A small plane that was reported missing earlier this month has been found in rural Nye County.

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NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK

July 28, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY:

HOUSTON — NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the
International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on
Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 5. The two NASA
astronauts will outfit the Russian Zarya module for future robotics
work and prepare the station for the installation of a new U.S.
permanent multipurpose module.

The news briefing on the spacewalk will take place at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center in Houston. It will air live on NASA Television and the
agency’s website. Journalists may ask questions from participating
NASA locations.

The briefers are:
– Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
– Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director

NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5.
Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson are expected to begin the spacewalk from
the Quest airlock at 5:55 a.m. It will be Wheelock’s fourth spacewalk
and Caldwell Dyson’s first.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Airlines, Shippers

Washington Headquarters Press Release

For Immediate Release
June 4, 2010

FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Airlines, Shippers

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed to assess civil penalties ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 against two airlines and three shippers for alleged violations of Federal Aviation Regulations or U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations. The proposed penalties include:

  • $150,000 against Lion Mentari Airlines of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for allegedly shipping a chemical oxygen generator inside an unmarked metal case from Kuala Lumpur to Dallas. DOT classifies chemical oxygen generators as a hazardous material, and they may not be shipped on passenger-carrying aircraft.
  • $53,000 against Stewart & Stevenson, LLC, of Houston, for allegedly shipping a box containing eight gallons of touch-up paint to FedEx Corp. for transportation by air when the package was not properly identified as containing hazardous materials and was not accompanied by the appropriate documentation. DOT classifies flammable materials as hazardous. The case has been settled
  • $121,000 against Trans States Airlines, Bridgeton, MO, for allegedly operating four flights from Norfolk, VA to Miami on September 2, Oct. 6, 18 and 20, 2008, that flew more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest U.S. shoreline. The FAA alleges the aircraft used did not carry required equipment for extended overwater operations, including life preservers, life rafts with a locator light for each occupant, a pyrotechnic signaling device for each life raft, an emergency locator transmitter, and survival kit attached to each raft.
  • $70,000 against Shanghai Fountainhead Electronics Co., Ltd., of Shanghai, for allegedly violating DOT hazardous materials regulations by offering 12 boxes of lithium-ion phosphate rechargeable batteries for shipment by air to the U.S. aboard a passenger-carrying aircraft, which is prohibited. The case has been settled
  • $50,000 against SOSGlobal Express of New Bern, NC, for violating DOT hazardous materials regulations by allegedly offering 15 boxes of lithium-ion batteries for shipment by air aboard a passenger-carrying aircraft, which is prohibited.

The companies have 30 days from the date the civil penalty letter is received to respond to the agency.

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Boeing Shares Drop After South Korea Plane Crash

Boeing Shares Drop After South Korea Plane Crash

A widely used Boeing aircraft, the 737-800, was involved in Sunday’s crash-landing of a Jeju Air flight that killed 179 people.

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Air Blue Black Box Recovered

A six member committee will be investigating the crash of the Air Blue Airbus flight ED-202. 152 people on board the Airbus A321 aircraft were killed when it slammed into a hill on July 28. The black box and cockpit voice recorder which was in the tail of the plane was recovered in the wooded Margalla hills after a three day search by twenty rescuers who had been hampered by heavy rain and inaccessibility. Major accidents are investigated jointly by the international aviation community; and the box appears to be in adequate condition, soon to be decoded in either France or Germany.

The box holds crucial details which will help determine the cause of the crash, and will be examined by international experts.

Pilot Pervez Iqbal Chaudhry was 61 years old, and suffering from diabetes and hypertension, and possibly suffering fatigue if he had observed prayers of the holy day preceding the crash.

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