Aviation Safety

Allegiant Air Jet Leaves Runway In Ohio

Posted 01.03.2012

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A plane operated by low-cost carrier Allegiant Air slid off the runway in Youngstown, Ohio Monday evening after departing St. Petersburg-Clearwater In...

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United Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Vermont

AP | Posted 02.27.2012

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont airport responded to two emergency landings in one day Wednesday. A Delta flight carrying 33 passengers and t...

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10 Things The TSA Should Do On Its 10th Anniversary

Christopher Elliott | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Aviation Safety, Airport Security, Air Travel, Airlines, Tsa, Travel Blogs, Travel News

I think the TSA is slowly getting the message from an increasingly angry traveling public. But the agency has a long flight ahead: It will have to overcome a well-earned reputation for being intransigent, invading the privacy and dignity of air travelers and general incompetence.

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John Mica Has No Legal Power Over TSA, But Pushes The Jurisdictional Boundaries

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The powerful chairman of a key congressional committee is expected to release another scathing report on the federal agency that protect...

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How To Keep Babies Safe In The Air

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Aviation Safety, Flying With Children, Family Travel, Infants, Passenger Safety, Children, Flying With Young Children, Travel News

Here's the crux of the issue that has stymied safety experts and pediatricians for years -- and has perhaps lulled parents into a false sense of security.

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John Mica Attacks TSA 'Chat-Downs' As 'Idiotic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House committee that oversees the Transportation Security Administration blasted the agency's recent test of "chat-d...

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In Europe, Fatigued Pilots Could Be 'Drunk' Pilots

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Pilot Rules, Airline Safety, Aviation Safety, Regulations, EU Regulations, EU Pilots, Aviation Policy, Aviation Rules, Travel News, Global Pulse, Eu, Pilots, Travel News

Under proposed new aviation rules in the European Union, pilots could see their duty hours go from nine to 13 hours, reports the Daily Mail. That mean...

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'Damn It, We're Going To Crash:' Final Words Of Air France 447 Crew

www.dailymail.co.uk | Posted 12.14.2011

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A new book has revealed the final words of the cockpit crew of doomed Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the South Atlantic off the coast of Br...

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Air France Flight 447 Mystery and Aviation History

Christine Negroni | Posted 06.06.2011

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Despite the fact that no one yet knows what happened to Flight 447, the French government recently filed manslaughter charges against Airbus and Air France.

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Plane Lands Safely At JFK Airport; No Sign Of Fire

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A Moscow-bound flight carrying more than 200 people returned safely to John F. Kennedy International Airport after one of its two eng...

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Congress Readies Stricter Aviation Safety Legislation

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Congress is getting ready to pass tough new aviation safety measures that were developed in response to a deadly commuter plane cra...

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The Future of Global Air Traffic Management

David Melcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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This afternoon at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow in London, I had the pleasure of hosting a panel of experts from the aviation industry that discussed the critical need for modernizing air traffic management (ATM) systems around the world.

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Common Theme of Gulf Oil Spill, Wall Street Collapse: Unrestrained Corporate Recklessness

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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International corporations have no loyalty whatsoever to our country or its welfare. They are huge, free-floating international organizations dedicated to only one goal: making as much money as possible for themselves.

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Pilot Texting on Fatal Colgan Air Flight

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the NTSB meets on Tuesday to determine what caused the fatal crash of Continental Connection flight 3407, it will hear how the first officer on the flight sent two text messages from the cockpit.

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The Sky Is Falling: How Safe Is Flying in the US vs. Abroad?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Your safety depends largely where you're flying. In other words, commercial jet travel in the domestic United States is safer than most places on earth, especially the developing world.

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Thwarted Plane Bombing Shows Continuing Threat and Diversity of Jihadist Radicalism

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

A worldwide struggle by a transnational movement aided by the Internet and social media enables would-be "lone" fanatics anywhere to market themselves to terror groups as recruits.

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Aviation Security: Lucky Again

Malcolm Nance | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aviation Safety, Suicide Bombers, Nigeria Islamist Militants, Counterterrorism, Obama Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Aviation Security, Yemen Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News

Most airports and airlines are still struggling to educate security staff about the 2001 shoe bomb and box cutters. They are not looking for the next generation bomb.

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The Unfriendly Skies

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terrorism, Tsa, Aviation Safety, Faa, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Homeland Security, Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, Richard Reid, Politics News

The only way to truly keep us truly safe while flying a commercial airliner would be to put us all through body scanners, then have us fly in our underwear.

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"Miracle" Plane Crash Survivor: Six Questions and Answers About Your Next Flight

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

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Which is the safest seat on an airplane? One study concluded that Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.

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Wing and a Prayer: How Safe is My Next Regional Plane Flight?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How Safe Are Regional Carriers, Regional Airlines, Clarence Center, Aviation Safety, Ntsb, First Officer Rebecca Shaw, Arnold Barnett, Capt. Marvin Renslow, How Safe Is Flying, Continential Flight 3407, World News

The recent pattern of airplane accidents doesn't look good for regional carriers: They were involved in seven of the last eight fatal commercial crashes in the US.

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Flight Check: What Are the Chances I'll Die on My Next Plane Trip?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Arnold Barnett, Continental Airlines, Aviation Safety, Airplane Crash, Risk of Death, Mit, Turkish Airlines, Survival, Healthy Living News

In the US, you could fly every day for the next 164,000 years on average before you would perish in a crash.

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