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Fire danger from Honeywell ELTs may exist on aircraft beyond the 787 23 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
After last month's fire involving the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on a Ethiopian 787 in London, the FAA and other regulatory agencies around the world have ordered that these ELTs be deactivat...
UPS A300 crash in Alabama kills both pilots 14 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm
14 August 2013; UPS A300F4-622R; N155UP; flight 1354; Birmingham, AL: The aircraft was on a domestic cargo flight from Louisville, KY (SDF) to Birmingham, AL (BHM), crashed and burned during a landing...
Why TSA may be searching you well outside of airports 12 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
A New York Times story on 5 August 2013 described an ongoing program that has allowed the TSA to expand their activities well beyond airports, to places like sporting events, music festivals, rodeos, ...
Passengers are not required to see or understand preflight safety briefings 9 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
While passengers, especially those who fly frequently, often ignore the preflight safety briefing, they do serve a vital purpose, and over the last few decades these briefings have no doubt allowed pa...
Second NTSB update on Southwest 737 accident at LaGuardia 7 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
Earlier this week, the NTSB released a second update on the 22 July 2013 Southwest Airlines flight 345 landing accident at New York's LaGuardia Airport. The accident, which is being handled by the NTS...
Surprising exceptions to hazardous materials restrictions 3 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
While the TSA has a number of restrictions on hazardous and dangerous items, the FAA allows passengers to travel with several categories of hazardous items on commercial airliners. These exceptions ar...
FAA further restricts non-US airlines using the San Francisco airport 2 Aug 2013 | 03:09 am
On 30 July 2013, the FAA issued additional restrictions for non-US airlines landing at the San Francisco International airport (SFO). In addition to the earlier restriction that non-US airline crews u...
FAA suggests non-US airline crews lack basic piloting skills 30 Jul 2013 | 10:53 am
On Sunday 28 July 2013, the FAA issued a recommendation that non-US airlines landing San Francisco International airport (SFO) use their GPS systems to help guide them during landings operated under v...
Disturbing implications of the recent 787 fire in London 26 Jul 2013 | 06:22 pm
The recent 787 fire at Heathrow Airport in London appeared at first to be a relatively minor event with a limited impact beyond the aircraft involved. However, when the investigative authority, the Ai...
Key safety and technology trends affecting airline passengers 25 Jul 2013 | 11:51 pm
The last few weeks has seen the world media pay a tremendous amount of attention airline safety issues, especially in the wake of the fatal crash landing of Asiana flight 214 in San Francisco on 6 Jul...
