All Safety News – Page 896
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One step ahead
Moving explosive detectors ‘inline’ and making the process of baggage screening more efficient are just part of efforts to tighten US airport security
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Lazy Lists
Banning airlines might take the heat off politicians, but it is a weak response to a gigantic challenge and is unlikely to achieve much
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NewsStart-up Jade to order 747-400ERFs
Chinese cargo start-up Jade Cargo International has agreed to acquire six Boeing 747-400ER Freighters, but has delayed its launch by one year.
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NewsTANS confirms 57 survivors in 737-200 crash
Peruvian carrier TANS has confirmed that 57 people survived the Boeing 737-200 crash on 23 August near the city of Pucallpa, although it remains unclear exactly how many were on board the aircraft.
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Investigators probe Northwest 747 landing gear collapse
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials are investigating the landing gear collapse of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-200 at Guam international airport on 19 August following a flight from Tokyo Narita.
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Cessna 172 crash kills four
A Cessna 172 has crashed in the mountainous region near Simplondorf on the Swiss-Italian border killing all four passengers on board.
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Airline safety record reverses
The recent spate of fatal accidents worldwide, culminating in the loss of a TANS Peru Boeing 737-200 yesterday, ensures that 2005’s airline safety record will mark an unwelcome reversal of the downward trend in fatalities over the last three years.
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The woman holding the A380’s future in her hands
Rachel Daeschler is the European Aviation Safety Agency’s project certification manager for the Airbus A380 in Cologne. She heads a team of 40 engineers
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Under pressure: How aviation became the cash cow for the green lobby
Commercial aviation has striven to reduce noise and emissions, but politicians are stepping up calls for greater effort
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Green light
Development of hydrogen-powered aircraft remains stuck in low gear. What is stalling this apparently highly efficient and environmentally sound technology?
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BA to use loophole to avoid passenger compensation
UK flag carrier pins faith in European rules covering ‘extraordinary circumstances’