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January 17, 2006

ANN Special Feature: NBAA's Steve Brown on FERMS 01.18.06

NBAA has unveiled what it calls the Forum for Enhanced Reliability and Maintainability Standards (FERMS), a new, web-based tool that provides business aircraft manufacturers and operators with real

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (01.17.06): Ice Reports

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Airframe ice is bad news all around. Sure, it increases airplane weight—but that’s not the half of it. Ice accumulation destroys airflow patterns, rendering wings and tail dangerously unpredictable.

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Accident An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.

"Someone on the ground was sucked into the engine." Source: FAA Southwest Region spokesman Roland Herwig, on Monday's horrific accident involving a Continental Airlines 737 at El Paso Internation Airport. A mechanic was pulled into the airliner's right engine as it spooled up during a maintenance check prior to takeoff.