Police were called to the control tower at Boise Air Terminal on November 19 after two St. Luke's helicopter pilots were unable to contact the controller on duty at 2:30 in the morning.
When they arrived, the official report released late last week indicates that the police found the controller asleep and another who arrived later smelling of marijuana. Boise police arrived at the airport and attempted to contact the controllers through the security call system. It’s reported they also use spotlights, car horns, and police sirens to get someone’s attention - with no results. Boeing and Iran Air have announced an agreement for 80 aircraft that includes 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s, valued at $16.6 billion at list prices. Based on its Memorandum of Agreement with Iran Air announced in June, the contract was reached within the terms of the U.S. Government license issued to Boeing in September. In their press release, Boeing says this agreement will support tens of thousands of U.S. jobs directly associated with production and delivery of the 777-300ERs and nearly 100,000 U.S. jobs in the U.S. aerospace value stream for the full course of deliveries. The first
airplanes under this agreement are scheduled for delivery in 2018. As the ANN crew was packing up on July 30 after a busy week of covering EAA AirVenture 2016, we got the news that a pilot of a balloon that struck powerlines in Texas and caught fire. Now, the NTSB says the pilot knew weather conditions were dangerous before starting the flight. Fifteen passengers and the pilot were fatally injured in the accident. The board met last week to review the specific circumstances of the accident. Television station KVUE reports that during the meeting, officials said that the pilot, Alfred "Skip" Nichols IV, received a weather briefing indicating a ceiling of 1,200 feet above the ground with no spread between temperature and dew point. The briefer said clouds could be a problem. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 12.14.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, December 14th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- FAA, Boise, ID Police Investigate ATC Situation
- Boeing, Iran Air Announce Agreement For 80 Airplanes
- Balloon Pilot Knew Weather Was Bad On Day Of Fatal Accident
- Pilots In India Claim Fuel Shortage For Landing Priorities
- Classic Aero-TV: And Now For Something Entirely Different -- The Tecnam Astore
- EASA Puts Forward New Rules For Air Operations
- SpaceX Will Not Fly Again In 2016
- Marine Pilot Down Off Coast Of Japan Declared Deceased
- Offutt AFB Air Show Cancelled For The Third Time In Five Years
- Analyst Sees Significant Growth For Florida's BizJet Fleet
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