Travel Safety Update.Nov 6, 2006 Crash Blamed For Brazil's Air Control Chaos. A slow-down by air traffic controllers has caused huge delays in domestic air travel in Brazil this week and a staff representative said strain after a major air crash was fueling the crisis. Nov 3, 2006 FAA uncovers pattern of pilot confusion in identifying runways. Aviation experts are analyzing a pattern of pilot confusion in identifying runways in the U.S. Nicholas Sabatini, head of safety for the FAA, says the agency is working with NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. to develop new analytical tools. Industry experts and the FAA have discovered 117 runway-related incidents. Nov 3, 2006 US Investigates Jets Using Wrong Runways. Safety investigators are looking into three incidents involving commercial jets at US airports in recent days, including two cases when aircraft used the wrong runway, officials said on Wednesday. Nov 3, 2006 NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board investigates three incidents involving commercial airliners. NTSB investigators are looking into three recent incidents that involved commercial jetliners at U.S. airports. Two cases involve large aircraft using the wrong runway. Nov 2, 2006 U.K. will ease some security rules, airport operator says. U.K. airport operator BAA said today the British government will allow passengers to carry some liquids and food in their hand luggage. "From 6 November, passengers may carry a limited quantity of liquids i.e. gels, lotions, pastes, liquid cosmetics, foams and foodstuffs foodstuffs npl → comestibles mpl foodstuffs npl → denrées fpl alimentaires foodstuffs food npl → in their hand baggage hand baggage n → Handgepäck nt hand baggage n → bagaglio a mano when going through airport security checkpoints," BAA said in a statement. Nov 2, 2006 Sensors on planes mean more accurate weather forecasts. A network of high-tech sensors installed in some U.S. passenger planes could improve weather forecasts and warn pilots about storms, turbulence or hijacked flights. The federal government has not yet decided whether to fund a complete system of sensors. Oct 30, 2006 ADC Airlines Aviation Development Company, or ADC Airlines, was an airline based in Calabar, Nigeria. It operated domestic scheduled services and regional charter flights. It had applied to be designated on international routes. , Boeing US National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team of investigators to Nigeria to assist in determining the cause of Sunday's ADC Airlines 737-200 crash in Abuja that reportedly killed 98 of 106 on board and one farmer on the ground. Abuja's Daily Trust reported yesterday that the aircraft's pilots were told not to take off because of poor weather but insisted on doing so. Citing three ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. staff who declined to be identified, the newspaper said the Abuja Airport control tower sent instructions shortly before the crash "suspending flights from either landing or taking off from the airport" due to "very bad weather emanating from a heavy rainstorm in Abuja." The pilot chose to take off and was not stopped by the airline. Flight 53 originated in Lagos and stopped in Abuja before departing to final destination Sokoto. The aircraft crashed and burned in a cornfield near Abuja Airport immediately after takeoff. According the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network, the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A-powered aircraft, registered 5N-BFK, made its first flight in September 1983. The crash is the third commercial air disaster, and fourth overall, in Nigeria in fewer than 13 months, collectively killing more than 300 passengers. 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 the latest crash marks ADC's fifth hull-loss accident since launching operations in 1991. 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. its website, ADC operated four dash 200s. Eight passengers reportedly survived Sunday's crash. Oct 31, 2006 Delta Air Lines, Comair A wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action lawsuit was filed against Delta Air Lines and Comair on behalf of the family of a deceased passenger from the Aug. 27 Flight 5191 crash in Lexington, Ky. Plaintiff's Attorney plaintiff's attorney n. the attorney who represents a plaintiff (the suing party) in a lawsuit. In lawyer parlance a "plaintiff's attorney" refers to a lawyer who regularly represents persons who are suing for damages, while a lawyer who is regularly chosen by an Steven Marks Steven M. Marks is General Counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Mr. Marks oversees RIAA’s litigation, licensing, and technology initiatives. Mr. said in a statement that it is "clear that the flight crew made critical and fatal mistakes. Comair has acknowledged publicly that its pilots were using an outdated airport map in an attempt to make excuses for departing from the wrong runway. Therefore, both the airline and its pilots are clearly responsible for this tragedy despite what we are sure will be efforts by their insurer and lawyers to blame others." Nov 3, 2006 Harris Harris on track to finish FAA contract by late 2007. Harris Corp. says its contract to upgrade the FAA's telecommunications system is on track to be finished by December 2007. The FAA has taken a cautious approach and pushed the deadline back to December 2008. Nov 1, 2006 Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement of ex-astronaut draws attention to FAA pilot age rule. Current FAA rules force airline pilots to retire on their 60th birthday. On Friday, ex-astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson flew his last flight for Southwest Airlines. Gibson said the rule amounts to age discrimination. The FAA is exploring a possible change but doesn't want to act without a mandate from Congress. 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