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A Decade of Minimal Action |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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The Faces May Change – But The Maladies Linger On
Canadian safety officials say some limited progress has been made on recommendations coming out of the Swissair flight 111 disaster. Cut through the positive-sounding rhetoric, though, and it is apparent that only 21% of the recommendations have been fully implemented. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 August 2008 )
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Twelve Years of Half Measures |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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A Mute Testimonial to NTSB Impotence
While Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has achieved only about a 20% acceptance rate for its Swissair flight 111 recommendations, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) may not have fared much better in its TWA flight 800 recommendations, even though a general comparison indicated a 40% acceptance rate. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 August 2008 )
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Canadian Investigators Decry Failure to Enact Safety Recommendations |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 August 2008 )
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Cargo Jet Fire Seems a Replay of Deadly Inferno |
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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A fire in the crown (attic) area of the fuselage of a cargo jet in late June seems like a virtual carbon copy of the fire that caused the crash of a Swissair jet nearly ten years ago. The more recent conflagration occurred on the ground, so more evidence of the origin and course of the fire will be available; it is evident that the threat of fire remains virtually unchanged from a decade ago. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 August 2008 )
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The Next Generation of Air Travel |
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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As a former Navy blimp pilot exclaimed when apprised of the new concept, “Sign me up. This sucker comes down way softer when everything quits.” |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 August 2008 )
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