Steve Scott

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• Bomber Crash Reveals Hazard of Cascading Failures

  BY Steve Scott// March 17th, 2003

  Loss in Indian Ocean has applications to commercial operations With unreliable instruments and no horizon cues in the night sky, the crew ejected, according to an account of the December […]

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• Independence of Shuttle Crash Probe Questioned

  BY Steve Scott// March 10th, 2003

  "This is a dangerous precedent," says Jim Hall, former Safety Board chairman By appointing the team to investigate the fatal Feb. 1 crash of the space shuttle Columbia, the action […]

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• Transportation Security Chief Approves Armed Pilot Program

  BY Steve Scott// March 3rd, 2003

  Pilots decry requirement to carry guns in locked boxes when not in cockpit An initiative to arm volunteer U.S. airline pilots with handguns took a major step forward last week […]

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• Common Frequency Helps Coordinate Emergency Response

  BY Steve Scott// February 24th, 2003

  Immediate Evacuation Not Always Warranted, Official Suggests LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A nationwide common frequency for pilots in emergencies to communicate with airport rescue and firefighting (ARFF) personnel has paid […]

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• Flight Attendants Injured at Four Times Overall U.S. Industry Rate

  BY Steve Scott// February 17th, 2003

  About 90% of cases are traumatic, involving overexertion and being struck by objects LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Flight attendants are substantially more likely to be injured on the job than […]

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• More Attention Needed for Safe Functioning of Circuit Breakers

  BY Steve Scott// February 10th, 2003

  Along with the tremendous attention paid to the state of aircraft wiring over the past three years, a small side effort has focused on the condition of circuit breakers. The […]

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• Maintenance Error Emerging in Charlotte Crash

  BY Steve Scott// February 3rd, 2003

  The crash of an Air Midwest twin-turboprop has pushed the cumulative toll of those killed from maintenance errors to more than 3,040 over the last three decades, raising new questions […]

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• Small Jet Operators Face Mandate to Inspect Wiring

  BY Steve Scott// January 27th, 2003

  ‘Onerous burden’ feared in documentation and inspection proposals SAVANNAH, Ga. – Operators of small jets can anticipate a wave of new wiring inspection requirements, based on recent inspections of a […]

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• In-Flight Emergency Oxygen Standards Need Upgrading

  BY Steve Scott// January 20th, 2003

  Longer flights, more passengers with medical conditions raise risks While airlines are meeting requirements for in-flight emergency oxygen, it may be time to review the standards and to upgrade the […]

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• Procedures Proposed to Protect Safety of Long Range Flights

  BY Steve Scott// January 13th, 2003

  A new report on long range flights may underplay the hazard of two or more engines lost to the same failure, and of the potential for electrical malfunctions to ignite […]

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