Would Add 15 Percent Safety Margin To Calculations
Less than two weeks before an NTSB hearing into last December's
runway overrun accident at Chicago's Midway airport, the FAA has
proposed tougher standards for how airline pilots compute available
landing distances.
Boeing Says Isolated Incident Won't Affect Schedule
We suspect structural engineers on Boeing's 787 program are
working overtime on this one, after a required test for FAA
certification was called off due to a possible defect in the
aircraft's composite skin.
In this corner, the Samoan: Governor Togiola Tulafono of
American Samoa. In that corner, the Hawaiian: Hawaiian Airlines,
the inter-island carrier that also flies to the mainland and Samoa.
The issue: Hawaiian's service to the island's Pago Pago
International.
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