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March 2, 2009
AAR Regains Repair Certificate
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has returned AAR Landing Gear Services' repair station certificate enabling the facility to resume full operations in Miami. After agreeing to a Consent Order on Feb. 13, the FAA and AAR worked toward revalidation of AAR...
February 23, 2009
FAA/NTSB Remain at Odds over Turboprop Icing Needs
Ever since 1994 when an American Eagle flight en route to Chicago in freezing rain went into a high-speed dive and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 people aboard, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation...
February 23, 2009
AAR Suspension Order Terminated
AAR Corp. and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have entered into a Consent Order that terminates the FAA's Emergency Order of Suspension. The FAA issued the order on February 10 and AAR immediately filed a petition for review before the National...
February 16, 2009
FAA Shuts Down AAR Landing Gear Works
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently issued an "Emergency Order of Suspension" that shut down operations at AAR's landing gear maintenance operation in Miami. AAR provides a host of aircraft-maintenance services for commercial airlines...
December 8, 2008
Meeting of the Minds
The 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, which took place December 2-3, in Washington, DC, once again provided a venue for high level and informative discussions about global aviation safety topics. Attending this year's event were over 450...
December 8, 2008
JetBlue A320 Incident Due to Induced Fatigue
The failure of an automatic nosewheel centering system on a JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 (N536JB) led to the jetliner's 2005 emergency landing at Los Angeles International, according to a recently-released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report...
November 3, 2008
Maintenance Outsourcing Grows Without Sufficient FAA Oversight
Nine major U.S. airlines are increasingly farming out aircraft maintenance, hiring outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major jetliner overhaul work. And foreign repair shops today handle one-quarter of the outsourced maintenance. But Federal...
September 29, 2008
Maintenance Error Behind Air Atlantic Icelandic Accident
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) of Iceland recently determined that the loss of a Boeing 747 in Bangladesh earlier this year was caused by a maintenance error. There were only minor injuries among the 307 passengers and 19 crew members during...
September 22, 2008
Boeing 777 Cold Weather AD Issued
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive affecting Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 800-powered Boeing 777-200/300 jetliners that are operated in extremely cold temperatures. The AD that is effective Sept. 29 requires revision of the aircraft flight manual to...
September 22, 2008
Cabin Air Quality Under Study
A leading Australian medical figure is heading a new group of experts to look at the issue of cabin air quality inside jetliners. Dr. Michael Bollen leads the Expert Panel on Aircraft Air Quality, which will review for Australia's Civil Aviation Safety...
July 28, 2008
FAA Inspection Bill Passes House
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors would have to wait two years before joining air carriers that they once inspected under legislation passed, 392-0, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure now moves to the U.S. Senate, where the...
July 21, 2008
Reducing the Risk of Jetliner Fuel Tank Explosions
Twelve years after TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people aboard the Boeing 747, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final rule aimed at reducing the threat of fuel tank explosions aboard commercial...
July 21, 2008
Bill Introduced to Keep Air Carriers and FAA at 'Arm's Length'
Members of the U.S. House Transportation Committee seek an aviation safety bill aimed at keeping airlines and federal aviation inspectors at "arm's length." The legislation would force the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adopt...
July 21, 2008
'Green' De-icer Developed
A team of scientists from the Battelle Memorial Institute and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has won an award from the American Chemical Society for developing an environmentally friendly deicer. The technology is called D3: Degradable by Design...
July 21, 2008
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directive; Lockheed Model 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, 382G, and 382J Final rule; Request for Comments. SUMMARY: This AD requires, among other actions, an inspection to determine whether a certain upper engine mount bolt is installed, and replacement...
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