While the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with criticism over air traffic controllers, some North Dakota travelers say they’re concerned.
Similar Posts
10-year-old boy ‘pushing through’ after being hit by flying debris from plane crash
Ten-year-old Andre Howard was in the car with his father and siblings when tragedy shook the busy area near the Roosevelt Mall.
CT flight school becomes first in the nation to launch all-electric plane
The electric plane can do everything a conventional gas-powered plane can do, but it’s quieter and better for the environment. It can fly for around one hour, and charging takes about the same time.
Newbury Police and Fire Respond to Minor Plane Crash at Plum Island Airport
NEWBURY — Police Chief Patricia Fisher and Fire Chief David Evans report that the Newbury Police and Fire Departments responded Friday evening to a minor plane crash at the Plum Island Airport.
Airbus Major Airshow Humiliation
Damaged A380 Wing
Update
The gearbox problem is not the only recent technical glitch that occurred. The aircraft’s huge propellors built by French company Ratier-Figeac, (indirectly owned by U.S. group United Technologies _UTX.N_,) developed cracks prematurely.
What: A380 superjumbo,
Where: Le Bourget airport, Paris
When: June 17, 2011
Who: no reported injuries
Why: Before an audience including 2,100 exhibitors from 45 countries—a jury of its peers—during the Paris Airshow, Airbus had to pull its A380 display.
The A 380 was withdrawn from the flying display when the jet had an on-the-ground collision with a building, clipping a wing on a taxiway structure.
Also, although it made a fly-over, the Airbus A400 M military transport demo was cancelled due to a “a minor gearbox problem”
Then on Saturday Airbus announced that two of three versions of the A350, would be delayed for about two years. We commend the decision to delay, because while Rolls Royce will be granted more time to develop a more powerful motor, hopefully Airbus will take the time to work on whatever bugs are in its system. A delay in release is clearly an opportunity to perfect the product, from a safety perspective.