Tag result for article published on Wed October 30 2019 11:26 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, DeKalb County Police Department, FAA, fatal aircraft crash, fatal aircraft crash Georgia, plane crash, US & World News
Police and firefighter/paramedics from DeKalb County responded about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday October 30 2019 to a report of an aircraft crash into an apartment building just south of I-85 at or near the Hawthorne at Clairmont apartment complex. DeKalb County officially reported on Twitter that DeKalb County’s Public Safety Unified Command personnel (DeKalb Fire Rescue, […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue May 07 2019 5:26 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: 60 Minutes Australia, air safety, aircraft crash, aircraft safety, Allied Pilots Association, American Airlines, American Airlines pilot, Angle of Attack sensor, Boeing, Boeing 737, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing press conference, CBS Chicago, criminal negligence, criminal negligence Boeing, Ethiopian AIrlines, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, FAA, Lion Air, Lion Flight 610, MCAS, The Seattle Times, US & World News
Boeing didn’t disclose to airlines or federal regulators that a warning light wasn’t working until after one of two plane crashes. Boeing reported Sunday May 5, 2019 in a press conference that the company discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 MAX aircraft for several months that a warning light integrated with MCAS (Maneuvering […]
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Posted in Air Travel, Gov, Law
Tag result for article published on Wed March 13 2019 3:14 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air safety, aircraft grounded, Boeing 737, Boeing 737 MAX 8, FAA, President Donald J. Trump, US & World News
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday March 13 2019 that the US would be issuing an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and the 737 MAX 9, and planes associated with that line. President Trump added that both the FAA and Boeing were “in agreement with the action,” and any planes currently in flight would continue to […]
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Tag result for article published on Mon March 11 2019 11:41 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: AED, Automated External Defibrillator, Beyond Visual Line of Sight, BVLOS, drone AED, drone BVLOS, FAA, Flirtey, Reno, US & World News
Flirtey, a Reno, Nevada-based drone delivery company, has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct drone delivery flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), the City of Reno and Flirtey announced today. The new approval enables Flirtey to conduct drone delivery operations with a pilot controlling the flights from a remote location.
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Tag result for article published on Wed April 18 2018 5:12 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: accidental death, accidental death passenger, aircraft emergency, aircraft emergency landing, Boeing 737-700, cabin pressure, FAA, NTSB, Philadelphia International Airport, Southwest Airlines, US News
Investigators say a preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia showed evidence of metal fatigue. Passengers describe a terrifying experience. One woman died. A female passenger died after a jet engine explosion during Southwest Airlines Flight 1380’s cruising altitude in flight over Pennsylvania, […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue April 17 2018 12:59 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft emergency, aircraft emergency landing, Boeing 737-700, FAA, NTSB, Philadelphia International Airport, Southwest Airlines, US News
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 passenger jet made an emergency landing about 11:20 a.m. ET Tuesday April 17, 2018 at Philadelphia International Airport after an engine blew out, and the aircraft was diverted during its New York-to-Dallas route. UPDATE … 1 Killed, 7 Injured: Southwest Passenger Was Extruded Through Broken Aircraft Window After Jet Engine […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat October 29 2016 5:23 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft fire, American Airlines, FAA, FedEx, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, NTSB, O'Hare International Airport
Fort Lauderdale International Airport was shut down for several hours when a FedEx cargo plane caught fire after its landing gear collapsed. A FedEx cargo plane caught fire about 5:50 p.m. ET on a runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The fire caused the airport to shut down for several hours, the Federal Aviation Administration […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri September 26 2014 8:00 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: ARTCC, Aurora Fire Department, Aurora Police Department, Chicago Center, FAA
UPDATE: The incident at ATRCC “Chicago Center” involved a contractor with knowledge of the building and radar system who allegedly cut every radar feed to FAA traffic controllers before setting gas-soaked rags on fire near sensitive equipment, which also damaged communications equipment. He also attempted suicide by slitting wrists. The alleged suspect was transported to […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri September 26 2014 7:17 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: ARTCC, Aurora, Aurora Fire Department, FAA
UPDATE: The incident at ATRCC “Chicago Center” involved a contractor with knowledge of the building and radar system who allegedly cut every radar feed to FAA traffic controllers before setting gas-soaked rags on fire near sensitive equipment, which also damaged communications equipment. He also attempted suicide by slitting wrists. The alleged suspect was transported to […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue July 05 2011 10:33 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air travel, FAA, NextGen, NextGen System
The FAA is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads. Traffic capacity is expected to increase significantly with the FAA’s GPS-based NextGen system, which is also expected to save time, fuel […]
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Tag result for article published on Fri January 22 2010 8:31 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air traffic control, air travel, FAA, NASA, PAV
Video animation for conceptual design of a Personal Air Vehicle [NO AUDIO]. Conceptual design focusing on the ability of a redundant electric propulsion system to provide new capabilities for Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft. Specifically utilizing electric motor variable rpm to accomplish a low tipspeed prop-rotor (400 ft/sec tip speed at hover and 200 ft/sec […]
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Tag result for article published on Tue July 21 2009 4:16 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: FAA, military, NORAD
Customs and Border Protection aircraft and Air Force F-16 participated in a training exercise known as Falcon Virgo 09-Windy City-One, July 21 in Chicago. Residents in the area were told to expect flights to occur during the late night and early morning hours beginning Tuesday at 1 a.m. and continuing through the scheduled exercise hours. […]
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