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Impasse Broken on Requirements for Helicopter Ambulances |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
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Congress has stepped in and taken action to upgrade standards by which emergency medical service (EMS) helicopters are operated. The Congressional legislation goes a long way toward ending the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shilly-shallying over National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations issued in 2006, and which were based on investigation of numerous fatal crashes involving helicopter ambulances (see Aviation Safety & Security Digest, , ‘Unsaved – The Deadly Medial Helicopter Accident Record,’ home page). |
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Congress Investigating Eclipse Aviation |
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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But won’t say why the company is under scrutiny
The saga of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looking the other way continues. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has asked the Department of Transportation Inspector General (DOT/IG) to investigate Eclipse Aviation. The company’s Eclipse EA500 ultra-light business jet was the subject of a 12 June 2008 emergency airworthiness directive (AD) concerning the throttles stuck on landing at full power (see Aviation Safety & Security Digest, Significant Regulatory & Related Activity, most recent archive). Our coverage of the emergency AD indicated:
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 July 2008 )
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