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Airline safety: The next generation of smart planes

Overland Park :: KS :: USA | about 7 hours ago

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Spotts | Staff Writer for The Christian Science Monitor/ November 23, 2009 edition The holidays are coming. You’ve decided to buck the economy and head over the river and through the clouds to Grandmother’s house. Airline boarding pass in hand, you...

Model of chopper that crashed off N.L. failed first test by 20 minutes: FAA

Halifax :: Canada | 1 day ago

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A test to certify the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland showed it would remain airborne for "around 10 minutes" - about one third of the time required - if oil leaked from its gearbox, aviation regulators say. Weeks after...

Recent crashes fuel push for more regulation of medical helicopter industry

Charleston :: SC :: USA | 1 day ago

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Twenty-nine deaths in 2008 – compared with seven killed in 2007 – spurred calls for regulators to impose new rules for helicopter operators. But some feel that's not been enough; Congress is now poised to pass a series of new rules governing the nation's...

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

Newark :: NJ :: USA | 3 days ago

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The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers experienced a total of 2,121 delays the previous day due to the equipment outage...

FAA computer glitch results in many delayed flights

Plainfield :: IN :: USA | 3 days ago

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Indianapolis International Airport officials reported this morning that all flights here have departed on time for the most part...Combined with rain in the Great Lakes area (Buffalo, N.Y., Detroit, Chicago), rain approaching the Myrtle Beach area, and...

Bill Aims for Airline Access to Cockpit

Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago

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Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina, plans to introduce a bill that would break a taboo in the airline industry: allowing airlines to use information from cockpit voice recorders in cases against pilots they want to discipline or fire. Current...

FAA computer problem causing flight delays at Birmingham airport

Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 4 days ago

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A problem with an FAA computer system that collects airlines' flight plans is affecting flights at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, travel officials said this morning. An airport spokeswoman advised travelers to check with their airlines...

FAA fixes flight-altering computer glitch

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 days ago

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The computer system glitch that caused flight delays across the United States has been corrected, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. FAA spokesman Laura Brown said the failure in the computer system housed in Atlanta meant air traffic...

Computer glitch scrambles U.S. flights

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 days ago

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Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months. The Federal Aviation Administration said the problem, which lasted about four hours,...

Bills to ban pilots' use of electronic devices in cockpit

Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 4 days ago

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When two airline pilots flew past their destination last month because they were intently focused on their laptops, several lawmakers likened it to drivers trying to text behind the wheel, and they introduced bills to ban personal electronic devices from...

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Airline safety: The next generation of smart planes

Overland Park :: KS :: USA | about 7 hours ago

Model of chopper that crashed off N.L. failed first test by 20 minutes: FAA

Halifax :: Canada | 1 day ago

Recent crashes fuel push for more regulation of medical helicopter industry

Charleston :: SC :: USA | 1 day ago

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

Newark :: NJ :: USA | 3 days ago

FAA computer glitch results in many delayed flights

Plainfield :: IN :: USA | 3 days ago

Bill Aims for Airline Access to Cockpit

Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago

FAA computer problem causing flight delays at Birmingham airport

Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 4 days ago

FAA fixes flight-altering computer glitch

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 days ago

Computer glitch scrambles U.S. flights

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 4 days ago

Bills to ban pilots' use of electronic devices in cockpit

Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 4 days ago

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