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June 21, 2006

FAA Reminds Passengers Fireworks A No-No On Airliners

Hopefully, They Used Small Words

This should be a no-brainer... but there are evidently still enough people out there who try to carry fireworks in their luggage when travelling -- especially with the Fourth of July holiday fast approaching -- that the FAA has issued a friendly reminder that it is against the law to transport explosives on a plane.

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NTSB Hearings Begin On Southwest Runway Overrun At MDW

Conflicting Runway Condition Reports Led To Confusion

The flight crew of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 received conflicting information about the condition of the runway as they approached Chicago's Midway Airport in heavy snow last December.

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AD: Embraer

AD NUMBER: 2006-13-02 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-13-02 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2006-13-01 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-13-01 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 727-200 series airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2006-13-03 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-13-03 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 757 airplanes.

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French Police Search Airbus HQ Over Stock Sales

...And Things Get Even Uglier In French Parliament

We don't want to say things have taken a turn for the worse in Toulouse... but it's seldom a good thing when the police show up.

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EU Adds Four More Airlines To Its 'Blacklist'

Well... Technically Three

Here's one list no one wants to be on... the European Union's so-called "blacklist" of what it deems to be unsafe airlines. And this week, the European Commission added four more names to the list.

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AirTran Computer Problems Cause Hours of Delays

When Upgrades Go Wrong

The idea was to improve the reservation and airport check-in software for AirTran. But like the Hal 2000 computer on board the Jupiter-bound Discovery in Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Oddessy," the AirTran system apparently developed a mind of its own Monday night.

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SAA Chief Stands By Airline's Anti-Hijacking Measures

"Nobody Lost A Parent. Nobody Lost A Child"

Following an unsuccessful attempted hijacking this weekend, South African Airways CEO Khaya Ngqula went on the offensive Monday, saying the attempt shows his airline's emergency policies and procedures are up to the task of thwarting such attempts.

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