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August 28, 2006

NTSB: F/O Was Flying Pilot At Time Of Comair 5191 Crash

Pilots Noted Runway Lights Were Off

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 08.28.06 2215 EDT: The pilots of Comair Flight 5191 noted the runway was not lit as their aircraft sped down the runway, according to statements by NTSB spokesperson Debbie Hersman at a press briefing Monday night from Blue Grass Airport.

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NTSB Issues Urgent Recommendations On Airliner Engine Failures

The NTSB has issued five recommendations to the FAA stemming from an ongoing investigation of an uncontained engine failure on an airliner in Los Angeles. Two of the recommendations are classified "Urgent" by the Safety Board.

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Boeing Confirms Air Sahara Order for 10 737-800s

Boeing has confirmed a previously unidentified Air Sahara order for 10 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. Air Sahara placed the order in the first quarter of 2006 and was listed in the unidentified category on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries web site. Valued at more than $700 million at list prices, deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid 2009.  

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NASA ASRS Report Shows Prior Confusion Over KLEX Runways

Controllers May Have Averted Potential Accident in 1993

ANN has learned that the runways implicated in the Comair 5191 tragedy have been the target of previous confusion by Transport Category aircraft. A similar incident in November of 1993, was averted by on-duty controllers who helped warn the pilots and may have prevented a potential tragedy nearly 13 years ago.

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FedEx Express and ALPA Announce Tentative Labor Agreement

Four-Year Contract Requires Ratification by Pilots

FedEx Express and the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l. have jointly announced that they reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a new labor contract on Saturday evening. Negotiations have been conducted under the guidance of the National Mediation Board since October 2005 and both parties acknowledged the Board's support.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 08.28.06

The Crash Of Comair Flight 5191 In Lexington, KY

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.28.06 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.28.06 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- The Crash Of Comair 5191: 08.28.06 (ANN Special Feature, with Jim Campbell's analysis of the accident, as well as Comair CEO Don Bornhorst.)

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Comair CEO Bornhorst's Statement On Sunday's CRJ Accident

"I Cannot Adequately Express... Our Sadness"

On behalf of everyone at Comair, I cannot adequately express to you our sadness about this accident and our deep concern for everyone involved.

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FedEx, Pilots Announce Tentative Agreement

Negotiations Took More Than Two Years

Some possible good news for pilots at worldwide package delivery service FedEx... as Aero-News has learned that company and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract Saturday night, after more than two years of often-heated negotiations.

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