A Cessna 182P similar to the one involved in the accident. (Photo by Fir0002-Flagstaff Fotos via Wikipedia. GNU Free Documentation License Ver 1.2)
A Cessna 182P Skylane (registration N1986M) crashed soon after departure from Kewanee Municipal Airport (EZI) in Illinois killing one of three occupants on board. The accident happened yesterday (November 23, 2009) sometime around 5:00 PM local time. Peggy G. Middleton was the passenger killed in the accident, while husband Harold D... Read Full Story
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Houston Airport System (HAS) has begun construction of a $43 million new Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) that will be able to handle the expected growth in flight operations in the Houston area. Read Full Story
[ Depicted above ] OUT ? FAA's Old-Hand Aero-Liar Aero-Publicist Cruella de Vil a/k/a Laura Brown. [Depicted above] IN ! FAA's newly-minted Disinformation Specialist a/k/a "Assistant Administrator For Miscommunications" - CNN Cast-off MAGIC JOHNSON! http://www.faa.gov/about/key_officials/johnson/ Though FAA has finally had the good sense to remove hack publicist Laura Brown's awful photo from the FAA website "Key Officials" section, we do note that Laura is still listed sans photo in the... Read Full Story
FAA Computer Glitch
WASHINGTON — A failure early Thursday morning of a system that feeds flight plans to air traffic controllers snarled thousands of flights in the eastern United States. By mid-morning the system was working again, but the backlog caused wide airport delays.
The same system failed in August 2008, but it was not clear if the cause was the same this time. The system, the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, situated in Atlanta with a backup in Salt Lake City... Read Full Story
A computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has caused the automated flight plan system to crash, forcing airports to revert back to manually entering the flight takeoff and landing data. This caused airports around the country to slow down to around 40%-50% of what they could accomplish in a day. All of their flights have been delayed, and some even canceled.
Officials are not sure what caused this crash, but they say this system is the same one that previously crashed... Read Full Story
Charles Lindbergh famously fell asleep while crossing the Atlantic, and despite strict federal rules against it, experienced airline pilots say it's not uncommon to sneak a nap inside the cockpit. The Northwest pilots who blew 150 miles past Minneapolis this past week insist a clandestine snooze isn't to blame for their goof at 37,000 feet. "Nobody fell asleep in the cockpit," first officer Richard I. Cole told The Associated Press. Aviation safety experts and fellow pilots don't buy it... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators proposed on Wednesday $9.2 million in combined safety-related fines against US Airways Group and UAL Corp's United Airlines, which was cited for leaving towels inside a jet engine for several months. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $5.4 million penalty against US Airways for operating eight planes while out of compliance with certain safety directives or its own maintenance programs. The FAA proposed to fine United $3.8 million for... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday revoked the licenses of two Northwest Air pilots who overflew their destination, telling investigators they lost their bearings while discussing company policy and using their laptops. The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 from San Diego to Minneapolis on October 21 lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and missed their destination by 150 miles, aviation officials said. Both told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB... Read Full Story
A small plane with four people aboard is missing in southern Texas after vanishing from radar shortly after the pilot reported encountering turbulence. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says the last known position of the twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air was about 40 miles from Corpus Christi. It vanished from FAA radar before noon on Monday. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says the plane was flying from Uvalde to Leesburg, Fla., when controllers at FAA's Houston Center noticed it... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. aviation regulators proposed on Wednesday $9.2 million of combined safety-related fines against US Airways Group <LCC.N> and UAL Corp's United Airlines <UAUA.O>, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a $5.4 million penalty against US Airways for operating eight planes while out of compliance with certain safety directives or its own maintenance programs. The FAA proposed to fine United $3.8 million for operating a Boeing 737 on more than 200... Read Full Story
