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FAA fails to act on many NTSB recommendations
By Richie Duchon
News21
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Every year, planes crash in accidents that could have been avoided.
Ice can build up on the wings of a plane like it did in 1997 when a plane trying to land at the Detroit airport lost speed and crashed, killing all 29 on board.
The problem might be a poor repair job. That was the case in 2005 when the right wing fell off of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways flight just after takeoff from Miami. Two […]
Deer Causes Small Plane Crash
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — A deer on the runway caused a plane to crash at a Lake Geneva resort.
The single-engine plane was attempting to take off from the Grand Geneva resorts private airstrip on Friday morning.
The pilot told investigators he swerved to avoid a deer while the plane was moving down the runway.
The plane left the runway and hit a wooded area.
No one was injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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Hawker must cut costs!
BY MOLLY McMILLIN
The Wichita Eagle
With debt coming due in 2014, Hawker Beechcraft has no option but to lower its costs, a report by Moody’s Investors Service said.
“Cutting costs is key to its survival,” Moody’s Investors Service vice president and senior analyst Edwin Wiest said in the report.
Hawker Beechcraft is highly leveraged with $2.135 billion in debt, Wiest wrote. Meanwhile, its order book has fallen by 70 percent from its peak of $7.6 billion at the end of 2008 to $2.4 […]
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Residents call on county to drop Gwinnett airport plans
By Patrick Fox
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The nays had it Tuesday night as residents told Gwinnett County officials to ditch plans that could lead to commercial flights at Briscoe Field.
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Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Chris Elvis, of Lawrenceville, holds a sign to boycott the possible expansion of Gwinnett CountyÃs Briscoe Field before the Public Hearing outside the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.
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Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Susan Murrah, of Lawrenceville, holds a sign to boycott the possible […]
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Private plane makes emergency beach landing.
ST. JOE BEACH — A four-seat private plane bound for Panama City was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning along the wide sands of St. Joe Beach.
>>See a gallery of photos of the plane on the beach.
Randy Crapsey, of Port St. Joe, was co-piloting on his first training flight in 12 years when he and his instructor, Ronald Jarmon, were forced to make an emergency landing due to engine problems.
The single-engine Cessna was traveling from the Apalachicola Airport, […]
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