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Day: <span>April 18, 2014</span>

Day: April 18, 2014


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Cessna, Crash, USA

Cessna Airplane Crashed Near Searcy Municipal Airport, Arkansas

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russiancessnacrashA single engine Cessna airplane crashed in White County, around two miles towards south of the Searcy Municipal Airport.

According to the chief deputy for the White County sheriff’s office, Phillip Miller, the accident was reported to 911 at about 2:50pm on Friday. The emergency teams rushed to scene where they found an overturned Cessna plane in a field.

There were two persons on board and the authorities confirmed that both of them escaped with only minor injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the cause of accident

Editorial

Spring


In the middle of winter, in the midst of trouble, at the height of darkness, sometimes it is so hard to believe that Spring will come again.

And look. It’s here.

Spring in the U.S. It’s magic together. It’s magic alone. Nature dressed in her prettiest clothes. From melting snow to new leaves, every blade of grass, buds blooming, life renewing.

All that hope, and renewal, and new life, bubbling under the hard crust of winter, reaching for the sun. Gotta love it.


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Air Safety, ICAO, Lithium Ion battery, study

Should Lithium Battery Transport be banned on Passenger jets?

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The conversation about forbidding the transport of lithium metal batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft is based on fire risk these batteries present. Current fire control systems cannot suppress lithium metal battery fires, but the fears are that banning the transport will result in driving the shipment “underground.” What do you think should be done?


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ICAO’s Dangerous Goods Panel Proposes Ban on Lithium Batteries in Passenger Planes

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