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Santa Monica No Authority to Ban Jet Op
After rebuffing the FAA’s offer to enhance safety areas around the airport, including the FAA’s offer to install an engineered material arresting system to accommodate 90 percent of the Category C and D aircraft utilizing the airport, Santa Monica officials defend their March 2008 ordinance to ban Category C and D jets (such as Gulfstreams and some Citations and Challengers) from operating at the airport. Santa Monica is appealing the FAA’s July 8 decision that the city had no authority to ban jet operation.
The AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) and the FAA oppose the ban.
Authorities identify all but one of 260 victims of Air India plane crash
Authorities in Gujarat state said on Tuesday they had identified all but one of 260 bodies recovered following an Air India plane crash earlier this month in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Victims identified in Little Cottonwood Canyon plane crash near Alta
The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims in the Little Cottonwood Canyon plane crash on Sunday that killed one person and left another in critical condition.
FAA Fine Proposals against United Airlines and US Airways
$3.8 million fine
The FAA says United Airlines:- Boeing 737 flew in over 200 flights not in airworthy condition (two shop towels in the engine’s oil sump area)
$5.4 million fine
The FAA says US Airways:- Embraer ERJ-190s on 19 flights in AD violation (open cargo door Directive)
- Airbus A320s on 26 flights in AD violation (inspection of the landing gear for cracks)
- A320 on 17 flights in AD violation (inspection of the landing gear for cracks)
- Airbus A320 on 855 flights in maintenance violation (engine repair)
- Boeing 757 on 505 flights in maintenance violation(missed engine work inspections)
- Boeing 757 on 121 in maintenance violation
- Boeing 767 on 53 flights without weekly inspection
- Boeing 767 on 51 flights without inspections, tests and sampling
Is seat 11A the safest on a plane? Experts weigh in after Air India tragedy
The sole survivor of the crash has recounted how his proximity to an emergency exit allowed his escape
Casey Ramirez’s drug-filled plane was down, its pilot vanished and his cocaine captured. What now?
In part 5 of the Minnesota Vice — a last good day, a chase, a rescue, screams of joy and so, so much evidence
