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NewsFAA criticised for failure to establish icy conditions rules in NTSB report into 2005 Circuit City Cessna crash, pilot main cause
The US National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that faulty airmanship was the primary cause of a fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 560 business jet, owned by US electricals store chain Circuit City, on approach to the Pueblo Memorial airport in Colorado on 16 February 2005
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South Koreans set to frustrate Boeing as 20-aircraft fighter requirement opened up to US company's rivals
South Korea is to open the bidding for its next batch of 20 multirole fighter aircraft, a strategy likely to frustrate Boeing, which had hoped to receive a sole-source contract to expand a 2002 deal to supply the nation's air force with 40 F-15Ks.
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FAA gives green light to revised fan blade tests for General Electric GEnx engine for Boeing 787
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved plans by General Electric to conduct the critical fan blade-off tests for the GEnx engine for the Boeing 787 which involves detaching the blade further along its length, rather than right at the root as in normal blade-off tests.
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NTSB releases safety recommendations in light of October 2004 Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 crash
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to implement 11 safety recommendations in the wake of the October 2004 Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash.