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June 12, 2007

Ill passenger Detained At MIA

CDC Determines No Infectious Disease Present

We hope this isn't a sign of things to come, in these times of heightened awareness of contagious illnesses onboard commercial airliners. An ill passenger on British Airways flight 207 from London was detained recently at Miami International Airport Monday until officials with the Centers for Disease Control determined she did not have an infectious disease.

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AD: Airbus

AD NUMBER: 2007-12-10 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-12-10 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2007-12-11 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-12-11 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2007-12-14 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-12-14 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 727 airplanes.

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FAA Investigating Increase In Close Calls Over New York

Five Reported Incidents In May

The FAA is investigating a startling increase in near-miss incidents over three of New York's major airports, seven this year so far -- five of which occurred in May.

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NWA Flight Attendants Await Claim Payouts As Vote Is Questioned

Former PFAA Chief Alleges Improprieties

It took three tries and two unions before flight attendants at Northwest Airlines narrowly approved a new contract with the formerly bankrupt carrier... so why would anyone think things would get any easier now? Substantial payouts for the airline's 8,100 FA's are currently on hold, as their union investigates charges of voter fraud.

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Halfway There: Boeing Completes 50 Percent Of Design Work For 777 Freighter

Suppliers May Now Begin To Make Parts, Tooling

Engineers at Boeing told ANN Monday the planemaker recently completed 50 percent of the design for the upcoming 777 Freighter. The completion of this work means half of the detailed design of the 777 Freighter is defined and has been released to Boeing factories and its suppliers to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane.

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Reports: Delta Pilot Socks Customs Agent Over Missing Wheelchairs

Yep, You Read That Right... Sigh

To say things are probably a bit tense right now around New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport would be an understatement, especially in the wake of the revelation 10 days ago of an alleged terrorist plot to plant explosives along a fuel line that supplies the extremely busy airport. But it wasn't terror concerns that prompted a Delta Air Lines pilot to sound off this weekend.

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