feared dead. Jan 5, 2007 Adam Air, Boeing Search intensifies for missing Adam Air 737. Indonesia continued to search for the missing Adam Air 737-400 that was carrying 96 passengers and six crew when it disappeared Jan. 1 in a heavy rainstorm but has been unable to find any wreckage. A sonar-equipped naval mine A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, they are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of or a contact with an enemy ship. detector reportedly will be deployed today to search for metal underwater, while the Singapore Air Force will dispatch an F50 to aid in the search. Indonesia military head Djoko Suyanto Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto (born December 21950, Madiun, Jawa Timur-) is the Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces (TNI) of Indonesia. Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto is known as one of Indonesia’s best fighter pilots. said yesterday that the plane was flying at 35,000 ft. when it disappeared from radar just after 2 p.m. Jakarta time. The pilots made two distress calls before ATC lost track of the aircraft. Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono General (ret.) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born September 9, 1949 in Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia), is an Indonesian retired military general and statesman as well as the sixth President of Indonesia. convened a "crisis" meeting in Jakarta last night with key players leading the search effort, which included an embarrassing erroneous report from government officials that the aircraft was found with 12 survivors. The government retracted re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. the report, blaming remote villagers for supplying false information. Jan 4, 2007 Adam Air, Boeing The missing Adam Air 737, registered PK-KKW and powered by two CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) The measurement of air flow. Cooling fans are rated in CFM. 56-3C1s, had its first flight on Jan. 11, 1989, according to Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network. Indonesia DG-Air Transport Ichsan Tatang said it had flown 45,371 hr. and cleared a maintenance inspection as recently as Dec. 25, the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. reported. According to the Ascend CASE database, Adam Air operated six 737-200s, four -300s, eight -400s and one -500. Two of the aircraft were in storage. Jan 3, 2007 Adam Air, Boeing Official Says Indonesian Airliner Still Missing. An Indonesian air force The Indonesian Air Force (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara or TNI-AU) is the air force branch of the Indonesian Armed Forces. Personnel of the Indonesian Air Force total 28,329. official said on Tuesday reports that an Adam Air plane with 102 people on board had been found on Sulawesi island were wrong, and that the plane was still missing. Officials had earlier said that wreckage of the Adam Air plane had been found after it had crashed into the mountains in heavy rain. There were reports 12 people had survived the crash. The Adam Air plane lost contact with the ground on Monday about an hour before it was due to land in Manado in North Sulawesi North Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is on the island of Sulawesi, and borders the province of Gorontalo to the west (originally a part of North Sulawesi until 2001 when it became its own province). , the transport ministry said. There were 96 passengers and six crew on board the plane. A copy of the plane's manifest showed three passengers as non-Indonesians. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. embassy in Jakarta confirmed they were Americans. Suyanto earlier told Radio Elshinta an air force plane had spotted the wreckage of the Boeing 737-400. Jan 2, 2007 Denver airport Airliner, Small Plane Nearly Collide At Denver. An airliner and a small plane nearly collided on a runway in Denver on Friday, missing each other by about 50 feet, US crash investigators said. 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