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Twelve people were killed in the crash, including one child, officials said.
Scotland Yard Nabs Drunken Pilot
United pilot Erwin Vermont Washington, of Lakewood, Colorado, was pulled literally out of the cockpit and arrested on Monday. Officers were called to London’s Heathrow Airport to remove the pilot who is accused of being drunk. British law forbids pilots from having more than .02 percent blood alcohol. If convicted, the pilot could be jailed for 2 years. .02 percent could be as little as 1/2 of a beer.
In May, a Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested after flunking a breath test; and in January in Ohio, a pilot called in sick after witnesses reported he appeared to have been drinking.
People mourn loss of family of four in Sanford plane crash
The pilot of a plane that crashed Monday in Sanford reported engine trouble along with a loss of communication and navigation equipment, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A family of four people died in the plane crash.
Yours for £11m – the unique jumbo jet with an extraordinary life story – The Telegraph
… plane is not yet retired, we still don’t know how it will end. If you’ve got £11 million, perhaps a bespoke jumbo would suit you? The jumbo in …Read More
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
ADS-B is the Next Generation Air Transportation System technology is an intelligent system which equips planes with GPS, or, as the company says, is redefining the paradigm of communications and navigation and surveillance in Air Traffic Management. ADS-B accuracy is not degraded by range, atmospheric condition, or altitude. Currently the system is running in Philadelphia. UPS is equipped for ADS-B services, and is largely based in Philadelphia. ADS-B Technologies, LLC is based in Anchorage, Alaska. The FAA has floated a deadline that airlines and private aircraft install ADS-B avionics by 2020 but by 2013, it is expected to be available countrywide.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is quoted as saying “This new technology is a tremendous leap forward in transforming the current ATC system.”
Houston, TX, Louisville, KY, and Juneau, AK. are also being equipped with ADS-B.
