A Ghana-based Boeing 747-200 freighter went down in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Thursday while on a flight from New York to Spain,
according to local authorities. All seven crew members were
reportedly killed in the accident.
Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) family customers are being
offered access to a newly designated network of service centers
that specialize in executive and private aviation.
In June, 1997, Airbus got a memo from one of its production
partners, Daimler-Benz Aerospace, which said in part, "rudder
movements from left limit to right limit" on an A300 "will produce
loads on the fin/rear fuselage above ultimate design load." Four
years later, according to the NTSB, that very scenario caused
American Airlines Flight 587 -- an Airbus A300 -- to go down in a
residential neighborhood in Belle Harbor (NY).
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announces
it is purchasing five Explosives Detection Trace Portal machines
from Smiths Detection of Pine Brook (NJ), for delivery and
deployment in early 2005. The equipment has been effective in
screening passengers for explosives at various airport security
checkpoints and TSA is eager to expand to additional sites. The TSA
says it will announce the selected airports in the next few
weeks.
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