Steve Scott

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• Air Midwest Crash Exposes Systemic Shortcomings

  BY Steve Scott// May 26th, 2003

  Overweight and tail heavy airplane was ‘legal’ for takeoff The fatal Jan. 8 crash of Air Midwest [AMI] Flight 5481 on takeoff at Charlotte, N.C., illustrates the danger of operating […]

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• United Airlines Works to Further Integrate Safety Programs

  BY Steve Scott// May 19th, 2003

  ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. – Senior safety officials at United Airlines [UAL] will be meeting at the carrier’s world headquarters here later this month to assess how they might strengthen […]

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• NTSB Orders Special Review of Safety Advocacy Programs

  BY Steve Scott// May 12th, 2003

  "Most Wanted" list of safety improvements to be part of overall examination Safety advocacy programs will be intensely reviewed for their effectiveness, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced last […]

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• Task Force Backs Training to Improve Aircraft Wiring Safety

  BY Steve Scott// May 5th, 2003

  Cost of new wire inspections may limit them to voluntary compliance The way forward on aircraft wiring safety is at a critical juncture with enormous implications for manufacturers and operators […]

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• Government Vows To Scrutinize Financially-Troubled Airlines

  BY Steve Scott// April 28th, 2003

  Bankrupt carriers get ‘special emphasis’ by aviation safety inspectors Federal oversight of safety is to be increased at financially distressed carriers. The watchwords for those carriers operating at the edge […]

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• Safety Board Calls for Inspections of Repair Patches

  BY Steve Scott// April 21st, 2003

  Repairs can cover and conceal evidence of structural weakening Fatigue damage under patches known as doublers can be deadly, and an expanded hunt must be mounted to find spreading cracks […]

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• Risk of Deadly Respiratory Infection Fuels Fear of Air Travel

  BY Steve Scott// April 14th, 2003

  Cathay Pacific announces program to assure customers of cabin safety When passengers perceive the cabin of an airliner as an incubator of deadly disease, they won’t fly. The drop-off in […]

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• Compendium of Complacency

  BY Steve Scott// April 7th, 2003

  Page numbers are those in the TSB’s SR 111 report What was not being done or required before the accident: There was no regulatory requirement to install smoke barriers in […]

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• Campaign Continues To Prevent Fuel Tank Explosions

  BY Steve Scott// March 31st, 2003

  Hunt for ignition sources does not eliminate dangerous vapors The danger of commercial airline fuel tanks exploding persists, as evidenced by the effort to stamp out ignition sources through a […]

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• Airbus Challenges Passenger Recovery Plan Proposal

  BY Steve Scott// March 24th, 2003

  For long-range flights, it is better to avoid diversions by improving aircraft design than by developing and implementing costly passenger recovery plans, according to an Airbus memorandum obtained by ASW. […]

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