Controller: Due to FAA radio ban, tower unaware of tornadoDaytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Dec 28, 2006… The local FAA manager installed weather radios Wednesday, Raulerson said. Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman, said the agency never … In destruction’s path, for want of a weather alert Daytona Beach News-JournalNATCA: FAA Endangered Personnel By Banning Radios […]

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Miami Herald - McPherson was preparing to land the plane when he told Air Traffic Control he was disoriented. The air traffic controller asked him if he had the plane under control, and McPherson said he did. When asked a second time if he was having trouble with …Pilot was shaky before crash that killed […]

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Following the chaos surrounding the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Suburban Hospital, the NIH Clinical Research Center and the National Naval Medical Center adopted a new strategy in responding to a major catastrophe.Disaster drill sets ?perfect storm? scenario (Gazette.Net)
Don’t tell anyone: LeBron’s tired Post a comment (Akron Beacon Journal)He […]

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Suvarnabhumi airport’s opening on Sept 28 was a major event of 2006. But boasting about its world-class facilities quickly faded as revelations of slipshod construction led to a countdown to its partial closure for repairs.AIRPORT BOASTS FADE TO IGNOMINY (Bangkok Post)
People’s rising income and wealth, as well as their love of flying, will increase the […]

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WASHINGTON - The number of air traffic controllers choosing to retire has exceeded government projections three years in a row, putting more of the workload on less seasoned controllers and trainees.FAA underestimating controller retirements (The Marion Star)
… flight manuals to detail safe fuel practices and protocol. The manuals “should include criteria for when Air […]

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