I agree with you Barbara, but of course First Class passengers get preferential treatment. But what if ... ? If the pig got out of control, what could anyone...
I think Boeing would better serve the memory of the victims by putting money towards safety improvements to help prevent further deaths. Or at least spend the...
I'm really not too sure about this one. We all know that katz is no longer president of Swissair. And I'm still searching the web site for the place where one...
Moonchild, It was from the South China Morning Post 9/19/99. I ran across it while doing a search on Northern Lights for some other information.<br><br>Barbara...
Mary, I feel exactly the same as you do about this. I didn't want a memorial for the same reasons, but I also hold no grudges against anyone that did. However,...
One thing I would like to see the airline, and all the others responsible for this tragedy pay for is the investigation and recovery effort. This may encourage...
Barbara,<br><br>I agree that those found to be responsible pay for the investigation and recovery efforts. <br><br>But..........the findings seem to be rather...
I think you've made some excellent points here. The TSB has made recommendations regarding having these recorders independent of the plane's electrical system...
For the Payne Stewart´s crash,maybe that the cause of the crash is not that hard to find;<br>In case all those involved in using (piloting) this kind of ...
NTSB Criticizes Airline, Airport<br>Fri Dec 1 04:18:00 2000 GMT<br><br>ATLANTA (AP) - The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board was<br>sharply...
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and MD-11F Series Airplanes: AD, final rule supersedes an existing AD to require repetitive inspections of the subject area and ...
I love it....."one time, optional" inspection of electrical arching, chafing, etc.....<br><br>This crap is like saying inspection the aircraft for loose ...
This doesn't have anything to do with preferential treamtmet for first class passengers.<br><br>Setting any such limit would be beyond the scope of the FAA....
There is honestly nothing easy about inspection an aircraft (except to those with alot of experience). External rivets aside, that leaves about 80% of them...
Tim, You had mentioned that you didn't have much knowledge regarding the IFEN installed on swissair 111. I thought you might be interested in seeing this from...
Indeed, according to Ronald Wojnar, deputy director of the FAA's aircraft certification service, that fleetwide review of MD-11's was launched within hours of ...
Nevertheless, Wojnar conceded, "We've seen instances in those airplanes where they didn't use good industry practices for the installation of the wiring." ...
But...maybe in the little Cessna, that all the rivets are on the outside..ready to be inspected.<br>And inside - only the lonely pilot, bumping around and...
Today the first MD-11 with totally new insulation entered service. Its HB-IWA and has flown SR 106 to Los Angeles today.<br>Also Swissair now has completely ...