Two victims identified in Alaska plane crash

There are already consequences of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab’s attempted terrorism of the recent Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. Passengers are having to deal with additional searches and heightened security. Not only in Amsterdam, but also Italy’s civil aviation authority, ENAC has increased airport security.

The Mideast reported no new security restrictions.

According to a news release, the initial investigation revealed that the plane suffered a mechanical issue and was attempting to return to the Melbourne Orlando International Airport.

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Randall Wulff, a flight attendant for Air New Zealand was fired for sitting down on the job.

The airline felt Wulff could not be “relied on to follow safety procedures.” You see, Wulff sat down during turbulence.

As vice-president of flight attendant union FARSA in March 2008, he issued a statement that urged flight attendants to “take the precaution of sitting down when a plane’s seatbelt light was showing.” So he sat down over Vancouver in April 2008 during turbulence and got fired. Now the airline owes him $10,000 and his job back.

How exactly is it an Air New Zealand safety procedure that the flight attendant is exempt from being safely buckled in?

Boeing advised Japan’s Mitsubishi Regional Jet to revamp the design of their upcoming 70-90 seat airliner MRJ by increasing cabin and cargo space and switching to aluminium for the wings, from carbon-fibre.

US carrier Trans States has signed a letter of intent for 50 orders of this, the first jet to be developed in Japan. The jets are expected to be in circulation by 2014.