Travel Safety Update.Apr 23, 2007 US FAA yesterday announced that Indonesia "does not comply with international safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. set by ICAO ICAO abbr. International Civil Aeronautics Organization Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation International Civil Aviation Organization " and lowered the country's safety rating to Category 2, ruling that it is "no longer overseeing the safety of its airlines in accordance with international standards." The US State Dept STATE DEPT Department of State . issued its own statement saying that last month's safety assessment conducted by the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation did not include "detailed methodology supporting the ratings" and that "Americans traveling to and from Indonesia should fly directly to their destinations on international carriers from countries whose civil aviation authorities Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt meet international aviation safety standards." Apr 18, 2007 IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. confirms 2006 showed the lowest accident rate ever for world airlines. 2006 was safest year ever but Russia, Africa lag behind IATA released safety statistics yesterday that marked 2006 as the "safest year on record" for commercial air transport, although it criticized Russia and other CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S states as well as Africa for far exceeding the accident rate of the rest of the world. Apr 18, 2007 Russia The Most Dangerous Place To Fly In 2006. IATA Russia remains the most dangerous place to fly despite global improvements that made 2006 the safest year on record, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported on Tuesday. Apr 17, 2007 Indonesia To Act On Flight Safety Warnings Indonesia pledged on Tuesday to shut down airlines that persisted to flout flout v. flout·ed, flout·ing, flouts v.tr. To show contempt for; scorn: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt. v.intr. safety markers, as 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. advised its citizens not to fly on the nation's airlines after a recent spate of accidents. Apr 17, 2007 Multiple sources provide foreign airlines' safety records Americans who travel abroad have more ways to learn about the safety of foreign carriers. One trade group of international carriers requires members to conduct a safety audit and lists carriers that do not have a passing grade. The EU also maintains a list of carriers that want to fly in Europe but are judged unsafe. Apr 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing asked to show that composites are fire resistant enough Boeing must demonstrate that the fuel tanks and wings on its 787 are fire resistant enough to allow passengers to escape in an emergency, the FAA said. The jetliner's fuel tanks and wings are made of composites; the request is the first time the FAA has publicly stated performance expectations for composites in aircraft construction. Apr 16, 2007 Garuda Indonesia PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. It is named after the mythical bird Garuda. In Indian Vedic tradition, Garuda is the carrier of the Hindu god Vishnu. , Boeing Garuda crash caused by unstabilised approach The Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-400 that crashed at Yogyakarta airport last month made its final approach well above the glideslope, touched down considerably faster than the normal landing speed, and did not have its flaps set in a typical landing configuration. 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