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August 11, 2004

A New Breed Of Terrorist

Cockpit Kitty Forces Emergency Landing -- Really

(With apologies to Dr. Seuss -- ed.) This is the story of a very bad cat Though the very bad cat did not wear a hat The very bad cat decided to play In a Belgian jetliner that was going away.

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Ghana Airways Grounding Becomes Violent

Passengers Duke It Out With Cops In Accra

Ghana Airways passengers stranded in Accra battled with police at the company's headquarters in Kotoka International Airport Monday.

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Wichita Says Goodbye To The 757

End Of The Line

It was a bittersweet mixture of "job well-done" and "goodbye, old friend." Workers at Boeing's 757 assembly line in Wichita (KS) gathered Monday to mark the end of an era. They rolled the last 757 fuselage off the line.

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Ever Been To Libya?

DOT Lifts Restrictions On Some US-Libya Air Services

The Department of Transportation today lifted restrictions to allow certain air services between the United States and Libya. The United States first imposed sanctions on Libya in 1986, and applied additional prohibitions on air services between the United States and Libya in 1992.

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Delta Warns Of Bankruptcy

Amid Bankruptcy Warnings

Delta Airlines Monday raised the volume on its warnings that, unless it gets major concessions from its unions, it will file for bankruptcy protection.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2004-16-05 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-16-05 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Boeing Model 747 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection to determine whether the outer cylinder of the wing landing gear has certain part numbers, and replacement of the outer cylinder of the wing landing gear with a new, improved, or reworked part if necessary.

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AD: Short

AD NUMBER: 2004-16-02 MANUFACTURER: Short SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-16-02 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3 series airplanes, that requires installing a new warning annunciator light on the central warning panel and revising the Normal Procedures Section of the Aircraft Flight Manual to provide the flight crew with procedures related to the new light.

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AD: Short

AD NUMBER: 2004-16-04 MANUFACTURER: Short SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-16-04 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3 series airplanes. This AD requires testing for stiffness of the aft pintle pin bushing of the main landing gear (MLG), and inspecting and measuring the aft pintle pin bushings of the MLG for damage, and for out-of-limit dimensions of the bushing bore. This AD also requires corrective action if necessary.

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AD: BAE Systems

AD NUMBER: 2004-16-06 MANUFACTURER: BAE Systems SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-16-06 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes, that requires replacing the existing digital flight guidance computer(s) (DFGC) with a new or modified DFGC(s).

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