FAA headquarters, along with other Federal offices in the DC Metro-area, will be closed on Monday, December 21, 2009 due to the record-breaking storm that affected the region over the weekend.
Designated emergency personnel should report to work as scheduled. Employees scheduled to telework may be required to work that day, depending on their telework agreements and arrangements made with their supervisors.
In case you forgot it was still up there.
A survivor told NTSB investigators the group had finished their mission and were headed back to Northern Colorado Regional Airport when the plane seemed to encounter a downdraft and dropped.
The helicopter did not have any flight recorders, officials said. The investigation into the cause of the crash, which killed six people, is continuing.
Israel’s version of Air Force One took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday morning just before IDF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin announced that Iran launched over 100 attack drones.
Southern Region
Due to inclement weather, the FAA’s Southern Region Office in College Park, GA will be closed for normal business today, January 10, 2011.
Employees and contractors who work in that office should follow local procedures to obtain more information.
Central Region
The FAA’s Central Region office in Kansas City, MO dismissed non-emergency personnel due to inclement weather effective at 1 p.m. Central Time, today, January 10, 2011.
Central Region personnel should follow local procedures to obtain more information.
NTSB records show that a United Airlines plane in Houston, which slipped off a taxiway last year, lacked an advanced runway alert system. Now United plans to retrofit more than 100 Boeing 737s.
