Archive for the ‘faa’ Category
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
The Bush administration brings voluntary safety to flight industry: Jamco, a supplier to Boeing and Airbus, last month became the first company in the Pacific Northwest authorized to self-certify that its products meet FAA safety requirements.Read the full story
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
An electronic communication failure Tuesday at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Georgia that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. was causing hundreds of flight delays around the country. An FAA Web site that tracks airport status showed delays at some three dozen major airports ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
The incident involving Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plane last month was much more serious than the airline or the Federal Aviation Administration said, according to FAA control tower tapes obtained by ABC News. Just 41 seconds after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane's up and down ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Documents submitted by FAA inspectors to congressional investigators allege the airline flew at least 117 of its planes in violation of mandatory safety checks. In some cases, the documents say, the planes flew for 30 months after government inspection deadlines had passed and should have been grounded until the inspections ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Air travelers face a high risk of a catastrophic collision on a U.S. airport runway because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked air traffic controllers, congressional investigators concluded Wednesday. Read the full story
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
When Marion C. Blakey took over at the Federal Aviation Administration in 2002, she was determined to fix an air travel system battered by terrorism, antiquated technology, and the ever-turbulent finances of the airline industry. Five years later, as she prepares to step down on Sept. 13, it's clear she ...
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